Charlayne Woodard

Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress. She is a two-time Obie Award winner as well as a Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlayne Woodard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Angie (1994)

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Coolidge
CAST:  Geena Davis  •  Stephen Rea  •  James Gandolfini  •  Aida Turturro

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Coolidge
CAST:  Geena Davis  •  Stephen Rea  •  James Gandolfini  •  Aida Turturro

Crackers (1984)

Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Malle
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Jack Warden  •  Sean Penn  •  Wallace Shawn

Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Malle
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Jack Warden  •  Sean Penn  •  Wallace Shawn

Hair (1979)

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Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miloš Forman
CAST:  John Savage  •  Treat Williams  •  Annie Golden  •  Beverly D'Angelo

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miloš Forman
CAST:  John Savage  •  Treat Williams  •  Annie Golden  •  Beverly D'Angelo

He Said, She Said (1991)

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Kwapis  •  Marisa Silver
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Elizabeth Perkins  •  Nathan Lane  •  Anthony LaPaglia

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Kwapis  •  Marisa Silver
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Elizabeth Perkins  •  Nathan Lane  •  Anthony LaPaglia

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

The Million Dollar Hotel starts with a jump from a roof top that clears up a death in a hotel that was burning to the ground where a lot of strange people had been living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Milla Jovovich  •  Jeremy Davies  •  Amanda Plummer

The Million Dollar Hotel starts with a jump from a roof top that clears up a death in a hotel that was burning to the ground where a lot of strange people had been living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Milla Jovovich  •  Jeremy Davies  •  Amanda Plummer

Unbreakable (2000)

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An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Night Shyamalan
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Robin Wright  •  Spencer Treat Clark

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Night Shyamalan
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Robin Wright  •  Spencer Treat Clark

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)

Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom McLoughlin
CAST:  Charles S. Dutton  •  Jay O. Sanders  •  Bobby Hosea  •  Helen Shaver

Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom McLoughlin
CAST:  Charles S. Dutton  •  Jay O. Sanders  •  Bobby Hosea  •  Helen Shaver

The Crucible (1996)

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Hytner
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Winona Ryder  •  Paul Scofield  •  Joan Allen

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Hytner
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Winona Ryder  •  Paul Scofield  •  Joan Allen

Cindy (1978)

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Charlayne Woodard  •  Scoey Mitchell  •  Mae Mercer  •  Nell Carter

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Charlayne Woodard  •  Scoey Mitchell  •  Mae Mercer  •  Nell Carter

Eye for an Eye (1996)

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Sally Field  •  Ed Harris  •  Olivia Burnette  •  Kiefer Sutherland

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Sally Field  •  Ed Harris  •  Olivia Burnette  •  Kiefer Sutherland

Buffalo Girls (1995)

The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' rugged cowgirl, is searching not only for her long-lost daughter, but the Wild West she once knew. Jane traverses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rod Hardy
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  Gabriel Byrne  •  Peter Coyote  •  Jack Palance

The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' rugged cowgirl, is searching not only for her long-lost daughter, but the Wild West she once knew. Jane traverses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rod Hardy
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  Gabriel Byrne  •  Peter Coyote  •  Jack Palance

Lackawanna Blues (2005)

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George C. Wolfe
CAST:  S. Epatha Merkerson  •  Marcus Carl Franklin  •  Yasiin Bey  •  Louis Gossett Jr.

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George C. Wolfe
CAST:  S. Epatha Merkerson  •  Marcus Carl Franklin  •  Yasiin Bey  •  Louis Gossett Jr.

Things Never Said (2013)

An aspiring poet in a troubled marriage sparks with a new man who helps her find her artistic voice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Murray
CAST:  Shanola Hampton  •  Elimu Nelson  •  Omari Hardwick  •  Tamala Jones

An aspiring poet in a troubled marriage sparks with a new man who helps her find her artistic voice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Murray
CAST:  Shanola Hampton  •  Elimu Nelson  •  Omari Hardwick  •  Tamala Jones

Ain't Misbehavin' (1982)

Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of Thomas "Fats" Waller — featuring 29 songs written or inspired by him. The telecast won Emmy Awards for Nell Carter and André De ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Mischer
CAST:  Nell Carter  •  André De Shields  •  Armelia McQueen  •  Ken Page

Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of Thomas "Fats" Waller — featuring 29 songs written or inspired by him. The telecast won Emmy Awards for Nell Carter and André De ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Mischer
CAST:  Nell Carter  •  André De Shields  •  Armelia McQueen  •  Ken Page

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996)

The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her excruciating battle with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neema Barnette
CAST:  Charlayne Woodard  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Tina Lifford  •  Jeffrey D. Sams

The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her excruciating battle with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neema Barnette
CAST:  Charlayne Woodard  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Tina Lifford  •  Jeffrey D. Sams

Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher A. Cohen
CAST:  Gregory Hines  •  Nathan Lane  •  Bea Arthur  •  Katharine Hepburn

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher A. Cohen
CAST:  Gregory Hines  •  Nathan Lane  •  Bea Arthur  •  Katharine Hepburn

Around the Fire (1998)

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John M. Jacobsen
CAST:  Devon Sawa  •  Bill Smitrovich  •  Tara Reid  •  Eric Mabius

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John M. Jacobsen
CAST:  Devon Sawa  •  Bill Smitrovich  •  Tara Reid  •  Eric Mabius

Touched By Evil (1997)

Successful business advisor Ellen Collier is attacked by a serial rapist, and becomes frightened and withdrawn after the incident. She begins to regain her confidence with the help of her friends and her new boyfriend Jerry, but a series of events make her suspect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  Paula Abdul  •  Adrian Pasdar  •  Susan Ruttan  •  Charlayne Woodard

Successful business advisor Ellen Collier is attacked by a serial rapist, and becomes frightened and withdrawn after the incident. She begins to regain her confidence with the help of her friends and her new boyfriend Jerry, but a series of events make her suspect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  Paula Abdul  •  Adrian Pasdar  •  Susan Ruttan  •  Charlayne Woodard

The Meteor Man (1993)

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Townsend
CAST:  Robert Townsend  •  Marla Gibbs  •  Eddie Griffin  •  Robert Guillaume

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Townsend
CAST:  Robert Townsend  •  Marla Gibbs  •  Eddie Griffin  •  Robert Guillaume

One Good Cop (1991)

When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heywood Gould
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Rene Russo  •  Anthony LaPaglia  •  Kevin Conway

When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heywood Gould
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Rene Russo  •  Anthony LaPaglia  •  Kevin Conway
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