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Feature Film
Highlights:
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Man of the House
Released Feb. 25, 2005
Released on home video
from Sony July 19, 2005 |
playing
Professor Molly McCarthy ...
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the
murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of
University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an
assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women. |
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Fatal Attraction
(1987)
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playing "Beth Gallagher" ...
opposite Michael Douglas and Glenn Close
Anne was honored with Academy Award, Golden Globe and British (BAFTA)
Academy Award nominations for her role as Michael Douglas' sympathetic,
tortured wife, Beth Gallagher, in Adrian Lynne's Fatal Attraction. |
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Visit the
Fatal Attraction
page for more info on this feature film.
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Patriot Games
(1992)
available on DVD
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playing "Dr. Cathy Muller Ryan"
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opposite Harrison Ford
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a
renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge. |
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Clear and Present Danger
(1994)
available on DVD
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playing "Dr. Cathy Muller Ryan" ...
opposite Harrison Ford
One of Anne's roles most beloved by audiences around the world is that of Dr. Cathy Ryan, which she originated in PATRIOT GAMES. |
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Short Cuts
(1993)
available on DVD
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playing "Claire Kane" ...
with Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris
Penn, Josette Maccario, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe,
Lily Tomlin, Tim Robbins, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Buck Henry,
Huey Lewis, Tom Waits and Lyle Lovett
Anne was presented with an ensemble Golden
Globe for her poignant performance in Robert Altman's critically acclaimed
film SHORT CUTS.
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Feature
Films
Chronologically: |
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End Game
(2006)
Released on home video
from Sony Pictures on May 2, 2006 |
playing
"The First Lady"
A secret Service agent and a news reporter investigate the conspiracy
behind the assassination of the President. |
Man of the House
(2005)
Released on home video
from Sony July 19, 2005 |
playing
"Professor Molly McCarthy"
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the
murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of
University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an
assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women. |
THE IRIS EFFECT
(2004)
Released on home video
from MTI on July 25, 2006 |
playing
"Sarah Hathaway"
Ten years ago Sarah Hathaway's gifted and troubled son, Thomas, ran away
from their home in Los Angeles. Unable to deal with the doubt and guilt,
Sarah's life slowly disintegrates ending in a painful divorce from her
husband. Sarah refuses to give up hope of ever finding Thomas and hires a
private detective who unexpectedly turns up a new clue as to his
whereabouts. Convinced her son is now living abroad, Sarah travels to
Russia. Against the backdrop of St. Petersburg's stark beauty, Sarah
becomes convinced that her son is the artist behind several paintings
being sold in an up-market gallery. Guided by a mysterious mute street
boy, Sarah embarks on an desperate and dangerous adventure to discover the
truth about the paintings' origins. Sarah becomes involved with Ivan, a
Russian psychiatrist. Russian authorities begin to pressure Sarah to leave
the country. Sarah is determined not to leave until she finds her son ...
or the truth. |
November
(2004)
Released on home video
from Sony 12/20/05 |
playing
"Carol Jacobs"
When her boyfriend is shot to death in a robbery, LA photographer Sopie
Jacobs tries her hardest to put the event behind her. But as she struggles
to get over the murder, Sophie's life begins to change, leaving her
clueless as to what's coming. But worst of all, the line between reality
and fantasy is beginning to shatter. |
Uncle Nino
(2003)
Released on home video
from Questar on April 7, 2009 |
playing
"Marie Micellli"
A distant, slightly dysfunctional family is brought closer together when
the father's long-estranged Uncle Nino comes from Italy to Chicago for a
surprise visit. |
The Art of War
(2000)
aka Art de la guerre, L'
(Canada: French title)
available on DVD |
playing "Eleanor Hooks" ...
opposite Wesley Snipes and Donald Sutherland
Anne played Wesley Snipes' boss and the
security advisor to the Secretary General of the U.N. (Donald Sutherland). |
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Rules of Engagement
(2000)
aka Règles d'engagement, Les
(Canadaian / French title)
... aka Rules -
Sekunden der Entscheidung
(German title)
available on DVD
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playing "Mrs. Mourain" ...
with Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Kingsley, Samuel Jackson and Guy Pierce
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on
civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country. |
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Innocents
(1999)
available on DVD
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playing "Mom" ...
A traveling cellist (Jean-Hugues Anglade) gets involved with two disturbed sisters
(Connie Nielsen, Mia Kirschner) on their way
to Seattle to tell their alcoholic mom (Anne Archer) that their Dad has just passed
away. |
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Mojave Moon
(1996)
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playing "Julie"
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with Danny Aiello, Angelina Jolie, Michael Biehn and Alfred Molino.
