Audra Lindley

Audra Lindley

Audra Marie Lindley (September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997) was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. Born in Los Angeles, California, Lindley was the daughter of show business parents. She got her early start in Hollywood by being a stand-in, which eventually progressed to stunt work. Nothing panned out, and she went to New York in her mid-20s to work in theater. Among her many Broadway plays were: On Golden Pond, Playhouse 90, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Horse Heavens. She took time off to get married and raise five children. Upon resuming her career, she began to make steady appearances on television, including the role of Sue Knowles on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow, and a six-year stint as manipulative "Aunt Liz" Matthews on the NBC soap opera Another World. She also had regular roles as Meredith Baxter's mother in the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, as well as Lee Grant's best friend in Fay. Her greatest fame arrived when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfilled and sexually frustrated Helen Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company (1977). (Lindley wore a wig to maintain the character's exaggerated hairstyle.) The character and her husband, Mr. Roper (played by Norman Fell), were spun off to their own show, The Ropers (1979), which was not a success. Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and in film, such as Revenge of the Stepford Wives in 1980 and as Fauna, the owner of the "Bear Flag Restaurant," a Monterey, CA brothel portrayed in the 1982 film Cannery Row. In 1982, she appeared in the film Best Friends starring Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds. One of her last roles was a character part in the lesbian-themed film Desert Hearts (1985). Lindley wanted to reshoot one key scene. The director, Donna Deitch, replied that they did not have the budget for reshooting. Lindley said that she would buy a portion of the film if Deitch let her do just that one take again. Deitch agreed, and Lindley kept her word. Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, including playing Phoebe Buffay's grandmother on Friends, and her last, a recurring role as Cybill Shepherd's mother on the CBS sitcom Cybill. She had also played Shepherd's mother in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid. Lindley died from leukemia on October 16, 1997, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center with a Cybill script by her hospital bedside. She was married to and divorced from Dr. Hardy Ulm (1943–1960); they had five children. She later married and divorced James Whitmore (1972–1979) Description above from the Wikipedia article Audra Lindley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Audra Lindley
  • Popularity: 8.412
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-09-24
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Audra Lindley Movies

  • 1985
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    Desert Hearts

    Desert Hearts

    7.01 1985 HD

    While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named...

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  • 1941
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    Manpower

    Manpower

    6.7 1941 HD

    Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang....

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  • 1994
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    The New Age

    The New Age

    5.5 1994 HD

    Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and...

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  • 1942
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    The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

    4.1 1942 HD

    The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also...

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  • 1978
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    Getting Married

    Getting Married

    4 1978 HD

    A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

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  • 1997
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    The Relic

    The Relic

    6 1997 HD

    A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

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  • 1982
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    Cannery Row

    Cannery Row

    5.9 1982 HD

    Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love,...

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  • 1972
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    The Heartbreak Kid

    The Heartbreak Kid

    6.6 1972 HD

    Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a...

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  • 1988
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    Spellbinder

    Spellbinder

    5.9 1988 HD

    After leaving work one night, Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills and his colleague rescue a young, beautiful woman from an abusive boyfriend. Jeff soon...

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  • 1982
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    The Day the Bubble Burst

    The Day the Bubble Burst

    2 1982 HD

    A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.

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  • 1982
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    Best Friends

    Best Friends

    5 1982 HD

    When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected...

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  • 1979
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    When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

    When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

    6.2 1979 HD

    A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.

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  • 1986
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    Sunday Drive

    Sunday Drive

    1 1986 HD

    Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care of their niece and nephew while their parents are...

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  • 1977
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    The New Love Boat

    The New Love Boat

    1 1977 HD

    Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulous honeymooners, Stella Stevens and Pat Harrington...

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  • 1980
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    Revenge of the Stepford Wives

    Revenge of the Stepford Wives

    5.4 1980 HD

    A TV reporter arrives in the quiet town of Stepford to launch an investigation into why the town has the lowest divorce and crime rates in America....

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  • 1997
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    Sisters and Other Strangers

    Sisters and Other Strangers

    1 1997 HD

    A woman (Joanna Kerns), at odds with her eccentric sister (Debrah Farentino) over a real-estate deal, becomes the prime suspect when the latter is...

