Kelly McGillisFilmography

Born:: July 9, 1957 in Newport Beach, CA
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Actress Kelly McGillis claims to have been a lonely, overweight adolescent who found an escape from her misery through acting. She studied at Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts and Julliard, making an impressive film debut as the erstwhile lady friend/"savior" of drunken poet Tom Conti in...Read More

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Journey to the Planet Earth [TV Documetary Series]

Synopsis: The tenuous balance between humankind and the environment was explored, examined, and dissected on this seven-part PBS documentary series. Amidst clips of starvation, devastation, and ecological disasters, filmmakers Hal and Marilyn Weiner offered hypothetical alternatives to the depletion of the Read More

2003
The Monkey's Mask

Actors: Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Marton Csokas

Synopsis: A female detective discovers the dark side of the world of contemporary literature in this unusual thriller from Australia. Mickey (Abbie Cornish) is a brash young female poet who is gaining a potent reputation for her powerful verse about love and sex. When she suddenly disappears, private Read More

7/27/01
No One Can Hear You

Actors: Kelly McGillis

Synopsis: A woman tracking a dangerous criminal discovers the criminal may be tracking her as well in this thriller. Trish Burchall (Kelly McGillis) is an investigative reporter whose latest assignment has her tracking a serial killer who has been murdering young women and then moving on to kill their Read More

2000
At First Sight

Actors: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: New York architect Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino) meets blind masseur Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer) and falls in love. As she learns his lifelong blindness may be curable through experimental surgery, she convinces him to undergo the operation. Virgil then learns vision may not quite be what he expected. Read More

1/15/99
The Settlement

Actors: John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, Kelly McGillis, David Rasche, Dan Castellaneta

Synopsis: In The Settlement, Pat (John C. Reilly) and Jerry (William Fichtner) work on the fringes of the insurance industry in what are called "viatical settlements," which allow terminal patients the option of cashing in their life insurance policies before death for a reduced payment. In the 1980s, with Read More

1999
Morgan's Ferry

Actors: Kevin Galecki, Billy Zane, Kelly McGillis, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: A woman whom life has passed by finds love in a very unexpected way in this drama. Sam (Billy Zane), Darcy (Johnny Galecki), and Monroe (Henry Rollins) are three convicts who have escaped from a prison camp in the deep South, and are on the run from the police. Desperate to find money and a way Read More

1999
Painted Angels

Actors: Brenda Fricker, Kelly McGillis, Meret Becker, Bronagh Gallagher, Lisa Jakub

Synopsis: British director Jon Sanders helmed this British-Canadian period re-creation of a 19th-century Midwestern prairie town's bordello run by tough madam Annie Ryan (Brenda Fricker). Despite competition during the 1870s, Ryan manages to maintain the business with her staff of frontier women: Married to Read More

1998
Perfect Prey

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Bruce Dern, David Keith

Synopsis: In this crime drama an ex-Texas Ranger and a Houston policeman team up to hunt for the maniac who has killed a string of businesswomen. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Liz Torres, James MacArthur, Adrian Zmed, Wolf Larson

Synopsis: When a tornado takes her meteorologist husband's life, his wife and colleague devotes her own life to prove his theories that violent twisters are predictable. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
When the Bough Breaks II: Perfect Prey

Actors: Bruce Dern, Kelly McGillis, David Keith

Synopsis: Audrey MacLeah is a Texas Ranger on leave who is pressed back into service when a serial killer strikes terror and mayhem in the Lone Star state. Kelly McGillis stars in this crime thriller. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
The Wicked Wicked West

Actors: Brenda Fricker, Kelly McGillis, Meret Becker

Synopsis: Kelly McGillis and Brenda Fricker star in this drama about a group of women who operate a bordello in the old West. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
Ground Control

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Sean Leonard, Kelly McGillis, Kristy Swanson

Synopsis: Ground Control follows the reluctant return to work of Jack Harris (Kiefer Sutherland), a retired air traffic controller who is still haunted by his role in a probably unavoidable plane crash that has left him guilt-ridden and professionally gun shy. When a Phoenix airport fighting budget cutbacks Read More

