Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen, and B.P. Richfield on the ABC series Dinosaurs. For his work on The Jeffersons, Hemsley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He also won an NAACP Image Award. Hemsley was born and raised in South Philadelphia by his mother, who worked in a lamp factory.[1] He did not meet his father until he was 14. He attended Barrat Middle School, Central High School for 9th grade and Bok Technical High School for 10th, when he dropped out of school and joined the United States Air Force, where he served for four years. On leaving the Air Force, he returned to Philadelphia, where he worked for the United States Postal Service during the day while attending the Academy of Dramatic Arts at night. He then moved to New York, continuing to work for the Post Office during the day while working as an actor at night. He starred as Gitlow in the early 1970s Broadway musical Purlie. While Hemsley was on Broadway with Purlie, Norman Lear called him in 1971 to play the recurring role of George Jefferson in his new sitcom, All in the Family. Hemsley was reluctant to leave his theatre role, but Lear told him that he would hold the role open for him. Hemsley joined the cast two years later. The characters of Hemsley and co-star Isabel Sanford were supporting occasional roles on All in the Family, but were given their own spin-off, The Jeffersons, two years after Hemsley made his debut on the sitcom. The Jeffersons proved to be one of Lear's most successful series, enjoying a run of 11 seasons through 1985. Hemsley was a shy and intensely private man, described by some as reclusive. He avoided the Hollywood limelight and little of his personal life was public knowledge beyond the facts that he never married and he had no children.[9] In 2003, however, Hemsley granted a rare video interview to the Archive of American Television. "It [playing George Jefferson] was hard for me. But he was the character. I had to do it." On July 24, 2012, Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas, at age 74. The cause of death was given as superior vena cava syndrome, a complication associated with lung and bronchial carcinomas. He had had a malignant mass on one of his lungs for which chemotherapy and radiation had been recommended, according to the El Paso County Texas Medical Examiner's report. CLR

  • Title: Sherman Hemsley
  • Popularity: 8.974
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1938-02-01
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sherman Hemsley Movies

  • 1980
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    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    1 1980 HD

    A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.

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  • 1990
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    Camp Cucamonga

    Camp Cucamonga

    4.9 1990 HD

    Standard camp shenanigans and romance amongst the counselors and the campers at a lake front summer camp.

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  • 1979
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    Love at First Bite

    Love at First Bite

    5.974 1979 HD

    Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble...

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  • 1993
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    Mr. Nanny

    Mr. Nanny

    5.062 1993 HD

    A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.

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  • 2000
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    Screwed

    Screwed

    5.467 2000 HD

    A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's...

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  • 1986
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    Stewardess School

    Stewardess School

    4.9 1986 HD

    A group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see more than 6 inches in front of his face) enter a school...

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  • 2008
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    For the Love of a Dog

    For the Love of a Dog

    5.4 2008 HD

    When the family dog gets sick, the kids and their friends rally to earn the money to pay for the veterinarian.

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  • 2009
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    American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

    American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

    5.257 2009 HD

    Ten years after the first American Pie movie, three new hapless virgins discover the Bible hidden in the school library at East Great Falls High....

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  • 1987
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    Ghost Fever

    Ghost Fever

    2.5 1987 HD

    Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the...

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  • 1990
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    Club Fed

    Club Fed

    3.7 1990 HD

    A powerful gangster is murdered. However, All of his holdings were in his girlfriend's name. So she is charged and sent to a minimum-security prison,...

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  • 2000
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    Up, Up, and Away

    Up, Up, and Away

    5.677 2000 HD

    A boy is the only family member without superpowers in this Disney Film. The world depends on him saving his family from computerized brainwashers....

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  • 1996
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    A Christmas Journey Home

    A Christmas Journey Home

    1 1996 HD

    Young Billy sneaks his grandfather out of the nursing home for one last Christmas. On their way home, they become targets of a New York City street...

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  • 1986
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    Combat Academy

    Combat Academy

    5.3 1986 HD

    "Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious...

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  • 1997
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    Casper: A Spirited Beginning

    Casper: A Spirited Beginning

    5.4 1997 HD

    Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach...

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  • 1970
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    Mr. Ed

    Mr. Ed

    2 1970 HD

    A made-for-television movie based on the television show about the talking horse. Sherman Hemsley (George, from The Jeffersons (1975) delivers the...

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  • 1995
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    The Misery Brothers

    The Misery Brothers

    2 1995 HD

    Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

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  • 1981
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    Purlie

    Purlie

    7 1981 HD

    Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original...

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  • 2015
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    Clunkers

    Clunkers

    1 2015 HD

    When an injury crushes Ritchie's dreams of playing Major League baseball, he is forced to join a dubious team of used car salesmen. With a drunk...

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  • 1997
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    Sprung

    Sprung

    5.5 1997 HD

    Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her...

