Sentences with phrase «life as waitress»

In October, his mother, who had worked most of her life as waitress, passed away.

In October, his mother, who had worked most of her life as waitress, died.

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«I worked for years as a waitress here at Umberto's and the job taught me not only the value of hard work, but about the importance of connecting with people, of being involved in the community, of understanding people's lives and wanting to help make them better.

For many years as I was waitressing at a popular restaurant in West Hollywood called Newsroom I felt as if I worked in The Comfort Zone Cafe and lived in the Comfort Zone Apartments.

Looking back, I see clearly that the choices I made, the people I surrounded myself with and dated, the job I had as a waitress for 13 years, that all of these things reflected my expectation to be disappointed with the outcome of my life.

(She has also moonlighted as a deli waitress, secretary, and everything in between, as a way to put herself through school and life.)

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The comedy co-created by Will Arnett and Mark Chappell follows Chip's (Will Arnett) life and image as a guru is upturned after he falls for a waitress named London (Ruth Kearney), who his best friend (David Sullivan) also likes.

Description: The comedy co-created by Will Arnett and Mark Chappell follows Chip's (Will Arnett) life and image as a guru is upturned after he falls for a waitress named London (Ruth Kearney), who his best friend (David Sullivan) also likes.

It's basically a filmed play, and the drama itself is problematic (Tennessee Williams - lite), but oh what performances are given by Cher (in her first great screen role) as the no - nonsense waitress Sissy, Sandy Dennis as the delusional Mona and Karen Black as the mysterious Joanne who arrives halfway through the film and upends the lives of the women who used to know her as Joe.

The show, based on a series of tart horror mysteries by Southern author Charlaine Harris, stars Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse, a young, blond bar waitress living in a small Louisiana backwater named Bon Temps.

Ginny (Kate Winslet) works as a waitress in a Coney Island seafood joint, frazzled by the antics of her budding arsonist son and disenchanted by life with husband Humpty (Jim Belushi — surprisingly good), who runs the Wonder Wheel carousel.

As Krieps sits down beside me for coffee in a Soho hotel, I can not resist asking whether she has ever been a waitress in real life.

In Wonder Wheel, four peoples» lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny's rough - hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty's long - estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment.

Yet when Eddie preys on Rose (Lili Taylor), a shy and lonely waitress, her honesty and genuine interest in his life make it difficult for him to see her as just a funny face.

Vega's performance is a force of nature as Marina, the waitress and singer whose life is turned upside down after the death of her partner, Orlando.

Sam's first date with the waitress, too, is a lot of fun as the pair wittily exchange pleasantries before agreeing to live together for three days — one - night stands being so passé, and all.

Henry's stock market trades have earned the suburban New York family indefinite financial security, but Susan still works as a diner waitress when she isn't playing video games on the living room couch.

The real - life Erin Brockovich has a cameo as a waitress named Julia.

All We Had (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a cash - strapped single - mom (Katie Holmes) living hand - to - mouth with her 13 year - old daughter (Stefania Owen) until they move to a tiny town where she finds a steady job as a waitress only to be victimized by a fast - talking mortgage broker (Mark Consuelos).

Wonder Wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet), a melancholy, emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny's rough - hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young life - guard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty's long - estranged daughter, who is now...

A lot of the pleasant changes in this year's Harry seems due to Yates allowing Daniel Radcliffe, who is truly becoming a terrific and confident actor, to really put his stamp on The Boy Who Lived, playing him for laughs brilliantly, as in the opening scene where Harry flirts with a comely waitress and later at Hogwarts feeling the buzz of a bottle of Felix Felices.

Robbie plays Annie — «a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life» as described — with a deadly, glamorous aura of Atomic Blonde star Charlize Theron.

A little over a year and a half ago, Anna Todd, 25, was working as a waitress, unsure about what to do with her life.

I was working as a waitress and making a living wage, and I was lucky enough to have graduated with a manageable amount of debt.

Yeapanis selects both manufactured goods and collected detritus of her life as an artist, a consumer, a cultural participant and a waitress, because these materials represent an acceptance and engagement with what is, rather than a striving towards what should / could be.

After that Donovan lived and worked as a waitress in New York when she finally was contacted by Doug Chrismas to show a piece in the Ace Gallery in LA.

Bonds, who previously worked as a waitress and manager at Pizza Hut and for convenience stores, dedicated the rest of her life to protecting Appalachia and the people who live there from the ravages of mountaintop removal mining.

Melissa Dozois shares her story of how coaching with Julia von Flotow helped her transition from being frustrated and unhappy as a waitress to becoming a successful film maker, happy with herself and her life.