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Leila Danette is a Actor American born on 23 august 1909 at Jacksonville (USA)
Leila Danette (August 23, 1909 – September 4, 2012) was an African-American stage, film and television actress, noted for her stage work and for her role as Helen on the short-lived television sitcom, You Take the Kids.
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Pieces of April (2004)
, 1h20Directed by Peter Hedges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about families
Actors Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson
Roles Woman in Stairwell
Rating69%
April Burns, the eldest daughter in a highly dysfunctional family, lives in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her boyfriend Bobby. Although estranged from her family, she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner, probably the last for her mother Joy, who has breast cancer.
Running on Empty (1988)
, 2hDirected by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, Martha Plimpton, Alice Drummond, L. M. Kit Carson
Roles Maid
Rating75%
The story revolves around parents Annie and Arthur Pope (Lahti and Hirsch) who in the 1970s were responsible for the anti-war protest bombing of a napalm laboratory. The incident accidentally blinded and paralyzed a janitor who wasn't supposed to be there. They've been on the run ever since, relying on an underground network of supporters who help them financially. At the time of the incident, their son Danny (Phoenix) was two years old. As the film begins, he is in his late teens, and the family (along with younger son Harry) are again relocating and assuming new identities.
The Rosary Murders (1987)
, 1h45Directed by Fred Walton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Tom Mardirosian, Mark Margolis, Josef Sommer, James Murtaugh
Roles Mrs. Washington
Rating57%
Un prêtre se voit plonger dans le trouble quand un tueur de prêtres et de religieuses vient se confesser à lui.
Power (1986)
, 1h51Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E. G. Marshall
Roles Poor Woman
Rating57%
Pete St. John (Richard Gere), a ruthless and highly successful media consultant, is juggling a couple of other political candidates when asked to join the campaign of wealthy but little-known Ohio businessman Jerome Cade (J. T. Walsh), who hopes to win the Senate seat being vacated by St. John's friend Sam Hastings (E. G. Marshall).
Garbo Talks (1984)
, 1h43Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Betty Comden, Catherine Hicks, Steven Hill
Roles Augusta
Rating63%
Estelle Rolfe's social activism and quick temper cause a lot of inconvenience for her grown son Gilbert, who often must go to a New York City jail precinct to pay her bail.