. For this role she won the
for best actress. She is also well-known for her role as Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 TV production of
. She has starred in films such as
, the daughter of Joy Alma (née Hussey), a British legal secretary, and Andrés Osuna (aka Osvaldo Ribó), an Argentine
singer who divorced when Olivia was two. She was brought up
, and when she was seven years old, Hussey and her younger brother went with their mother to live in London where she attended the
drama school for five years. Her largest fear, according to a interview in 1969, was appearing topless in Romeo and Juliet (1968).
Assuming her mother's maiden name as her stage name, Hussey appeared on the London stage as Jenny in
. It was during the run of this play that Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli first spotted her because of her beauty and theatrical skill. Chosen out of 500 actresses, she appeared in her first starring role, as Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of
's Romeo. In 1969, she won the
Hussey has appeared in over 42 films. She played the leading role of Jessica Bradford in the 1974
. The film became very influential as a forerunner of the
genre of horror films. She played Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 TV production of
). In 1978 she played Rosalie Otterbourne in
She also starred as "Marit" in the Japanese film Virus, and played "Rebecca of York" in the 1982 TV remake of
. In 2003, Hussey played the lead in a film adaptation on the life of
, for which she was presented with a CAMIE award (for Character & Morality in Entertainment) on 12 May 2007 in Hollywood.
She was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" at the Annie Awards for her work in
as Talia Al Guhl. She also voiced the character Kasan Moor in the
in 1971. They had a son, Alexander Dean Martin (later an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. Dean Paul Martin died in 1987 when his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in
, and had one son, Max (born 1983). Divorced from Fuse in 1989, she married American musician
in 1991. In October 1993, she gave birth to a daughter,
| Film |
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Other notes |
| 1965 The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...
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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita The Battle of the Villa Fiorita is a 1965 British drama film directed by Delmer Daves. It stars Maureen O'Hara and Rossano Brazzi. Set in contemporary Italy, it tells of three children aware that their mother has left them for a lover and both stay at the Villa Fiorita...
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Donna |
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| Cup Fever Cup Fever is a 1965 British family sports film directed by David Bracknell and starring Bernard Cribbins, David Lodge and Susan George.-Cast:* Bernard Cribbins - Policeman* Sonia Graham - Mrs. Davis* Dermot Kelly - Bodger* David Lodge - Mr...
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Jinny- child |
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| 1968 The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :...
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name.The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also...
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Juliet Capulet Juliet is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the other being Romeo. She is the daughter of old Capulet, head of the house of Capulet. The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself....
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| 1969 The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...
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All the Right Noises All the Right Noises is a 1971 British drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Tom Bell, Olivia Hussey, Judy Carne and John Standing.-Cast:* Tom Bell - Len Lewin* Olivia Hussey - Val* Judy Carne - Joy Lewin* John Standing - Bernie...
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Val |
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| 1971 The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...
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H-Bomb |
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| 1972 The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...
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The Summertime Killer The Summertime Killer is a 1973 film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Olivia Hussey. Other cast members include Chris Mitchum, Karl Malden, Raf Vallone and Claudine Auger.-Plot:...
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Tania Scarlotti |
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| 1973 The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
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Lost Horizon Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer....
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Maria |
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| 1974 The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...
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Black Christmas Black Christmas is a 1974 Canadian slasher film directed by Bob Clark and written by A. Roy Moore, and largely based on a series of murders that took place in Quebec, Canada around Christmas time. The film's score is by Carl Zittrer. It was distributed by Ambassador Film Distributors in Canada and...
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Jessica Bradford |
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| 1978 The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
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Death on the NileDeath on the Nile is a 1978 film based on the Agatha Christie mystery novel Death on the Nile, directed by John Guillermin. The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot played by Peter Ustinov plus an all-star cast. It takes place in Egypt, mostly on the Nile River...
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Rosalie Otterbourne |
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| 1979 The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
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The Cat and the CanaryThe Cat and the Canary is a film released in 1979. It is an adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play of the same name. The play has previously been filmed several times, the first being a 1927 silent film version.- Plot synopsis :...
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Cicily Young |
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| 1980 - Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year ....
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Virus |
Marit |
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| The Man with Bogart's Face The Man with Bogart's Face is a 1980 comedy film, released by 20th Century Fox and based on a novel of the same name. Andrew J...
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Elsa |
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| 1982 -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
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Turkey Shoot |
Chris Walters |
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| 1987 -Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
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Distortions |
Amy Marks |
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| 1989 -Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...
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The Jeweler's Shop The Jeweler's Shop is a three-act play, written by the late Pope John Paul II in 1960, that looks at three couples as their lives become intertwined and mingled with one another.The play looks at humanity's ideas and expectations of romantic love and marriage...
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Thérèse |
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| 1990 The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
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Undeclared War |
Rebecca Eche |
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| 1993 The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...
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Quest of the Delta KnightsQuest of the Delta Knights is a 1993 fantasy/adventure sword and sorcery film that was featured in a September 1998 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000...
