Sandra Bernhard Filmography

Searching for Bobby DeNiro

Synopsis: A frustrated New York actor whose sick of being typecast due to his Italian-American heritage sets out to seek help from the one actor who could provide his big break in a satirical showbiz comedy starring William DeMeo, Carmen Electra, Sandra Bernhard, and Tyson Beckford. Johnny Argano is Read More

Stormy Weather: The Music Of Harold Arlen

Actors: Paul Soles, Kim Bubbs, Ranee Lee, Deborah Harry, Little Jimmy Scott

Synopsis: Larry Weinstein's Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen is about the final years of the great songwriter. As a heavily medicated, elderly Arlen (Paul Soles) goes about his days with his nurse, he remembers his life's accomplishments and imagines performances of some of his most well known Read More

Dinner Rush

Actors: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Vivian Wu, Mike McGlone, Kirk Acevedo

Synopsis: Music may be the food of love, but a group of gangsters are singing a very different tune at a fancy New York dining room in this dark comedy. Louis (Danny Aiello) is the owner of an upscale restaurant in New York's Tribeca district where his son Udo (Edoardo Ballerini) has become the head chef. Read More

The Sandra Bernhard Experience [TV Series]

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Sara Switzer

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here...Damn It!

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Denise Fraser, Mitch Kaplan, Soumaya Akaaboun

Synopsis: Actress/comedian Sandra Bernhard is known to millions as a frequent guest star on TV series such as Roseanne and Ally McBeal, but I'm Still Here Dammit! provides a document of her most enduring work: her one-woman shows. Although the piece originally ran on Broadway and was the basis of a comedy Read More

Somewhere in the City

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Ornella Muti, Robert John Burke, Peter Stormare, Bai Ling

Synopsis: Iranian-born director Ramin Niami loosely adapted the Maxim Gorky play The Lower Depths for this ensemble character study set in modern-day New York City's Lower East Side. Sandra Bernhard stars as Betty, a remarkably introverted and lonely therapist hungering for a male companion. In her Read More

Wrongfully Accused

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly LeBrock, Melinda McGraw, Michael York

Synopsis: Pat Proft directed this satire on The Fugitive with a plot parody of the 1993 Harrison Ford movie, which in turn was inspired by the 1963-67 ABC television series with David Janssen. Violinist Ryan Harrison (Leslie Nielsen) romances the wife (Kelly Le Brock) of his benefactor (Michael York), a man Read More

Plump Fiction

Actors: Tommy Davidson, Julie Brown, Paul Dinello, Sandra Bernhard, Dan Castellaneta

Synopsis: Bob Koherr directed this predictable parody of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, offering variations on the film's familiar scenes, plus satirical jabs at other titles, including Reservoir Dogs, Natural Born Killers, Forrest Gump and Nell. Tarantino's hit men are replaced here with exterminators Read More

I Woke Up Early The Day I Died

Actors: Billy Zane, Sandra Bernhard, Ron Perlman, Tippi Hedren, Andrew McCarthy

Synopsis: Aris Iliopulos directed this campy comedy utilizing schlock filmmaker Ed Wood's last unproduced screenplay. Stock footage and old hygiene films are intercut with this near-silent story following a cross-dresser (Billy Zane), who escapes from the Casa de la Loco Sanitarium, manages to acquire some Read More

Lover Girl

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Kristy Swanson, Tara Subkoff, Loretta Devine, Susan Barnes

Synopsis: This independent drama takes an unexpectedly light and emotionally sensitive approach to a potentially controversial subject -- a teenager taking up a career as a prostitute. Sixteen-year-old Jake (Tara Subkoff) is a pretty but troubled girl who has been abandoned by her mother. Needing a place to Read More

Ally McBeal: Drawing the Lines

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Gil Bellows, Greg Germann, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol

Ally McBeal: The Dirty Joke

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Gil Bellows, Greg Germann, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol

