RoseanneFilmography

Rockin' with Roseanne: Calling All Kids!

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: Former television mom Roseanne Barr returns to the small screen to lead a genre-jumping sing-along that the kids will love with this release that blends live-action, animation, fun-loving puppets, and funny costumes to offer an exciting blend of song and dance that's as engaging as it is Read More

Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin'

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin' originally aired exclusively on HBO but is now available in this home-video release. In Barr's first comedy special in over 14 years, the sitcom mainstay, movie star, and acid-mouthed comedienne-at-large returns to her standup act -- the venue that originally Read More

My Name is Jackie Beat

Actors: Jackie Beat

Synopsis: Get an up close look at the man behind the notorious drag queen persona with this intimate portrait of artist Kent Fuhr - who has been entertaining audiences from Los Angeles to Berlin with spitfire live performances offering a hilariously twisted slant on pop-culture. Before he dons his wig and Read More

Home on the Range

Actors: Roseanne, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Disney presents the animated musical Western Home on the Range, featuring an original musical score by Alan Menken. The Little Piece of Heaven family farm is about to go under and outlaw cattle rustler Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sets his sights on it. Three dairy cows -- tough Maggie Read More

Goodnight, We Love You: The Life and Legend of Phyllis Diller

Actors: Phyllis Diller

Synopsis: The comedienne who shot to stardom as "the world's worst housewife" offers an intimate look at her life and career on the eve of her farewell stand-up performance. Phyllis Diller has been keeping her fans in stitches for nearly half-a-century. A gleefully self-depreciating comic whose outlandish Read More

The Real Roseanne Show [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Roseanne, Johnny Argent, Reza Izad, Ted Jessup, Drew Ogier

Synopsis: At one time the biggest sitcom "name" on ABC, caustic comedienne Roseanne had been out of the public eye for several years when, in the summer of 2003, she decided to follow in the footsteps of such showbiz colleagues as Ozzy Osbourne and Gary Busey and launch her own reality series. The Real Read More

Desilu

Synopsis: This two-hour documentary chronicles the spectacular rise and comparatively quiet fall of one of Hollywood biggest TV production factories. Desilu was formed in 1951 by Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz as the production company for their popular weekly sitcom I Love Lucy. The success of Read More

Cecil B. Demented

Actors: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal

Synopsis: Iconoclastic satirist John Waters bites the hand that (periodically) feeds him in this humorous look at the underside of the film industry. Self-styled guerrilla filmmaker Cecil (Stephen Dorff) leads a Baltimore movie-making collective/street gang called the Sprocket Holes, which includes Cecil's Read More

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Actors: RuPaul, Tammy Faye Messner

Synopsis: RuPaul narrates this affectionate look at everyone's favorite televangelist/living cosmetic display: Tammy Faye Bakker. The eldest of eight children in rural Minnesota, Tammy Faye married Jim Bakker in 1960, and soon they found a following on the gospel circuit. This eventually led to a gig on Read More

Get Bruce!

Actors: Bruce Vilanch, Bette Midler, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis: This is a documentary portrait of a Hollywood comedy writer cited by many of entertainment's biggest stars as their comedic "secret weapon." Bruce Vilanch is a rotund, hirsute New Jersey native who left a job at a Chicago newspaper in the 1970s to become a gag writer for singer and actress Bette Midler Read More

Roseanne: Say It Ain't So

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: Jackie makes Dan tell Roseanne about his affair with a nurse while he was in California. Jackie has to deal with her own problems when it appears that Prince Carlos (Jim Varney) has gotten married. Meanwhile, D.J. offers to videotape Darlene giving birth, but he's too squeamish to do it. ~ Andrea Read More

Roseanne: Roseanne-Feld

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: Jackie and Mark (Glenn Quinn) watch female wrestling, D.J. and Heather (Heather Matarazzo) take their relationship to another level, and Bev (Estelle Parsons) introduces her new friend, Joyce (Ruta Lee). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Hit the Road, Jack

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Dan gets ready to leave for California, Roseanne tries to figure out what to do about their marriage, and D.J. meets a girl named Heather (Heather Matarazzo). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Season 09

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season nine of Roseanne begins with the Conners winning one hundred million dollars in the lottery, and the rest of the season maintains the same sort of unbelievability. A prince falls for Jackie, the Conners party with rich people, and Roseanne battles terrorists just in the first few episodes. Read More