1/1/98
The Third Twin

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jason Gedrick, Larry Hagman

Synopsis: In this two-part suspenser inspired by Ken Follett's bestselling novel, university pscyhobiologist Jenny Ferrami (Kelly McGillis), in the process of studying a possible link between genetics and criminal behavior, stumbles upon a secret cloning experiment conducted by a major company. Figuring Read More

1997
We the Jury

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Lauren Hutton, Nicholas Campbell, Christopher Plummer, Roberta Maxwell

Synopsis: Filmed in Canada and broadcast in America by the USA cable network, We the Jury offers a new and intriguing spin to the old 12 Angry Men format. There is absolutely no question that Emmy-winning TV personality Wynne Atwood (Lauren Hutton) shot and killed her cheating husband in the home of his Read More

1996
Souviens-Toi de Moi

Actors: Zarha Benaissa, Salah Teskouk, Zaida Ghorab-Volta, Thierry Lorent

Synopsis: A young French immigrant from the Middle-East struggles to grow up in the housing projects surrounding Paris in this drama. The young woman faces many obstacles. Though she is in her twenties, Mimouna is forced to live with her domineering father and his traditionally submissive wife. Her younger Read More

1995
Mary Higgins Clark's Remember Me

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Cotter Smith, Shanna Reed

Synopsis: Still recovering from a breakdown caused by the death of her son two years earlier, Menly Nichols (Kelly McGillis) convalesces in the old mansion where her husband Adam (Cotter Smith) grew up. The emotionally fragile Menly is having difficulty enough adjusting to her somewhat dank surrounding when Read More

1995
In the Best of Families

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Keith Carradine, Harry Hamlin, Holland Taylor, Jayne Brook

Synopsis: The full title of this made-for-TV film was In the Best of Families: Pride and Madness. Based on a true story, the film details the bitter divorce between overly idealistic Keith Carradine and emotionally disturbed Kelly McGillis. Caught in the middle are the couple's sons, played by Erik Von Detten Read More

1994
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

Actors: Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Brenda Fricker

Synopsis: This documentary chronicles the 200-year history and experiences of Irish-American immigrants. The film is comprised of a blend of still photographs, drawings, and on location re-creations. It also includes the personal stories of many famous Irish-Americans including modern actors Aidan Quinn and Liam Neeson Read More

1994
North

Actors: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Matthew McCurley, Alan Arkin, Richard Belzer

Synopsis: A boy divorces his parents in this comic fantasy for the family. North (Elijah Wood) is the sort of kid most parents dream of -- he's bright, well-behaved, a good student, and a great baseball player. But North's Mom and Dad (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) are so busy with their lives Read More

1994
The Babe

Actors: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter Donat

Synopsis: John Goodman is cast as the Sultan of Swat, whose excesses -- especially drinking -- and private demons can (in this context) be excused in view of his genuine love of baseball. The facts never get in the way of a good story for screenwriter John Fusco; we're even offered the umpteenth rehash of Read More

4/17/92
Grand Isle

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jon de Vries, Adrian Pasdar, Ellen Burstyn, Glenne Headly

Synopsis: Set in 19th-century Louisiana, the made-for-cable film The Grand Isle is about a wealthy woman (Kelly McGillis) who discovers that she no longer believes in her pampered life as a socialite when she falls in love with a Creole artist (Adrian Pasdar). After she falls in love, she tragically tries Read More

1992
Bonds of Love

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Grace Zabriskie, Steve Railsback

Synopsis: The Bonds of Love in this made-for-TV drama are those forged between divorcee Kelly McGillis and mentally disabled Treat Williams. What begins as a friendship between two lost souls blossoms into a deep and genuine romance. Their wedding plans are challenged by his mother (Grace Zabriskie) and Read More

1992
Greatest Stories Ever Told: Noah and the Ark

Synopsis: This video is part of a series that presents some of the best-loved stories in the Bible. In this program, Kelly McGillis narrates the story of Noah and the ark. The tale of Noah's faith in God's word is set to the music of the Paul Winter Consort. Following God's direction, Noah builds an ark for Read More

1992
Cat Chaser

Actors: Anthony Correa, Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Frederic Forrest, Tomas Milian

Synopsis: Elmore Leonard's brittle novel is brought to the screen in this adaptation by director Abel Ferrara and screenwriter James Borrelli. Peter Weller plays George Moran, a Miami hotel owner who in times past fought in Santo Domingo during the American intervention into that country. George finds Read More