Burn Hollywood Burn

Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Eric Idle

Synopsis: First, a little background: in 1955, the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which film directors are allowed to use if they feel their work has been tampered with to such a degree that they no longer want the credit. (For example, if you look at the credits of the Read More

Roseanne: The War Room

Synopsis: Roseanne is depressed about Dan's affair. After she stays in bed for days eating junk food, her friends and family members try different ways to get her to snap out of it. Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) tries to lure her out of bed with crystals and New Age methods. Eventually, Roseanne comes out on her Read More

Roseanne: Into That Good Night

Synopsis: In the two-part series conclusion episode, Darlene and David (Johnny Galecki) bring home their daughter, Harris Conner Healey, from the hospital. Bev (Estelle Parsons), Leon (Martin Mull), Scott (Fred Willard), and Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) come over to celebrate and order pizza. Leon and Scott Read More

The Reggae Movie

Synopsis: This jammin' documentary is for those who still believe that all reggae music sounds the same. With no narration, explanation of the philosphies behind reggae or Rasafarianism, and no titles to announce the acts the film is nothing more or less than a series of live concert clips from some of the Read More

The Late Shift

Actors: Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on the non-fiction best-seller, The Late Shift is an irreverent, behind-the-scenes look at the conflict over who would succeed Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno or David Letterman. Beginning with Carson's retirement, the made-for-cable film follows the backstage Read More

The Apocalypse

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Laura San Giacomo, Cameron Dye

Synopsis: Sandra Bernhard, Cameron Dye, and Laura San Giacomo star in this science-fiction thriller about a spaceship carrying a load of explosive material that is thrown out of orbit and suddenly begins heading straight for Earth. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Freaky Friday

Actors: Shelley Long, Gaby Hoffmann, Sandra Bernhard, Eileen Brennan, Carol Kane

Synopsis: A fairly faithful remake of Disney's earlier feature of the same name, this version first aired on television. Gaby Hoffman stars as Annabelle, a girl who thinks her mother has an easy life. Her mother Ellen (Shelley Long) thinks Annabelle's life is the better of the two, and after an argument one Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Larry's on Vacation

Synopsis: When Larry (Garry Shandling) takes two weeks off from the show to recover from plastic surgery, Sandra Bernhard fills in as guest host for The Larry Sanders Show. Despite Bernhard and her manager Ellen's (Lois Foraker) suggestions to Artie (Rip Torn) as to how the show might be improved, the Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Arthur After Hours

Synopsis: The job of a television producer can be highly stressfull and greatly under-appreciated, as Artie (Rip Torn) finds out when little things around the office begin to add up. After Artie's close friend Ryan O'Neal is bumped from an appearance on the show, Hank's (Jeffrey Tambor) incessant Read More

Catwalk

Actors: Christy Turlington

Synopsis: The world of high-fashion is explored in this documentary. Much of the film is centered on the professional life of American supermodel Christy Turlington as she travels around the world's fashion centers for photoshoots and runway gigs. The film also offers many glimpses of the glitterati that Read More

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Actors: Isaac Mizrahi

Synopsis: This documentary takes a lighthearted inside look at the fashion industry follows New York designer Isaac Mizrahi as he prepares to stage a fashion show. While the film avoids criticism and in-depth probing into Mizrahi, it does provide insight into the man's creativity as he deftly deals with the Read More

Sandra Bernhard: Confession of a Pretty Lady

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Martin Scorsese, Camille Paglia, Jeanette Bernhard, Mo Gerow

Synopsis: Comedienne Sandra Bernhard is profiled in this British documentary. Much of the film is taken from a nightclub routine she performed in New York in 1992. The performer's lines are then used to lead into her personal history. Bernhard and her mother are both interviewed, but they don't reveal a lot Read More

Roseanne: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Synopsis: One of the more memorable episodes, the episode "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is the one where Roseanne goes out to a gay bar and gets kissed by Mariel Hemingway. Meanwhile, Becky meets up with old boyfriend Dean (David Allan Donah). Also features guest appearances by standup comedian Laura Kightlinger Read More