Roseanne: Mothers and Other Strangers

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Roseanne misses Dan, so she visits Nana Mary (Shelley Winters) with Leon (Martin Mull) and Scott (Fred Willard). Nana Mary (Shelley Winters) tells stories about her rebellious past and leaves everyone with very sound advice. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Roseambo

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: Roseanne battles a group of terrorists when her family is held up on a hijacked train. Guest star Steven Seagal appears as himself. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Satan, Darling

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: In this Halloween episode, Roseanne and Jackie go to a fancy Upper West Side party with Patsy (Joanna Lumley) and Edina (Jennifer Saunders, who co-wrote the episode with Roseanne) from Absolutely Fabulous. Strange things start to happen to the pregnant Darlene in a take on Rosemary's Baby. This Read More

Roseanne: Roseanne in the Hood

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: In the episode "Roseanne in the Hood," a new drive-through restaurant opens across the street from the Lunch Box. Comedian Pat Harrington Jr. guest stars, and the theater troupe Stomp performs. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Season 07

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season seven opens with Roseanne announcing her pregnancy, which later becomes medically complicated. Darlene and David break up and Roseanne tells Darlene she can't go back to school. Meanwhile, David still lives in the Conner family house, causing increasing tensions between him and Mark, which Read More

Roseanne: Season 08

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Sarah Chalke

Synopsis: Season eight of Roseanne is the last regular season, leading into the crazy departure of season nine. A lot of soap opera situations occur, with the birth of Roseanne's baby, the engagement of Leon and Scott, Darlene's pregnancy announcement, Darlene and David's wedding, and then Dan's heart Read More

Roseanne: Halloween - The Final Chapter

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this Halloween episode, Roseanne consults a Ouija board and her fourth child, Jerry Garcia Conner, is born. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Blue in the Face

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Roseanne, Michael J. Fox, Jim Jarmusch

Synopsis: Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Roseanne's Return

Synopsis: With the public readily absorbed in the ultra-sensationalistic O.J. Simpson murder trial, Phil (Wallace Langham) and Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) enter into a heated debate over due process. Meanwhile, after the falling-out of their relationship, Larry (Garry Shandling) has second thoughts about having Roseanne Read More

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Actors: Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Lorraine Bracco

Synopsis: Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until Good Will Hunting -- is based on Tom Robbins' 1976 feminist bestseller. Uma Thurman plays Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with very large thumbs. After her parents (Grace Zabriskie Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: End of the Season

Synopsis: Though Larry vehemently refuses to admit that he has a problem, Artie (Rip Torn) and Roseanne stage an intervention after realizing that Larry's (Garry Shandling) addiction to painkillers is spiraling out of control. While Artie and Roseanne hold Larry at home and force him to quit cold turkey Read More

Saturday Night Live: Roseanne

Actors: Roseanne, Greg Day

Synopsis: This 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Roseanne and features musical guest Green Day. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Season 06

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: In season six of Roseanne, Darlene moves away to art school in Chicago leaving David (Johnny Galecki) behind. However, David and Darlene try secretly living together for a few episodes, but Dan and Roseanne eventually find out and it causes a big uproar. The biggest change this season is actress Lecy Goranson Read More

The Best of Saturday Night Live: Hosted by Roseanne Arnold

Politically Incorrect: Domestic Politics

The Woman Who Loved Elvis

Actors: Roseanne, Tom Arnold, Sally Kirkland, Cynthia Gibb, Danielle Harris

Synopsis: In this drama, the life of a social worker undergoes dramatic changes after she is assigned to oversee the case of a welfare mother who is almost unnaturally obsessed with Elvis Presley. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Performance Artist

Synopsis: Performance art certainly isn't for everyone, as Larry (Garry Shandling) quickly finds out in this installment of The Larry Sanders Show. Worried that the show has become too routine, Larry books a controversial performance artist on the show. Despite his initial enthusiasm, however, our gracious Read More

Saturday Night Live: Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold

Actors: Roseanne, Tom Arnold, The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Synopsis: This 1992 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold and features musical guest Red Hot Chili Peppers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne Arnold: Live from Trump Castle

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Roseanne: Season 05

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season five of Roseanne contains some of the best-remembered episodes of the show, and marked the first of many Emmy awards (Laurie Metcalf won for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series in 1992). The season started in the usual dire financial straits, with the bike shop out of business and Read More

