Theresa Merritt

Theresa Merritt Hines (September 24, 1922 – June 12, 1998) was an American stage, film, and television actress and singer.

All That Jazz (1979)

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Fosse
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Jessica Lange  •  Leland Palmer  •  Ann Reinking

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Fosse
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Jessica Lange  •  Leland Palmer  •  Ann Reinking

Billy Madison (1995)

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Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tamra Davis
CAST:  Adam Sandler  •  Darren McGavin  •  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras  •  Bradley Whitford

Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tamra Davis
CAST:  Adam Sandler  •  Darren McGavin  •  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras  •  Bradley Whitford

The Goodbye Girl (1977)

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ross
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Marsha Mason  •  Quinn Cummings  •  Paul Benedict

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ross
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Marsha Mason  •  Quinn Cummings  •  Paul Benedict

The Great Santini (1979)

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis John Carlino
CAST:  Robert Duvall  •  Blythe Danner  •  Michael O'Keefe  •  Lisa Jane Persky

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis John Carlino
CAST:  Robert Duvall  •  Blythe Danner  •  Michael O'Keefe  •  Lisa Jane Persky

They Might Be Giants (1971)

Every hero has a weakness, and Sherlock Holmes' weakness was Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve mysteries and search for Moriarty in 1970s New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Harvey
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Joanne Woodward  •  Jack Gilford  •  Lester Rawlins

Every hero has a weakness, and Sherlock Holmes' weakness was Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve mysteries and search for Moriarty in 1970s New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Harvey
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Joanne Woodward  •  Jack Gilford  •  Lester Rawlins

Home Fries (1998)

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Parisot
CAST:  Drew Barrymore  •  Catherine O'Hara  •  Luke Wilson  •  Jake Busey

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Parisot
CAST:  Drew Barrymore  •  Catherine O'Hara  •  Luke Wilson  •  Jake Busey

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Bill Pullman  •  Cathy Tyson  •  Zakes Mokae  •  Paul Winfield

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Bill Pullman  •  Cathy Tyson  •  Zakes Mokae  •  Paul Winfield

Silence Like Glass (1989)

True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Schenkel
CAST:  Jami Gertz  •  Martha Plimpton  •  George Peppard  •  Bruce Payne

True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Schenkel
CAST:  Jami Gertz  •  Martha Plimpton  •  George Peppard  •  Bruce Payne

Voodoo Dawn (1990)

Group of immigrant Haitian farm workers tries to fight off an evil Haitian voodoo priest who tries to kill them & use their body parts to make up a zombie army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Fierberg
CAST:  Raymond St. Jacques  •  Theresa Merritt  •  Gina Gershon  •  Kirk Baily

Group of immigrant Haitian farm workers tries to fight off an evil Haitian voodoo priest who tries to kill them & use their body parts to make up a zombie army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Fierberg
CAST:  Raymond St. Jacques  •  Theresa Merritt  •  Gina Gershon  •  Kirk Baily

Proof of the Man (1977)

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun'ya Satô
CAST:  George Kennedy  •  Mariko Okada  •  Hajime Hana  •  Broderick Crawford

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun'ya Satô
CAST:  George Kennedy  •  Mariko Okada  •  Hajime Hana  •  Broderick Crawford

J.T. (1969)

J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert M. Young
CAST:  Ja'net DuBois  •  Theresa Merritt  •  Kevin Hooks  •  Michael Gorrin

J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert M. Young
CAST:  Ja'net DuBois  •  Theresa Merritt  •  Kevin Hooks  •  Michael Gorrin

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Higgins
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Charles Durning  •  Dolly Parton  •  Dom DeLuise

The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Higgins
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Charles Durning  •  Dolly Parton  •  Dom DeLuise

The Wiz (1978)

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Diana Ross  •  Michael Jackson  •  Nipsey Russell  •  Ted Ross

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Diana Ross  •  Michael Jackson  •  Nipsey Russell  •  Ted Ross

Astonished (1988)

A European woman living in Greenwich Village sees her life starting to come apart. She's broke, seems to be hallucinating and seeing people she dreams about appear in her real life, and on top of that finds herself accused of a pair of murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kahn  •  Travis Preston
CAST:  Liliana Komorowska  •  Tommy Hollis  •  Charles S. Dutton  •  Theresa Merritt

A European woman living in Greenwich Village sees her life starting to come apart. She's broke, seems to be hallucinating and seeing people she dreams about appear in her real life, and on top of that finds herself accused of a pair of murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kahn  •  Travis Preston
CAST:  Liliana Komorowska  •  Tommy Hollis  •  Charles S. Dutton  •  Theresa Merritt

Miracle at Beekman's Place (1988)

Following a family tragedy, an idealistic hospital chief of staff dumps his high-paying job to open a storefront inner-city clinic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Scoey Mitchell  •  Theresa Merritt  •  Robert Costanzo  •  Liz Torres

Following a family tragedy, an idealistic hospital chief of staff dumps his high-paying job to open a storefront inner-city clinic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Scoey Mitchell  •  Theresa Merritt  •  Robert Costanzo  •  Liz Torres