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Olivia Cole is a Actor American born on 26 november 1942 at Memphis (USA)
Olivia Cole (born November 26, 1942) is an American actress.
Au cinéma, à ce jour, elle contribue à sept films américains, depuis Héros de Jeremy Kagan (1977, avec Henry Winkler et Sally Field) jusqu'à un court métrage de 2011. Citons également Le Retour d'Hal Ashby (1978, avec Jane Fonda et Jon Voight) et Big Shots de Robert Mandel (1987, avec Darius McCrary et Robert Joy).
À la télévision américaine, Olivia Cole apparaît dans dix-sept séries entre 1969 et 1995, dont Racines (mini-série, cinq épisodes, 1977) et La Loi de Los Angeles (trois épisodes, 1989-1993). Racines lui permet de gagner la même année 1977 un Primetime Emmy Award dans un second rôle.
S'ajoutent sept téléfilms de 1980 à 1993, dont Amelia de Randa Haines (1984, avec Glenn Close et Ted Danson).
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Olivia Cole
Birth name Olivia Carlena Cole
Nationality USA
Birth 26 november 1942 at Memphis (USA)
Death 19 january 2018 (at 75 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 26 november 1942 at Memphis (USA)
Death 19 january 2018 (at 75 years)
Biography
Olivia Cole débute au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway et Off-Broadway (New York) dès 1966. Mentionnons L'École de la médisance de Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Broadway, 1966-1967, avec Will Geer et Helen Hayes), Le Marchand de Venise de William Shakespeare (Broadway, 1973, avec Philip Bosco et Rosemary Harris) et Un raisin au soleil de Lorraine Hansberry (Off-Broadway, 1986, avec Vondie Curtis-Hall et Starletta DuPois).Au cinéma, à ce jour, elle contribue à sept films américains, depuis Héros de Jeremy Kagan (1977, avec Henry Winkler et Sally Field) jusqu'à un court métrage de 2011. Citons également Le Retour d'Hal Ashby (1978, avec Jane Fonda et Jon Voight) et Big Shots de Robert Mandel (1987, avec Darius McCrary et Robert Joy).
À la télévision américaine, Olivia Cole apparaît dans dix-sept séries entre 1969 et 1995, dont Racines (mini-série, cinq épisodes, 1977) et La Loi de Los Angeles (trois épisodes, 1989-1993). Racines lui permet de gagner la même année 1977 un Primetime Emmy Award dans un second rôle.
S'ajoutent sept téléfilms de 1980 à 1993, dont Amelia de Randa Haines (1984, avec Glenn Close et Ted Danson).
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First Sunday (2008)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Buddy films, Heist films
Actors Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Ice Cube, Loretta Devine, Reynaldo Rey, Chi McBride
Roles Momma T
Rating46%
The film follows Durell (pronounced Darrel) (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) in Baltimore, Maryland, who are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. At the beginning of the film the two have just began working in a store that repairs electronic goods and the manager is impressed by Durell's skillful ability to fix things. LeeJohn gets both men fired when he attempts to steal a TV from the store. Durrel attempts to find another honest job but no one he asks is willing to hire him and he has stated a criminal record on his application form. LeeJohn gets them a one-off job for a local criminal or con man Blahka who will pay them $3000. While attempting to deliver the ten stolen wheelchairs worth $1200 each, they lose the merchandise in a police chase. They are sentenced to 5000 hours of community services. Then they are told they have 24 hours to pay $12,000 to cover the loss or they will be shot dead. Simultaneously, Durell's son will move to Atlanta unless he gives his ex some money to pay her lease on her business premises. Durrell does not care about Blakha but nevertheless the pair work together to raise the money they need. First they try to get a loan from a guy named Mordecai at a massage parlor. LeeJohn goes to get a massage hoping to get close to the pretty Chinese attendant, he enjoys the massage immensely but is scared away when his masseuse is revealed to be Mordecai (a man). The next day Durrel attempts to take Lee John's mind off what happened by pointing out a beautiful girl, Tianna the pastor's daughter, heading into the church for service, they follow her into the church and join the mass for service. The church has raised $230,000 dollars and is considering moving to new premises. Lee John comes up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Durrel is against the idea but eventually seeing no other option agrees. Instead, they are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for.