A Different World: Honeymoon in L.A., Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of A Different World's two-part Season Six opener, Whitley (Jasmine Guy and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) continue to recall their chaotic honeymoon in riot-torn Los Angeles. At the same time, the couple's friends react to the violence (inspired by the infamous Rodney King verdict) in Read More

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Actors: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane, Rick Logan

Synopsis: The producers insisted that this sixth entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street series marked the last; no points for guessing that additional sequels followed. This time, homicidal wraith Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) decides to extend his reign of terror past Elm Street. His agent-on-earth is his Read More

Saturday Night Live: Roseanne Barr

Actors: Roseanne, Dee-Lite

Synopsis: This 1991 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Roseanne Barr and features musical guest Dee-Lite. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Backfield in Motion

Actors: Tom Arnold, Roseanne, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: Roseanne Arnold, her then-husband Tom Arnold and Shelley Duvall teamed up to produce the made-for-TV Backfield in Motion. Roseanne plays a widowed real-estate agent who lives with her teenaged son Johnny Galecki. Mother and son have moved to an upstate California town where high school Read More

Roseanne: Scenes From a Barbecue

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: A baseball-capped Shelley Winters guest stars as Roseanne's grandmother, Nana Mary, for a Mother's Day barbecue. By the end of it, the Conners wish Nana Mary lived with them. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Santa Claus

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: Darlene makes friends with a bookstore owner. Roseanne convinces her boss, Leon (Martin Mull), to let her take a job at the mall dressed up as Santa. She gets the job and ends up meeting Darlene's new friend, Karen Miller (Lee Garlington), who turns out to be Roseanne's age. ~ Andrea LeVasseur Read More

Roseanne: Season 04

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season four of Roseanne starts with the opening up of Lanford Custom Cycle, Dan's (John Goodman) new bike shop, while Roseanne gets a job as a waitress at Rodbell's diner, with co-worker Bonnie (Bonnie Sheridan) and boss Leon (Martin Mull). Becky (Lecy Goranson) has an on-again/off-again Read More

Roseanne: Season 03

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season three of Roseanne opened following the media frenzy surrounding the infamous baseball game where Roseanne slaughtered the National Anthem on television. Married to Roseanne in 1990, Tom Arnold makes a few guest appearances and starts writing episodes as well. The Conner family's problems Read More

Look Who's Talking, Too

Actors: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, Elias Koteas, Twink Caplan, Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Mel Brooks

Synopsis: Amy Heckerling repeats the successful formula of Look Who's Talking in this sequel, with the addition of John Travolta singing "All Shook Up" to a group of nursery schoolers and Mel Brooks cast as the voice of a toilet. The film begins with James struggling to support his family. He stills wants Read More

She-Devil

Actors: Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Begley, Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles

Synopsis: Susan Seidelman directed this loose adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil concerning the extreme revenge exacted by a dumpy housewife on her philandering husband. Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) is a best-selling romance novelist of the manner of Danielle Steel or Jackie Collins Read More

Roseanne: Season 02

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: The second season of Roseanne allowed for a lot less financial stability in the lives of the Conners, beginning with Roseanne's unemployment. She tries out several jobs this season, including telephone sales, computers, Chicken Divine, the Lobo Lounge, and the beauty salon. Dan's (John Goodman) Read More

Roseanne: Saturday

Actors: Roseanne

Synopsis: On a Saturday afternoon, Roseanne makes a bet with Dan that he can't finish repairing his truck. If he wins, she has to do all the snow shoveling; if she wins, he has to clean the oven. Dan has his friends over to help him with a tune up while Rosanne and the girls discuss Jackie's love life. Read More

The Roseanne Barr Show

Roseanne: Season 01

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: The first season of Roseanne served as an introduction to the working-class Conner family and their humorous struggles to get through the day in Lanford, IL. Roseanne is presented as the sarcastic head of the household, snapping rude comments to everyone and working full time at Wellman Plastics. Read More

Comic Relief II

Synopsis: Released by the now-defunct Simitar Entertainment rather than Rhino Video, which handles the other Comic Relief videos, Comic Relief II is featured on two separate 60-minute videos. A 1987 live charity event benefiting America's homeless, part one of Comic Relief II is hosted by Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg Read More

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