Elsa Raven

Elsa Raven (born Elsa Rabinowitz; September 21, 1929 - November 3, 2020) was an American actress.

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Titanic (1997)

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101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cameron
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Kate Winslet  •  Billy Zane  •  Kathy Bates

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cameron
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Kate Winslet  •  Billy Zane  •  Kathy Bates

American Pop (1981)

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Bakshi
CAST:  Ron Thompson  •  Lisa Jane Persky  •  Jeffrey Lippa  •  Frank De Kova

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Bakshi
CAST:  Ron Thompson  •  Lisa Jane Persky  •  Jeffrey Lippa  •  Frank De Kova

Another You (1991)

George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Phillips
CAST:  Richard Pryor  •  Gene Wilder  •  Mercedes Ruehl  •  Stephen Lang

George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Phillips
CAST:  Richard Pryor  •  Gene Wilder  •  Mercedes Ruehl  •  Stephen Lang

Back to the Future (1985)

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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Michael J. Fox  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Lea Thompson  •  Crispin Glover

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Michael J. Fox  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  Lea Thompson  •  Crispin Glover

Fearless (1993)

After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Isabella Rossellini  •  Rosie Perez  •  Tom Hulce

After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Isabella Rossellini  •  Rosie Perez  •  Tom Hulce

In the Line of Fire (1993)

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Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Petersen
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Rene Russo  •  John Malkovich  •  Dylan McDermott

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Petersen
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Rene Russo  •  John Malkovich  •  Dylan McDermott

The Amityville Horror (1979)

George Lutz and his wife Kathleen move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is brought in to try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  James Brolin  •  Margot Kidder  •  Rod Steiger  •  Don Stroud

George Lutz and his wife Kathleen move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is brought in to try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  James Brolin  •  Margot Kidder  •  Rod Steiger  •  Don Stroud

The Moderns (1988)

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  Keith Carradine  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  John Lone  •  Geneviève Bujold

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  Keith Carradine  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  John Lone  •  Geneviève Bujold

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Jessica Lange  •  John Colicos  •  Michael Lerner

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Jessica Lange  •  John Colicos  •  Michael Lerner

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg  •  John Landis  •  Joe Dante  •  George Miller
CAST:  Albert Brooks  •  Vic Morrow  •  John Larroquette  •  John Lithgow

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg  •  John Landis  •  Joe Dante  •  George Miller
CAST:  Albert Brooks  •  Vic Morrow  •  John Larroquette  •  John Lithgow

Indecent Proposal (1993)

John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Lyne
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Demi Moore  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Seymour Cassel

John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Lyne
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Demi Moore  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Seymour Cassel

The Cutter (2005)

A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Tannen
CAST:  Chuck Norris  •  Joanna Pacula  •  Daniel Bernhardt  •  Bernie Kopell

A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Tannen
CAST:  Chuck Norris  •  Joanna Pacula  •  Daniel Bernhardt  •  Bernie Kopell

The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Kastle
CAST:  Shirley Stoler  •  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Kip McArdle  •  Mary Jane Higby

Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Kastle
CAST:  Shirley Stoler  •  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Kip McArdle  •  Mary Jane Higby

Going Home (2000)

A daughter must choose between her career as a book editor at a high powered New York firm, or return home to care for her aging father whose mental state is deteriorating.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Barry
CAST:  Jason Robards  •  Sherry Stringfield  •  Clint Black  •  Ashley Crow

A daughter must choose between her career as a book editor at a high powered New York firm, or return home to care for her aging father whose mental state is deteriorating.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Barry
CAST:  Jason Robards  •  Sherry Stringfield  •  Clint Black  •  Ashley Crow

One Night Stand (1995)

Michelle Sanderson (Ally Sheedy) is a woman who seems to have everything -- great looks, a promising career, a large circle of friends. But the one thing she yearns for most is a romantic relationship, which somehow eludes her. One night, Michelle meets a stunning ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Talia Shire
CAST:  David Sheltraw  •  Ally Sheedy  •  A Martinez  •  Don Novello

Michelle Sanderson (Ally Sheedy) is a woman who seems to have everything -- great looks, a promising career, a large circle of friends. But the one thing she yearns for most is a romantic relationship, which somehow eludes her. One night, Michelle meets a stunning ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Talia Shire
CAST:  David Sheltraw  •  Ally Sheedy  •  A Martinez  •  Don Novello

Second Thoughts (1983)

Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her ex John Michael. A curious triangle develops as Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Turman
CAST:  Lucie Arnaz  •  Craig Wasson  •  Ken Howard  •  Anne Schedeen

Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her ex John Michael. A curious triangle develops as Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Turman
CAST:  Lucie Arnaz  •  Craig Wasson  •  Ken Howard  •  Anne Schedeen

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)

Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is about to get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Bamber
CAST:  Daniel Letterle  •  Diego Serrano  •  Shanola Hampton  •  David Monahan

Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is about to get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Bamber
CAST:  Daniel Letterle  •  Diego Serrano  •  Shanola Hampton  •  David Monahan

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)

This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Jeff Goldblum  •  Melody Anderson  •  Madolyn Smith Osborne  •  John Glover

This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Jeff Goldblum  •  Melody Anderson  •  Madolyn Smith Osborne  •  John Glover

Lady Liberty (1971)

The story concerns the difficulties and reactions of Maddalena (Sophia Loren), an Italian visitor to New York City. She has come to the country carrying a huge mortadella sausage which she intends as a gift for her fiancé. But Customs do not allow processed meat to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Gigi Proietti  •  William Devane  •  Beeson Carroll

The story concerns the difficulties and reactions of Maddalena (Sophia Loren), an Italian visitor to New York City. She has come to the country carrying a huge mortadella sausage which she intends as a gift for her fiancé. But Customs do not allow processed meat to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Gigi Proietti  •  William Devane  •  Beeson Carroll

Such Good Friends (1971)

Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Dyan Cannon  •  James Coco  •  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Ken Howard

Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Dyan Cannon  •  James Coco  •  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Ken Howard
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