Mary WoronovFilmography

13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Actors: Paul America, Susan Bottomly, Ann Buchanan, Freddy Herko, Jane Holzer

Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis

Actors: Ari Roussimoff, Andrew Sarris, Ela Troyano, Billy Name, Agosto Machado

Synopsis: The underground art of renegade performance artist, photographer, and filmmaker Jack Smith is explored through the images he created and the words of those who knew him best in filmmaker Mary Jordan's tribute to the man believed to have inspired some of Andy Warhol's most iconic works. A virulent Read More

Notes on Marie Menken

Actors: Marie Menken, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Alfred Leslie, Joseph J. Menkevich

Synopsis: Marie Menken was an artist and experimental filmmaker who was a contemporary and confidante to many noted auteurs of the '60s, including Kenneth Anger (he helped her shoot her film Arabesque for Kenneth Anger, while she appeared in Scorpio Rising), Stan Brakhage (he was an outspoken supporter of Read More

The Devil's Rejects

Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory

Synopsis: Directed by the prolific Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects is a sequel of sorts to 2003's House of 1000 Corpses, and picks up several weeks after House left off. This time, the clash revolves around the tribe of violent lunatics and decidedly valueless family members of the original film, who have Read More

The Halfway House

Synopsis: A young girl searching for her missing sister makes a dark discovery at a remote, Catholic-run halfway house in this genre-jumping entry starring cult queen Mary Woronov (Rock 'n' Roll High School and Eating Raoul). It seems that lately quite a few girls have gone missing at the Mary Magdalen Read More

Prison-A-Go-Go!

Actors: Rhonda Shear, Mary Woronov

Synopsis: Prison A-Go-Go!, Barak Epstein's gonzo homage to/parody of women's prison films stars Laurie Walton as a woman who must infiltrate a women's prison in order to find out what happened to her missing sister. She soon discovers that the warden (Mary Woronov) is conducting hideous experiments on the Read More

Frog-g-g!

Actors: Kristi Russell, Ariadne Shaffer, Robert Brink, Michael McConnohie

Synopsis:
Cody Jarrett's grade-Z horror comedy film Frog-g-g! concerns a mutant frog that emerges from the water and wants to reproduce with the only species that matches it genetically: human women. Kristi Russell plays Dr. Barbara Michaels, an EPA agent who realizes what is happening before anyone Read More

I Pass for Human

Actors: Eleanor Whitledge, Josh Coxx, Eva Scott, Jennifer Ciesar, E. Shepherd Stevenson

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear, Joan Cusack

Synopsis: In a land where cartoon characters and flesh-and-blood people work side by side, one little black duck lands in a big pot of trouble in this comedy, which brings the beloved Looney Tunes characters into the real world. Daffy Duck (voice of Joe Alaskey) has grown tired of his status as Warner Read More

The New Women

Actors: Mary Woronov, Jaime Tolbert, Sandra Kinder

Synopsis: The women of a suburban town are suddenly forced to live without men in a feminist comedy that parodies the mood and look of '50s sci-fi thrillers. Lisa LaStrada (Mary Woronov) is a seemingly happy housewife in the quiet desert community of Lacuna. But looks can be deceiving, and not all is well Read More

Sweet Jane

Actors: Samantha Mathis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bud Cort, Mary Woronov, William McNamara

Synopsis: Drug user Jane (Samantha Mathis) lives on the streets, but Jane's addiction puts her in the hospital after she overdoses. A doctor determines she's HIV-positive and plans tests, but she slips away and returns to the streets. She's followed by sick teen Tony (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who sees her as Read More

Straight Right

Actors: Brent Smith, Lynn Evans, Zeke Rippy, Mary Woronov, Amy Hill

Synopsis: P. David Ebersole's directorial debut is an ambitious melange of sports film, cop thriller, social realist drama, and issue-oriented after-school special. The story revolves around a pro boxer (Brent Smith) who seeks to use his skills out of the ring, waging a vigilante war against child abusers Read More

Mom, Can I Keep Her?