Dallas Doll

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher, Jake Blundell, Rose Byrne

Synopsis: An American woman turns an Australian home upside down in this Australian picture. Dallas Adair came to Australia from L.A. as a golf course consultant. En route she meets Charlie Sommers, the son of one of her sponsors, Stephen Sommers. After their plane almost crashes, the two become friends. Read More

Roseanne: First Cousin, Twice Removed

Synopsis: Joan Collins guest stars as Ronnie, Roseanne's wealthy long-lost cousin. Though she hasn't seen Roseanne for over 20 years, Ronnie tries to renew their friendship and encourages Darlene to get out of Lanford, which only sparks the old feud between them. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: The Driver's Seat

Synopsis: Leon (Martin Mull) thinks Jackie and Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) should open the restaurant for breakfast. Roseanne thinks he is trying to kick her out of the business. Meanwhile, D.J. steals the car, causing Roseanne to lash out in anger and fear that she is turning out like her parents. ~ Andrea Read More

Roseanne: Glengarry, Glen Rosey

Synopsis: Roseanne and Dan get stuck in another financial mess when their business partner Roger (Tim Curry) takes off and they are left with a fixed-up house that they can't sell. Fortunately, Jackie steps up to buy the house. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Actors: Steve Antin, Patricia Arquette, Sandra Bernhard, Sofia Coppola, Bo Hopkins, Tate Donovan, Katherine Helmond

Synopsis: Actor Steven Antin wrote the screenplay, and U.S.C. film professor Jefery Levy directed this self-absorbed trifle about a self-absorbed screenwriter and his nutty family and friends. Antin plays Monkey Zetterland, an innocuous young man who is trying to work on his screenplay -- something having Read More

Roseanne: Promises, Promises

Synopsis: It's prom night for Darlene and David (Johnny Galecki). She surprises him by renting a motel room. Meanwhile, Dan tells Roseanne about his new business idea with Roger (Tim Curry). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Halloween V

Synopsis: This being a Halloween episode, everyone must pull pranks on each other. Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) thinks Dan doesn't like her, which sets up a prank brought on by Roseanne and Dan. Meanwhile, Darlene and David (Johnny Galecki) team up to pull one over on Roseanne. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Read More

Roseanne: Tooth or Consequences

Synopsis: Dan accidentally knocks out one of Roseanne's teeth. Unfortunately, it's on the day she has to meet with the health inspector, who ends up being her old boss from Rodbell's diner, Leon (Martin Mull). Meanwhile, Darlene and David (Johnny Galecki) eagerly await their response letters from the art Read More

Roseanne: Terms of Estrangement, Part 2

Synopsis: In this conclusion of a two-part episode, Roseanne tries to make Dan feel better about losing the bike shop. The newly wed Becky and Mark (Glenn Quinn) stop by to say goodbye to Roseanne and Dan before they leave for Minneapolis. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Pretty in Black

Synopsis: Roseanne hosts a surprise party for Darlene's 16th birthday. Darlene is disgusted and dyes her hair jet black, then Roseanne lets her leave while the adults enjoy the party. Meanwhile, the Tildens move in next door to the Conners and Roseanne contemplates joining in on a business opportunity with Read More

Roseanne: Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places

Synopsis: Roseanne and Jackie can't seem to get a loan to start the restaurant, so they reluctantly ask their mother, Bev (Estelle Parsons), who wants to be a partner. Meanwhile, Darlene finds out that D.J. has been spying on their new next-door neighbor, Molly (Danielle Harris). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Read More

Roseanne: Of Ice and Men

Synopsis: D.J. joins the Junior Hockey League team. Meanwhile, Roseanne butts in to fix things between Jackie and Fisher (Matt Roth). In the original broadcast version of this episode, the closing segment featured the Conners watching the premiere of The Jackie Thomas Show (starring Tom Arnold). ~ Andrea Read More

