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Michele Abrams started off her acting career with a small part in the 1990 horror movie "Troll 2," which is often ranked as the worst film of all time, and despite its title had no connection to the 1986 film "Troll." From that inauspicious debut, she went on to appear in two more roles later that year, on the sitcom "The Fanelli Boys," and the TV movie "My Life as a Babysitter," where s...

Filmography

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Replacing Dad (1999)

Cool World (1992)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Nightmare in Columbia County (1991)

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Girl Crazy (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Treat Me Rough

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Dorsey, Armstrong, Etc.

Biography

Michele Abrams started off her acting career with a small part in the 1990 horror movie "Troll 2," which is often ranked as the worst film of all time, and despite its title had no connection to the 1986 film "Troll." From that inauspicious debut, she went on to appear in two more roles later that year, on the sitcom "The Fanelli Boys," and the TV movie "My Life as a Babysitter," where she enjoyed a starring role. From there, she appeared on television three more times the next year. She was a guest star on the teen sitcom "Parker Lewis Can't Lose"; on Aaron Spelling's hit teen-drama "Beverly Hills, 90210"; and in the made-for-TV movie "Nightmare in Columbia County," where she once again starred, this time as real-life murder victim Shari Smith. 1992 marked her big-screen debut. That year, she appeared in two films, the vampire comedy "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," where she played a friend of the title character, and the animation-meets-live-action comedy "Cool World," where she appeared alongside Brad Pitt and Gabriel Byrne. Her most recent film role came in 1994, when she had a small part in the comedy "Junior," which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. From there, she went to appear on TV series such as "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," crime drama "The Marshal," and the TV movie "Replacing Dad."

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Replacing Dad (1999)

Cool World (1992)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Nightmare in Columbia County (1991)

Life Events

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Girl Crazy (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Treat Me Rough With Tommy Dorsey and orchestra, George and Ira Gershwin's Treat Me Rough, first by June Allyson as a specialty, then by youthful playboy Danny (Mickey Rooney), about to be sent to college out west, in the lavish MGM Freed Unit musical Girl Crazy, 1943, also starring Judy Garland.

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Dorsey, Armstrong, Etc. Danny Kaye is the music professor doing research but this is only a showcase for big musical guests, notably Tommy Dorsey on trombone, ending with Lionel Hampton joining Louis Armstrong, in one of his best-ever on-camera trumpet solos, from Samuel Goldwyn's A Song Is Born, 1948.

Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972) -- (Movie Clip) The Location Of El Dorado Alejandro Repulles as Pizarro, leader of the expedition, assigns Ursua (Ruy Guerra), Inez (Helena Rojo), Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), his daughter (Cecilia Rivera), Don Gaspar (Del Negro) and Guzman (Peter Berling) to lead the desperate rescue mission, in Peru, 1561, in Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath Of God, 1972.

Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972) -- (Movie Clip) We Will Not Help Them Narration by the monk Gaspar continues, as the rescue raft mission in Peru gets off to a terrible start, Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) clashing with Ursua (Ruy Guerra), in writer-producer-director Werner Herzog’s landmark Aguirre, The Wrath Of God, 1972.

Jaws (1975) -- (Movie Clip) That's Some Bad Hat Famous scene from director Steven Spielberg with advanced shooting and editing, Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) scanning the beach which the city fathers refused to close, Lorraine Gary his wife, Wally Hooper Jr. the geriatric swimmer, in Jaws, 1975.

Priest's Wife, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I Read It At The Beauty Parlor Don Mario (Marcello Mastroianni), who met Valeria on the suicide help line after her married lover dropped her, is now managing her enthusiastic efforts to get to know him better, visiting his favorite Padua restaurant, run by Vittoria Crispo, in The Priest’s Wife, 1971, produced by Carlo Ponti.

Priest's Wife, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Go To Sleep Forever Sophia Loren is depressed Valeria, of Padua, who has learned that her lover of four years was married, now in her bedroom at her parents’ home, calling the help line and reaching co-star Marcello Mastroianni, as priest Don Mario, early in The Priest’s Wife, produced by Loren’s husband Carlo Ponti.

Murder By Death -- (Movie Clip) Sniff Out The Chinaman David Niven as "Dick Charleson," Maggie Smith his wife "Nora," with Peter Falk, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, and Peter Sellers as various sleuths, and butler Bensonmum (Alec Guinness) in Neil Simon's detective spoof Murder By Death, 1976.

L.A. Confidential (1997) -- (Movie Clip) Nite Owl Grisly events in Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential, 1997, in which Lt. Exley (Guy Pearce) takes the call for a mass murder, victims including the newly-fired partner of Sgt. White (Russsell Crowe).

Mr. Wu (1927) -- (Movie Clip) The Illustrious Mandarin Wu Grand MGM sets and Maria Newman’s original score for TCM featured in the opening, as Lon Chaney appears in his first role as the senior Wu, looking to engage Muir (Claude King) for the Western style education of his grandson (Sonny Loy), in Mr. Wu, 1927.

Mr. Wu (1927) -- (Movie Clip) I Go To Join My Ancestors We’ve just met Lon Chaney in his second role, as the now grown-up grandson Wu, on the occasion of his marriage (Mrs. Wong Wing as the young wife), then Chaney again, this time as the even-older, emaciated grandfather Wu, conferring with Muir (Claude King), in MGM’s Mr. Wu, 1927.

Mountains Of The Moon (1990) -- (Movie Clip) Royal Geographic Society Explorer Burton (Patrick Bergin) lobbying the society in director Bob Rafelson’s emphatically Victorian London, introducing Lord Murchison (John Savident), Fiona Shaw as Isabel, Richard E. Grant as Larry, Peter Vaughan and Frances Cuka as Lord and Lady Houghton and Craig Crosbie as the poet Swinburne, in Mountains Of The Moon 1990.

Queen, The (2006) -- Original Trailer Original trailer for director Stephen Frears’ The Queen, 2006, featuring Helen Mirren in her Academy Award-winning role as Elizabeth II.

Persuasion - (Original Trailer) After turning down a previous marriage proposal years earlier, a young woman is thrown into company with her former beau in Persuasion (1995) based on the Jane Austen novel.

Murder By Death - (Original Trailer) An all-star cast parodies famous detectives in the Neil Simon whodunit spoof Murder By Death (1976).

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