Celeste Holm
Date of birth: 1917-04-29
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She also is known for her performances in The Snake Pit (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), and High Society (1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Celeste Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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All About Eve
1950-11-09
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the re
Road House
1948-09-22
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for emb
High Society
1956-07-17
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976-05-20
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical mom
Cinderella
1965-02-22
After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to p
Gentleman's Agreement
1947-11-11
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Alchemy
2005-04-25
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive compu
The Tender Trap
1955-11-04
A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.
The Snake Pit
1948-11-04
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arr
A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is run
Polly
1989-11-12
An musical adaptation of the book "Pollyanna" set in the 1950's in which an orphan tries to use glad
Bachelor Flat
1961-12-07
Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female student
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
Come to the Stable
1949-07-27
Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various t
College Debts
2015-08-01
A Midwest college student eager to pay for his tuition at a prestigious acting program in New York C
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000-09-09
A documentary about the making of the 1950 film "All About Eve."
Bittersweet Love
1976-10-01
A pregnant woman and her husband discover they are half-brother and half-sister, thanks to his fathe
Chicken Every Sunday
1949-01-18
A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986-04-19
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946-09-03
Three sisters go to Atlantic City with hopes of finding rich husbands.
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947-03-28
Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.
Everybody Does It
1949-10-24
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990-11-18
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involve
This Girl for Hire
1983-01-11
In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972-03-06
The Delphi Bureau is a top-secret spy cadre answerable only to the U.S. president. The organization
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977-12-01
The story of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI from 1924-1972, following his racket-busting days thro
Tom Sawyer
1973-03-15
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending t
Nora's Christmas Gift
1989-01-01
Nora spends her time feeling sorry for herself as she faces hearing problems and blindness. But at t
Kilroy
1965-03-14
Just discharged from the Marine Corps, Oscar Kilroy arrives in the small town of Wilton Junction. Be
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003-12-15
A short documentary about the making of the 1956 film, High Society. Hosted by Celeste Holm.
Champagne for Caesar
1950-05-11
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters'
Stories of Christmas
2004-01-01
A compilation on DVD that includes "Nora's Christmas Gift," a 1989 follow-up to "Mr Krueger's Christ
Driving Me Crazy
2012-01-06
Meet Elliot Brown. He is one of Brooklyn's most neurotically sweet and eligible bachelors . . . who
Talking With
1995-04-19
Adapted from the group of stage monologues by the pseudononymous "Jane Martin," this is a series of
Love Boat II
1977-01-21
The further adventures of the passengers and crew of a luxury cruise ship.
Still Breathing
1997-09-01
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967-05-10
In this comedy, an aspiring singer finds herself single and pregnant. The story begins when she is r
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970-01-01
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
Marilyn
1963-04-18
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in
The Bluegrass Special
1977-05-22
Penny is a teenage horse trainer with a very special dream of becoming a jockey. She picks Woodhill
3 Men and a Baby
1987-11-27
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
Once You Meet a Stranger
1996-09-25
This television remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) follows the same story, b
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
1982-01-12
John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadwa
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000-05-31
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i
The Yeomen of the Guard
1957-04-10
Taking place in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII, this classic Gilbert & Sull
The Underground Man
1974-05-06
A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a s
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001-10-21
Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called "Gent
Murder by the Book
1987-03-17
Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation,
Death Cruise
1974-10-30
Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured o
Midnight Lace
1981-02-09
A TV reporter is mercilessly stalked by a mysterious assassin in this remake of the 1960 Doris Day t
Footsteps on the Ceiling
2013-01-01
A meditation on ambition and careerism utilizing altered footage from All About Eve, with a soupçon
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as