Sentences with phrase «socialite played»

In an attempt to force another strike of lightning and / or remind us that in the last decade, he did make a genuinely great film, Allen has made Winslet's character feel like a lesser version of the faded socialite played by Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine.

This odd life takes a turn towards normalcy as Allen falls for a beautiful socialite played by Jaime Alexander.

He was in love with Liza Minnelli, but his rich family had plans for the socialite played by Jill Eikenberry.

Not exact matches

In my research, I discovered her socialite mother cheated on her father, ran off with a lover, married him and had a custody battle that was sordidly played out in New York newspapers.

Hudson plays Eleanor Strubing, a wealthy socialite who is a key character in the film.

Clark Gable stars as a Salvation Army preacher who rescues a socialite (Joan Crawford) from a suicide attempt in this romance based on Kenyon Nicholson's play Torch Song.

Able to play characters ranging from a name - dropping Manhattan socialite to a withdrawn, abused wife, the 6» 0» Janney infuses all of her portrayals with equal parts poignancy and unforced gusto.A product of Dayton, Ohio, where she was born November 19, 1959, Janney was raised as the daughter of a homemaker and the president of a real estate firm.

In «Revenge,» Coralie Fargeat unfolds a tale in which a beautiful French socialite — and I mean beautiful that way Brigette Bardot was in «And God Created Woman» — tells a gentleman to whom she played up the night before but now telling him that «You're not my type.»

Meryl Streep plays Graham, an heiress and socialite whose ownership of The Washington Post regularly clashes with a circle of friends populated by D.C. insiders and high - ranking government officials, such as Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood).

In her second collaboration with French director Olivier Assayas, Kristen Stewart plays a personal shopper to a wealthy socialite, with a sideline as an amateur ghost hunter who's searching for her dead twin brother.

Amazon will also debut a pilot about Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, to be played by Christina Ricci, which will begin when the Southern socialite and budding writer meets future husband F. Scott Fitzgerald.

(1953) dir Otto Preminger w / Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall [91 min; 35 mm] In Otto Preminger's pessimistic noir, Mitchum plays Frank, a washed - up race car driver and the target of socialite femme fatale Jean Simmons dangerous affections.

A more accurate description would be an even more watered - down version of Pretty Woman, with Colin Firth playing the Richard Gere role of the rich man having to confront his feelings while introducing a spirited fish - out - of - water, who makes him happy despite the displeasure of the crusty socialites around him.

Meryl Streep continues her screw - the - Oscars, life - affirming run of movies with this ridiculously watchable comedy, playing filthy rich socialite Florence Foster Jenkins.

According to Phantom Thread's brand - new synopsis, Day - Lewis plays the character Reynolds Woodcock, a renowned dressmaker who, along with his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) «are at the center of British fashion,» dressing 1950s, post-war London's royalty and socialites «with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock.»

In Blue Jasmine, Cate Blanchett plays a wealthy New York socialite who has it all, loses it all and ends up delusional on a park bench.

Hoult is Salinger, Deutch is New York socialite and sometime Salinger love interest Oona O'Neill, and Spacey plays Columbia professor Whit Burnett, one of Salinger's early mentors.

In 2006, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman snagged a Best Actor award for playing writer and socialite Truman Capote.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to play Zelda Fitzgerald in a biopic of the jazz age icon, socialite and novelist.

But then, out of the blue he was offered the role of a lifetime, playing a supporting role to Meryl Streep's lead in the eponymous Florence Foster Jenkins, the biographical story of a tone - deaf but wealthy New York socialite with a dream to be a world class soprano.

Oscar nomination record - holder Meryl Streep plays the title character, a socialite who is highly regarded in certain circles, including a club she personally founded, despite her woefully off - key soprano singing.

Based on Noel Coward's stage play, which was still packing in audiences when the film was released, it sees socialite Charles Condomine hire a medium to conduct a seance in his home — only for the ghost of his dead first wife to begin haunting him and his new wife.

Cate Blanchett plays Jasmine, a once - wealthy New York socialite who's had the pillars supporting her fragile identity kicked out from beneath her.

DANGEROUS LIAISONS (formerly UNTITLED RICHARD LaGRAVENESE) PASSED ON STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Richard LaGravenese (w, ep), Erwin Stoff (ep), Ilene Staple (ep), Wren Arthur (ep), Steve Buscemi (ep), Stanley Tucci (ep), Taylor Hackford (d) LOGLINE: Revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful New York socialites who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others.

Angelina Jolie was announced as Mrs Hubbard, an American loquacious socialite, played in 1974 version by Lauren Bacall.

With that said, however, the cast is awesome (Jennifer Garner is great at playing the uptight socialite), and the script by newbie Jason A. Micallef landed a spot on the 2008 Black List.

William Powell plays the snobbish Manhattan socialite / sleuth Philo Vance as he turns his detecting prowess to foul play at a Long Island dog show.

As in Frances Ha, Gerwig again co-writes and stars, this time playing Brooke, a New York City socialite with an overwhelming go - getter attitude.

It looks like vintage Hitchcock at first, with the socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) playing a practical joke of sorts on mysterious attorney Mitch (Rod Taylor) when she visits his home in Bodega Bay, but things soon turn strange when Melanie is attacked by a seagull, and then the children at Mitch's sister Cathy's birthday party (Cathy is played by Veronica Cartwright, of «Alien» and «L.A. Law» fame) are attacked as well.

The emotional centre of this semi-fictional account of the founding of the CIA (grounded by a stoic, monotone Matt Damon) hinges on another ill - conceived marriage (to another socialite, played this time by Angelina Jolie) infringed upon by the cloak - and - dagger of the newly - minted Cold War.

Having made his mark as a serious actor to be on the look out for, his film credits of note include playing the gay socialite Paul in the sex and drugs filled dark comedy The Rules of Attraction with James Van Der Beek, Life as a House with Kevin Kline, and Hayden Christensen, Changing Hearts with Faye Dunaway and Lauren Holly, and stars opposite Kristen Bell (TV's Veronica Mars) in the Weinstein Company's horror / thriller Pulse.

Award - winning movie and TV veteran Sally Kirkland has signed on to play a socialite - turned - desperate pizza delivery lady in new movie Alice Stands...

His St. Clair Bayfield, husband, manager, and caretaker of the titular New York socialite and wannabe chanteuse (played by Meryl Streep), toggles between two rather different lives, allowing Grant to show off a chorus of emotions.

I loved playing the New York socialite Oona O'Neil in Rebel in The Rye or the manipulative and bitchy Emily Asher in Beautiful Creatures, which on the surface are smaller than leading parts, but I love good parts.

Known for his intimate figure paintings — especially of the female nude — and delightful portraits of Parisian socialites, Renoir has collected a cast of characters who still very much play a role in contemporary art today.