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A woman raises her six-year-old daughter to believe that Santa Claus does not exist, but they both have a change of heart after meeting a department store Father Christmas who claims to be the man himself. When the kindly fellow is accused of being a charlatan, his new friends engage a lawyer to prove his true identity. Remake of the 1947 family drama, with Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Mara Wilson and Dylan McDermott
1994
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Richard Attenborough
(Actor)
.. Kriss Kringle
Elizabeth Perkins
(Actor)
.. Dorey Walker
Mara Wilson
(Actor)
.. Susan Walker
Dylan McDermott
(Actor)
.. Bryan Bedford
JT Walsh
(Actor)
.. Ed Collins
James Remar
(Actor)
.. Jack Duff
Jack McGee
(Actor)
.. Tony Falacchi
Jane Leeves
(Actor)
.. Alberta Leonard
William Windom
(Actor)
.. CF Cole
Les Mayfield
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Richard Attenborough
(Actor)
.. Kriss Kringle
Born:
August 29, 1923
in
Cambridge
Best Known For:
Directing Gandhi.
Early-life:
Richard Samuel Attenborough was born in Cambridge on August 29, 1923. He was the eldest son of an academic. His mother was a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council. His younger brothers were John, who worked in the motor trade, and TV presenter and naturalist David. His parents also adopted two German-Jewish refugee girls who had lived with the family during the Second World War. Richard began acting at 12 and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career:
Attenborough's film debut was 1942's In Which We Serve, playing a cowardly sailor; in real life, he served with the RAF's Film Unit, sustaining permanent ear damage in the process. He became a post-war star thanks to hits such as Brighton Rock (1947),The Great Escape (1963), and I'm All Right Jack (1959). He and Bryan Forbes formed a production company in the early 1960s, which made films including The Angry Silence (1960) and Whistle Down the Wind (1961). Attenborough directed his first film, Oh! What a Lovely War, in 1969, won an Oscar for Gandhi in 1982, and also directed the acclaimed movies A Bridge Too Far (1977), Chaplin (1992) and Shadowlands (1993). He returned to acting in the 1990s to appear in Jurassic Park (1993), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and Elizabeth (1998). He was knighted in 1976 and made a life peer in 1993. He died on August 24, 2014, at the age of 90.
Quote:
On capital punishment: "I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done."
Trivia:
Married fellow thespian Sheila Sim in 1945.
Elizabeth Perkins
(Actor)
.. Dorey Walker
Mara Wilson
(Actor)
.. Susan Walker
Dylan McDermott
(Actor)
.. Bryan Bedford
Born:
October 26, 1961
in
Waterbury, Connecticut
Best Known For:
The Practice and American Horror Story.
Early-life:
Born Mark Anthony McDermott in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 26, 1961, Dylan was encouraged to take up acting by his father's third wife, playwright Eve Ensler. He studied acting at Fordham University and the Neighbourhood Playhouse.
Career:
McDermott had roles in a number of films early in his career, including Twister (1989), Steel Magnolias (1989) and Jersey Girl (1992). His first break came in 1993 when he was cast in Clint Eastwood's In the Line of Fire. He picked up a Golden Globe for his role in legal drama The Practice. His other movie credits include Miracle on 34th Street (1994), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and Olympus Has Fallen (2013). His recent TV work includes playing different characters in two seasons of American Horror Story.
Quote:
"My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere."
Trivia:
In 2013, McDermott launched his first photography exhibition in Montreal.
JT Walsh
(Actor)
.. Ed Collins
James Remar
(Actor)
.. Jack Duff
Jack McGee
(Actor)
.. Tony Falacchi
Jane Leeves
(Actor)
.. Alberta Leonard
Born:
April 18, 1961
in
Ilford, Essex
Best Known For:
Her kooky character on Frasier.
Early-life:
Jane was born in Ilford, Essex, on April 18, 1961, and grew up in East Grinstead, Sussex. She originally trained to be a ballerina, but an injury at 18 halted her career. She went on to work as a model, was one of the dancers on The Benny Hill Show and appeared in commercials and rock videos - doing less strenuous dancing - before getting the acting bug. The profession had always appealed to Jane, who wrote in a schoolbook that she wanted to be an actress when she was a five-year-old.
Career:
After moving to Los Angeles, Leeves appeared in a series called Throb and made guest appearances in a number of shows, including Seinfeld and the miniseries Pandora's Clock. Her big break came in 1993 when she was cast as Daphne Moon in Cheers spin-off Frasier. Leeves has starred on Broadway as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and played parts in a variety of films, including Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), To Live and Die in LA (1985), Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and Music of the Heart (1999). Since 2010, she has starred in the sitcom Hot in Cleveland.
Quote:
"I wish I were more like Daphne - she's so comfortable with who she is."
Trivia:
She launched a production company called Bristol Cities with her sister Kathryn and Frasier co-star Peri Gilpin.
William Windom
(Actor)
.. CF Cole
Les Mayfield
(Director)
