Rosanna Arquette

In the film Arquette interviews prominent and respected actresses (mostly between the ages of 30 and 60) in an attempt to find out whether it was practical for a working actress to successfully maintain a family. William Mortenson. in 2004 she released the critically acclaimed documentary film "Searching For Debra Winger". After their divorce, she married Roy Kellino, and, after his death, she married Dr. More recently, Arquette found energies to spend time with her daughter and to become breast cancer advocate, while continuing with her work, now also as a director. She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, had two sons, Drew and Brud. The tensions this created, and the death of her mother, led the couple to divorce. At the same time, she did the voice of Nanny on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991, and gained a new audience completely.

Arquette went on working intensively, being often away from home. She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie and in a subsequent revival television series, Still the Beaver. One year later their daughter Zoe Blue was born. Her most famous line from the film, in which she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in popular culture for many years after the fact. Deeply hurt, Arquette married restaurateur John Sidel in 1993. After a long absence from the public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in 1980. Soon later her mother developed breast cancer. The show ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show ended, she was typecast as saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting jobs for years.

At that time, Arquette's parents divorced. She is best known for her role as matriarch June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. The liaison with an old love of Arquette, English pop and rock star Peter Gabriel, proved also to be impossible. These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional Father and The Brothers. Her marriage in 1986 to composer James Newton Howard ended in the same way. As an actress on the silver screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major motion picture productions in the 1940s. The first was her boyfriend Steven Porcaro, member of the rock band Toto (whose international hit "Rosanna" is named after her). She started her career in New York City, appearing in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked as a fashion model.

Her dedication to acting has broken several relationships. She was sometimes credited as Barbara Billinsley. In her private life, she has always been torn between work and family. Her professional name comes from the last name of her first husband, Glenn Billingsley. Since then, Arquette has appeared, with few exceptions, in one or in several movies each year, some of them of notable interest, like Pulp Fiction and Crash. Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. In 1989, Martin Scorsese offered her a part in New York Stories. I Cheated the Law (1949).

Thereafter, she played in many cinema movies and TV films. Pretty Baby (1950). In 1982, she earned an Emmy Award nomination for the TV film The Executioner's Song. Invitation (1952). Besides cinema movies, Arquette appeared from the beginning of her career in television films. Woman in the Dark (1952). A few years later she started to act in mature roles. The Lady Wants Mink (1953).

In Hollywood, she had her first roles playing teens with troubles. At the age of 14 she went to Los Angeles, California, wanting to become a film star. Arquette did not do well at school. When she was 11 years old, her parents moved to a commune in Virginia.

Arquette followed her family's profession and began acting while being a child. She is the sister of actors Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, Alexis Arquette and Richmond Arquette, and the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox Arquette. Pickett" on The Waltons. W.

Her grandfather, Cliff Arquette, played "Charley Weaver" on The Jack Paar Show and the original incarnation of Hollywood Squares, and her father, Lewis, was well known as "J. She was born in New York City. Rosanna Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. More American Graffiti (1979).

Gorp (1980). S.O.B. (1981). Baby It's You (1983). Off the Wall (1983).

The Aviator (1985). Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Silverado (1985). After Hours (1985).

8 Million Ways to Die (1986). Nobody's Fool (1986). Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). The Big Blue (1988).

New York Stories (1989). Black Rainbow (1989). Sweet Revenge (1990). Almost (1990).

Flight of the Intruder (1991). The Linguini Incident (1991). Radio Flyer (1992). Fathers & Sons (1992).

Nowhere to Run (1993). Pulp Fiction (1994). Search and Destroy (1995). Crash (1996).

White Lies (1996). Vive le cinéma! (1996). Gone Fishin (1997). Deceiver (1997).

Do Me a Favor (1997). Gun (1997). Buffalo '66 (1998). Hope Floats (1998).

Floating Away (1998). Hell's Kitchen (1998). I'm Losing You (1998). Fait Accompli (1998).

Homeslice (1998). Sugar Town (1999). Palmer's Pick Up (1999). Pigeonholed (1999).

Interview with a Dead Man (1999). The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Too Much Flesh (2000). Things Behind the Sun (2001).

Joe Dirt (2001). Big Bad Love (2001). Good Advice (2001). Diary of a Sex Addict (2001).

Searching For Debra Winger (2003) (as director).