Brenda Pressley

Brenda Pressley

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Brenda Pressley

Movies

3rd Street Blackout
Rita
A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout
Cradle Will Rock
Federal Theatre - Rose
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Twisted
Mrs. Burns, Lee's foster mother
This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes, but the book's classic themes remain the same. Caught under the thumb of a lecherous brothel owner, 10-year-old Lee befriends an aspiring musician named Angel who helps him escape his servitude and sends a maternal drag queen to vanquish the boy's enemies.
It Could Happen to You
Television Reporter
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.