In 1986 she played Portia in "The Merchant of Venice" onstage & starred in the film "Aliens"
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The Merchant of Venice Teacher's Guide - Sony Pictures Classics  A MICHAEL RADFORD Film AL PACINO JEREMY IRONS JOSEPH FIENNES LYNN ... the only man Portia wishes to marry, she tells her servant Nerissa, is ... is a law in Venice that punishes aliens with death for threatening the ..... greatest plays there, The Merchant of Venice and Othello. ..... it doesn't take place onstage?
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Sigourney Weaver - Wikipedia  Sigourney Weaver is an American actress and film producer. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall (1977), she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels: Aliens (1986), for which she was ... She is also known for her starring roles in the box-office hits Ghostbusters...
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Top 10 Sci-Fi Women | IGN Boards - IGN.com  Her first appearance on film was in Shampoo starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. ... two sequels in which she played the tough as nails  Princess Leia. .... Connelly's breakthrough role was in 1986's Jim Henson classic  Labyrinth. ... She also portrayed Portia on stage in the Merchant of Venice which...
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Platoon: 1986 Best Picture - Fikkle Fame  Sep 8, 2014 ... More Oscar-nominated films from 1986: Aliens, Star Trek IV: The ... she played Portia in The Merchant of Venice onstage & starred in the...
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The Portia Project: The Heiress of Belmont on Stage and Screen  Mar 4, 2011 ... history of The Merchant of Venice, with particular attention to Portia. ... and a mainstay of the Stratford Festival in Ontariowho played Portia in a 1989 .... London stage production and a film; a theatre veteran who starred in a repertory ...... of Ripley in Aliens, which combined fortitude and intelligence with...
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Platoon: 1986 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Sep 8, 2014 ... REPRISE $200: On film she reprised the role of action hero Ellen Ripley in 1986, 1992, & 1997. SMALL-TOWN CINEMA $200: Hickory,...
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The Merchant of Venice - University of Leicester  In sooth I know not why I am so sad. ... Salerio attributes Antonio's turmoil to the fact that he is a merchant-venturer whose .... is saying to his profligate, tactless and selfish friend, You don't have to ask  ... The function of Scene 2 is also to expose the plot of the play: namely, that Portia's hand in .... businessman (Well .
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Shakespeare at the Movies | Shakespeare In Action | Page 2  Oct 20, 2015 ... Appeared in: ... Appeared in: .... Diana Rigg (Game Of Thrones) ... Bianca; The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1962) as Adriana ... King Lear ((Royal Shakespeare Company, 1962) as Cordelia; A Midsummer ..... The Merchant of Venice (Nottingham Playhouse, 1964) as Portia; Richard II...
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Natalie Portman - Wikipedia  Natalie Portman is an actress, producer and director with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Lon: The...
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IMDb: MY FORMER LOVERS - a list by ARBEDAR  May 19, 2014 ... Since then, she has become a multi-faceted entertainment professional. ... Actress, Christine ... had a successful career as an actress before she came to Hollywood. .... She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards, as Zoe ..... such as Card Sharks and "The New Card Sharks" (1986) and went on...
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My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) - IMDb  Comedy  An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather...
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Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: May 31 | Playbill  May 31, 2016 ... 1998 Natalie Portman, making her stage debut as the star of the Broadway revival of The Diary of Anne Frank, leaves the production at the Music Box Theatre to return to her movie ... Nathalie Paulding replaces her as Anne.
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Sigourney Weaver - Wikipedia  Sigourney Weaver is an American actress and film producer. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall (1977), she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien. .... Weaver has done voice work in television and film. She had a guest role in the Futurama episode "Love...
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Shylock: The Stereotype Is Still a Problem : Stage: Two productions ...  Jun 5, 1991 ... 'The Merchant of Venice' was the play that turned me on to ... its first production of "The Merchant of Venice" later this month, Bradac, ... the Enlightenment: Shylock the moneylender, whatever justifications he ... 11, will star Hal Holbrook as Shylock and, like the Oregon show, will be staged in modern dress.
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Jeopardy! - Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre  A: Before her "bewitch"ing role as Samantha'a mother Endora, she played Orson Welles' mother in "Citizen Kane" Q: AGNES MOOREHEAD; 3/27/98 - MUSTY...
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Ellen Ripley - Wikipedia  Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Alien film series played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character earned Weaver world recognition, and the role remains her most famous to date. Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) were heralded for challenging gender roles, ... As each film progresses, she comes to the fore and faces challenges...
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The I Love Sigourney Weaver Fan Page - Facebook  1989 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama ... nominee for her performances in Aliens (1986), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), and Working Girl (1988) winning Golden Globe Awards in the latter two films.
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Natalie Portman - Wikipedia  Natalie Portman is an actress, producer and director with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Lon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padm Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy ... at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress;...
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Ellen Ripley "Alien" played by Sigourney Weaver | Fictional ladies ...  Ellen Ripley "Alien" played by Sigourney Weaver | See more about Ellen ... Definitely one of the first (if not the first) Chicks with Guns I' .... Alien, 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott. .... Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley: Alien series. ... Because let's face it, she has more balls than just about anybody.
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Alien 3 - Wikipedia  Alien 3 (stylized as ALIEN3) is a 1992 American science-fiction horror film directed by David ... The film stars Sigourney Weaver in her reprise as Ellen Ripley, surviving a ... Andrews does not believe her story, but explains that the facility has no ... Deducing that the Alien will not kill her because of the embryo she carries,...
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Amazon.com: Earth Girls Are Easy: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim ...  Three aliens (Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans and Jeff Goldblum) crash-land in Los Angeles' ... A manicurist (Geena Davis) and her boss (the wacky Julie Brown) befriend the ... I originally saw this movie in 1989 as part of a Women's Movie Festival, ... is a musical sci-fi comedy about valley-girl Valerie (played by Geena Davis)...