Geraldine PageFilmography

Table for One

Synopsis: This performance features Page doing a monologue of a woman dining alone in a restaurant. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

My Little Girl

Actors: Mary Stuart Masterson, James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Peter Michael Goetz, Anne Meara, Jennifer Lopez

Synopsis: This drama concerns a young teen's transformation as she works at a half-way house for troubled kids. Franny (Mary Stuart Masterson) leaves behind a pampered, rich kid's life of yachting parties and affluent pastimes to take up a summer job working under Mrs. Chopper (Anne Meara) at a temporary Read More

Native Son

Actors: Carroll Baker, Akosua Busia, Matt Dillon, Art Evans, John Karlen, Elizabeth McGovern, Oprah Winfrey

Synopsis: Previously filmed in Argentina in 1951, black author Richard Wright's powerful race-conscious novel Native Son was remade in this barely released 1986 version. The story involves Bigger Thomas (Victor Thomas), an angry Depression-era Chicago black who hopes to elevate himself through his Read More

Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story

Synopsis: Even allowing for her in-and-out Austrian accent, Farrah Fawcett delivers one of her best ever TV-movie performances in Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story. This fact-based film begins in 1960, when Beate's last name is still Kunzel. A sheltered young miss, Beate has no concept of what went on Read More

The Trip to Bountiful

Actors: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay

Synopsis: Adapted by Horton Foote from his own television play, A Trip to Bountiful is set in 1947 Houston. Forced by circumstances to live her loathsome son (John Heard) and daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn), elderly Geraldine Page wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful. Read More

Hitchhiker, Vol. 1

Synopsis: Page Fletcher stars as the title character in this 1983-1988 made-for-cable suspense anthology. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Walls of Glass

Actors: Philip Bosco, Geraldine Page, Linda Thorson, William Hickey, Olympia Dukakis

Synopsis: The never-say-die attitude of James Flanagan (Philip Bosco) a graying New York taxi driver whose real vocation is playing Shakespeare, underscores the spirit that runs through his life and this standard drama. First infected with the Bard's magic by his father, dead these many years, Flanagan Read More

White Nights

Actors: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page

Synopsis: The fancy footwork and star appeal of Gregory Hines as Raymond, an exiled American, and the powerful grace of Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai, a defector, combine with a great production design to carry this otherwise thinly-stretched tale of intrigue. With a stellar supporting cast (Isabella Rossellini Read More

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Actors: Sam Williams, Patrick Day, Frederic Forrest

Synopsis: 1985's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the only filmed version of the Mark Twain classic to cover every episode in the original novel and not merely such familiar vignettes as the "King and the Duke" business. Presented in four parts, Finn opens in 1844, with young Huck (Patrick Day) Read More

The Bride

Actors: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page

Synopsis: In this update of James Whale's classic The Bride of Frankenstein, pop star Sting furthers his burgeoning film career by portraying cinema's signature mad scientist. Disgusted by his dim-witted and ugly original creation (Clancy Brown), Dr. Frankenstein sets out to animate an improved version. Read More

The Parade

Synopsis: A small Kansas town's preparations for its annual Fourth of July parade provide the backdrop of this drama that centers around the sudden turmoil experienced by three generations of women in a family when one of their husbands is released from a seven year sentence in prison and comes home looking Read More

The Dollmaker

Synopsis: Jane Fonda stars in this made-for-TV movie, which uses the backdrop of World War II and urbanization to tell the story of one woman's fight to keep her family together. Gertie Nevels (Fonda), the wife of a Kentucky sharecropper, wants nothing more than to one day own her own farm. Thriftily hiding Read More

Loving

Synopsis: Following the lead of the CBS soap opera Capitol, NBC's daytime drama Loving was introduced by a two-hour, prime-time TV movie. Created by Agnes Nixon, Loving is largely set on the campus of the fictional Alden University. The serial's "backstory" is cleverly related by having TV anchorwoman Read More

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Actors: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan

Synopsis: Set on the streets of New York's Little Italy, this dramatic series of character studies chronicles the lives and relationships between a disparate pair of Italian American cousins. Both of them want to leave the poverty of ghetto life, but each takes a dramatically different route when one of Read More

The Hitchhiker [TV Series]

Synopsis: Among the first original anthology series to be produced for cable television, The Hitchhiker was a collection of tales of the supernatural and bizarre. The title character, played during the first season by Nicholas Campbell and thereafter by Page Fletcher, was an unnamed drifter who wandered Read More

The Blue and the Gray

Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Colleen Dewhurst, Stacy Keach, Gregory Peck, Robert Vaughn

Synopsis: Originally networkcast in three installments, the 8-hour Blue and the Gray is a sprawling adaptation of a story concept by Civil War historian Bruce Catton. The drama begins in 1859, with young war correspondent-to-be John Hammond meeting future Union officer Stacy Keach at the trial of Read More

I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can

Actors: Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Dianne Wiest, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Page

