Beaches 1988 premiere
by nightopeningfan | created - 03 Jan 2020 | updated - 08 Jul 2020 | PublicThursday December 15th, Samuel Goldwyn Theater 8949 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
1. Bette Midler
Soundtrack | Beaches
Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a ...
2. Martin von Haselberg
Actor | UHF
Argentinian-born Martin von Haselberg, along with Brian Routh, form the performance art group known as the Kipper Kids. After they met in 1970, they created a character named Harry Kipper. They have since put on shows all over the world.
Von Haselberg got married to songstress Bette Midler in 1984. ...
3. Michael Landon
Actor | Little House on the Prairie
Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, on Saturday, October 31st, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. In 1941, he and his family moved to Collingswood, New Jersey.
When Eugene was in high school, he participated -- and did very well -- in track and field, especially javelin throwing, ...
4. Cindy Landon
Producer | After Kony: Staging Hope
Cindy Landon was born on January 27, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for After Kony: Staging Hope (2011), The Game Changers (2018) and Sanctuary (2016). She was previously married to Michael Landon.
5. James Brolin
Actor | Traffic
James Brolin is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.
He is best known for his TV roles such as Stephen Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969-1976), Peter McDermott on ...
6. Jan Smithers
Actress | WKRP in Cincinnati
One of four girls, Smithers was raised in the comfortable San Fernando Valley suburb of Woodland Hills just north of Los Angeles, CA. Her father was an attorney. While studying art at Taft High School, Smithers swerved her automobile to avoid hitting another driver and ran into a telephone pole. ...
7. Sharon Gless
Actress | Burn Notice
Few actresses have the distinction of being recognized and revered worldwide for multiple iconic roles in groundbreaking television shows. Sharon Gless is one of them.
Generations of TV viewers know and love the remarkable characters brought to life by this standout multi Emmy and Golden Globe ...
8. Ali MacGraw
Actress | Love Story
Ali was educated at Wellesley College, where she studied art history. After graduating, she worked on fashion magazines. Her interest in fashion photography led her to become a top model, a profession she carried on until 1968, when she made a late start in what was to be a sporadic film career, ...
9. Josh Evans
Actor | The Doors
Josh Evans was born on January 16, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Doors (1991), Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and The Price of Air (2000). He has been married to Roxy Saint since October 2012. They have one child. He was previously married to ...
10. Carol Channing
Actress | Thoroughly Modern Millie
Carol Channing was born January 31, 1921, at Seattle, Washington, the daughter of a prominent newspaper editor, who was very active in the Christian Science movement. She attended high school in San Francisco and later worked as a model in Los Angeles. She attended prestigious Bennington College in...
11. Charles Lowe
Producer | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Charles Lowe was born on December 24, 1911 in Steel City, Nebraska, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), Versatile Varieties (1949) and An Evening with Carol Channing (1966). He was married to Carol Channing. He died on September 2, 1999 in Los...
12. Lainie Kazan
Actress | My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Actress and singer Lainie Kazan first made her mark with her Broadway debut in 1961 with the musical The Happiest Girl in the World. The following year, she appeared in another musical, Bravo Giovanni. She eventually served as Barbra Streisand's understudy for the lead role of Fanny Brice in Funny ...
13. Jennifer Daniels
Actress | Final 24
Jennifer Daniels is known for Final 24 (2006), Fear Thy Neighbor (2014) and Savvy Spinster Does the Cinema (2015).
14. Barbara Hershey
Actress | Black Swan
Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Lynn Herzstein in Hollywood, California, to Melrose (Moore) and Arnold Nathan Herzstein, a horse racing columnist. Her father, born in Manhattan, was from a Jewish family (from Hungary and Russia), and her mother, originally from Arkansas, had English and ...
15. Mayim Bialik
Actress | Beaches
Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead (1988)) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom (1990), the role which made her famous.
By 1993, while Blossom was still airing, she had already won a deferred ...
16. Marcie Leeds
Actress | Near Dark
Marcie Daneal Leeds was born on November 14, 1977 in Port Jefferson, New York. She was just 3 years old when she moved to California with her family and her younger brother. She began acting at the age of 6 years old, getting her first job as young Lucy Baines Johnson in the movie of the week, "LBJ...
17. John Heard
Actor | The Guardian
John Heard was a very talented actor who established himself as a respected thespian in the late 1970s and early '80s, though he is perhaps better known for his turn as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's (Macaulay Culkin) father in the Home Alone (1990) movies.
John was born in Washington, D.C.,...
18. Spalding Gray
Writer | Swimming to Cambodia
Spalding Gray was born on June 5, 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Swimming to Cambodia (1987), Kate & Leopold (2001) and The Killing Fields (1984). He was married to Kathleen Russo and Renée Shafransky. He died on January 10, 2004 in New York City, ...
19. James Read
Actor | North and South
James Christopher Read was born on July 31, 1953 and was raised in Schenectady, New York. He gained his first experience as an actor in an amateur production while still in high school, but entered the University of Vermont as a forestry major in 1971. He dropped out of college after a year to work...
