Mariann Aalda


Biography

Mariann Aalda was an accomplished actress, noted for her comedic timing in her roles for television shows. At the start of her acting career, Aalda appeared on television comedies like "The Last Precinct" (NBC, 1985-86), "Designing Women" (CBS, 1986-1993) and "Family Matters" (CBS, 1989-1998). She also landed roles in various films, such as the musical "The Wiz" (1978) with Diana Ros...

Photos & Videos

How the West Was Won - Program Book
The Apple Dumpling Gang - Movie Poster
The Barefoot Executive - Movie Poster

Biography

Mariann Aalda was an accomplished actress, noted for her comedic timing in her roles for television shows. At the start of her acting career, Aalda appeared on television comedies like "The Last Precinct" (NBC, 1985-86), "Designing Women" (CBS, 1986-1993) and "Family Matters" (CBS, 1989-1998). She also landed roles in various films, such as the musical "The Wiz" (1978) with Diana Ross and the Chad Lowe sports comedy "Nobody's Perfect" (1990). She continued her comedic performances throughout the nineties, appearing on"The Royal Family" (CBS, 1991-92) and "Grace Under Fire" (ABC, 1993-98). She also had roles in film during these years, including roles in the Richard Gere box office smash comedy "Pretty Woman" (1990) and "Class Act" (1992) with Christopher "Kid" Reid. Recently, she tackled roles on "Sparks" (1995-97), "The Wayans Bros" (1996-99) and "The Parkers" (UPN, 1998-2004). She also appeared in "All of Us" (2003-07). She also was featured in the TV movie "The O.J. Simpson Story" (Fox, 1994-95). Most recently, Aalda acted on "The Blacklist" (NBC, 2013-).

Life Events

Photo Collections

How the West Was Won - Program Book
Here is the souvenir Program Book sold at Roadshow engagements for the 1962 epic in Cinerama, How the West Was Won.
The Apple Dumpling Gang - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Disney's The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
The Barefoot Executive - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Disney's The Barefoot Executive (1971). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Movie Clip

