Anita Morris
Anita Rose Morris (March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Seesaw and Nine, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.[1]
During her career, Morris had starring roles in a number of films, include The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Absolute Beginners (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Aria (1987), 18 Again! (1988), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and A Sinful Life (1989). She had leading roles in two short-lived television series in 1980s: the NBC prime time soap opera Berrenger's (1985), and the Fox sitcom Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987).
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.17 |
Birthday | 1943-03-14 |
Place of Birth | Durham, North Carolina, USA |
Also Known As | Anita Rose Morris, |
1994
Radioland Murders
6/48
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
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Radioland Murders
1986
Ruthless People
6.6/403
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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Ruthless People
1987
Aria
5.6/36
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each s...
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Aria
1981
So Fine
4.8/20
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...
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So Fine
1993
Me and the Kid
4.7/3
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.
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Me and the Kid
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
5.7/23
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hort...
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
1986
Blue City
4.9/26
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy wil...
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Blue City
1984
Maria's Lovers
6.1/56
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
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Maria's Lovers
1990
Martians Go Home
4.125/20
Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to invade Earth. No they aren't dangerous, just wise-cracking, intrusive, pai...
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Martians Go Home
1989
A Sinful Life
0/0
A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten to take her daughter away from her.
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A Sinful Life
1993
Little Miss Millions
5.4/23
Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother.
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Little Miss Millions
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/3
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
1988
18 Again!
5.7/86
18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by mean...
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18 Again!
1986
Absolute Beginners
5.5/61
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model C...
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Absolute Beginners
1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5.9/20
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
A Masterpiece of Murder
0/0
An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.
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A Masterpiece of Murder
1980
Big Blonde
5/1
High-spirited model Hazel decides that she should settle down in this stage play based on a Dorothy Parker short story. But her marriage to traveling...
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Big Blonde
1972
The Broad Coalition
0/0
A man becomes pregnant in a zany comedy.
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The Broad Coalition
1975
The Happy Hooker
4/13
Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts li...
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The Happy Hooker
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
5.6/119
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events chang...
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The Hotel New Hampshire
1983
The Magic Show
0/0
The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by...
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The Magic Show
1991
Off and Running
4.8/4
Cyndi Lauper stars as a performing mermaid in a Miami nightclub who ends up on the wrong end of a murder. On the run carrying a locket that people see...
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