20. Grace Johnston
Actress | Beaches
Grace Johnston was born on October 12, 1980 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Beaches (1988), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and Absolute Killers (2011).
21. Lynda Goodfriend
Actress | Pretty Woman
Lynda Goodfriend was born on October 31, 1953 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is an actress and manager, known for Pretty Woman (1990), Beaches (1988) and Nothing in Common (1986). She has been married to Giora Litwak since November 7, 1982.
22. Tracy Reiner
Actress | Die Hard
Tracy Reiner was born on July 7, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Die Hard (1988), A League of Their Own (1992) and Pretty Woman (1990). She is married to Matthew Theodore Conlan. They have five children.
23. Jenifer Lewis
Actress | The Princess and the Frog
Jenifer Lewis is one of Hollywood's most familiar faces, with more than 300 appearances in film and television. Dubbed a "national treasure" by TV Guide.com, Jenifer stars on the hit show Black-ish (ABC), where her hilarious portrayal of "Ruby Johnson" earned her a nomination for the 2016 Critics ...
24. Joe Grifasi
Actor | Batman Forever
Joe Grifasi was born on June 14, 1944 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Batman Forever (1995), Natural Born Killers (1994) and The Deer Hunter (1978). He has been married to Jane Ira Bloom since 1974.
25. Phil Leeds
Actor | Ghost
Phil Leeds is one of those for whom the phrase "character actor" was invented. A slight, wizened man with a rubbery face, bulging eyes and a Jimmy Durante-like nose, he excelled at playing weaselly little snitches, con artists, or just a neighborhood eccentric who always had something up his sleeve...
26. Frank Campanella
Actor | Pretty Woman
Frank Campanella was born on March 12, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Pretty Woman (1990), Overboard (1987) and Raising Helen (2004). He died on December 30, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
27. Kathleen Marshall
Actress | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Kathleen Marshall is a graduate of Northwestern University who made her New York theatre debut in the Off-Broadway production of 'Wrong Turn at Lungfish' at the Promenade Theatre. Other stage credits include the LA premiere of 'Life Beneath the Roses', 'The Odyssey', 'Medea', 'Antigone', and '...
28. Barbara Marshall
Actress | Raising Helen
Barbara Marshall is known for Raising Helen (2004), New Year's Eve (2011) and Mother's Day (2016). She was previously married to Garry Marshall.
29. Scott Marshall
Actor | Overboard
Scott Marshall was born on January 17, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Overboard (1987), Valentine's Day (2010) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
30. Hector Elizondo
Actor | Pretty Woman
Hector Elizondo was born in New York City, New York, where he was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He is the son of Carmen Medina Reyes and Martín Echevarría Elizondo. Hector is of Basque and Puerto Rican descent, and "Elizondo" means "at the foot of the church" in Basque. His lifestyle ...
31. Garry Marshall
Actor | A League of Their Own
Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 - July 19, 2016) was an American actor and filmmaker. He started his career in the 1960s writing for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play The Odd Couple for television in 1970. He gained fame for creating Happy ...
32. Marc Shaiman
Soundtrack | Smash
A great talent who started his career in Saturday Night Live (1975), where he worked with colleagues like Rob Reiner or Billy Crystal. He worked for some great stage values as Eric Clapton, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Connick Jr., Billy Crystal, Lauryn Hill, Jennifer Holliday, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis...
33. Bonnie Bruckheimer
Producer | Beaches
Bonnie Bruckheimer was born on July 27, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Beaches (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993) and Night Moves (1975).
34. Mary Agnes Donoghue
Writer | White Oleander
Mary Agnes Donoghue was born in Queens, New York, USA. She is known for White Oleander (2002), Jenny's Wedding (2015) and Beaches (1988).
35. Georges Delerue
Composer | Platoon
Georges Delerue was born on March 12, 1925 in Roubaix, Nord, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Platoon (1986), Twins (1988) and The Day of the Dolphin (1973). He was married to Micheline Gautron. He died on March 20, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
36. Dante Spinotti
Cinematographer | L.A. Confidential
Dante Spinotti was born in Tolmezzo, Udine, in the northeastern Italian Region of Friuli. He began his career at RAI (Italian TV), before that he spent lot of time in Kenia as cinematographer for his uncle. In 1985, producer Dino De Laurentiis offered him a chance to work in USA for the first time ...
37. Richard Halsey
Editor | Rocky
Richard Halsey was born to be a film editor. While in junior high school at Bancroft Jr High, they needed someone to run the projectors for different classes so he volunteered in order to get out of class, so started his first experience with film. He was also in the orchestra with Ricky Nelson. ...
38. Arif Mardin
Soundtrack | Beaches
Arif Mardin was born on March 15, 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a producer and composer, known for Beaches (1988), Labyrinth (1986) and Coming to America (1988). He was married to Latife. He died on June 25, 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.
39. Barry Bialik
Director | Stand Up for Amerika
Barry Bialik is known for Stand Up for Amerika (1971).
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