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  • 1987
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    Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1 1987 HD

    In Disneyland, the Wicked Queen has cast a spell over the seven dwarfs that makes them feel they're too old and decide to retire, so Dick Van Dyke...

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  • 1994
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    Home of Angels

    Home of Angels

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1998
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    Jane Austen's Mafia!

    Jane Austen's Mafia!

    5.425 1998 HD

    Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

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  • 1989
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    Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?

    Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?

    1 1989 HD

    A prime-time special previewing NBC's 1989-90 Saturday morning lineup, hosted by the cast members of NBC's "Saved by the Bell."

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  • 1998
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    Senseless

    Senseless

    6.2 1998 HD

    A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.

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  • 1992
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    The Ben Stiller Show

    The Ben Stiller Show

    4.8 1992 HD

    This sketch show specialises in parodies of movies, shows and commercials. Special guest stars join them in the comedy sketches with crazy results.

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  • 1992
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    Martin

    Martin

    7.671 1992 HD

    Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best...

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  • 2003
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    The Surreal Life

    The Surreal Life

    7.8 2003 HD

    The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in...

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  • 1999
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    Family Guy

    Family Guy

    7.369 1999 HD

    Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter...

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  • 1986
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    Designing Women

    Designing Women

    6.7 1986 HD

    Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates....

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  • 1976
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    The Sonny & Cher Show

    The Sonny & Cher Show

    4.7 1976 HD

    Cher and Sonny Bono starred in this quintessentially '70's TV comedy/variety show. Sonny and Cher's hit songs featured prominently on the show, as...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.299 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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  • 1990
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    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    7.941 1990 HD

    Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins...

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  • 1995
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    The Wayans Bros.

    The Wayans Bros.

    7.095 1995 HD

    The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon...

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  • 1985
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    7.7 1985 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

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  • 1971
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    All in the Family

    All in the Family

    7.835 1971 HD

    Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

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  • 1975
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    The Jeffersons

    The Jeffersons

    7.296 1975 HD

    Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from...

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  • 1976
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    Donny & Marie

    Donny & Marie

    6.5 1976 HD

    Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny...

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  • 1996
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    Clueless

    Clueless

    5.984 1996 HD

    CLUELESS is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name. The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a...

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  • 1989
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    Family Matters

    Family Matters

    6.728 1989 HD

    A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor,...

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  • 1997
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    City Guys

    City Guys

    8 1997 HD

    An edgy, hip look at urban teen life in NYC, tracing the relationship between a smart Black kid from Harlem and a rich White kid from Park Avenue.

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  • 1993
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    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    7 1993 HD

    A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man...

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  • 1998
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    The Hughleys

    The Hughleys

    6.545 1998 HD

    The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on the UPN network from September 11, 2000 to May...

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  • 1986
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    Amen

    Amen

    6.462 1986 HD

    Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman...

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  • 1976
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    Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

    7.2 1976 HD

    Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A...

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  • 1996
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    Goode Behavior

    Goode Behavior

    1 1996 HD

    Goode Behavior is an American sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on UPN. The series was cancelled after its first season, airing its last episode...

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  • 1980
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    The Big Show

    The Big Show

    1 1980 HD

    The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980. The series aimed to...

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  • 1980
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    Pink Lady

    Pink Lady

    5 1980 HD

    Pink Lady is an American variety show that aired for five weeks on NBC in 1980, starring the Japanese musical duo of the same name. The show is most...

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  • 2007
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    Back to the Grind

    Back to the Grind

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2004
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    Living in TV Land

    Living in TV Land

    1 2004 HD

    Takes a look at the daily ins and outs of actors and icons that we never really get to see.

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  • 1985
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.9 1985 HD

    Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always too much pepper in the soup! Nothing is quite right...

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  • 1974
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    Tony Orlando and Dawn

    Tony Orlando and Dawn

    3.5 1974 HD

    CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher Comedy...

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  • 1973
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    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    5.3 1973 HD

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials...

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  • 1994
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    The Secret World of Alex Mack

    The Secret World of Alex Mack

    7.8 1994 HD

    The Secret World of Alex Mack is an American television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa...

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  • 1990
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    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    7.941 1990 HD

    Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins...

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  • 1984
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    E/R

    E/R

    5.2 1984 HD

    E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long running play of the same name created and produced by the...

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  • 1974
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    Dinah!

    Dinah!

    6.5 1974 HD

    Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured...

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  • 1995
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    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    6 1995 HD

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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  • 1991
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    Dinosaurs

    Dinosaurs

    7.787 1991 HD

    Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.

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  • 1994
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6.7 1994 HD

    Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a...

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  • 1994
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    The Magic School Bus

    The Magic School Bus

    7.6 1994 HD

    An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.

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  • 1977
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    The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

    7.2 1977 HD

    During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his...

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  • 1998
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    V.I.P.

    V.I.P.

    5.161 1998 HD

    While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's...

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