Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. Born Anna Eileen Herbert, her career spanned nearly 60 years. She first became known for her role as schoolteacher Rosemary Sydney in the original 1953 cast of William Inge's play Picnic on Broadway. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the overprotective mother of a blind adult son in Butterflies Are Free, a role she originated on Broadway before playing it in the film. She often played mothers, including Rocky Graziano's mother in Somebody Up There Likes Me; the mother of a murdered child in The Bad Seed; the elderly mother of an estranged son in the PBS production of the one-act play Save Me a Place at Forest Law; the overbearing mother of the detective portrayed by George Segal in No Way to Treat a Lady; the mother of reporter Jack Stein on the 1990s television sitcom Love & War; the mother of two separate characters on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live in the 1980s and 1990s; and the meddling mother of a jilted wife (played by Diane Keaton) in The First Wives Club, her last film role. She also had a recurring role on the 1970s sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as Mary's Aunt Flo Meredith, a famous woman reporter, which she repeated on the subsequent spin-off series, Lou Grant. In addition to her Academy Award, she also won two Emmy Awards for Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn and Love & War, and a Golden Globe Award for The Bad Seed. She also received a special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2000, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She made her final acting appearance in 2000 at age 80 in an off-Broadway production, The Waverly Gallery, in which she played the leading role of an elderly grandmother with Alzheimer's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eileen Heckart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Eileen Heckart
  • Popularity: 2.804
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-03-29
  • Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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Eileen Heckart Movies

  • 1986
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    Heartbreak Ridge

    Heartbreak Ridge

    6.863 1986 HD

    A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a...

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  • 1996
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    The First Wives Club

    The First Wives Club

    6.7 1996 HD

    After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the...

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  • 1978
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    Suddenly, Love

    Suddenly, Love

    9 1978 HD

    Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a...

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  • 1956
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    Bus Stop

    Bus Stop

    6.077 1956 HD

    Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to...

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  • 1956
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    Somebody Up There Likes Me

    Somebody Up There Likes Me

    7.2 1956 HD

    The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

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  • 1976
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    Burnt Offerings

    Burnt Offerings

    6.5 1976 HD

    A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time...

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  • 1956
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    The Bad Seed

    The Bad Seed

    7.109 1956 HD

    Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps...

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  • 1968
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    No Way to Treat a Lady

    No Way to Treat a Lady

    6.6 1968 HD

    Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York...

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  • 1967
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    Up the Down Staircase

    Up the Down Staircase

    6.9 1967 HD

    Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body...

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  • 1960
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    Heller in Pink Tights

    Heller in Pink Tights

    5.731 1960 HD

    Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading...

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  • 1975
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    The Hiding Place

    The Hiding Place

    6.7 1975 HD

    The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II

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  • 1972
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    Butterflies Are Free

    Butterflies Are Free

    6.8 1972 HD

    Striving to be independent, the blind but determined Don Baker moves away from his overprotective mother. After settling into his new San Francisco...

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  • 1974
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    Zandy's Bride

    Zandy's Bride

    6.3 1974 HD

    Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they...

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  • 1956
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    Miracle in the Rain

    Miracle in the Rain

    6.7 1956 HD

    Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

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  • 1972
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    The Victim

    The Victim

    5.8 1972 HD

    A woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is...

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  • 1958
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    Hot Spell

    Hot Spell

    6 1958 HD

    Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve...

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  • 1994
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    Breathing Lessons

    Breathing Lessons

    5.4 1994 HD

    A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.

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  • 1963
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    My Six Loves

    My Six Loves

    5.6 1963 HD

    A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.

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  • 1980
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    White Mama

    White Mama

    8 1980 HD

    A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually...

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  • 1980
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    F.D.R.: The Last Year

    F.D.R.: The Last Year

    7.5 1980 HD

    Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day...

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  • 1989
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    Stuck with Each Other

    Stuck with Each Other

    1 1989 HD

    When their stingy boss suddenly drops dead, two coworkers decide to split the million in cash in his safe, only to find themselves pursued by the...

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  • 1993
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    Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

    Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

    1 1993 HD

    Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.

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  • 1982
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    Games Mother Never Taught You

    Games Mother Never Taught You

    1 1982 HD

    Hard-working career wife Laura becomes the first female executive in an all-male office and is dismayed to find she now has to learn the rules of the...

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  • 1994
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    Ultimate Betrayal

    Ultimate Betrayal

    7 1994 HD

    Based on a true story about two sisters who sue their father for incest and child abuse. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the father...

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  • 1981
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    Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

    Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

    5.8 1981 HD

    The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after...