Actors: Gil Gerard, Kevin Dobson, Justin Berfield

Synopsis: A boy makes the acquaintence of a 500 pound gorilla, and the two become fast friends. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Glory Daze

Actors: John Rhys-Davies, Alyssa Milano, Ben Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Megan Ward, French Stewart, Vien Hong, Vinnie DeRamus, Spalding Gray

Synopsis: "El Rancho," a sort of punk rock Animal House, is the setting for this college drama. Five roommates live in this group house on the cusp of college graduation. Jack (a mohawk-wearing Ben Affleck) is an art major pining over his ex-girlfriend, while Rob (Sam Rockwell) fears domestication after Read More

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

Synopsis: The third incarnation of TV's gloriously ghoulish "Munster" family appears in this made-for-TV movie, originally telecast December 17, 1996 by the Fox network. That lovable pint-sized werewolf Eddie Munster (Bug Hall) feels depressed as the Yuletide holiday approaches, yearning for a "Transylvania Read More

Grief

Actors: Craig Chester, Jackie Beat, Illeana Douglas, Alexis Arquette, Carlton Wilborn

Synopsis: Richard Glatzer's bittersweet comedy concerns the production of a sleazy tabloid television program called "The Love Judge" and the problems that arise when the Divine-esque producer Jo (Kent Fuher) announces that he/she is leaving to become a Hungarian housewife. Mark (Craig Chester), the head Read More

Babylon 5: Born to the Purple

Actors: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulas

Synopsis: Londo neglects an important series of legislations with the Narn when he falls in love with nightclub dancer Adira Tyree (Fabiana Udenio). Things get dicey when it develops that the dancer is a reluctant spy, assigned to get top-secret information which could topple the Centauri government. Read More

Acting on Impulse

Actors: Linda Fiorentino, C. Thomas Howell, Nancy Allen, Judith Hoag, Adam Ant

Synopsis: In this behind-the-scenes thriller, a movie actress finds herself accused of hacking up her producer. She tries to flee with two lovers preparing to marry. The three get into all sorts of trouble that ends with the death of the fiancee. Once again, the actress finds herself accused of the crime Read More

Wings: The Gift, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Helen (Crystal Bernard) reluctantly accepts the financial assistance of Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian (Steven Weber) in her efforts to land a position with the Nantucket String Quartet. Unfortunately, the annoying eccentricities of her fellow musicians drive Helen Read More

Hellroller

Synopsis: Shot on inferior video stock (but sporting pretentious "letterbox" screen-masking for some insane reason), this painfully cheap and sleazy affair presents a serial killer on wheels, in the form of wheelchair-bound Eugene (Ron Litman), who seeks revenge against the street punks who killed his Read More

The Living End

Actors: Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Darcy Marta, Scot Goetz

Synopsis: A gentle film critic hooks up with a violent drifter in this HIV-positive road movie, which marked the emergence of writer/director Gregg Araki into the art house mainstream. Jon (Craig Gilmore) has just learned he has the virus that causes AIDS. Still in a state of shock, he stumbles through his Read More

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

Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

Actors: Dylan McDermott, Tom Sizemore, Sharon Stone, Mary Woronov, David Combs

Synopsis: When unsuccessful writer Bruce Simmons (Dylan McDermott) is kicked out of his apartment, he takes up residence in an old abandoned mansion. When he discovers the gruesome history of the house, he is inspired to begin a novel based on the grisly murders that took place there. However, when a Read More

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

Actors: Corey Feldman, Mary Woronov, Mojo Nixon, Larry Linville, Liane Alexandra Curtis

Synopsis: A new principal is imported to Rock 'n' Roll High to put the clamps on the rock-inspired rebelliousness that has the local school board quite concerned. The lady principal is a terse-lipped brute who's up against the predictable shenanigans concocted by school rebels. Will it be rock and roll Read More

Motorama

Actors: Martha Quinn, Jordan Christopher Michael, John Diehl, Mary Woronov, Garrett Morris, Drew Barrymore, Meat Loaf, Flea