Roseanne: It's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, a snowstorm separates the Conner family at different places. Roseanne and Jackie are stranded at the Lunch Box with Bev (Estelle Parsons) and Nana Mary (Shelley Winters). Meanwhile, Darlene learns about David's (Johnny Galecki) terrible home life. Sally Kirkland guest stars as Read More

Roseanne: Stand on Your Man

Synopsis: Roseanne finally opens her restaurant, the Lanford Lunch Box. After getting threatened by one of her first customers, Roseanne is prompted to take a self defense class with Jackie and Nancy (Sandra Bernhard). Meanwhile, Arnie (Tom Arnold) returns to Lanford to try and get back together with Nancy. Read More

Roseanne: Halloween IV

Synopsis: Roseanne stays home while everyone else goes out to a Halloween party. She gets visited by the ghosts of Halloween Past (Lee Arenberg), Halloween Present (Mario Roccuzzo), and Halloween Future (Garry Bullock). Laurie Metcalf's daughter Zoe Perry plays Jackie as a little girl. ~ Andrea LeVasseur Read More

Roseanne: Ladies' Choice

Synopsis: Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) tells Roseanne and Jackie that she is gay. (Morgan Fairchild) guest stars as Nancy's lover Marla. Meanwhile, Bev (Estelle Parsons) moves into a retirement home, making Roseanne feel old. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Aliens

Synopsis: In this finale episode of the fourth season of Roseanne, the Conners once again are faced with a grim financial situation. Roseanne loses her job when Rodbell's diner goes out of business and Dan is out of work when he is forced to close his bike shop, Lanford Custom Cycle. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Read More

Roseanne: The Bowling Show

Synopsis: Dan and Arnie's (Tom Arnold) bowling team is in last place. Meanwhile, Jackie and Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) develop a friendship that excludes Roseanne. First appearance of Mark's (Glenn Quinn) brother, played by Johnny Galecki. Originally named Kevin Healy, his character name was permanently Read More

Hudson Hawk

Actors: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant, James Coburn

Synopsis: Michael Lehmann directed this post-modernist hash of To Catch a Thief and The Naked Gun starring Bruce Willis as Hudson Hawk, a cat burglar who wants to go straight, but the circumstances won't allow it. The story begins in a pre-credit sequence that takes place in the renaissance. Leonardo Da Read More

Truth or Dare

Actors: Madonna, Warren Beatty, Sandra Bernhard

Synopsis: Truth or Dare is an outrageous, insightful, carefully controlled and (to non-fans) overlong documentary of singer Madonna's 1990 Blonde Ambition tour. Though much of the film is a paean to self-love and self-aggrandizement, we are permitted to see Madonna at her worst as well as her best. Just Read More

Roseanne: Vegas (Part 1)

Synopsis: Dan and Roseanne go to Las Vegas to stand up for the wedding of Arnie (Tom Arnold) and Nancy (Sandra Bernhard in her first appearance on Roseanne). Part one of a two-part episode. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Vegas, Vegas (Part 2)

Synopsis: Dan and Roseanne go to a nightclub and a wedding chapel in Las Vegas with the newly married Arnie (Tom Arnold) and Nancy (Sandra Bernhard). Wayne Newton guest stars as himself. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Without You I'm Nothing

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Steve Antin, Lu Leonard, Ken Foree

Synopsis: In this stylized adaptation of her 1988 off-Broadway show, singer/actress/comedian Sandra Bernhard explores celebrity, stereotypes, and her own childhood in a series of monologues and musical numbers. Although much of the material comes straight from the original stage show, Bernhard and co-writer John Boskovich Read More

Heavy Petting

Actors: David Byrne, Sandra Bernhard, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs

Synopsis: Those of us who had to suffer such "instructional" films as Dating Do's and Don'ts in high school will be especially entertained by Heavy Petting. In the visually sarcastic manner of the nuclear-age documentary The Atomic Cafe, the film assembles masses of information and misinformation about Read More

Track 29

Actors: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Sandra Bernhard, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp

Synopsis: A dissatisfied woman encounters a mysterious stranger who may be her long-lost son in this peculiar, darkly comic drama. Theresa Russell plays the deeply disappointed Linda Henry, who feels stifled by a strained marriage to Dr. Henry Henry (Christopher Lloyd), who pays more attention to his model Read More

Casual Sex?