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  • 1969
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    The Tree

    The Tree

    1 1969 HD

    A directionless and emotionally scarred young man kidnaps his niece, the daughter of his sister with whom he has a difficult past.

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  • 1971
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    All the Way Home

    All the Way Home

    1 1971 HD

    Jay Follet is suffering a mid-life crisis while his wife, Mary, is expecting their second child. When Jay takes his family to visit his 103-year-old...

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  • 1979
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    The Sorrows of Gin

    The Sorrows of Gin

    10 1979 HD

    An affluent suburban couple's empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year old daughter.

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  • 1974
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    Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

    1 1974 HD

    A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.

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  • 1977
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    Sunshine Christmas

    Sunshine Christmas

    1 1977 HD

    A musician, brooding over the marriage of his sometime girlfriend, decides to take his adopted daughter to his home in Texas to celebrate Christmas...

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  • 1985
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    Stephen King's Golden Tales

    Stephen King's Golden Tales

    5.5 1985 HD

    A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The...

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  • 1956
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    The Little Foxes

    The Little Foxes

    1 1956 HD

    A tale of greed, one-upmanship, family distrust, abuse, apathy, and lost love, set in the deep south at the turn of the twentieth century.

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  • 1959
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    10 1959 HD

    A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.

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  • 1953
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    The Trip to Bountiful

    The Trip to Bountiful

    1 1953 HD

    A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston...

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  • 1974
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    The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

    The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

    1 1974 HD

    J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.

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  • 1977
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    Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

    7.196 1977 HD

    The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

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  • 1976
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    Alice

    Alice

    6.981 1976 HD

    Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice...

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  • 1979
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    Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

    6.3 1979 HD

    Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father...

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  • 1991
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    Home Improvement

    Home Improvement

    7.4 1991 HD

    The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and...

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.429 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1994
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    The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

    The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

    10 1994 HD

    The 5 Mrs. Buchanans is a U.S. television situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 24, 1994 to March 25, 1995. Set in the fictional town of...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 1984
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    Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

    7.373 1984 HD

    A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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  • 1995
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    Murder One

    Murder One

    7.8 1995 HD

    Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1951
    imgS61 E1

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1979
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    Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

    5.9 1979 HD

    Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E39

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1984
    imgS4 E20

    Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

    7.2 1984 HD

    Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a...

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  • 1966
    imgS3 E17

    Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

    7 1966 HD

    Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.

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  • 1992
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    Love & War

    Love & War

    6.429 1992 HD

    A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.

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  • 1963
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    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    7.2 1963 HD

    Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes,...

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  • 1979
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    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    6 1979 HD

    Out Of The Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the fall of 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy...

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  • 1975
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    Switch

    Switch

    6.7 1975 HD

    Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a...

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1972
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    Banyon

    Banyon

    7 1972 HD

    The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon.

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1961
    imgS5 E26

    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

    Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a...

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  • 1961
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    The New Breed

    The New Breed

    7 1961 HD

    The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes.

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  • 1949
    imgS6 E51

    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1966
    imgS3 E3

    CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

    1 1966 HD

    CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series...

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  • 1983
    imgS1 E10

    Trauma Center

    Trauma Center

    5 1983 HD

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  • 1978
    imgS1 E13

    Flying High

    Flying High

    4.5 1978 HD

    Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until January 23, 1979. Created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin...

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  • 1988
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    Annie McGuire

    Annie McGuire

    5 1988 HD

    Annie McGuire is an American sitcom that aired from October 26 to December 28, 1988. The series stars Mary Tyler Moore and Dennis Arndt as newlyweds...

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  • 1961
    imgS5 E58

    Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

    5.4 1961 HD

    The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

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  • 1984
    imgS1 E13

    Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

    6.2 1984 HD

    Partners in Crime is an American crime drama television series that aired from September 22 until December 29, 1984.

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  • 1958
    imgS4 E34

    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1955
    imgS20 E24

    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1972
    imgS5 E24

    The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

    7 1972 HD

    Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone...

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1951
    imgS61 E1

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1994
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    Ellen

    Ellen

    6.37 1994 HD

    Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role...

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  • 1951
    imgS61 E1

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1951
    imgS61 E1

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1959
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    Play of the Week

    Play of the Week

    1 1959 HD

    This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al,...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1949
    imgS6 E51

    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1949
    imgS6 E51

    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1956
    imgS61 E2

    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1973
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    Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

    6.9 1973 HD

    Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective...

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  • 1974
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    Rhoda

    Rhoda

    6.2 1974 HD

    Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a...

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  • 1953
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    Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

    1 1953 HD

    American Anthology

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