Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond

Katherine Marie Helmond (July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019) was an American film, theater, and television actress, and director. Over her five decades of television acting, she was known for her starring role as ditzy matriarch Jessica Tate on the ABC prime time soap opera sitcom Soap (1977–1981) and her co-starring role as feisty mother Mona Robinson on Who's the Boss? (1984–1992). She also played Doris Sherman on Coach and Lois Whelan, the mother of Debra Barone, on Everybody Loves Raymond. She guest starred on a number of TV shows including True Blood, Strong Medicine, Providence, The Love Boat, The Bionic Woman (1976), The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bob New hart Show, Mannix, and Gunsmoke. She had supporting roles in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985), and Overboard (1987). She also voiced Lizzie in the Cars trilogy by Disney/Pixar. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

  • Title: Katherine Helmond
  • Popularity: 4.461
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1929-07-05
  • Place of Birth: Galveston, Texas, USA
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  • Also Known As: Katherine Marie Helmond
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Katherine Helmond Movies

  • 1985
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    Brazil

    Brazil

    7.67 1985 HD

    Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a...

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  • 2006
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    Cars

    Cars

    6.982 2006 HD

    Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself...

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  • 1985
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    Shadey

    Shadey

    4.4 1985 HD

    A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the...

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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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  • 1998
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    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    7.208 1998 HD

    Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a...

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  • 1987
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    Overboard

    Overboard

    6.8 1987 HD

    Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But...

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  • 2000
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    How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

    How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

    3.4 2000 HD

    Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.

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  • 1976
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    Family Plot

    Family Plot

    6.7 1976 HD

    Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

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  • 2003
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    Beethoven's 5th

    Beethoven's 5th

    5.3 2003 HD

    When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue...

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  • 1993
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    The Elvira Show

    The Elvira Show

    1 1993 HD

    Filmed for CBS in 1993, this unaired pilot features the witch Elvira, her aunt, and their pet cat welcoming a long-lost niece into their new Kansas...

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  • 1981
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    Time Bandits

    Time Bandits

    6.583 1981 HD

    Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've...

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  • 2002
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    Mr. St. Nick

    Mr. St. Nick

    5.6 2002 HD

    King Nicholas XX is ready to retire and pass the throne to his son, Nick St. Nicholas. But he is a no-show, preferring his lavish seaside lifestyle...

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  • 1971
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    The Hospital

    The Hospital

    6.568 1971 HD

    Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a...

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  • 1975
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    The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg

    6.288 1975 HD

    Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of...

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  • 1988
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    Lady in White

    Lady in White

    6.1 1988 HD

    Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly...

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  • 1955
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    Wine of Morning

    Wine of Morning

    5.5 1955 HD

    A story of bloodshed and shipwreck, of intrigue and murder, of love and redemption. The film traces the life of Joel, a promising young man who turns...

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  • 2007
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    A Grandpa for Christmas

    A Grandpa for Christmas

    6.8 2007 HD

    An old-time movie-star singer/ hoofer rebonds with his estranged daughter and 9-year-old granddaughter.

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  • 1986
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    Christmas Snow

    Christmas Snow

    6 1986 HD

    A shop owner who is being evicted at Christmas rescues her Scrooge-like landlord from an accident.

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  • 1979
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    Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

    Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

    6.5 1979 HD

    A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked...

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  • 2011
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    Collaborator

    Collaborator

    4.7 2011 HD

    A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.

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  • 2012
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    Time Travel Mater

    Time Travel Mater

    5.9 2012 HD

    When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an ambitious young car on his way to California. With...

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  • 1994
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    The Flight of the Dove

    The Flight of the Dove

    5.5 1994 HD

    An explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find themselves in love and fighting the spy ring out to kill them.

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  • 1997
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    Ms. Scrooge

    Ms. Scrooge

    5.2 1997 HD

    Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She...

