Information about Illeana Douglas
| Illeana Douglas | |
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| Birth name | Illeana Hesselberg |
| Born | July 25 1965 Quincy, Massachusetts, United States |
Biography
Personal life
Douglas was born Illeana Hesselberg in Quincy, Massachusetts, daughter of Joan and Gregory Douglas.[1] Her paternal grandparents were Rosalind Hightower and actor Melvyn Douglas, and her paternal step-grandmother was actress and politician Helen Gahagan.[2] Her mother is Italian American.[3][4]Career
Acting since she was a child in Connecticut, Douglas studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York from the age of 10.[5] She is known for her part in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991), her role as singer/songwriter Denise Waverly in Allison Anders' Grace of My Heart (1996), and her roles in To Die For (1995) and Ghost World (2001).At the Walt Disney World Resort in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Douglas played the manager for the band Aerosmith in the preshow movie for the Rock 'N' Rollercoaster Starring Aerosmith attraction. On TV, Douglas starred in the series Action (1999) with Jay Mohr, guest starred on both Seinfeld and Frasier and has played a public defender on several episodes of in 2002 and 2003. She appeared in two episodes of the critically acclaimed HBO TV-series Six Feet Under, both of which earned Emmy nominations for Guest Actress in a Drama. In 2006 she starred in the Lifetime TV Movie Not Like Everyone Else. In 2007 Douglas was added to the cast of Ugly Betty, where she'll play Sheila, a new editor for MODE magazine[6].
Douglas has tried her hand at writing and directing, with a comedy short The Perfect Woman (1993), the documentary Everybody Just Stay Calm--Stories in Independent Filmmaking (1994), and the satire Boy Crazy, Girl Crazier (1995); and she has been producer for several projects including Illeanarama, a collection of her short films for the Sundance Channel.
Filmography
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Cape Fear (1991)
- Grief (1993)
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- Quiz Show (1994)
- To Die For (1995)
- Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
- Grace of My Heart (1996)
- Picture Perfect (1997)
- Stir of Echoes (1999)
- Happy, Texas (1999)
- Rock 'n' Rollercoaster Preshow (1999)
- Ghost World (2001)
- Dummy (2002)
- The New Guy (2002)
- Stories Of Lost Souls (2005)
- Illeanarama (TV) (2005)
- Not Like Everyone Else (2006)
- Factory Girl (2006)
- Pittsburgh (2006)
- ''The Bondage (2006)
- Fired! (2006)
- Rockett (2007)
- Ugly Betty (2007)
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Quincy, Massachusetts
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actor, actress, or player (see terminology) is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity.
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Melvyn Douglas
Birth name Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Born April 5, 1901
Macon, Georgia
Died July 4 1981 (aged 80)
New York City, New York
Spouse(s) Rosalind Hightower
Helen Gahagan
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Birth name Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Born April 5, 1901
Macon, Georgia
Died July 4 1981 (aged 80)
New York City, New York
Spouse(s) Rosalind Hightower
Helen Gahagan
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Helen Gahagan (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician. She was of Scottish and Irish descent.
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese at Tribeca Film Festival in 2007.
Birth name Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese
Born November 17 1942
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Martin Scorsese at Tribeca Film Festival in 2007.
Birth name Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese
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Cape Fear is a 1991 film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having
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Cape Fear is a 1991 film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having
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Allison Anders
Born November 16 1954
Occupation Director, screenwriter
Years active 1987–present
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Born November 16 1954
Occupation Director, screenwriter
Years active 1987–present
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Grace of My Heart
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November 16, 2001
Running time 111 minutes
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Language English
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Action is a short-lived comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure. It aired on FOX during the 1999-2000 season.
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Jay Mohr
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