Al McCord (Danny Aiello) is hanging out at his favorite restaurant when he meets an
attractive young woman, Ellie (Angelina Jolie), who is looking for a ride from the city out
into the Mojave Desert, where her mother Julie (Anne Archer) lives. Little does he
know that while Ellie is falling in love with him, he is falling for her
mother Julie. |
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Clear and Present Danger
(1994)
available on DVD
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playing "Dr. Cathy Muller Ryan" ...
opposite Harrison Ford
One of Anne's roles most beloved by audiences around the world is that of
Dr. Cathy Ryan, which she originated in PATRIOT GAMES. |
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Short Cuts
(1993)
available on DVD
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playing "Claire Kane" ...
with Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon,
Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris
Penn, Josette Maccario, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe,
Lily Tomlin, Tim Robbins, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Buck Henry,
Huey Lewis, Tom Waits and Lyle Lovett
Anne was presented with an emsemble Golden
Globe for her poignant performance in Robert Altman's critically acclaimed
film SHORT CUTS.
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Body of Evidence
(1993)
aka Deadly Evidence
available on DVD
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playing "Joanne Braslow" ...
with Madonna, Joe Montegna and William Defoe
A woman is accused of killing a man to inherit his millions by having sex
with him. |
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Patriot Games
(1992)
available on DVD
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playing "Dr. Cathy Muller Ryan" ...
opposite Harrison Ford
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a
renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge. |
Eminent Domain
(1991)
aka La Guerre des nerfs
(Canadian / French title) |
playing "Mira Burski" ...
opposite Donald Sutherland
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and
must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events. |
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Narrow Margin
(1990)
available on DVD
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playing "Carol Hunnicut" ...
opposite Gene Hackman
A woman (Anne Archer) secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by
a top Mafia boss. Though she is unwilling to
testify to what she has seen, accompanied
by a deputy district attorney, the woman boards a train traveling through
a remote part of Canada. The Mafia knows him but they have never seen her. |
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Love at Large
(1990)
available on DVD
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playing "Miss Dolan" ...
opposite Tom Berenger
A down and out private detective is asked by a beautiful woman (Anne
Archer) to follow her lover because she thinks he may be planning to kill
her. |
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Fatal Attraction
(1987)
available on DVD
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playing "Beth Gallagher" ...
opposite Michael Douglas and Glenn Close
Anne was honored with Academy Award, Golden Globe and British (BAFTA)
Academy Award nominations for her role as Michael Douglas' sympathetic,
tortured wife, Beth Gallagher, in Adrian Lynne's Fatal Attraction. |
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Waltz Across Texas
(1982)
available on DVD
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playing "Gail
Weston"
opposite her husband Terry Jastrow
Anne Archer produced and starred with her husband Terry Jastrow in this
intelligent tale of a headstrong young oil man and his beautiful geologist
who clash wills on the trail of Texas crude. |
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Visit the Waltz Across Texas
page for more information on this feature film.
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Green Ice
(1981)
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playing "Holbrook" ...
opposite Ryan O'Neal
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Hero At Large
(1980)
available on DVD
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playing "J. Marsh" ...
opposite John Ritter
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated
when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a
superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to
dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and
dangerous than he ever imagined. |
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Paradise Alley
(1978)
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playing "Annie" ...
opposite Sylvester Stallone
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Lifeguard
(1976)
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playing "Cathy" ...
opposite Sam Elliott
When Rick, a 30 year old lifeguard, meets his high school girlfriend, the
attraction is stronger than ever. |
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The All-American Boy
(1973)
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playing "Drenna
Valentine"
opposite Jon Voight
Episodic story in six acts about a young boxer Vic Bealer in search for
some direction in his life.
This is Anne's first film role. |
| Television Movies: |
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The Tin Wife
(1999)
aka My Husband's Secret Life
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playing "Theresa 'Sissy' Sullivan"
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Indiscretion of an American Wife
(1998) |
playing "Julia Burton" ...
opposite Andrea Occhipinti and Michael Murphy
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Jake's Women
(1996) |
playing "Maggie" ...
with Alan Alda, Lolita Davidovich, Julie Kavner, Mira Sorvino, Joyce Van
Patten, Kimberly Williams, Ashley Peldon
This Neil Simon teleplay was based on his Broadway hit of the same name.
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Present Tense, Past Perfect
(1995) |
playing "Kate" ...
opposite William Peterson
directed by Richard Dreyfuss |
Because Mommy Works
(1994) |
playing "Abby" ...
opposite John Heard
Because Abbey is a working mother, she has to fight for custody of her
son.
Based on an authentic case.
