Della Reese
Nacimiento : 1931-07-06, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Muerte : 2017-11-19
Alma Peddington
It's Christmas Eve and an unexpected delay at the airport has left everyone stranded. Young Joy (Savannah Page Ray from NBC's Parenthood) is traveling on her own to visit family for the holidays, so a retired flight attendant at the airport (Shirley Jones) becomes her travel companion. As they wait with their fellow travelers, they soon learn that everyone can use a Christmas Miracle, especially a young man trying to escape his past, and they join together to help. Allow your spirit to be lifted and your heart to be warned as you watch each person receive their Miracle at Gate 213
Linda
Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just before Christmas when her dad, Ted, takes a bad fall while putting up decorations. While home, Jenny begins getting romantic Christmas cards from an unknown admirer, who turns out to be her old neighbor and the unrealized love of her life, Jack. There's just one problem - Jack died in a car accident three years ago.
Elsie Waybright
Esta Navidad, Olivia Mead tiene un deseo: que su madre soltera (Teri Polo) encuentre a alguien a quien ella pueda llamar papá. Ella y sus compañeros pronto descubren que la respuesta a todos sus deseos se encuentra dentro de una misteriosa casa abandonada. Dentro de la casa descubren a Elsie Waybright (Della Reese), el Ángel de la Navidad. Elsie trata de enseñar a Olivia que algunas solicitudes deben dejarse en manos de Dios. Cuando se acerca el día de Navidad, Olivia recibe una respuesta inoportuna, el sospechoso Dr. Nathan Davis (Kevin Sorbo). (FILMAFFINITY)
Mave
When 20-year old Nathan loses his career and his girlfriend, he questions his purpose in life. Compounding his struggle, Nathan grew up in a foster home and never met his birth mother. He sets out on a quest to find his mother and somehow come to terms with her rejection of him. His journey begins by flying to the city where he was born. Upon his arrival, Nathan checks into a hotel and meets Mave the hotel's housekeeper. Encouraged by Mave's wisdom and the help of hotel guest Shelly, Nathan finds the address of his mother, Linda. Linda is a social worker who agonizes over the decision she made with Nathan 20 years ago. In an effort to admonish the guilt of giving up her son, Linda is caught up in the life of a teenage mother-to-be, Tori, who is conflicted by the decision to abort her baby. When Nathan gathers the courage to meet his mother, he uncovers a terrible secret that totally redefines what was meant to be for his life.
Muriel
Things don't go as expected when a disenchanted pastor wishes for a different life.
Doris Dorkus
Expecting Mary is the story of a young girl, who's had all the trappings of an upscale life, but it's only when she finds herself in a small New Mexico town, in a downtrodden trailer park, that she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice and family.
Mrs. Towner
Gina (Queen Latifah), una peluquera que deja su trabajo porque no aguanta más a su insoportable y amanerado jefe (Kevin Bacon), vuelve a su barrio para montar su propio salón de belleza.
Herself
Mother Popcorn - James Brown What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler MacArthur Park - Della Reese Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Nothing But Heartaches - The Supremes Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye Goin' To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes Something About You - The Four Tops River Deep, Mountain High - Mary Wilson It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown Everyday People - Sly & Family Stone
Sophia Myles
A pastor's cherished wife is thrown into despair and experiences a crisis of faith after his mysterious death.
Eema (voice)
Prehistoria, hace 65 millones de años, al final del periodo cretáceo. Un iguanodonte de tres toneladas llamado Aladar se cría separado de los de su especie y crece en una isla paradisiaca al amparo de un clan de lémures. Cuando una devastadora lluvia de meteoritos provoca el caos en su pacífico mundo, Aladar pone rumbo a tierra firme y se une a un grupo de dinosaurios que buscan desesperadamente un lugar donde anidar en paz. Pero el agua y la comida empiezan a escasear, y los carnotaurios, sedientos de sangre fresca, representan un peligro constante. Es entonces cuando Aladar se ve obligado a desafiar el "orden establecido" y demuestra que saber adaptarse a cualquier situación es la mejor manera de sobrevivir.
Anya Herpick
Inspirational tale set in the late 1940s involving an elderly blind woman with a unique collection of bells in her home and a dyslexic 12-year-old boy who form an offbeat friendship to help each other overcome a disability.