1990
Winter People

Actors: Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges, Mitchell Ryan, Amelia Burnette

Synopsis: Set in the Appalachians during the Depression, this drama follows the events that take place when Wayland Jackson (Kurt Russell) falls in love with Collie Wright (Kelly McGillis) and becomes involved in the family feud that is sparked by the existence of Collie's illegitimate son. ~ Iotis Read More

8/25/89
Rabbit Ears: Thumbelina

1989
Santabear's First Christmas

Synopsis: Santabear's First Christmas is an animated holiday short film about a polar bear cub who becomes friends with Santa Claus. Based on a story by Barbara Read, the film is narrated by Kelly McGillis and features music by Michael Hedges. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
The Accused

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn

Synopsis: Based on a real-life 1983 incident, The Accused tells the story of Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), a working-class party girl who likes to live it up with her friends and flirt hard with the guys. After a fight with her boyfriend, she heads to a local bar to cool down -- and after a few drinks, plus Read More

10/14/88
The House on Carroll Street

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Rhode, Jessica Tandy

Synopsis: Yes, there are commies under the bed. But are there Nazis there too? Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis) is a modestly successful Life photo editor living in 1950s New York, until she is called before the Senate Un-American Activities Committee to testify about her "communist" associations. When she Read More

3/4/88
Made in Heaven

Actors: Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton, Don Murray, Ellen Barkin, Marj Dusay

Synopsis: Alan Rudolph directed this offbeat, boy-meets-girl romance in which boy dies, dead boy meets dead girl, dead boy loses dead girl, and dead boy tries to find dead girl again. The tale begins is a small Pennsylvania town, where Mike Shea (Timothy Hutton) dreams of escaping small town life and moving Read More

11/6/87
Santabear's High Flying Adventure

Synopsis: In this animated tale the little teddy bear Santabear sees that all the kids in the South Pole are not forgotten on Christmas Day. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Dreamers

Actors: Kelly McGillis, John Shea, Christine Boisson, Arnon Zadok

1987
Unsettled Land

Actors: Kelly McGillis, John Shea, Christine Boisson, Arnon Zadok

Synopsis: In this tumultuous post- WW I drama, a Viennese doctor and her lover migrate, with many other European Jews, to Israel where they dream of setting up a peaceful egalitarian society. Their dreams are soon shattered by the violent Bedouins who forcefully object to their presence. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

1987
Top Gun

Actors: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt

Synopsis: Devil-may-care navy pilot Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is sent to Miramar Naval Air Station for advanced training. Here he vies with Tom Kasansky (Val Kilmer) for the coveted "Top Gun" award. When not so occupied, Mitchell carries on a romance with civilian consultant Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis Read More

5/16/86
Private Sessions

Synopsis: In this drama, the failed pilot for a TV series, a psychologist endeavors to balance his turbulent personal life, with those of his troubled patients. Unfortunately, he tends to get equally personally involved in both and trouble ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Witness

Actors: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes

Synopsis: In Peter Weir's thriller Witness, Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy, witnesses a murder in the restroom of a Philadelphia bus station. Harrison Ford stars as John Book, the police detective investigating the murder. When Book discovers that the crime was part of a conspiracy involving several Read More

1985
Her Revenge

Synopsis: A fashion designer vows revenge on the man responsible for ruining her brother's reputation over 14 years ago. (AKA Sweet Revenge) ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1984
Code of Honor

Actors: Kevin Dobson, Kelly McGillis, Alec Baldwin, Savannah Smith, Wings Hauser

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Code of Honor covers a time span of over a dozen years. Merritt Butrick plays Captain Paul Dennison, whose career-and life-is unfairly snuffed out by fellow officer Joseph Cheever (Kevin Dobson). Fourteen years later, Cheever, now a highly decorated and universally respected major Read More

1984
Reuben, Reuben

Actors: Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, E. Katherine Kerr

Synopsis: Tom Conti stars as a drunken Scottish poet who preys upon the lasses of a New England college town by swooning over them with poetry and bedding them with a passion. He'd probably have continued in such fashion for who knows how long, were in not for his encounter with a lovely homespun gal (Kelly McGillis Read More

1983
Noah and the Ark

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