
Acting
Edith Atwater
Born 1911-04-22 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Atwater (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner. On screen she appeared in such films as The Body Snatcher, Sweet Smell of Success, and Strait-Jacket. Her television work included roles on The Rockford Files and Knots Landing. Atwater was married to actor Hugh Marlowe in 1941. She later married Kent Smith, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Atwater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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7.3The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
True Grit
1969
6.8Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Family Plot
1976
7.6New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
5.0An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
The Love Machine
1971
7.0Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
The Body Snatcher
1945
6.6After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Strait-Jacket
1964
5.8Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitchhike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike cares for a small girl whose father has disappeared.
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
6.0After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.
Strange Bedfellows
1965
6.0A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
6.2Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975
5.3A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.
C-Man
1949
4.8A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.
Mean Dog Blues
1978
6.1An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.
Teresa
1951
7.6Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
Our Time
1974
7.0Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972
10.0Fifteen-year-old Cav Rand purchases a racehorse and trains him into a winner, but a con artist is plotting to get the stallion away from the innocent Cav.
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969
5.1A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her.
Die Sister, Die!
1978
6.1A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.
Norwood
1970
4.6A young priest questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
Pieces of Dreams
1970
Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.
We Went to College
1936