Synopsis: This black comedy offers a rather twisted version of the classic road movie, as it tells the story of a ten-year-old boy who is determined to win the "Motorama" road game, a promotional effort by a major gas station that promises winners 500 million dollars. In order to win, one simply has to Read More

Dick Tracy

Actors: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly, Madonna, Al Pacino

Synopsis: Warren Beatty directed and starred in this big-budget action comedy featuring Chester Gould's square-jawed, two-dimensional comic strip detective. Ruthless gangster Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) touches off a gang war against underworld boss Lips Manlis (Paul Sorvino), with Big Boy and his minions Read More

Club Fed

Actors: Jennifer Delora

Synopsis: The FBI wants to shut down a luxurious minimum-security prison, so a high-placed official (Joseph Campanella) sends an undercover agent (Lance Kinsey) to root out any sign of crime. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Watchers II

Actors: Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Jonathan Farwell, Irene Miracle, Mary Woronov

Synopsis: In this sequel to Watchers, an extremely intelligent dog attempts to warn his human buddy, Paul Ferguson (Marc Singer), that a deadly monster is on the loose. When the monster comes after the duo, they must find a way to stop it. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Let It Ride

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, David Johansen, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly, Allen Garfield

Synopsis: Joe Pytka's comedy stars Richard Dreyfuss as Trotter, a cab driver who gets a hot tip on a horse race and soon finds himself on the gambling hot streak of his life. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Robert Beltran, Mary Woronov, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: In this satirical skewering of the lifestyles of the rich and famous, a divorced Beverly Hills gal ends up on the doorstep of her next-door neighbor, an out-of-work TV sitcom actress who happens to have a socially eclectic group of friends and a deceased husband who can't accept the fact that he Read More

Mortuary Academy

Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Perry Lang, Tracey Walter, Christopher Atkins

Synopsis: Sam Grimm (Perry Lang) and his brother Max (Christopher Atkins) stand to inherit the mortuary academy that bears their family name in this black comedy. The two brothers must first graduate, and their progress is monitored by school manager Dr. Paul Truscott (Paul Bartell) and the academy's top Read More

Black Widow

Actors: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper, Nicol Williamson

Synopsis: Black Widow bears no relation to the 1954 film of the same name--beyond its characterization of the female as the deadlier of the species, that is. Debra Winger stars as a federal agent who has sworn to bring Theresa Russell to justice. Ms. Russell has married several millionaires who have all Read More

Nomads

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down, Adam Ant, Hector Mercado

Synopsis: Nomads is a scary, supernatural horror movie without blood and guts and gore or bouts of eroticism. Pierce Brosnan is Pommier, an anthropologist who has spent years researching the nomads in some of the coldest and hottest parts of the globe. Apparently, his research went too far, because now he Read More

Terrorvision

Actors: Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov, Chad Allen, Jonathan Gries

Synopsis: The hokey TerrorVision is more an unintentional model of how horror films were made in the early '50s than a trend-setting story about the TV monster who ate them all. When Stanley (Gerrit Graham) goes outside to adjust his family's satellite dish, a living, organic alien Read More

A Bunny's Tale

Actors: Lela Rochon

Synopsis: A Bunny's Tale is a TV-movie adaptation of Gloria Steinem's experiences as a Playboy bunny. Engaged by a magazine to write an investigative article on publisher Hugh Hefner's nightclub chain, Ms. Steinem (Kirstie Alley) poses as a young girl named "Marie" and enters the Bunny training program at Read More

Challenge of a Lifetime

Actors: Penny Marshall

Synopsis: The Challenge of a Lifetime is Hawaii's Ironman Triathalon. Unless you're an ironman, the outcome of this competition may not be of paramount importance to you. But it is crucial to Penny Marshall, a divorced mother seeking to prove that she's more than just an adjunct to her family. Marshall Read More

Hellhole

Actors: Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Mary Woronov, Marjoe Gortner, Edy Williams

Synopsis: It's hard to be critical of an exploitation film that revels so gleefully in its awfulness. To begin with, we're presented with dazed, glassy-eyed heroine Judy Landers, whose condition is readily explained by a bout with amnesia brought on by the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of a Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Jessica Behind Bars