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  • 1992
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    Inside Monkey Zetterland

    Inside Monkey Zetterland

    2.9 1992 HD

    An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay.

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  • 1975
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    The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

    The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

    1 1975 HD

    A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day finds himself making life-and-death decisions.

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  • 1975
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    The Family Nobody Wanted

    The Family Nobody Wanted

    5.8 1975 HD

    A minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants and soon they find themselves with a family of a dozen kids.

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  • 1974
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    Locusts

    Locusts

    4.7 1974 HD

    A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects...

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  • 1980
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    Scout's Honor

    Scout's Honor

    5.5 1980 HD

    Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the...

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  • 1977
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    Little Ladies of the Night

    Little Ladies of the Night

    3.3 1977 HD

    The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has...

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  • 1974
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    Dr. Max

    Dr. Max

    1 1974 HD

    A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.

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  • 1976
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    Baby Blue Marine

    Baby Blue Marine

    5.2 1976 HD

    A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued...

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  • 1975
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    The Legend of Lizzie Borden

    The Legend of Lizzie Borden

    6.655 1975 HD

    A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.

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  • 1975
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    Cage Without a Key

    Cage Without a Key

    1 1975 HD

    A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is...

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  • 1992
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    Grass Roots

    Grass Roots

    1 1992 HD

    This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S....

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  • 1990
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    When Will I Be Loved?

    When Will I Be Loved?

    1 1990 HD

    Three disillusioned wives who are contemplating divorce compare notes on their stormy marriages.

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  • 2011
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    Cars 2

    Cars 2

    6.131 2011 HD

    Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes...

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  • 2020
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    Frank and Ava

    Frank and Ava

    5.4 2020 HD

    Frank & Ava joins the wild ride of the tempestuous relationship between icons, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner showing their multi-year love affair and...

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  • 1993
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    Amore!

    Amore!

    3.8 1993 HD

    Saul Schwartz, a married successful businessman, is bored with his life and decides he has had enough. So he gets a divorce, quits his job, and goes...

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  • 1988
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    Save the Dog!

    Save the Dog!

    1 1988 HD

    Becky wants to become an actress. After an audition for a dog food ad she has best chances to get the part - but the day after her dog Petey becomes...

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  • 1982
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    Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

    Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

    1 1982 HD

    The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.

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  • 2000
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    Living in Fear

    Living in Fear

    4 2000 HD

    A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?

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  • 2000
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    The Perfect Nanny

    The Perfect Nanny

    6.9 2000 HD

    Upon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt, Andrea McBride applies for the position of nanny for a...

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  • 1983
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    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    5 1983 HD

    Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father...

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  • 1976
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    James Dean

    James Dean

    4.7 1976 HD

    A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both...

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  • 2017
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    Cars 3

    Cars 3

    6.855 2017 HD

    Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in...

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  • 1976
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    Wanted: The Sundance Woman

    Wanted: The Sundance Woman

    6.4 1976 HD

    Katharine Ross repeats her portrayal of Etta Place (from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") in this adventure of the fugitive who, alone and...

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  • 2008
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    Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

    Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

    6.8 2008 HD

    Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

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  • 2014
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    The Radiator Springs 500½

    The Radiator Springs 500½

    6.3 2014 HD

    A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and...

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  • 2008
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    What Is Brazil?

    What Is Brazil?

    6.4 2008 HD

    What is this film called Brazil? Find out in this witty documentary.

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  • 2006
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    Mater and the Ghostlight

    Mater and the Ghostlight

    6.2 2006 HD

    Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's...

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  • 1974
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    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

    6.3 1974 HD

    In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just...

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  • 1991
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    The Perfect Tribute

    The Perfect Tribute

    7.2 1991 HD

    A boy risks life and limb to travel across the war-torn southern states of America during the height of hostilities in the Civil War, hoping to visit...

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  • 1974
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    Larry

    Larry

    5.5 1974 HD

    A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged is transferred to a state mental hospital when...