Synopsis: Jill Clayburgh plays, as one character calls her, "a pill-popping dingbat" in this film adaptation of television producer Barbara Gordon's autobiographical account of her addiction to prescription drugs. Clayburgh plays Gordon in the film as a successful television documentary filmmaker whose Read More

Honky Tonk Freeway

Actors: Beau Bridges, Hume Cronyn, Beverly D'Angelo, William Devane, George Dzundza

Synopsis: In this involved send-up of two American icons -- the automobile and the tourist trap -- the tiny Florida town of Ticlaw strives desperately for success after it has been denied the most essential of all tourist amenities -- a freeway exit. The insane, and mostly successful, schemes of the mayor (William Devane Read More

Harry's War

Actors: Edward Herrmann, Geraldine Page, Karen Grassle, David Ogden Stiers, Salome Jens

Synopsis: Harry's War is a "feel good" movie--and you'd better feel good or else. Edward Herrmann plays an postman whose aunt (Geraldine Page) is victimized by the Internal Revenue Service. Uncle Sam has made an error on her return, insisting that the poor old pensioner must pay 190 grand in back taxes. Try Read More

Interiors

Actors: Maureen Stapleton, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Geraldine Page

Synopsis: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, and Mary Beth Hurt play Renata, Flyn, and Joey, the grown daughters of wealthy Arthur (E.G. Marshall) and his emotionally disturbed wife, Eve (Geraldine Page). When Arthur leaves Eve, her three daughters rally around her. As it turns out, none of the daughters are Read More

Something for Joey

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Something for Joey is about Heisman Trophy-winner Jon Cappelletti and his close relationship with his younger brother Joey, who is suffering from leukemia. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

The Rescuers

Synopsis: Two fantasy novels by Margery Sharp were combined for in the Disney animated feature The Rescuers. The title characters are a pair of mice, Bernard and Miss Bianca. A little girl named Penny has been kidnapped by Miss Medusa. When the human law enforcement officials fail to locate the child Read More

Kojak: A Shield for Murder, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Kojak (Telly Savalas) steps up his efforts to help Karen Foster (Marybeth Hurt), whom he believes has been falsely charged with murdering her mother. At the same time, powerful politician Edna Morrison Read More

Kojak: A Shield for Murder, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour "special"), Lt. Kojak (Telly Savalas) tackles a case of matricide that has remained unsolved from two years. Unfortunately, he meets stiff opposition in the form of Edna Morrison (Geraldine Page), a powerful Read More

Nasty Habits

Actors: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson

Synopsis: An all-star female cast (Glenda Jackson, Melina Mecouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Anne Meara, and Dame Edith Evans) enliven this satirical treatment of the Nixon Watergate scandal, Nasty Habits -- based on Muriel Sparks's novella The Abbess of Crewe. When a dying abbess (Dame Read More

The Day of the Locust

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page

Synopsis: The Day of the Locust is anything but a cheerful, light look at Hollywood in the '30s. It recreates both the town as well as the filmmaking world around which much of the town revolved with devastating accuracy. The movie tells the twin tales of talentless wannabe actress Faye Greener (Karen Read More

A Shield for Murder

Synopsis: In this drama, the New York State County Chairwoman must use all her prestige and influence to get her grandson acquitted of murder charges. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Live Again, Die Again

Synopsis: The science of "cryogenics" forms the basis of the made-for-TV Live Again, Die Again. Donna Mills plays a young woman who dies of rheumatic fever. At her deathbed request, Mills' body is frozen, in hopes of reviving her in the future. Thirty years later, Mills awakens, returning to the not-so-open Read More

Hazel's People

Actors: Elvin Byler, Noreen Huber, Steve Weaver

Synopsis: Happy As the Grass Was Green still stands as one of the few Mennonite-related films ever made. Graham Beckel plays an aimless hippie who visits his friend's Pennsylvania home town on the occasion of his friend's brother's death. The community is primarily Mennonite, whose lifestyle intrigues Read More

Pete 'n' Tillie

Actors: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, René Auberjonois

Synopsis: Based on Peter DeVries' novel Witch's Milk, Pete 'n' Tillie stars Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett in the title roles. Middle-aged when they first meet, eternally joking Pete and repressed "old maid" Tillie don't immediately hit it off. Gradually, their friendship deepens into love and culminates Read More

J.W. Coop

Actors: Lex Connelly, Myrtis Dightman, Frank Hobbs, Billy Hogue, Johnnie Jackson, Mel Lambert, Billy Martinelli, Clem McSpadden, Dennis Reiners, Augie Vallejo, Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, R.G. Armstrong, John Crawford

Synopsis: Cliff Robertson wrote, produced, directed and acted the lead in this film about a rodeo performer. The rodeo footage in this film was shot at actual rodeo competitions. Rodeo rider J.W. Coop (Robertson) has just spent ten years in jail for passing bad checks. He comes out and discovers that Read More

A Sister From Napoli

Synopsis: In this drama, a district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Beguiled

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, Darlene Carr

Synopsis: The Beguiled is a Freudian mood piece from the team of actor Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel. Eastwood plays Corp. John McBurney, a wounded Union soldier during the Civil War, who takes refuge in a prim-and-proper Southern girl's school run by Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page). Read More

Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?