Duchess Of Idaho (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Baby, Come Out Of The Clouds Second leads John Lund (as "Doug") and Paula Raymond (his secretary "Ellen") in the audience as Lena Horne is introduced, performing Baby, Come Out Of The Clouds by Henry Nemo and Lee Pearl, in MGM's Duchess Of Idaho, 1950.
Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) The Lower Temple Having just entered a secret chamber, Dr. Almada (Ramon Gay) and his crew discover ancient treasure, whereupon he resumes his reconstruction for fellow scholars, in The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy, 1958.
La Chienne (a.k.a. The Bitch) (1931) -- (Movie Clip) You Spoil Me, Darling Some time into their affair, far-from-wealthy bureaucrat LeGrand (Michel Simon) ends an evening with his mistress Lulu (Janie Parèse), sending her up to the apartment he pays for, furnished with his own paintings, still unaware that she’s giving his money to her boyfriend and de facto pimp Dèdè (Georges Flamant), in Jean Renoir’s La Chienne, a.k.a. The Bitch, 1931.
La Chienne (a.k.a. The Bitch) (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Men Are Such Bores Jean Renoir directing his second sound feature, at a Paris art-scene salon, prostitute Lulu (Janie Parèse), who’s posing as fictional Clara, a suddenly popular painter, in a dancing-fight with her pimp-partner Dèdè (Georges Flamant) works with cohorts Alexandre Rignault, Pierre Desty and Lucien Mancini to schmooze a new customer (Jean Gehret), in La Chienne, a.k.a. The Bitch, 1931.
La Chienne (a.k.a. The Bitch) (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Get Your Claws In This Guy From director Jean Renoir, shooting on location in Paris, the first scene (following an earlier introduction) for Lulu (Janie Marèse) and Dèdè (Georges Flamant), meeting LeGrand (Michel Simon), the notoriously dull guy who chose not to attend the after-party following a company banquet, early in La Chienne, a.k.a. The Bitch, 1931.
La Chienne (a.k.a. The Bitch) (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Open, A Stirring Social Drama The opening credits to Jean Renoir’s sensational second sound feature (he first made a quick farcical comedy, to show producers his ability with the new medium), then a framing device, using puppets to introduce his stars, Michel Simon, Janie Marese and Georges Flamant, in La Chienne, a.k.a. The Bitch, 1931.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Colored Soldiers Home in Boston after surviving Antietam, Union officer Robert Gould Shaw feted by his abolitionist parents (Jane Alexander, Peter Michael Goetz), with family friend Searles (Andre Braugher), meeting the governor (Alan North) and Frederick Douglass (Raymond St. Jacques), in Edward Zwick’s Glory, 1989.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Runnin' For President Director Edward Zwick introduces black soldiers who’ll serve under Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) in the Union army, Andre Braugher as Searles, Jihmi Kennedy as Sharts, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington as Trip, Morgan Freeman as Rawlins, Ronreaco Lee the drummer, in Glory, 1989.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Robert Gould Shaw Director Edward Zwick’s stirring opening, Matthew Broderick as Union officer Robert Gould Shaw, reading partly from his original letters, Kevin Jarre’s script from publications by Peter Burchard and Lincoln Kirstein, from Glory, 1989, with Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman.
Freshman, The (1990) -- (Movie Clip) Carmine Said One Boy Having just delivered the komodo dragon to New Jersey for the gangster-y Marlon Brando, NYU freshmen Clark and Steve (Matthew Broderick, Frank Whaley) meet Edward (B.D. Wong) and Maximilian Schell as kooky Larry London, and discover the menagerie no one had mentioned, in writer-director Andrew Bergman’s The Freshman, 1990.
Freshman, The (1990) -- (Movie Clip) Guns And Provolone In his NYU film class, Clark (Matthew Broderick) is studying The Godfather: Part II, 1974, just after he’s been hired by Carmine Sabatini (played by Marlon Brando), who he’s been told was the basis for the Vito Corleone character, writer-director Andrew Bergman’s joke being about Paul Benedict as the pompous professor Fleeber, in The Freshman, 1990.
Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Bunch Of Neanderthal Retardos After director Philip Kaufman’s credit, The Bronx 1963, Joey (John Friedrich) hopes to stop fellow Wanderer Turkey (Alan Rosenberg) from joining the Fordham Baldies (a real street gang of the day), and we meet PeeWee (Linda Manz), Terror (Erland van Lidth), Toni Kalem as Despie beneath Ken Wahl as Richie, and Jim Youngs as Buddy, in The Wanderers, 1979.

Trailer

Sweetie (1989) -- Original Trailer Promoting the unruly, provocative and widely-noted independent first feature by director Jane Campion, Sweetie, 1989, starring her frequent collaborator and long-time Australian soap opera star Genevieve Lemon.
Return Of The Pink Panther, The (1975) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for the hit revival-sequel, initiated by Sir Lew Grade, produced and directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseay, The Return Of The Pink Panther, 1975.
Cimarron (1960) - (Original Trailer) A pioneer couple plays a major role in the settling of Oklahoma in Cimarron (1960), directed by Anthony Mann and starring Glenn Ford & Maria Schell.
Protocol (1984) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for the Goldie Hawn Washington D.C.-based contemporary rom-com Protocol, 1984, co-starring Chris Sarandon, directed by Herbert Ross.
King's Speech, The (2010) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Tom Hooper’s Academy Award-winning Best Picture from 2010, The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.
Risky Business - (Original Trailer) A high school student (Tom Cruise) practices his business skills by turning his suburban home into a bordello in Risky Business (1983).
Titanic (1997) - (Original Trailer) Eleven Academy Awards went to director James Cameron's $200 million recreation of the 1912 maritime disaster Titanic (1997).
Fame - (Original Trailer) Students at a performing arts high school struggle with personal problems in Fame (1980).
Field Of Dreams - (Original Trailer) "If you build it, he will come" is the message given to Iowa farmer Kevin Costner in Field Of Dreams (1989).
Unforgiven (1992) - (Original Trailer) Clint Eastwood made and starred in the first Western to win a Best Picture Oscar® in sixty-one years, Unforgiven (1992).
Minority Report - (Original Trailer) An enforcer (Tom Cruise) who catches people before they can commit crimes is framed for murder in Minority Report (2002).
Legends Of The Fall -- (Original Trailer) Brad Pitt is part of an all-male family that struggles to survive nature and romantic rivalry in the remote West in Legends Of The Fall (1994) co-starring Anthony Hopkins.

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