The X-Files: How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
11:00 pm - 12:00 am, Tuesday, August 25 on 5ACTION (33)
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How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
Season 6, Episode 6
Mulder talks Scully into spending Christmas Eve exploring a haunted house, where a couple killed themselves in a suicide pact in 1917, and which has been the site of several suspicious deaths in the intervening years. As they become separated, they encounter the spirits of the dead couple, who try to talk them into killing each other. Lily Tomlin and Edward Asner guest star
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David Duchovny
(Actor)
.. Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
(Actor)
.. Dana Scully
Lily Tomlin
(Actor)
.. Lydia
Edward Asner
(Actor)
.. Maurice
Chris Carter
(Writer)
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Did You Know..
David Duchovny
(Actor)
.. Fox Mulder
Born:
August 07, 1960
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing X Files hero Fox Mulder.
Early-life:
David William Duchovny was born on August 7, 1960, in New York to a Scottish teacher mother, Margaret, and Amram, his publicist and playwright father who was of Ukrainian descent. They divorced when he was 11. He has a brother called Daniel. Duchovny earned an English Literature degree from Princeton University and a Masters in the same subject at Yale University. He became a part-time actor to help fund his PhD, but abandoned his studies in 1987 to pursue a show business career full-time.
Career:
One of Duchovny's earliest roles was in a beer advert. Before making his debut as Mulder in The X Files in 1993 he was best known as Dennis/Denise, a transvestite FBI agent in cult TV drama Twin Peaks. He also hosted The Red Shoe Diaries series. On the big screen he has starred in Kalifornia, movie versions of The X Files, as well as Return To Me, Evolution, Zoolander, Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, Connie and Carla, My Dark Places and House of D. In 2007 he began a seven-year stint alongside Natascha McElhone in US comedy drama Californication. He is due to star in a new, 1960s-set drama called Aquarius, about the police's investigation into cult leader Charles Manson.
Quote:
'I never, ever, ever cook, and I would never eat anything I might cook.'
Trivia:
Duchovny dated Perry Reeves and Sheryl Lee before marrying Tea Leoni in 1997. They have two children, Madelaine and Kyd, but are now separated.
Gillian Anderson
(Actor)
.. Dana Scully
Born:
August 09, 1968
in
Chicago
Best Known For:
The X Files.
Early-life:
Gillian Leigh Anderson was born in Chicago on August 9, 1968. After briefly relocating to Puerto Rico her family moved to London while her father completed a course at the London Film School; they ended up staying for nine years. On their return to the US, young Gillian decided she wanted to be an actress after auditioning for a community play. Following high school, she studied acting at DePaul University's Goodman Theatre and left with a degree in Fine Arts. She moved to New York to pursue her acting dreams.
Career:
Anderson's first big break came when she won an award for her performance in the off-Broadway play Absent Friends. After settling in Los Angeles, she had a guest appearance in TV series Class of 96, then landed the role of Dana Scully in The X Files. She won an Emmy and Golden Globe for her portrayal of the FBI agent; she's also appeared in two X Files movies. Anderson's other projects include The Mighty, The House of Mirth, The Last King of Scotland, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Crimson Petal and the White, and Hannibal. She's also the female lead in the hugely acclaimed BBC Two series The Fall, and contains to appear on stage.
Quote:
'Fame is complicated and definitely overrated. There are perks to it that are unfathomable. But the other aspect is there's little to no privacy at all.'
Trivia:
Anderson is a spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network. Her brother Aaron was diagnosed with the condition as a child; he died at the age of 30 in 2011 after contracting a brain tumour.
Lily Tomlin
(Actor)
.. Lydia
Born:
September 01, 1939
in
Detroit, Michigan
Best Known For:
Being a star of stage, TV and film.
Early-life:
Mary Jean Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 1, 1939 to Lillie and Guy. She has a brother, Richard. Lily began studying biology at Wayne State University but after she auditioned for a play, it sparked her interest in acting and she changed her study major. After graduating, she began doing stand-up in nightclubs in Detroit and New York. She furthered her acting training at the HB Studio. After a spell hosting music show Music Scene, Lily joined sketch comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, where she was known for playing Ernestine, a nosy telephone operator who treated customers badly.
Career:
Tomlin made her film debut in Nashville (1975), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other films followed, including 9 to 5 (1980), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), All of Me (1984), Big Business (1988), Short Cuts (1993), I Heart Huckabees (2004) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006). In 1977, Tomlin became the first woman to have a solo show on Broadway, Appearing Nitely. She won a Tony Award for her performance in another one-woman Broadway show, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. It was made into a film in 1991. Tomlin's TV credits include Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, The West Wing, Desperate Housewives, Damages and Malibu Country. More recently, she starred opposite Jane Fonda in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, and on the big screen in Grandma (2015).
Quote:
'I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.'
Trivia:
In 1972, Tomlin won a Grammy Award for her comedy album This is a Recording.
Edward Asner
(Actor)
.. Maurice
Chris Carter
(Writer)
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