Honey
A young girl stuck in a horrific cycle of familial violence finds the power to build her own future from the place she least suspected in an inspiring tale of friendship and devotion starring Ossie Davis and Della Reese, and directed by Bruce Pittman. For years Jo Ann Foley (Madeline Zima) has suffered under the cruel hand of her ruthless grandfather. A chance meeting with kindly neighbors Honey (Reese) and her husband Too Tall (Davis) finds things looking up, however, as the nurturing couple provides Jo Ann with the support needed to break free of her grandfather's tyrannical grip. As the future lies before her ready to be molded however she sees fit, Jo Ann must now find the courage to let go of the past and seek the redemption needed to start life anew.
Mona Washburn
A lonely retirement home resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to again be young. Awakening the next morning she finds herself to be 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as a housekeeper for her daughter, who does not recognize her.
Tess
After their parents died, Wayne Travers (Randy Travis) began taking care of his mentally retarded brother Joey, a responsibility he was starting to regret. His only help was Joey’s friend Serena–until a miracle happened on Christmas Eve. Charles, a con-artist, arrived the next morning and divided the town with his schemes. What he didn’t expect, however, was to find pieces of his life he’d abandoned long ago, and he certainly never expected to encounter real angels. Monica and Tess (Roma Downey, Della Reese) have their hands full helping the people discern between truth and lies while protecting a miracle that reveals the true giftof Christmas. From the heartwarming , hit series, Tounced by an Angel, this poignant story is destined to become a holiday classic
Lilly Cooper
Cuando Wanda (Patricia Heaton) y (Sarah Meredith Baxter) son dos hermanas muy diferentes entre sí. Wanda es una sencilla ama de casa, mientras que Sara es una ocupada mujer de negocios. Tras morir su madre, ambas han heredado un terreno en el bosque. Podrían venderlo por mucho dinero, pero hay un problema: la cabaña está ocupada... (FILMAFFINITY)
Katie Beale
A dying widow plays matchmaker to her 32-year-old unmarried son and sets him up with a nurse that she meets.
Ma Wright
Martin Lawrence es Darnell, un playboy abierto y charlatán que cuando se trata de mujeres no admite un no por respuesta. Trabaja en un nightclub que espera algún día sea suyo. Cuando un día aparece en una limusina la elegante Brandi -Lynn Whitfield-, Darnell cree ver su próxima conquista, pero las cosas no saldrán como él esperaba...
Self
A comical and musical collection of yuletide appearances on the Ed Sullivan show. Timeless appearances by musical guests such as Johnny Mathis, Sergio Franchi and Bing Crosby are included along with comedic performers such as Topo Gigio and the Muppets.
Elevator Operator
Cuando el congresista por Florida Jeff Johnson fallece, Thomas Jefferson Johnson, un estafador de poca monta, se las arregla para suplantarle en las listas electorales. Aunque su intención inicial es llenarse los bolsillos sin importarle los contribuyentes, una vez en Washington irá cambiando hasta convertirse en un político honrado y dedicado a su deber.
Alicia Slater
In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his traveling musician dad is deemed unfit to care for him, being on the road too much. Now, the only thing that can help is if a cold, bureaucratic adoption agency caseworker sees the error of her ways and allows them to be together.
Vera
En los tumultuosos años 20, Sugar Ray es el propietario de una casa de juegos en Harlem. Con la ayuda de su hijo Quick, Sugar tratará de evitar que el gángster Bugsy Callhoune, que cuenta con la colaboración de un policía corrupto, se entrometa en sus negocios. (FILMAFFINITY)
Sarah
Two UCLA coeds have engine trouble in small Southern town. When they spurn the local sheriff's advances he arranges for them to be taken to the women's prison on trivial charges (the judge is a cousin), where they must endure atrocities at the hands of the administrators of the prison and the prison guards.
Mrs. Gibson
Un hombre es confinado en un asilo para enfermos mentales de forma errónea, y desarrolla unos poderes psíquicos que le serán de suma utilidad a la hora de llevar a cabo su letal venganza.
Claudine
An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."
Flo
A tugboat operator and a waterfront cafe owner clash with a dock foreman who is trying to change the way things on the piers have been done.
Diane
A recently widowed Boston newspaper columnist tries to raise his eight-year old daughter with the help of his sister, with whom he shares a house.
Opal Parker
Two teenagers set out on a 2000-mile sailboat journey from California to Hawaii and en route combat the natural challenges and their inner shortcomings.
Herself
A lounge singer tries to adjust to rock 'n' roll music.