Actors: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock

Synopsis: Mrs. Marrable (Geraldine Page) is a bereaved widow who takes to hiring housekeepers then kills them for their money in this shadowy macabre drama. When Miss Tinsley (Mildred Dunnick) disappears, her former employer Alice (Ruth Gordon) investigates. Posing as a maid, she gains employment with the Read More

Truman Capote's Trilogy

Actors: Mildred Natwick, Susan Dunfee, Carol Gustafson, Robin Ponterio

Synopsis: This trilogy begins with "Miriam" in which the title character (Susan Dunfee) watches as her longtime nanny Miss Miller (Mildred Natwick) slowly sinks into insanity. In "Among The Paths to Eden," Mary (Maureen Stapleton) is a lonely woman searching for a husband among the widowers paying respects Read More

The Happiest Millionaire

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Geraldine Page, Gladys Cooper

Synopsis: Adapted from the book and play of the same name, The Happiest Millionaire is the (mostly) true story of eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray). The Biddle mansion is the gathering place for a pugilistic boxing class, pet alligators and would-be opera singers. Read More

La Chica del Lunes

Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Geraldine Page, Deborah Reed, Graciela Borges

Synopsis: A married couple uproot their entire family and move to Puerto Rico where the familial tree promptly dies in the face of relentless poverty and depression in this down-beat drama, the directorial debut of Argentine filmmaker Torre-Nilsson. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory

Synopsis: Narrated by the author himself, this heart-warming made-for-television drama takes place in his childhood and recalls the time he helped bake a truckload of fruitcakes for friends and family with his ancient cousin. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

You're a Big Boy Now

Actors: Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Julie Harris, Peter Kastner, Rip Torn

Synopsis: This cult favorite began as Francis Ford Coppola's UCLA thesis, ending up with a professional cast and nationwide release. Teen Peter Kastner undergoes his coming-of-age rites when, urged on by dad Rip Torn, he strikes out on own and moves to NYC. Every person Kastner meets is an eccentric's Read More

Barefoot in Athens

Synopsis: Socrates falls from grace, and becomes the lone voice of democracy amongst the corruption of his fellow Athenians in this television adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's play. The fall has been hard on the great philosopher. He walks about his city ragged and sans footwear, causing his wife untold Read More

The Three Sisters

Actors: Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley, Shelley Winters, Sandy Dennis, Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis: The Three Sisters is a literal transcription of the 1965 Actor's Theatre production of the Chekhov drama. Kim Stanley, Geraldine Page and Shelley Winters play the title characters, all members of a wealthy but unhappy 19th-century Russian family. Stuck in a forsaken garrison town by their Read More

Dear Heart

Actors: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Michael Anderson, Jr., Barbara Nichols, Patricia Barry

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a middle-aged postmistress from a small town goes to a post office convention in New York and promptly falls in love with a man who is engaged to another. His fiancee is a widow with a teenage son. The man really wants a family, but he also really wants the Read More

Toys in the Attic

Actors: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux, Wendy Hiller, Gene Tierney

Synopsis: Julian Berniers (Dean Martin ) return from Illinois with his young bride Lily (Yvette Mimieux) to the family in New Orleans. Sisters Carrie (Geraldine Page) and Anne (Wendy Hiller) welcome the couple, who arrive with expensive gifts for the spinsters. The sisters hope brother Julian will help with Read More

Sweet Bird of Youth

Actors: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Sr., Rip Torn

Synopsis: Paul Newman recreates his Broadway role in the 1962 film version of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Newman plays handsome hustler Chance Wayne, who romances fading film star Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page) in hopes of winning a movie contract for himself. The mercenary Wayne and the Read More

Summer and Smoke

Actors: Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Rita Moreno, Malcolm Atterbury

Synopsis: Tennessee Williams' Broadway play Summer and Smoke (expanded from his one-act piece Eccentricities of a Nightingale) was brought to the screen by adaptors James Poe and Meade Roberts and director Peter Glenville. Geraldine Page repeats her stage role as minister's daughter Alma Winemiller, who Read More

Hondo

Actors: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness

Synopsis: Hondo is so "perfect" a John Ford western that many people assume it was directed by John Ford--or at the very least, Andrew McLaglen. Actually the director was suspense expert John Farrow, who worked with the "Duke" only twice in his career (the second film was an oddball war drama, The Sea Chase Read More

Taxi

Actors: Dan Dailey, Constance Smith, Neva Patterson, Blanche Yurka

Synopsis: Taxi stars Dan Dailey as Ed Nielson, a been-there-done-that Manhattan cabbie. Nagged by his mother (Blanche Yurka) to find himself a wife, Ed must also contend with a blood-sucking loan company, demanding huge payments for his cab. His life is further complicated when he falls in love with one of Read More