Le Clanché du Rand

Le Clanché du Rand

Birth : 1942-08-12, South Africa

History

Le Clanché du Rand is a South African-born actress and writer. She's known for her roles in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Bridge of Spies (2015) and I.Q. (1994). She played the role of Barbara Reed (Meg Ryan's character's mom) in Sleepless in Seattle.

Profile

Le Clanché du Rand

Movies

Racing Daylight
Grandma / Oneida (as Leclanche Durand)
Sadie thinks she's going insane. Edmund is sure he's being haunted. And Henry, well Henry's just racing daylight.
Chapter 27
Helen
A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
Hudson River  Blues
Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.
Quiz Show
Cornwall Neighbor
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.
For Love or Money
Woodsy Woman
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian Hanover conceal his affair with salesgirl Andy Hart from his wife. Despite his own attraction to Andy, Doug tries to stay focused on getting Christian to invest $3 million in his project.
Sleepless in Seattle
Barbara Reed
When Sam Baldwin's wife dies, he is left to bring up his eight-year-old son Jonah alone, and decides to move to Seattle to make a new start. On Christmas Eve, Jonah rings a radio phone-in with his Christmas wish to find a new wife for his dad. Meanwhile in Baltimore, journalist Annie Reed, who is having doubts about her own relationship, is listening in.
Awakenings
Magda
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.