Actors: Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Stephen Shellen, Jerry Levine, Andrew Dice Clay

Synopsis: In the late '80s, good-time girl Stacy (Lea Thompson) and her timid friend, Melissa (Victoria Jackson), decide to hit a health spa for singles in hopes of spicing up their unfulfilled sex lives. Afraid of AIDS, Stacy has gone celibate, while Melissa has only ever managed to get it on with two lame Read More

The Whoopee Boys

Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez, Denholm Elliott, Carole Shelley, Marsha Warfield, Andy Bumatai

Synopsis: In this comedy, a relocation to Florida throws lowlife New Yorkers Barney (Paul Rodriguez) and Jake (Michael O'Keefe) into a dilemma when Jake falls for a beautiful schoolteacher, Olivia Farragut (Lucinda Jenney), who is struggling to find enough money to keep her school open. However, when they Read More

An Evening at the Improv

Synopsis: This hilarious comedy video contains performances from some of the funniest stand-up comedians of the 1980s as they do their schtick at the Improv comedy clubs. Performers include funnyman/magician Harry Anderson, Billy Crystal, and Michael Keaton. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird

Actors: Carroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Paul Bartel, Sandra Bernhard

Synopsis: The first film to be adapted from the popular children's television series Sesame Street, Follow That Bird follows the story of Big Bird after a social worker (Sally Kellerman) takes him away from Sesame Street to live with a family of birds in Illinois. Unhappy in his new surroundings, Big Bird Read More

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt, Art Carney

Synopsis: Jim Henson's Muppets find themselves in Manhattan yearning to get a musical on Broadway in this charming film that also chides show business and its foibles. Kermit the Frog has just put together a successful variety show at Danhurst college (probably somewhere between Amherst and Dartmouth), and Read More

The Best of the Big Laff-Off

Synopsis: This collection of comedy routines features some of the best--and in some cases, earliest--performances of stand-up comics as they compete in the annual Laff-Off contests. Performers include Eddie Murphy, Sandra Bernhard, Harry Anderson, and more while David Steinberg introduces the segments. Read More

The King of Comedy

Actors: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard, Shelley Hack

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's satirical comedy/drama caustically explores the lengths to which a nobody will go to be as famous as his idol. Practicing his patter in his basement with cardboard cut-outs of his favorite celebrities, mediocre aspiring comedian Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) believes that one Read More

Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Stacy Keach, Dr. Timothy Leary, Evelyn Guerrero

Synopsis: Here, the dope-smoking duo are working on an ice-cream truck, and their specially treated confections are more than just a hit for the kids. Nice Dreams is the third in the series. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Shogun Assassin

Actors: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masahiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo

Synopsis: More a "greatest hits" movie than an actual stand-alone film of its own, Shogun Assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular Baby Cart series dubbed into English and fused together into a hyper-violent bloodbath ballet that's sure to entertain the samurai-film enthusiast with a Read More

The House of God

Actors: Tim Matheson, Charles Haid, Michael Sacks, Lisa Pelikan, Bess Armstrong

Synopsis: In this abysmal, tasteless farce, the pitfalls of patient and staff life in a big city hospital are supposed to be the brunt of the jokes, but there are no living jokes in this film. In the first several scenes, the obnoxious know-it-all Fats (Charles Haid) introduces new interns to the hospital Read More

The Richard Pryor Special?

Actors: Richard Pryor

Comedy Store 20th Birthday

Actors: Richard Pryor