Viveca Lindfors

Born: 1920-12-29

Viveca Lindfors (1920-1995) was a renowned Swedish-American actress known for her versatility and captivating performances on stage, in film, and on television. Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Lindfors developed a passion for the performing arts from a young age, honing her craft at the prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 1946, Lindfors was brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers in the hope that she would become a new Greta Garbo or Ingrid Bergman - two of Sweden's most famous cinematic exports. This marked the beginning of a prolific international career that would span several decades. Lindfors went on to appear in a wide range of acclaimed films, including the film noir classic "I'll Cry Tomorrow" and the psychological thriller "The Addams Family." Beyond her on-screen work, Lindfors was also a respected theater actress, garnering critical acclaim for her portrayals of iconic roles such as Hedda Gabler and Medea. Her versatility and emotional depth were widely praised, and she was known for her ability to bring nuance and complexity to even the most challenging characters. In addition to her acting work, Lindfors was also a dedicated educator and mentor, sharing her expertise and passion for the performing arts with aspiring actors and directors. She taught at several prestigious institutions, including the Actors Studio in New York, and was instrumental in nurturing the next generation of theatrical talent. Throughout her career, Lindfors received numerous accolades and honors, including a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the television film "Testimony of Two Men." She was also recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Swedish Film Institute, cementing her status as one of the most respected and influential Swedish actors of the 20th century.


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Stargate

as Catherine
Released: 1994-10-28

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling...

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Creepshow

as Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
Released: 1982-11-10

Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from...

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The Exorcist III

as Nurse X
Released: 1990-08-17

On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police...

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Tabu

as Sirkka Lind
Released: 1977-01-28

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a...

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The Way We Were

as Paula Reisner
Released: 1973-10-17

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive...

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King of Kings

as Claudia
Released: 1961-10-11

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The Hand

as Doctress
Released: 1981-04-24

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not...

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Zandalee

as Tatta
Released: 1991-05-09

Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls...

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The Sure Thing

as Professor Taub
Released: 1985-03-01

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Adventures of Don Juan

as Rainha Margarida
Released: 1948-12-24

Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a...

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The Story of Ruth

as Eleilat
Released: 1960-06-17

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I Accuse!

as Lucie Dreyfus
Released: 1958-03-05

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Backfire

as Lysa Radoff
Released: 1950-01-26

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Playing for Time

as Frau Schmidt
Released: 1980-09-30

When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other...

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Run for Cover

as Helga Swenson
Released: 1955-04-29

An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

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Moonfleet

as Mrs. Minton
Released: 1955-06-24

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The Damned

as Freya Neilson
Released: 1962-11-16

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Girlfriends

as Beatrice
Released: 1978-08-11

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The Tenth Level

as Mrs. Schnagel
Released: 1976-08-26

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology...

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Sylvia

as Irma Olanski
Released: 1965-02-10

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Night Unto Night

as Ann Gracy
Released: 1949-06-10

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Dark City

as Victoria Winant
Released: 1950-10-17

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing...

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Weddings and Babies

as Bea
Released: 1960-10-05

A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe...

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A House Without Boundaries

as Señorita Elvira
Released: 1972-04-01

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what...

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No Sad Songs for Me

as Chris Radna
Released: 1950-04-27

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Fanfare for a Death Scene

as Ala Sarah
Released: 1964-09-01

An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's...

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Brainstorm

as Dr. Elizabeth Larstadt
Released: 1965-05-05

Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.

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Puzzle of a Downfall Child

as Paula Galba
Released: 1970-12-16

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the...

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Freckled Max and the Spooks

as Baronka
Released: 1987-10-17

A parody of Frankensteinian stories. It is a story of a little boy, an orphan who arrives at the...

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A Wedding

as Ingrid Hellstrom
Released: 1978-08-29

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Silent Madness

as Mrs. Collins
Released: 1984-10-26

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The Linguini Incident

as Miracle
Released: 1991-05-01

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Cauldron of Blood

as Tania Badulescu
Released: 1970-02-16

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The Diary of Anne Frank

as Petronella Van Daan
Released: 1967-11-26

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Welcome to L.A.

as Susan Moore
Released: 1976-11-12

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Bell from Hell

as Marta
Released: 1974-07-19

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For Ladies Only

as Rachel Loring
Released: 1981-11-09

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Last Summer in the Hamptons

as Helena Mora
Released: 1995-11-22

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Inside the Third Reich

as Gypsy woman
Released: 1982-05-09

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Voices

as Mrs. Lemon
Released: 1979-03-14

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Journey Into Light

as Christine Thorssen
Released: 1951-09-28

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as Self
Released: 1997-07-08

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Going Undercover

as Mrs. Bellinger
Released: 1988-06-17

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No Exit

as Inez
Released: 1962-06-01

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as Dr. Helena Lindenhaim
Released: 1992-11-04

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Secret Weapons

as Aunt Rosa Koslov
Released: 1985-03-03

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The Ann Jillian Story

as Ann's Mother
Released: 1988-01-04

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Natural Enemies

as Psychiatrist
Released: 1979-11-01

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Natural Enemies

as Dr. Baker
Released: 1979-11-01

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as Kathleen Moore
Released: 1957-03-14

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The Halliday Brand

as Aleta Burris
Released: 1957-01-01

Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind...

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Four in a Jeep

as Franziska Idinger
Released: 1951-03-30

Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.

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The Flying Missile

as Karin Hansen
Released: 1950-12-24

A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.