Synopsis: The scene is the West Barrington Institute for Women, where warden Elizabeth Gates (Vera Miles) invites Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to lecture on creative writing. Of course, wherever Jessica goes, murder follows, and this time the victim is the prison's doctor Irene Matthews (Janet McLachlan). Read More

Movie House Massacre

Actors: Mary Woronov, Jonathan Blakely, Lynne Darcy, Cynthia Hartline, Lisa Lindsley

Synopsis: Would you like some blood on that popcorn? Actually there is probably enough blood flowing through this low-budget direct to video horror outing to satisfy any cravings. The tale centers on an abandoned theater that is said to be haunted by the mad spirit of its former manager. According to local Read More

Night of the Comet

Actors: Catherine Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Woronov

Synopsis: In this satirical sci-fi comedy, Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) are two sisters whose father was a hard-bitten Green Beret, but who've grown into typical Valley Girls. They end up spending the night in a steel-lined room just as a comet passes close to the earth Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

Synopsis: A concerned king holds a special contest to brighten the spirits of his chronically depressed daughter in this delightful entry in Shelley Duvall's popular family-oriented cable-television show. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Get Crazy

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, Miles Chapin

Synopsis: Director Allan Arkush knew whereof he spoke in Get Crazy. A longtime employee of Fillmore East, a popular rock-concert locale of the 1960s and 1970s, Arkush brought a great deal of insider's savvy to this comedy about the concert circuit and its denizens. Malcolm McDowell stars as a Mick Read More

Angel of H.E.A.T.

Actors: Marilyn Chambers, Stephen Johnson, Mary Woronov, Milt [Lewis] Kogan, Remy O'Neill

Synopsis: Videophiles will know The Protectors, Book 2 by its original title, Angel of H.E.A.T.. Porn star Marilyn Chambers plays a secret agent, teamed up with cult favorite Mary Woronov. Their mission is to stem the world-domination plans of evil Dan Jesse. To accomplish this task, Chambers finds it Read More

Eating Raoul

Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Eating Raoul was celebrated at the time of its release as the perfect marriage between mainstream moviemaking and the so-called "underground" cinema. Cult-film icons Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel (both of whom directed) play a married couple who decide to cash in on the sexual perversions of Read More

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Actors: Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Teresa Ganzel, Anne Dusenberry

Synopsis: Originally divided into four segments and now cut to three, National Lampoon Goes to the Movies is a story about a man who is determined to get in touch with himself and sends his wife away so she can do the same thing. The next tale features a female business magnate who wreaks appropriate Read More

Heartbeeps

Actors: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid, Kenneth McMillan, Melanie Mayron

Synopsis: Heartbeeps stars Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as domestic robots who fall in love and run off together. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Lady in Red

Actors: Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher, Christopher Lloyd, Laurie Heineman, Robert Hogan

Synopsis: Escaping from her childhood life of poverty and abuse on the farm, in the 1930s, Polly Franklin (Pamela Sue Martin) sets her sights on Hollywood as the promised land and leaves home. However, she doesn't get that far - she lands in Chicago instead. Taking the low-paying jobs which are available to Read More

Taxi: Nardo Loses Her Marbles

Actors: Tom Ewell, Mary Woronov, Robert Picardo, William Callaway

Synopsis: Stressed out from juggling her job as a cabbie with her responsibilities as a single mother and her burgeoning art-curator career, poor Elaine (Marilu Henner) finally snaps during a major art-gallery event. Reliable old Alex (Judd Hirsch) offers to drive Elaine home and help her calm down -- a Read More

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Actors: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Mary Woronov

Synopsis: Rock 'n' Roll High School is a prime example of a 1970s movie phenomenon: a cult film that was deliberately designed to be a cult film. High-schooler Riff Randell's (P.J. Soles) efforts to meet the Ramones are continually thwarted by rock & roll-hating principal Evelyn Togar (Mary Woronov). Ms. Read More

