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Natalie Schafer
Actress 1900 - 1991

Natalie Schafer

Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

Natalie Schafer (November 5, 1900 – April 10, 1991) was an American actress, best known today for her role as Lovey Howell on the sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964–1967). Schafer began her career as an actress on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles in 1941 to work in films.... Read full bio →

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17 titles
The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

John Schlesinger 1975 2h 25m 7.3

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

40 Carats

40 Carats

Milton Katselas 1973 1h 50m 6.0

After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party.

Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island

1964 25m

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.

Back Street

Back Street

David Miller 1961 1h 47m 4.0

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married.

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling

Alexander Hall 1956 1h 31m 6.0

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems.

Anastasia

Anastasia

Anatole Litvak 1956 1h 45m 6.5

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her he comes to believe she is really Anastasia. In the end the Empress must decide her claim.

Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach

Joseph Pevney 1955 1h 37m 5.0

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home.

Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand

Curtis Bernhardt 1951 1h 30m

With their daughters about to marry, Joyce (Bette Davis) is blindsided when husband David (Barry Sullivan) wants out of their marriage. Facing the abyss, can she accept that her tactics to push him toward success have driven them apart.

Caught

Caught

Max Ophüls 1949 1h 28m 8.0

It was her childhood dream come true. She had married a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a tormented nightmare once she realized the truth about her husband. He was more than a millionaire, he was absolutely insane!

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life

H. C. Potter 1948 1h 49m 5.0

A wide variety of persons come into Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

Anatole Litvak 1948 1h 48m 7.8

Olivia de Havilland stars in this look inside a state-run insane asylum.

The Other Love

The Other Love

André de Toth 1947 1h 35m

Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont. Written by Jeremy Perkins

Secret Beyond the Door...

Secret Beyond the Door...

Fritz Lang 1947 1h 39m 7.7

Fritz Lang’s psycho thriller tells the story of a woman who marries a stranger with a deadly hobby and through their love he attempts to fight off his obsessive-compulsive actions.

Repeat Performance

Repeat Performance

Alfred L. Werker 1947 1h 31m 6.0

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.

Wonder Man

Wonder Man

H. Bruce Humberstone 1945 1h 38m

Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico

Mitchell Leisen 1945 1h 36m 5.0

An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is making a play for the banker's wife. They hatch a scheme whereby she pretends to be a Spanish countess.

Reunion in France

Reunion in France

Jules Dassin 1942 1h 44m 5.0

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

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