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The Mannerjay |
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| 1994 1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...
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Save Me |
Gail |
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| 1995 -Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation....
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Ice Cream Man |
Nurse Wharton |
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| Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit |
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| 1996 Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
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The Dark Mist |
Voice of the Ancients |
Voice Role |
| 1998 -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
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The Gardener The Gardener is a 1912 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is mostly known for being the first film to ever be banned by the Swedish censor system. It was long thought to have been lost, but in 1979 a copy was found in an archive in the United States...
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Mrs. Carter |
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| Shame, Shame, Shame |
Therapist |
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| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
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Bloody Proof |
Laura |
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| 2001 The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
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Island Prey |
Catherine Gaits |
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| 2005 - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
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Headspace Headspace is a 2005 film directed by Andrew van den Houten. The screenplay was written by Steve Klausner and William M. Miller, based on a story by Troy McCombs.-Plot:...
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Dr. Karen Murphy |
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| 2006 - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
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Seven Days of Grace |
Jewel |
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| 2007 This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
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Tortilla Heaven Tortilla Heaven is an independent comedy film written and directed by Judy Hecht Dumontet. It was first released in theaters on March 16, 2007 in Los Angeles.-Plot:...
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Petra |
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| 2008 This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
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Chinaman's Chance The expression a Chinaman's chance means someone has no chance at all of accomplishing or successfully doing an action.The original phrase, from the California gold rush, was that one had only a Chinaman's Chance in Hell, but it morphed through usage into its current state.-History:The historical...
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Mrs. Duncan |
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| Three Priests |
Rachel |
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| Television |
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1964 |
Drama 60-67 |
Mrs. Ken's daughter |
Episode: Studio '64 - The Crunch |
| 1977 |
Jesus of Nazareth |
Mary, the mother of Jesus |
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
MiniseriesA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
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| 1978 |
The Bastard |
Alicia |
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
TV-MovieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| The Pirate |
Leila |
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
TV-MovieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| 1979 |
The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther |
Esther |
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
TV-MovieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| 1982 |
Ivanhoe Ivanhoe is a 1982 television film adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name. The film was directed by Douglas Camfield and screenplay written by John Gay...
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Rebecca |
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
TV-MovieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| 1984 |
The Last Days of Pompeii The Last Days of Pompeii was a 1984 television movie broadcast on ABC-TV, adapting the 1834 novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It was the first English-language adaptation of the book for film or television .- Cast :*Laurence Olivier as Gaius *Siobhan McCenna...
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Ione |
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
MiniseriesA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
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| 1985 |
The Corsican Brothers |
Annamarie de Guidice |
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
TV-MovieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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Murder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
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Kitty Trumbull |
Episode: Sing a Song of Murder |
| 1990 |
Psycho IV: The Beginning Psycho IV: The Beginning is a 1990 made-for-cable-television horror film that serves as both the third sequel and a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, as it includes both events after Psycho III while focusing on flashbacks of events that took place prior to the original film...
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Norma Bates |
Showtime TV-Movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| It It is a 1990 horror television miniseries based on the novel of the same name. The story revolves around an inter-dimensional predatory life-form that is simply referred to as "It", which has the ability to transform itself into its prey's worst fears allowing it to exploit the fears and phobias...
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Audra Phillips Denbrough |
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
TV-MovieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| 1994 |
Lonesome Dove: The Series |
Olivia Jessup |
Episode: Where the Heart Is
Episode: Law and Order
Episode: Firebrand |
| 1996 |
Dead Man's Island Dead Man's Island is a television film made in 1996 starring William Shatner and Barbara Eden. In it, a journalist is called to a mysterious island by her old friend who fears that someone is trying to kill him. It shares similarities with Agatha Christie's famous novel And Then There Were None....
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Rosie, the housemaid |
TV-Movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
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| 1997 |
Boy Meets WorldBoy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...
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Aunt Prudence Curtis |
Episode: A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 2) |
| 1998 |
Pinky and the Brain Pinky and the Brain is an American animated television series.The characters Pinky and the Brain first appeared in 1993 as a recurring segment on the show Animaniacs...
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Queen |
Voice Role
Episode: The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo
Episode: Melancholy Brain |
| 1999 |
Superman: The Animated SeriesSuperman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
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Talia al GhulTalia al Ghul is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, the now-estranged daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul, a love interest of Batman, and the mother of his son Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin...
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Voice Role
Episode: The Demon Reborn |
| 2000 |
Batman BeyondBatman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...
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Talia al GhulTalia al Ghul is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, the now-estranged daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul, a love interest of Batman, and the mother of his son Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin...
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Voice Role
Episode: Out of the Past |
| 2003 |
Mother Teresa of Calcutta Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a 2003 biographical television film based on the life of Mother Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity religious order. The film stars Olivia Hussey in the title role and received a CAMIE award in 2007...
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Mother TeresaMother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
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TV-movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
originally produced as Italian television miniseriesA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
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