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Kelly Bishop
Actress 82 years old

Kelly Bishop

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Carole "Kelly" Bishop is an American actress, who is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and for her role as Jennifer Grey's mother in the film Dirty Dancing. She is also well remembered for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila in... Read full bio →

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8 titles
Friends with Kids

Friends with Kids

Jennifer Westfeldt 2011 1h 40m 5.1

Revolves around a pair of best friends in their 30s who observe the effect of having kids has taken on the couples they know. To avoid that toll, the best friends resolve to have a child and then date other people.

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

Curtis Hanson 2000 1h 47m 7.0

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

2000 44m 7.6

A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

Private Parts

Private Parts

Betty Thomas 1997 1h 49m 7.2

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side.

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

Fred Schepisi 1993 1h 52m 6.5

The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

Emile Ardolino 1987 1h 40m 6.9

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances "Baby" Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer -- and unexpectedly falling in love. The object of her affection? The resort's free-spirited dance instructor.

Solarbabies

Solarbabies

Alan Johnson 1986 1h 34m 6.3

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good.

An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman

Paul Mazursky 1978 2h 4m

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

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