Theresa Russell
出生 : 1957-03-20, San Diego, California, USA
略歴
Theresa Russell (born Theresa Lynn Paup; March 20, 1957) is an American actress. Russell made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976), followed by a lead role in Straight Time (1978). She was then cast in Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned her critical praise. After marrying Roeg in 1982, she appeared in many films directed by him, mainly arthouse and experimental films, including Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), and Cold Heaven (1991).
Russell starred in Whore and Kafka, both released in 1991. Russell appeared in the box-office hit thriller Wild Things (1998), starred in the critically acclaimed drama The Believer (2001) and, in the later 2000s, appeared in HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and had a minor role in Spider-Man 3 (2007).
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Self
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Mrs. Lockwood
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Herself
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Aunt Kay
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Louise
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Mrs. Williams
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Diane
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Self
Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.
Herself
Self
A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.
Self
A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.
Self
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Joanna Bartlett
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Self
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Lois Vargas
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Dora Baker
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Sarah Graham
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Jackie O'Connor
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Dori Wilson
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Self
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Helen Schmidt
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Stella
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フロリダ。高校の人気教師サムが、教え子のケリーからレイプされたと訴えられ、裁判が開かれることに。だがケリーのクラスメイトのスージーの証言によって事件はケリーの狂言だと暴露され、サムが多額の慰謝料を手にして裁判は終結する。それに不審を抱いた刑事デュケは再捜査に乗り出すが、実はサムはケリーやスージーと裏で手を組んでいたのだった。しかも事態は、その後も意外な方向に突き進んでいく。
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Bride
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Lady Harriet Coal
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Morgan Le Fay
A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.
Jackie Daniels
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Mary Ann Curran (aka Alex Canis)
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The Storyteller
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Debbie / Jo
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Marie Davenport
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Gabriela
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Liz
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Lottie Mason
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Jennifer "Jenny" Hudson
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Linda Henry
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King Zog
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Catharine Petersen
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The Actress
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Sophie MacDonald
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Tracy
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Milena Flaherty
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Jenny Mercer
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Cecilia Brady
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