Lori SingerFilmography

Born:: November 6, 1957 in Corpus Christi, TX
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Although many may recognize Lori Singer for her memorable turn as a rebellious preacher's daughter in Footloose and the talented cellist/dancer in the popular '80s television series Fame, many remain unaware that the woman once voted one of the "Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine is also a...Read More

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When Will I Be Loved

Actors: Neve Campbell, Dominic Chianese, Frederick Weller, Karen Allen, Barry Primus

Synopsis: Directed by James Toback, the erotic drama When Will I Be Loved? revolves around Vera, the debutante girlfriend (Neve Campbell) of a fast-talking hustler (Frederick Weller) who is on the verge of making millions through a big-money gambling venture. Feeling undervalued, Vera explores her sexuality Read More

9/10/04
Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach: Sarabande

Actors: Yo-Yo Ma, Lori Singer, Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian, George Sperdakos, Jan Rubes

Synopsis: Quirky Canadian director Atom Egoyan helmed this, the only fictional entry in a series of six films, titled "Yo-Yo Ma Inspired Bach." The story centers on the world-renowned cellist and is a free-form series of unrelated connections between people. As the story begins, Ma is flying to Toronto via Read More

1997
VR.5 [TV Series]

Synopsis: Originally created in 1995 by director John Sacret Young, this series centers around the daughter of a neurobiologist haunted by the memories of losing her father and sister to a mysterious accident. During her computer work, she accidentally stumbles into a strange and deadly virtual reality Read More

1995
F.T.W.

Actors: Mickey Rourke, Lori Singer, Brion James, Peter Berg, Rodney Grant

Synopsis: A man trying to escape his criminal past becomes involved with a woman born under a bad sign in this crime drama. Frank T. Wells (Mickey Rourke) has just been released after spending ten years in prison, the result of a manslaughter conviction stemming from an act of self-defense. Frank wants to Read More

1994
Short Cuts

Actors: Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Tim Robbins, Chris Penn, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey, Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis

Synopsis: Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls Read More

1993
Equinox

Actors: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Tyra Ferrell, Tate Donovan, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: Alan Rudolph wrote and directed this typically off-beat drama. A brief romantic liaison between a wealthy European and an American ballet dancer results in a pair of identical twins, who are separated and raised by others shortly after birth. Henry (Matthew Modine) was adopted by Pete (M. Emmet Walsh Read More

1993
Sunset Grill

Actors: Peter Weller, Lori Singer, Alexandra Paul, John Rhys-Davies, Michael Anderson, Jr.

Synopsis: Sunset Grill directed by Kevin Connor is a suspenseful, well-written and acted contemporary film noir with an idiosyncratic look at life on the wild side. Ryder Hart (Peter Weller) is a burnt-out former L.A. private detective who hears about the murder of a trafficker in illegal aliens, but who Read More

1992
Warlock

Actors: Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Kevin O'Brien

Synopsis: Julian Sands oozes maleficence as a warlock of the 1600s cast forth to 1980s Los Angeles, where he continues to work his deviltry. The story begins in 1691 Boston when a warlock is condemned to die. Calling for Satan's help, the warlock is sent forward in time to contemporary Los Angeles, where he Read More

1/11/91
Storm and Sorrow

Actors: Lori Singer

Synopsis: The made-for-television film Storm and Sorrow is based on the true story of Molly Higgins (Lori Singer), a mountain climber who joins a team about to climb a 24,000-foot peak in Russia's Pamir Mountains. On the lengthy climb up the mountain, the team confronts a number of dangers--not only natural Read More

1990
Made in USA

Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Chris Penn, Lori Singer, Jackie Murphy, Judith Baldwin

Synopsis: Not the same as Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 film, this movie stars Chris Penn and Adrian Pasdar as Pennsylvania coal-mining victims who hit the road and travel to California. On the way, they add a hitchhiker (Lori Singer) and get mixed up in a life of crime. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

3/11/88
Summer Heat

Actors: Lori Singer, Anthony Edwards, Bruce Abbott, Kathy Bates, Clu Gulager

Synopsis: The lonely wife of a struggling tobacco farmer succumbs to temptation and sleeps with a transient harvester in this drama set in Depression-ravaged North Carolina. The drifter offers her more excitement than the bored young mother has felt in years and it is no surprise that she and he begin Read More

5/29/87
Don Johnson: Heartbeat

1986
Trouble in Mind

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton

Synopsis: The time is The Future: the place is Rain City, formerly Seattle. The city is a police state, while the citizens have adopted the manner and dress of 1940s gangsters. Recently released from prison, ex-cop Kris Kristofferson tries to touch base with his ex-girlfriend Genevieve Bujold, who runs a Read More

12/18/85
The Falcon and the Snowman

Actors: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, David Suchet, Lori Singer, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: John Schlesinger directed this fact-based drama - adapted from Robert Lindsay's bestseller of the same title -- about two Californians, friends since boyhood, who are caught selling government secrets to the Soviet Union. Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton) is an all-American boy, studying for the Read More

1985
The Man with One Red Shoe

Actors: Tom Hanks, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Carrie Fisher

Synopsis: In this rather routine adaptation of the French hit, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Richard (Tom Hanks) is a bicycling violinist who is innocently drawn into a nasty struggle for control of the CIA. Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is the unscrupulous current head honcho of the notorious U.S. Read More

1985
Footloose

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn

Synopsis: In this lively adolescent-oriented musical, a city kid attempts to adapt to life in an ultra-conservative backwater Midwestern town. Once there, he ends up leading the repressed teenagers into a rebellion against the town fathers, who have outlawed rock & roll and dancing. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

1984
The Kids from Fame

1983
Born Beautiful

Synopsis: Born Beautiful proposes that model Erin Grey is over the hill when she turns 27. We don't believe it, but the plot hinges upon Grey's rivalry with the younger, more aggressive Lori Singer. Some of the characters are straight out of Valley of the Dolls, especially the neurotic pill-popper played by Barbara Blackburn Read More

1982
Fame: Season 02

Actors: Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Lee Curreri, Valerie Landsburg

Synopsis: Though Fame declared "I'm gonna live forever" in its theme song, the NBC musical drama series barely squeaked through its first season. Fortunately, the network decided to renew the show for a second year in response to the enthusiastic support of millions of teenaged fans. The popularity of "The Read More

1982
Fame: Season 01

Actors: Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Lee Curreri, Valerie Landsburg

Synopsis: The first season of the musical drama series Fame could boast of several carryovers from the 1980 film favorite of the same name, beginning with Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant, tough-taskmaster dance teacher at New York's High School of the Performing Arts. Not only did Allen introduce each episode Read More

1982