Anita Morris

Anita Morris

Nascimento : 1943-03-14, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Morte : 1994-03-02

História

Anita Rose Morris (March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Seesaw and Nine, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.[1] During her career, Morris had starring roles in a number of films, include The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Absolute Beginners (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Aria (1987), 18 Again! (1988), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and A Sinful Life (1989). She had leading roles in two short-lived television series in 1980s: the NBC prime time soap opera Berrenger's (1985), and the Fox sitcom Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987).

Perfil

Anita Morris

Filmes

Assassinatos na Rádio WBN
Claudette Katsenback
In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn't enough, Penny Henderson, the owner's secretary, must deal with an unhappy sponsor, an overbearing boss and a soon-to-be ex-husband who desperately wants her back. As the broadcast begins, a mysterious voice breaks the broadcast and suddenly members of the cast turn up dead. It's up to her husband Roger, to find out whodunit as the police chase him through the halls of WBN.
Little Miss Millions
Sybil Lofton
Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother.
Me and the Kid
Mrs. Feldman
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.
Off and Running
Florence
Cyndi Lauper stars as a performing mermaid in a Miami nightclub who ends up on the wrong end of a murder. On the run carrying a locket that people seem to be getting killed for, she runs into an ex-golfer and a wisecracking kid who might just be able to bail her out of this wacky nightmare.
Martians Go Home
Dr. Jane
Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to invade Earth. No they aren't dangerous, just wise-cracking, intrusive, pain in neck, annoyances. No one can escape their distracting influence. It's up to Mark to figure out how they got here, and most importantly, how to get rid of them before they drive everyone crazy!
Doce Inocência
Miss Missouri Martin
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
A Sinful Life
Claire Vin Blance
A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten to take her daughter away from her.
De Volta aos 18
Madeline
Um jovem de dezoito anos e seu avô de noventa trocam de corpo após um acidente automobilístico e o avô acaba voltando aos dezoito anos e resolve aproveitar a vida novamente, enquanto o neto fica preso ao corpo do idoso no hospital.
Aria
Phoebe
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Jezebel
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
Por Favor, Matem Minha Mulher
Carol Dodsworth
Sam Stone odeia tanto a esposa Barbara que não vê a hora de se livrar dela. Quando descobre que a mulher foi sequestrada, ele simplesmente ignora todas as exigências dos sequestradores, inclusive o pedido de resgate de quinhentos mil dólares. Confusos, os sequestradores tentam encontrar uma forma de colocar a mão no dinheiro, enquanto lidam com o autoritarismo de sua vítima.
Cidade Corrompida
Malvina Kerch-Turner
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.
Absolutamente Principiantes
Dido Lament
Colin é um jovem fotógrafo à procura de seu lugar na efervescente Londres de 1958. Ele é apaixonado por Crepe Suzette, uma aspirante a designer de moda, que deixa o amor em segundo plano para perseguir com ambição seu sonho profissional. Quando um homem mais velho e rico a leva para longe, um devastado Colin lutará para tê-la de volta.
A Masterpiece of Murder
Lola Crane
An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Os Amantes de Maria
Mrs. Wynic
1946. O veterano de guerra americano Ivan Bibic (John Savage), que foi um prisioneiro de guerra, sofreu uma crise nervosa que só lhe permitia morrer ou sonhar. Assim, ao retornar para a sua pequena cidade natal, Brownsville, na Pensilvânia, ele só pensa em encontrar seu sonho: uma refugiada iugoslava, Maria Bosic (Nastassja Kinski), uma amiga de infância que se tornou uma bela mulher. Ele sempre sonhou ter com Maria o casamento perfeito, embora ela seja desejada por outros homens. Em certo ponto Ivan diz que sonhou tanto com Maria que ela vive em seus sonhos, não no seu corpo, e é verdade, pois os sonhos dele não são iguais à realidade. Maria e Ivan se casam, mas ele descobre que não consegue fazer amor com ela.
Um Hotel em New Hampshire
Rhonda Ray
Baseado no romance best-seller de John Irving, esta intrigante e provocativa comédia de humor negro acompanha a busca da excêntrica família Berry pelo hotel perfeito. O pai (Beau Bridges) encontra o lugar ideal numa vistosa construção em New Hampshire. É lá que os Berry viverão situações engraçadas e incomuns, como a relação incestuosa entre os irmãos John (Rob Lowe) e Frannie (Jodie Foster) e a visita da bela Susie (Nastassja Kinski), que vive fantasiada de urso. Dirigido por Tony Richardson (Oscar por As Aventuras de Tom Jones).
The Magic Show
Charmin
The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, it opened on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978. Henning was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and director Grover Dale was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. In 2001, a filmed performance staged especially for the cameras in 1980, directed by Norman Campbell at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, was issued on DVD by Image Entertainment. This production, originally intended for cinema release, differed notably from the original Broadway production, with several of the most memorable songs, such as "West End Avenue" and "Solid Silver Platform Shoes", removed. Doug Henning reprised his original starring role, while Didi Conn co-starred as Cal.
Amor na Medida Certa
So Fine Dancer
Comédia sobre uma confecção que lança uma nova linha de jeans com plásticos transparentes no bumbum.
Big Blonde
Bootsie
High-spirited model Hazel decides that she should settle down in this stage play based on a Dorothy Parker short story. But her marriage to traveling salesman Herbie Morse fails to satisfy her due to his alcoholism and frequent absences. Dispirited and bored, Hazel turns to alcohol herself—and to other men—as her lively spirit sinks and her life begins a downward spiral.
The Happy Hooker
May Smith / Linda Jo
Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.
The Broad Coalition
Sheila Saunders
A man becomes pregnant in a zany comedy.