Acting

Vicky Dawson

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Acting

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15 titles

Vicky Dawson is an American actress best known for her role in the 1981 cult slasher film The Prowler, where she played the lead character Pam MacDonald. The Prowler is a horror classic among fans for its intense gore and special effects by Tom Savini, making Dawson's performance particularly memorable to genre enthusiasts. Dawson also appeared on popular TV shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Ryan’s Hope, a soap opera where she had a recurring role. While her film and TV appearances were somewhat limited, The Prowler has given her lasting recognition in the horror community.

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ABC Afterschool Special poster
6.5

Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

Lovers and Friends poster
9.0

Lovers and Friends is a short-lived American soap opera that premiered on NBC on January 3, 1977 and ended on September 29, 1978. The show was created by Harding Lemay and Paul Rauch, both of whom were also working for the daytime drama Another World. Lovers and Friends was considered to be an indirect spin-off of the former series, and took the place of a direct spin-off on the NBC schedule upon its premiere. Friends,” Set in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, the drama concerns the relationships of the Cushings and Saxons who occupy neighboring houses.

Lovers and Friends

1977

The Prowler poster
5.8

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

The Prowler

1981

Carbon Copy poster
5.8

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.

Carbon Copy

1981

Amazon Queen poster
4.4

A dream vacation of a lifetime quickly turns into a hijacking, endangering passengers and crew, on a boat journey down the Amazon River and into the Brazilian rainforest. Desperate criminals storm aboard, pursuing a lost fortune in the jungle. Now under threat, and with food and fuel running low, the once idealistic tourists - now hostages - must use all their ingenuity as their Amazon cruise becomes a descent into a desperate struggle for survival.

Amazon Queen

2021

False Hopes poster
6.9

Ace photographer Thomas McKenzie's been seeking the perfect girl his entire life - yet when two women simultaneously capture his interest, he learns he may not have been seeking the kind of love which truly makes us whole.

False Hopes

2020

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

1980s · 3 titles

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