The One and Only

Actors: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday

Synopsis: Brash young Andy Schmidt (Henry Winkler) can't make a go of it as an actor in the early 1950s. Still, he wins the hand of Mary Crawford (Kim Darby), and the two of them try to make ends meet in New York City. Andy is on the verge of starvation when he befriends wrestling-promoter Sidney Seltzer (Gene Saks Read More

Mr. Billion

Actors: Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens, William Redfield

Synopsis: An Italian mechanic (Terence Hill) finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president (Jackie Gleason). ~ John Bush, All Read More

Bad Georgia Road

Actors: Mary Woronov

Synopsis: Bad Georgia Road, an unpleasant little thriller directed by John Broderick, is the story of a young woman (Carol Lynley) who inherits an illegal liquor distillery from a relative. She turns it into a money-making business only to come up against the mob, who is her chief competition. The direction Read More

The Hollywood Man

Synopsis: Desperate to make his own film, an actor accepts production money from the Mafia. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Hollywood Boulevard

Actors: Candice Rialson, Mary Woronov, Rita George, Jeffrey Kramer, Dick Miller

Synopsis: Allan Arkush and Joe Dante co-directed this campy spoof of exploitation films -- Roger Corman's schlock factory in particular. Candice Rialson stars as Candy Wednesday, a movie hopeful who wants to be a star. Her slimy agent Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) directs her to the portals of Miracle Read More

Cannonball

Actors: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerritt Graham, Robert Carradine

Synopsis: Paul Bartel rips off his own Death Race 2000 in this mindless car-crash saga, containing more twisted metal than a bombed-out steel mill. The nominal storyline concerns an illegal auto race from Los Angeles to New York that promises the winner 100,000 dollars. David Carradine is Coy "Cannonball" Read More

Charlie's Angels: Angels in Chains

Actors: Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, David F. Doyle, Neva Patterson

Synopsis: If for no other reason than its provocative title, this is the single most famous episode of Charlie's Angels. Our three heroines pose as lawbreakers in order to infiltrate a brutal and corrupt woman's prison farm in the Louisiana swamplands. Their mission: To solve the disappearance of one of the Read More

Jackson County Jail

Actors: Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine, Frederic Cook, Severn Darden

Synopsis: Yvette Mimieux delivers a sensitive, nuanced performance in a role that could have easily spread into a cheap exploitation turn in Jackson County Jail. Mimieux plays advertising executive Dinah Hunter, who leaves Los Angeles and a promising career after she discovers her lover has been cheating on Read More

Cover Girl Models

Synopsis: This entertaining video offers an adventure for these beautiful models of the seventies as they are forced to fight for survival. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Death Race 2000

Actors: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins

Synopsis: Cult hero Paul Bartel directed this low-budget satire in which America's passion for cars, violence, and sporting events are finally brought together in one convenient package. In the not-so-distant future, the United States has become a totalitarian regime overseen by the charming but sinister Read More

Seizure

Actors: Roger DeKoven

Synopsis: After being plagued by recurring dreams where three strange creatures play havoc with his mind, a novelist pulls an overnighter during which his mind-spun creatures become a reality and horror happens. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Silent Night, Bloody Night

Synopsis: The secrets of a small New England town are violently exposed on Christmas Eve in this proto-slasher shocker. The owner of the long-abandoned Butler estate is desperate to sell, and dispatches his lawyer from New York to negotiate its purchase by the town council. Meanwhile, an inmate from a Read More

Kemek

Actors: Helmut Schneider, Alexandra Stewart, David Hedison, Herbert Weissbach, Robert Wolders

Synopsis: Paul (Helmut Schneider) is the villainous owner of the drug company Kemek. The mystery begins when Paul searches for a new mind-control drug that his mistress has stolen. Traveling to Italy, she plants the drug on an unsuspecting American. Both fall victim to the effects that control their lives Read More

The Chelsea Girls

Actors: Ondine, Mary Might, International Velvet, Nico, Gerard Malanga, Ingrid Superstar

Synopsis: One of the first "underground" films of the 1960's to achieve a degree of mainstream acceptance (it was an actual hit in New York City, was well-received in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and was banned in Chicago and Boston), Andy Warhol's The Chelsea Girls offered a long, unblinking look into Read More