Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor

Nacimiento : 1917-09-20,

Muerte : 2011-05-30

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Clarice Taylor

Películas

The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Self / Anna Huxtable (archive footage)
A retrospective of the phenomenally popular 1984-1992 situation comedy, "The Cosby Show," complete with memorable clips, bloopers and comments from series stars, producers and Bill Cosby himself.
Sommersby
Esther
Tras el fin de la Guerra de Secesión, un combatiente confederado llamado Jake Sommersby (Richard Gere) retorna a su hogar para encontrarse con sus amigos y familia seis años después de su marcha. Cuando llega a su destino, su esposa Laurel Sommersby (Jodie Foster), alentada por Orin Meecham (Bill Pullman), comprometido con ella ante la larga ausencia de su marido, dudará de la verdadera identidad de Jake... Remake de "El regreso de Martin Guerre", film francés de 1983, pero ambientada tras la guerra de secesión.
Purlie
Idella
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical. This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
Wedding Band
Fanny Johnson
A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.
Five on the Black Hand Side
Mrs. Brooks
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
Extraña amistad
Mrs. McKay
Adaptación de una novela de Louis Gould, en la que Otto Preminger proponía una trama a medio camino entre el drama sombrío y la comedia negra. El marido de Julie es sometido a una intervención quirúrgica, pero una complicación inesperada lo deja en estado de coma. Durante su estancia en el hospital, ella descubre que él le ha sido infiel en reiteradas ocasiones. Sintiéndose profundamente humillada, decide vengarse seduciendo a los amigos de su marido.
Escalofrío en la noche
Birdie
Dave Garland, locutor de radio en California, recibe frecuentes llamadas de una mujer llamada Evelyn. Tras una de estas llamadas, decide quedar con ella, pero descubrirá que Evelyn no es la chica dulce que ella cree, sino una fan obsesionada con él.
Dime que me amas, Junie Moon
Minnie
Atacada por un pretendiente, Junie Moon (Liza Minnelli) ha quedado con el rostro y un brazo marcados para siempre. Al ser dada de alta del hospital, ella alquila una casa en la que decide convivir con otros dos pacientes muy especiales: Warren Palmer (Robert Moore), un discapacitado con inclinaciones homosexuales, y un epiléptico de nombre Arthur (Ken Howard), quien ve en ella algo más que una simple compañera.
Change of Mind
Rose Landis
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
The New Girl
In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female employee to comply with government regulations concerning equal economic opportunity.
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.