Known for Costume & Make-Up
Born
June 29, 1929 (age 97)
Birthplace
Denver, Colorado, USA
Filmography
51 films


Bringing Down the House
2003 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.


Novocaine
2001 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.


Bowfinger
1999 · 1h 37m
country: United States
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.


Sgt. Bilko
1996 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.


Mixed Nuts
1994 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.


A Simple Twist of Fate
1994 · 1h 46m
country: United States
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.


My Girl 2
1994 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.


Housesitter
1992 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.


Grand Canyon
1991 · 2h 14m
country: United States
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.


Father of the Bride
1991 · 1h 45m
country: United States
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.


Oscar
1991 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.


L.A. Story
1991 · 1h 35m
country: United States
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.


Parenthood
1989 · 2h 4m
country: United States
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.


She's Out of Control
1989 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A Los Angeles radio-station manager's girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy.


Midnight Run
1988 · 2h 6m
country: United States
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.


Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · 1h 32m
country: United States
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.


Roxanne
1987 · 1h 47m
country: Canada
In this modern take on Edmond Rostand's classic play "Cyrano de Bergerac," C. D. Bales is the witty, intelligent, and brave fire chief of a small Pacific Northwest town who, due to the size of his enormous nose, declines to pursue the girl of his dreams, lovely Roxanne Kowalski. Instead, when his shy underling Chris McConnell becomes smitten with Roxanne, C.D. feeds the handsome young man the words of love to win her heart.


¡Three Amigos!
1986 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.


Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · 1h 43m
country: United States
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.


Spies Like Us
1985 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · 1h 31m
country: United States
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.


The Vegas Strip War
1984 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Neil Chaine, a charming Las Vegas hotel/casino owner, tries to turn his decaying building into the Strip's top attraction to avenge his outing by his former partners who run a more fancy hotel/casino just across the street.


Revenge of the Nerds
1984 · 1h 30m
country: United States
At Adams College, the jocks rule from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own frat to protect their outcast brothers, the nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush their new rivals.


Two of a Kind
1983 · 1h 28m
country: United States
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by falling in love.


Deal of the Century
1983 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.


National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.


Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.


Thief
1981 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.


Urban Cowboy
1980 · 2h 12m
country: United States
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.


Hide in Plain Sight
1980 · 1h 32m
country: United States
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.


Goldengirl
1979 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A neo-Nazi Doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised & Conditioned since she was a child to run in the Olympics.


Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.


Demon Seed
1977 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.


Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.


Cinderella Liberty
1973 · 1h 57m
country: United States
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.


Westworld
1973 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.


Scarecrow
1973 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.


Black Gunn
1972 · 1h 37m
country: United Kingdom
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.


Cry for Me, Billy
1972 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Drifter falls in love with Native American girl, with tragic results.


The Hired Hand
1971 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and soon believes that all will be well again. But then Harry has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties and priorities.


The Andersonville Trial
1970 · 2h 30m
country: United States
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.


A Man Called Horse
1970 · 1h 54m
country: Mexico
In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will permit him to become a member of the tribe.


Black Water Gold
1970 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A scuba team, a marine archaeologist and a Mexican historian join forces to reach the wreck of an historic Spanish galleon before a well-armed commercial expedition does.


Sam Whiskey
1969 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.