Big Shots (1987)
, 1h34Directed by Robert Mandel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky, Paul Winfield, Jerzy Skolimowski, Brynn Thayer
Roles Mrs. Newton
Rating57%
An 11-year-old boy from Hinsdale, Illinois named Obie Dawkins (Ricky Busker) is out fishing with his father, who tells him about the birds and the bees. All the while Obie shows interest in his dad's watch, who eventually gives it to him. Later that morning Obie is in school when his mom arrives to tell him that his dad is in the hospital. The family learns that he suffered a massive heart attack, which he dies from days later. After the funeral, Obie lingers to the memory of him and his father, the day his dad gave him his watch, as he and his family tries to move forward.
Something About Amelia (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Randa Haines
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Ted Danson, Glenn Close, Olivia Cole, Melissa Francis, Roxana Zal, Lane Smith
Roles Ruth Walters
Rating67%
La honte et la peur ont gardé Amelia Bennett silencieuse au sujet de l'agression sexuelle qu'elle subit aux mains de son père, Steven. Mais comme Amelia commence à croire que Steven pourrait faire du mal à son jeune frère de la même manière, elle se libère de son terrible secret. Confrontée à cette nouvelle horrible, la femme de Steven, Gail, n'arrive pas à croire que ce soit vrai, et il professe son innocence. Mais à mesure que de nouveaux détails apparaissent, la famille est profondément secouée.
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Margot Kidder, Richard Pryor, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Paul Benjamin, Ray Sharkey
Roles Jesse
Rating57%
Eddie Keller is a U.S. Army conscript private who was captured while deficating. He held in a POW Camp for years and due to his resistance to signing a confession to committing war crimesends up being one of the last POWs to be brought home from Vietnam. Keller endures several years of torture and deprivation at the hands of the Vietnamese Army. He finally relents to signing a "confession" admitting to war crimes to save the life of his cell mate.
Coming Home (1978)
, 2h7Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty
Roles Corrine
Rating72%
In the spring of 1968 in California, Sally (Jane Fonda), a loyal and conservative military wife, is married to Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern), a captain in the United States Marine Corps who is about to be deployed to Vietnam. As a dedicated military officer, Bob sees it primarily as an opportunity for progress. At first, Sally dreads being left alone, but after a while she feels liberated. Forced to find housing off the base she moves into a new apartment by the beach and buys a sports car. With nothing else to do, she decides to volunteer at a local veterans' hospital. This, in part, is motivated by her bohemian friend Vi Munson (Penelope Milford), whose brother Billy has come home after just two weeks in Vietnam with grave emotional problems and now resides in the VA hospital.
Heroes (1977)
, 1h52Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Stuart Margolin, Olivia Cole
Roles Jane Adcox
Rating60%
Jack Dunne (Winkler), a Vietnam vet who turns out to have a case of lacunar amnesia, escapes a mental ward in New York City intending to start a business as a worm farmer in Eureka, California.
Roots (TV miniseries) (1977)
, 9h30Directed by Gilbert Moses, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, David Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors John Amos, Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Georg Stanford Brown, Leslie Uggams
Roles Mathilda
Rating83%
In The Gambia, West Africa, in 1750 Kunta Kinte is born to Omoro Kinte (Thalmus Rasulala), a Mandinka warrior, and his wife, Binta (Cicely Tyson). When Kunta (LeVar Burton) reaches the age of 15, he and a group of other adolescent boys take part in tribal manhood training, ending with a ceremony, after which they become recognized as men and Mandinka warriors. While trying to carry out a task to catch a bird and take it home unharmed, Kunta sees white men carrying firearms, along with their black collaborators. Later, while fetching wood outside his village to make a drum for his younger brother, Kunta is captured by black collaborators under the direction of white men. He is then sold to a slave trader and placed aboard a ship under the command of Capt. Thomas Davies (Edward Asner) for a three-month journey to Colonial America. During the voyage a group of rebels among the human cargo try but fail to stage a mutiny and to take over the ship.