Acting
Sharon Spelman
Born May 1, 1942 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 84)
No biography available.
Known For
The Karate Kid · 1984The Karate Kid
★ 7.21984
MovieActionDrama
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.
The Blob · 1988The Blob
★ 6.91988
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
Terror Among Us · 1981Terror Among Us
★ 5.11981
MovieThrillerCrime
A convicted rapist continually violates his parole but slips through the cracks of the justice system until his crimes escalate into a frenzy of terror against five helpless women.
Can a Guy Say No? · 1986Can a Guy Say No?
1986
MovieDramaTV Movie
A 17-year-old boy finds that looks can be deceiving when he becomes friends with the prettiest girl in school; despite her beauty, she's very unhappy and has low self-esteem.
Peeping Times · 1978Peeping Times
★ 4.01978
MovieComedyTV Movie
Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the special featured an early broadcast network appearance of David Letterman. David Frost was co-executive producer. The show was a spoof of TV news magazine programs.
Stop at Nothing · 1991Stop at Nothing
★ 7.71991
MovieDramaThriller
An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The father was accused of sexually abusing the daughter but the evidence was dismissed. Who's lying?
Kate's Secret · 1986Kate's Secret
★ 6.31986
MovieTV MovieDrama
A beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.
The Big Stuffed Dog · 1981The Big Stuffed Dog
★ 5.51981
MovieTV MovieComedy
A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.
Movies
The Karate Kid · 1984The Karate Kid
★ 7.21984
MovieActionDrama
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.
The Blob · 1988The Blob
★ 6.91988
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
Terror Among Us · 1981Terror Among Us
★ 5.11981
MovieThrillerCrime
A convicted rapist continually violates his parole but slips through the cracks of the justice system until his crimes escalate into a frenzy of terror against five helpless women.
Can a Guy Say No? · 1986Can a Guy Say No?
1986
MovieDramaTV Movie
A 17-year-old boy finds that looks can be deceiving when he becomes friends with the prettiest girl in school; despite her beauty, she's very unhappy and has low self-esteem.
Peeping Times · 1978Peeping Times
★ 4.01978
MovieComedyTV Movie
Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the special featured an early broadcast network appearance of David Letterman. David Frost was co-executive producer. The show was a spoof of TV news magazine programs.
Stop at Nothing · 1991Stop at Nothing
★ 7.71991
MovieDramaThriller
An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The father was accused of sexually abusing the daughter but the evidence was dismissed. Who's lying?
Kate's Secret · 1986Kate's Secret
★ 6.31986
MovieTV MovieDrama
A beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.
The Big Stuffed Dog · 1981The Big Stuffed Dog
★ 5.51981
MovieTV MovieComedy
A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.
The Stepford Children · 1987The Stepford Children
★ 5.01987
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Steven and Laura Harding, along with their kids David and Mary, have moved to the quiet community of Stepford. Steven joins the men's club, which is still assimilating their wives into robots. This time, they have begun to turn their out of control teens into robots as well. Once they are assimilated, they are obedient, homework loving, big band dancing droids. Laura, David, and Mary stumble onto this mystery, and they must avoid Steven's plans to turn them into robots.
Deadly Game · 1977Deadly Game
★ 7.71977
MovieDrama
A military convoy is transporting something apparently for disposal. They pass by Sheriff Abel Marsh's town and they are passing by property that's owned by Amy Franklin who is the girlfriend of Abel's deputy, Malcolm. Before they know it, everything around the property is uninhabitable. The army returns to clean things up and make restitution. But there is one nagging question, was this an accident or was it deliberate? That is something Abel is most interested in finding out.
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg · 1994Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
★ 7.11994
MovieTV MovieDrama
A young mother is accused of convincing four teenagers to murder her husband, who she claims abused her during their ten-year relationship.
Schoolboy Father · 1980Schoolboy Father
★ 4.31980
MovieDramaTV Movie
High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.
The Girl in the Empty Grave · 1977The Girl in the Empty Grave
★ 7.11977
MovieMysteryThriller
The police chief of a small town begins an investigation after a young woman, who was supposed to have died several months previously, starts appearing around town just before her parents are found mysteriously dead.
Twirl · 1981Twirl
★ 5.71981
MovieComedyDrama
Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being -- what else? -- twirling!). The real test, however, is whether their friendship will survive through the contest with the pressure and interference from their parents to win.
TV Shows
L.A. Law · 1986L.A. Law
★ 7.11986
SeriesDrama
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.
The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
The Rockford Files · 1974The Rockford Files
★ 7.61974
SeriesCrimeDrama
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Quincy, M.E. · 1976Quincy, M.E.
★ 7.51976
SeriesCrimeDrama
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Lou Grant · 1977Lou Grant
★ 7.31977
SeriesComedyDrama
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
The Golden Girls · 1985The Golden Girls
★ 7.61985
SeriesComedy
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
Barney Miller · 1975Barney Miller
★ 7.31975
SeriesComedy
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman · 1976Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
★ 7.31976
SeriesDrama
In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.
Amazing Stories · 1985Amazing Stories
★ 7.51985
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
Barnaby Jones · 1973Barnaby Jones
★ 7.01973
SeriesCrimeDrama
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
Cybill · 1995Cybill
★ 5.91995
SeriesComedy
Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring, Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King · 1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
★ 6.61983
SeriesDrama
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.
Rhoda · 1974Rhoda
★ 6.31974
SeriesComedy
Trauma Center · 1983Trauma Center
★ 7.01983
SeriesDrama
Crazy like a Fox · 1984Crazy like a Fox
★ 7.21984
SeriesComedyDrama
Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.
Angie · 1979Angie
★ 7.51979
SeriesComedy
Angie Falco is a middle class Italian-American who marries the wealthy Brad Benson, and she soon learns how to adjust to her new lifestyle the hard way.
Gimme a Break! · 1981Gimme a Break!
★ 6.71981
SeriesComedyFamily
Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
Snoops · 1989Snoops
★ 6.31989
SeriesComedyCrime
Snoops is an American crime themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September 1989 to July 1990 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by series star Tim Reid and Sam Egan.
The Cop and the Kid · 1975The Cop and the Kid
1975
SeriesComedy
Policeman Charles "Kootch" Kuzinski, a hardened bachelor with a domineering mother, finds his life irrevocably changed when he becomes the unlikely guardian of streetwise orphan Lucas.
Freebie and the Bean · 1980Freebie and the Bean
★ 6.81980
SeriesComedy
Freebie and the Bean is a short-lived hour-long police drama based on the 1974 film of the same name. The series stars Tom Mason as Freebie and Héctor Elizondo as Bean, two San Francisco police detectives.