Sentences with phrase «playing wealthy widow»

In 1991, Ivey returned to her Texas roots for NBC's Down Home, though she found more success playing wealthy widow B.J. Poteet on the final season of the long - running sitcom Designing Women (also NBC).

Julie Harris plays a wealthy widow romanced by her «paranormal investigator,» played by Tom Adams (who's a delightful sleaze).

Not exact matches

While watching the Cadillacs, Leo meets Elaine Stalker (Faye Dunaway), the sexy widow of a wealthy mine owner, and the two strike up a romance, while Elaine's daughter Grace (Lili Taylor) wanders through her mother's home playing «Besame Mucho» on the accordion to her pet turtles.

Also fine are Weisz as the grieving widow and Bryan Brown, who plays her wealthy father.

Mulligan plays schoolteacher Kyra Hollis who receives an unexpected visit from her ex-lover, the recently widowed and wealthy restaurateur Tom Sergeant (Nighy), who wants to rekindle their relationship.

Until a couple of tired romantic roundelays — Jasmine takes up with a wealthy widow played by Peter Sarsgaard, while Ginger strays with speaker - installation guru Louis C.K. — turn up in the last act, as they do in most of Allen's weaker comedies, this is an uncharacteristically focused work from the auteur.