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A Question of Guilt

as Dr. Rosen
Released: 1978-02-21

A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.

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Rachel River

as Harriet White
Released: 1988-01-01

A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.

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The Raiders

as Elena de Ortega
Released: 1952-11-20

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Coming Apart

as Monica
Released: 1969-10-26

A psychiatrist secretly films his female patients as an experiment; he pushes both him and his...

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To the Victor

as Christine Lund Lestrac
Released: 1948-10-26

An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.

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Tempest

as Catherine II
Released: 1958-12-01

A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station...

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Marilyn: The Untold Story

as Natasha Lytess
Released: 1980-11-10

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe,...

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Backstreet Justice

as Mrs. Robovit
Released: 1994-09-21

A P.I. is burdened by her late father's reputation as a corrupt cop.

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The Sin of Anna Lans

as Anna Lans
Released: 1943-08-20

At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life.

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Jag är eld och luft

as Jenny Ahrman
Released: 1944-09-07

Vicar Ahrman's young daughter Jenny has left the home to start a new life with her beloved...

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Oscuros sueños de agosto

as Isabel
Released: 1967-07-01

Isabel returns to Spain, after several years of absence, to be cured of a neurosis. His daughter...

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Passions

as Lila
Released: 1984-10-01

A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little...

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The Wind Is My Lover

as Singoalla
Released: 1949-12-13

Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield...

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This Side of the Law

as Evelyn Taylor
Released: 1950-06-17

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment....

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The Best Little Girl in the World

as Madame Seurat
Released: 1981-05-11

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and...

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The Brothers' Woman

as Emma
Released: 1943-11-22

City girl Emma marries the farmer Nicklas but gets involved in a love triangle with his brother...

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Mom, the Wolfman and Me

as Grandma Bergman
Released: 1980-10-20

Concerned that her feminist mom Deborah is going to stay single, Jenny Bergman plays matchmaker....

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Divorce Wars: A Love Story

as Barbara Harper
Released: 1982-03-01

Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and...

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Appassionata

as Maria
Released: 1944-02-02

A classic melodrama about the famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.

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Maria på Kvarngården

as Maria Holgersson
Released: 1945-01-15

Maria is a waitress at a local restaurant when an older man propose to her. She is a bit...

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The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

as Dr. Rice
Released: 1984-10-31

A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.

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Zelda

as uncredited
Released: 1993-11-06

Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda...

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A Doctor's Story

as Mrs. Kristina Karlberg
Released: 1984-04-23

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

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If I Could Marry the Minister

as Eva Örn
Released: 1941-12-13

Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a...

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Yellow Ward

as Nurse Doris
Released: 1942-01-10

A chief physician at a women's clinic is against abortion. He strongly influence the patients...

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Minns ni?

as (archive footage)
Released: 1993-10-24

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about...

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Interlude

as Vellamo Toivonen
Released: 1946-02-11

The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrive to Lugano in Italy for a few weeks stay...

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I paradis ...

as Angelica Jansson
Released: 1941-10-13

The Stockholm publisher Adam, a wealthy gentleman with a favorable appearance, has completely...

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Unfinished Business

as Helena
Released: 1987-09-18

Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to...

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An Affair of the Skin

as Victoria
Released: 1963-11-20

A neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.

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No Time for Flowers

as Anna Svoboda
Released: 1952-12-25

A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an...

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The Serious Game

as Lydia Stille
Released: 1945-11-26

Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the...

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Snurriga familjen

as Cleaning woman
Released: 1940-08-18

Manager Blom and his family stop at a mountain hotel. Once there, all family members are...

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Child of Darkness, Child of Light

as Ida Walsh
Released: 1991-05-01

A Catholic priest is sent to investigate reports of two virgin conceptions. One is about to give...

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Nebbie sul mare

as Maria Rosai
Released: 1944-05-10

A woman struggles to make a living after her husband is mistakenly presumed dead.

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Morgondagens melodi

as uncredited
Released: 1942-03-23

The schoolgirl Maj-Lis comes from a wealthy family and is unhappy with her life. Emmy, her...

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Svarta rosor

as uncredited
Released: 1945-08-27

A young woman is predestined to marry her fathers companion. During the summer she falls in love...

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Law & Order

as Helga Holtz
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Bonanza

as Angela Bergstrom
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Dynasty

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-12

The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch;...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

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Climax!

as Soledad Barojo
First aired: 1954-10-07

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Climax!

as Solange Tanbeau
First aired: 1954-10-07

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Climax!

as Lisa Muller
First aired: 1954-10-07

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as Widow
First aired: 1948-10-03

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Studio One

as Lisa
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Naked City

as Lulu Kronen
First aired: 1958-09-30

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

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Rawhide

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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The F.B.I.

as Eva Bolen
First aired: 1965-09-19

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Laura
First aired: 1964-09-14

Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program,...

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Reading Rainbow

as Herself - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1983-06-06

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Sister Catherine
First aired: 1959-10-05

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China Beach

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-04-26

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...

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The Wizard

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-09

The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk,...

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DuPont Show of the Month

as Camilla, la Perichole
First aired: 1957-09-29

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Frankenstein's Aunt

as Teta
First aired: 1987-02-01

Frankenstein's Aunt is the protagonist of three novels - two by Allan Rune Pettersson and a...

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Johnny Midnight

as Simone
First aired: 1960-01-03

Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January...

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Play of the Week

as Belia Odry
First aired: 1959-10-12

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Letter to Loretta

as Louise Reynard
First aired: 1953-09-20

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