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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Martha Coolidge Biography (1946-)
Born August 17, 1946, in New Haven, CT; married Michael Backes (a producer).Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Director, producer, writer, editor
- Birth Details
- August 17, 1946
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Herself, Not a Pretty Picture (documentary), Other Cinema Ltd., 1975
- Herself, Fifty Years of Action! (documentary), Directors Guild ofAmerica Golden Jubilee Committee, 1986
- Herself, That's Adequate, Manley/Vidmark Entertainment, 1988
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Calling the Shots (documentary), World Artists Releasing/CineplexOdeon, 1988
- Security woman, Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994
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Film Work
- Producer and director, David: Off and On (documentary), 1972
- Producer and director, More Than a School (documentary), 1973
- Producer, director, and editor, Old Fashioned Woman (documentary),Films Inc., 1974
- Executive producer, director, and editor, Not a Pretty Picture (documentary), Other Cinema Ltd., 1976
- Director, Employment Discrimination: The Troubleshooters, 1976
- Producer and director, Bimbo (short film), 1978
- Director, Valley Girl (also known as Bad Boyz and RebelDreams), Atlantic, 1983
- Producer and director, The City Girl, Moon, 1984
- Director, Joy of Sex (also known as National Lampoon's TheJoy of Sex), Paramount, 1984
- Director, Real Genius, Tri-Star, 1985
- Director, Plain Clothes (also known as Glory Days), Paramount, 1988
- Director, Rambling Rose, 1991
- Director, Lost in Yonkers (also known as Neil Simon's Lostin Yonkers), 1993
- Director, Angie, 1994
- Director, Three Wishes, 1995
- Director, Out to Sea, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
- Also worked as producer and director, Passing Quietly Through (documentary); producer and director, The Friendly (short film).
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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In Search of Oz, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
- Host, Directors on Film: A Conversation about Preservation, AMC, 1994
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Nicolas Cage: Wild at Heart, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood, 2000
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Episodic
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Champlin on Film, Bravo, 1989
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The Directors, Encore, 1999
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Television Producer
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Series
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Magic Tom, 1968
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Television Director, Except Where Indicated
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Movies
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Trenchcoat in Paradise, CBS, 1989
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Bare Essentials, CBS, 1991
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Crazy in Love, TNT, 1992
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, HBO, 1999
- "1972," If These Walls Could Talk, HBO, 2000
- Executive producer, Rip Girls, Disney Channel, 2000
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Television Work
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Pilots
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Sledge Hammer!, ABC, 1987
- (And executive producer) Boston Grace, UPN, 1998
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Television Director
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Specials
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Roughhouse (also known as "House and Home"; broadcast as an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse), CBS, 1988
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Episodic
- "Night of the Meek," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
- "Quarantine," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
- "Shelter Skelter," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
- Also directed "Strawberries & Gold," Winners.
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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David: Off and On, 1972
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More Than a School, 1973
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Old Fashioned Woman, Films Inc., 1974
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Not a Pretty Picture, Other Cinema Ltd., 1976
- (Story only) The London Connection (also known as The Omega Connection), 1979
- (Story only) The City Girl, Moon, 1984
- Also wrote Passing Quietly Through.
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Television Episodes
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Magic Tom, 1968
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Literature-Film Quarterly, April, 1999, p. 149.
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Los Angeles Times, May 5, 1983, p. 1; July 17, 1984, p. 1.
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New York Times, May 6, 1983, p. 22.
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