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  • 1982
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    For Lovers Only

    For Lovers Only

    1 1982 HD

    A man, his daughter, and son-in-law run a honeymoon resort in the Poconos.

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  • 2004
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    The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2004 HD

    The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.

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  • 1972
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    The Rookies

    The Rookies

    6.9 1972 HD

    The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working...

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  • 1984
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    Who's the Boss?

    Who's the Boss?

    7.5 1984 HD

    A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a...

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  • 1999
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    Providence

    Providence

    6.5 1999 HD

    Providence is an American television drama series.

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  • 1976
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    The Bionic Woman

    The Bionic Woman

    7 1976 HD

    After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.

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  • 1996
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    Everybody Loves Raymond

    Everybody Loves Raymond

    6.791 1996 HD

    Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the...

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  • 1985
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    Girls On Top

    Girls On Top

    4.833 1985 HD

    Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist.

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  • 1972
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    The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

    7.4 1972 HD

    The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972,...

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  • 1977
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    Soap

    Soap

    7.2 1977 HD

    The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

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  • 1967
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    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.7 1967 HD

    Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed...

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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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  • 1982
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    Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    8.421 1982 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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  • 2000
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    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    7.1 2000 HD

    The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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  • 1974
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    Harry O

    Harry O

    4.6 1974 HD

    After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry...

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  • 1973
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    Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

    5 1973 HD

    Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13...

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  • 1977
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    Meeting of Minds

    Meeting of Minds

    10 1977 HD

    Meeting of Minds is a television series, created by Steve Allen, which aired on PBS from 1977 to 1981. The show featured guests who played...

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  • 1976
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    Spencer's Pilots

    Spencer's Pilots

    5 1976 HD

    Spencer's Pilots is an American adventure series that aired on CBS from September 17 to November 19, 1976. The series stars Gene Evans as Spencer...

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  • 1979
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    Sweepstakes

    Sweepstakes

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1975
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    Joe Forrester

    Joe Forrester

    7 1975 HD

    Joe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.

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  • 1992
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    Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

    8.5 1992 HD

    Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

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  • 1998
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    The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

    6.8 1998 HD

    The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.

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  • 2008
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    True Blood

    True Blood

    7.62 2008 HD

    Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And...

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  • 2004
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    The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2004 HD

    The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.

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  • 1982
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    World War III

    World War III

    6.1 1982 HD

    When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force...

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  • 2010
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    Pound Puppies

    Pound Puppies

    5.2 2010 HD

    Lucky, Cookie and the rest of the dogs in Shelter 17 have an important secret mission: to help every dog that comes to the pound find a new home.

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.291 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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  • 1974
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    The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

    7.232 1974 HD

    Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman...

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  • 1995
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    Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

    Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

    6.2 1995 HD

    The story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. The making of an iconic American film star: Elizabeth Taylor. Based on the novel by C. David...

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  • 1990
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    The Upper Hand

    The Upper Hand

    7.3 1990 HD

    The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from...

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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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  • 1974
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    Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

    6.9 1974 HD

    Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.291 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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  • 1956
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    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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  • 1979
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    Benson

    Benson

    7.214 1979 HD

    A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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  • 1973
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    The Snoop Sisters

    The Snoop Sisters

    7.2 1973 HD

    Two elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes.

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  • 1989
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    Coach

    Coach

    6.9 1989 HD

    Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports...

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  • 1969
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    Medical Center

    Medical Center

    6.1 1969 HD

    Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.

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  • 1985
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    Comedy Factory

    Comedy Factory

    1 1985 HD

    The Comedy Factory (no known affiliation with the comedy club of the same name) was a live-action, scripted comedy series that ran during the summers...

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  • 1970
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    Comedy Factory

    Comedy Factory

    7.5 1970 HD

    A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a...

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  • 1970
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    Comedy Factory

    Comedy Factory

    7.214 1970 HD

    A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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