Anne served as co-producer on this television movie. |
Leslie's Folly
(1994) |
playing "Leslie" ...
with Charles Durning and Mary Kay Place
directed by Kathleen Turner
A married woman (Anne Archer) is unhappy about everybody in her life: husband,
children, married lover, psychiatrist. |
Jane's House
(1994) |
playing "Mary Parker" ...
opposite James Woods
written by Eric Roth
Mary faces the formidable challenge of replacing a deceased wife with the
constant reminder of being the unwanted outsider. |
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Nails
(1992)
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playing "Mary Niles" ...
opposite Dennis Hopper
Cop breaks all the rules to go after a gang of drug dealers. |
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The Last of His Tribe
(1992)
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playing "Henriette Kroeber" ...
opposite Jon Voight
The last non-speaking English Indian finds himself in the middle of modern
civilization.
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Leap of Faith
(1988)
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playing "Debby Franke Ogg" ...
opposite Sam Neill
The true story of Debby Franke Ogg's battle and triumph over cancer, using
homeopathic and natural methods after all traditional routes had failed.
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The Pirate
(1978)
aka Harold Robbins' The Pirate |
playing "Jordana Mason" ...
opposite Franco Nero
Jordana (Anne Archer) is manipulated into an Arab marriage and then held
hostage against her will.
Anne's Mother, Marjorie Lord, played her mother in this teleplay, the only time
they ever appeared together in a film project. |
The Hancocks
(1976)
aka The Dark Side of Innocence |
playing "Nora Hancock Mulligan" ...
A suburban housewife's feeling that her life is standing still causes her
to divorce her husband. |
The Mark of Zorro
(1974) |
playing "Teresa" ...
opposite Frank Langello
The swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega becomes the swashbuckling masked
hero Zorro when tyranny threatens his people in nineteenth-century
California. |
The Blue Knight
(1973) |
playing "Laila" ...
(a high paid call girl)
opposite William Holden
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is
due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the
criminal element on his beat. |
Television
Guest Appearances: |
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| THE GHOST WHISPERER |
playing "Beth
Gordon" |
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in episode "Pater
Familias" (episode 3.18) 16 May 2008 |
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in episode "The Underneath" (episode #3.1) 28 September 2007 |
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN
PHILADELPHIA
(available on DVD as part of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season One and Two released from Fox Home Entertainment on Sept. 4, 2007) |
playing Mrs. Barbara Reynolds |
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in
episode "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad" (episode #2.10) 17 August
2006 |
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in episode "Mac
Bangs Dennis' Mom" (episode #2.4) 6 July 2006
Synopsis: Barbara (Anne Archer) sleeps with
Mac to arouse Frank's jealousy, so Dennis decides to seduce Mac's mom as
payback.
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in episode "The
Gang Goes Jihad" (episode # 2.4) 29 June 2006
Synopsis: A new neighbor threatens to shut
down Paddy's, and he has the law on his side; Frank's wife (Anne Archer) returns
from vacation.
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THE GHOST WHISPERER
(available on DVD as part of Ghost Whisperer: The Complete First Season
released from Paramount on Oct. 31, 2006) |
playing "Beth
Gordon" |
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in episode: "The
Vanishing" (episode # 1.20) April 7, 2006
Synopsis: Melinda sees no spirits after recovering from a head
injury that put her briefly in a coma. She fears she has lost her gift,
but clues lead her to a different conclusion: the ghosts are gone, not her
ability. |
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in episode:
"Melinda's First Ghost" (episode # 1.15) January 27, 2006
Synopsis: When Melinda's first ghost reappears, her presence triggers
Melinda to remember when she first discovered her "gift" and the
strain it put on her relationship with her mother. |
| The L Word |
playing "Alice's Mother",
a self-involved actress with a glamorous and sexy past, living beyond her means who is constantly
being bailed out by her daughter |
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in episode: "Lies,
Lies, Lies" (episode # 1.4) February 8 2004 |
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in episode: "Lawfully"
(episode # 1.5) February 15, 2004 |
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in episode: "Looking
Back" (episode # 1.11) March 28, 2004 |
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in episode: "Lies,
Lies, Lies" (episode # 1.12) |
| Boston Public |
playing "Patricia
Emerson" a beautiful married woman who takes up with a much younger
teacher, Colin Flynn (Joey McIntyre), to spite her husband.
Anne received much acclaim for this three part story arc. |
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in episode:
"Chapter Fifty-Six" (episode # 3.12) February 3, 2003 |
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in episode:
"Chapter Fifty-Five" (episode # 3.11) January 20, 2003 |
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in episode:
"Chapter Fifty-Four" (episode # 3.10) January 13, 2003 |
| Beggars and Choosers |
playing a movie star who's career
is on the decline and turns to TV, only to become disillusioned with its
tasteless commerciality |
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in episode: "Moles, Meatloaf, and Myrna Loy"
(episode # 2.14) December 12, 2000 |
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