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  • 1989
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    Bridesmaids

    Bridesmaids

    6 1989 HD

    Four very different women, best friends during high school many years earlier, gather in the small town where they grew up for a reunion as...

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  • 1987
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    Stamp of a Killer

    Stamp of a Killer

    7 1987 HD

    A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.

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  • 1981
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    Skyward Christmas

    Skyward Christmas

    1 1981 HD

    In this sequel to "Skyward" and pilot to a prospective series, Julie attempts a secret flight to bring her grandfather home for a Christmas reunion.

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  • 1991
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    Absolute Strangers

    Absolute Strangers

    1 1991 HD

    A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a...

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  • 1980
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    The Silent Lovers

    The Silent Lovers

    2 1980 HD

    The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

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  • 1994
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    Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

    Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

    6.2 1994 HD

    In their very last adventure, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart travel to The Big Apple, where a play she wrote in college is being produced on Broadway....

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  • 1992
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    Just My Imagination

    Just My Imagination

    1 1992 HD

    A woman lives a normal, peaceful life in a small town until the day when a famous rock star who went to college with her quotes and cites her in one...

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  • 1988
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

    6.8 1988 HD

    A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.

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  • 1995
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    Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

    Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

    5 1995 HD

    Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the...

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  • 1994
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    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

    6 1994 HD

    The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.

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  • 1941
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    Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously They Live

    5.9 1941 HD

    A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.

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  • 1974
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    The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

    6 1974 HD

    The ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by...

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  • 1979
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    Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special

    Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special

    1 1979 HD

    Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special presents a festive celebration of favorite holiday songs and comedic moments with The Hudson Brothers plus an...

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  • 1971
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    Taking Off

    Taking Off

    6.901 1971 HD

    Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose...

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  • 1989
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    Troop Beverly Hills

    Troop Beverly Hills

    5.7 1989 HD

    A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.

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  • 1958
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    An American Girl

    An American Girl

    1 1958 HD

    The story of a teenage girl who starts wearing a Jewish charm bracelet that she received for her birthday. She then begins to experience...

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  • 1995
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    Sudden Death

    Sudden Death

    6 1995 HD

    When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end –...

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  • 1988
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    Take My Daughters, Please

    Take My Daughters, Please

    1 1988 HD

    A woman with four single daughters sets out to try and get them married.

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  • 1941
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    One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

    6.6 1941 HD

    Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1994
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    Friends

    Friends

    8.437 1994 HD

    Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get...

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  • 1986
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    Matlock

    Matlock

    7.2 1986 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

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  • 1974
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    Chico and the Man

    Chico and the Man

    5.8 1974 HD

    Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed...

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  • 1989
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    Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

    7.957 1989 HD

    Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in...

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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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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  • 1979
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    The Ropers

    The Ropers

    5.5 1979 HD

    The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spin-off of Three's Company and based on the...

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  • 1977
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    Three's Company

    Three's Company

    7.8 1977 HD

    Three's Company is an American television sitcom that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. Developed by Don...

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  • 1964
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    Another World

    Another World

    5 1964 HD

    Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay...

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  • 1972
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    Bridget Loves Bernie

    Bridget Loves Bernie

    6.667 1972 HD

    Bridget Loves Bernie is an American television comedy program created by Bernard Slade, the creator of the 1970–74 ABC sitcom The Partridge...

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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 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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  • 1958
    imgS4 E125

    From These Roots

    From These Roots

    3.5 1958 HD

    Follow the life of successful writer Elizabeth “Liz” Fraser Allen as she returns to her New England hometown of Strathfield to run her...

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  • 1975
    imgS1 E10

    Fay

    Fay

    5 1975 HD

    Fay is an American sitcom starring Lee Grant as the title character. The series aired on NBC from September 1975 to June 1976.

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  • 1950
    imgS8 E39

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1975
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    The Bob Crane Show

    The Bob Crane Show

    5.5 1975 HD

    The Bob Crane Show is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC. The series starred Bob Crane as Bob Wilcox, a man in his 40s who quits his job...

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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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  • 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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  • 1951
    imgS1 E258

    Search for Tomorrow

    Search for Tomorrow

    5 1951 HD

    Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera that premiered on September 3, 1951, on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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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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  • 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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  • 1950
    imgS8 E39

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1978
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    Pearl

    Pearl

    6.4 1978 HD

    Miniseries about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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