Michele Greene

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michele Dominguez Greene (b. February 3, 1962, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter, perhaps most well-known for her role as attorney Abigail "Abby" Perkins in L.A. Law from 1986 - 1991. She returned to that role in 2002 for the TV "reunion" film L.A. Law: The Movie. Greene picked up a taste for acting after enrolling in a high-school drama class; she had chosen the class to help her overcome her extreme shyness. She auditioned for and was accepted to the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Southern California, entering on a scholarship and beginning her formal training as an actor. During her college years she began working in television, appearing in numerous guest shots and television movies. Shortly after graduation, she landed the ensemble role of "Judy Nuckles" in the short-lived Steven Bochco series Bay City Blues. When that was cancelled, Bochco kept her in mind and offered her the Abby Perkins role on L.A. Law. The show was a critical and commercial success, winning many Emmys and garnering Greene a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category. Michele appeared on L.A. Law for five seasons, leaving to pursue her musical career and stretch her acting challenges. Greene appeared as "Bobbie Lee" (a runaway orphan girl) in the 1982 Dukes of Hazzard episode "Coy Meets Girl." She appeared to look and act a lot like Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz. In fact, Waylon Jennings as the balladeer even made a remark about her "returning to Oz." She has recorded two bilingual CDs, Ojo de Tiburon and Luna Roja. Greene has had recent acting roles in a number of popular television series including CSI, Cold Case, Nip/Tuck, Stargate SG-1 and Bones. Greene also appeared in an episode of Brothers and Sisters on ABC-TV in March 2009 as the governor of California. She has a recurring role on HBO's Big Love as a TV reporter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michele Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

03-02-1962

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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03-02-1962

Birthday

Aquarius

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Total Films

Also Known As (female)

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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The Kill Floor

The Kill Floor is an award-winning fiction film about community, family and the impact of the pandemic on Latinx essential workers.

0.0

Year:

2023

The Legend of Lucy Keyes

When an urban family moves to a rural New England town with secrets, little do they know that their new house holds a history of tragic sorrow.

5.2

Year:

2006

A Woman Hunted

Lainie Wheeler has two daughters, but her husband leaves them for a Thai monastery. She completely neglects her job in TV production but finds a new vocation in nursing terminal patients, even after the death of her friend in that home. She also finds a new lover, Matt Harper, who is also great with her kids, but still gets addicted to pills, causes a major accident, loses custody and needs long-term institutionalized therapy. After her release, a friend gets her another job in TV production, which makes her meet baseball star Harry Brewer. When he proves adulterous and gets too intimate, she ends up murdering him. Detective Webster investigates..

5.0

Year:

2003

Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke

When the dam in the town of Rutland starts to show signs of wear. David Powell, the architect who originally worked on the dam but was removed and who left town after he was black balled by Walker, the man who only cares about making a profit; returns. He insists that the dam be drained and inspected but Walker claims it would take too long and would be too costly. David goes to the dam and notices a few anomalies. He then tries to warn the deputy mayor who happens to be his estranged wife but out of anger she refuses to listen. Also David tries to reconnect with his son who resents his desertion.

4.8

Year:

2003

Give or Take an Inch

When their lesbian sister announces that she's going to have a sex change operation, her southern family has to make some attitude adjustments.

0.0

Year:

2003

L.A. Law: The Movie

Reunion movie from the popular TV series reunites most of the original cast from the Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie-Brackman. In the eight years since the series ended, the founding senior partner, Leland McKenzie, has retired and left Douglas Brackman, Jr. as the senior managing partner. New employees to the firm are Brackman's over-achieving son Jason, who's at odds with his father, and ambitious and conniving associate Chloe Carpenter at odds with others. Former partner Michael Kuzak, now a successful restaurant owner, is called out of retirement to help stop the impeding execution of a former client on death row and the opposing counsel is Kuzak's old flame Grace Van Owen.

7.6

Year:

2002

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

0.0

Year:

2002

Redeemer

When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Charles Henderson (Obba Babatunde), is sentenced to life in prison. Bestselling author Paul Freeman (Modine) offers a creative-writing class in Henderson's prison, initially looking for a story for his next book; but when Henderson becomes his student, Freeman starts to investigate Henderson's case and becomes convinced that, after 20 years, Henderson deserves to be released--but the next step is convincing the sister of the man whose death Henderson is responsible for.

6.6

Year:

2002

Lightning: Fire from the Sky

Overwhelmed by a disastrous lightning storm that his son predicted, a man must learn to trust his son in order to save his family and the whole community.

4.7

Year:

2001

Determination of Death

In order to free themselves from debt, a husband and wife plan to fake the husband's death but the scheme goes terribly awry.

5.0

Year:

2001

The Perfect Wife

When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.

4.4

Year:

2001

A Family Affair

Rachel flees NYC after another traumatic breakup and arrives at her parents' home in San Diego. They are adamant to see their wayward daughter settle down with a nice girl. Rachel goes on several blind dates that misfire badly. She finally lets her mother set her up with Christine, a typical Californian girl. Much to Rachel's chagrin, mom is right! Meanwhile, Rachel's friends wait for her to screw up the relationship. They know, even if she won't admit it, that she still carries a torch for her ex-girlfriend and they're not sure what would happen if she reappeared to reclaim Rachel.

4.9

Year:

2001

Wild Grizzly

A grizzly bear escapes from a wildlife park and leaves a trail of destruction through the mountain village of Pine Lake. After sixteen-year-old Josh is accused of having released the bear, he goes after it.

2.2

Year:

2000

Her Married Lover

Film editor Katie and suspense novelist Richard share an erotically charged moment during a hostage crisis, before embarking on a rapturous affair. When Richard’s wife is killed in a suspicious accident, the lovers are accused of murder.

3.2

Year:

1999

Fugitive Mind

A man finds out that he was brainwashed to kill an important government official.

5.8

Year:

1999

Captive

Joe Goodies has just entered an advertising agency after recovering from the death of his girlfriend in a car accident. Ruined by the compensation he has to pay for the accident, he decides, with his new girlfriend, to kidnap the son of the president of the agency and ask for a bailout.

3.8

Year:

1998

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos

Shaw, an inveterate explorer and Willa, the headstrong daughter of a famous archaeologist, team up to search for a lost treasure described in an old journal. However, things don't go according to plan as Shaw and his team are tracked through the mountains by Stark who has his own ideas about the fate of the gold.

2.0

Year:

1997

Badge of Betrayal

Annie Walker, hoping to rebuild her life, thinks that she has gotten the perfect job working for the sheriff of a small town, but soon discovers the he is involved in large-scale corruption.

5.0

Year:

1997

Stranger in the House

A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal.

7.0

Year:

1997

Daddy's Girl

A girl's bright smile masks a psychopathic soul that will eliminate anyone who comes between her and her doting father.

4.3

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1996

She Woke Up Pregnant

A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives for dental surgery. One woman gets impregnated from such an incident and decides to fight back.

6.2

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1996

Stranger by Night

Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden fits of anger. As the detectives pursue the case, they uncover evidence suggesting that one of them may be responsible for the mysterious deaths.

4.3

Year:

1994

How the West Was Fun

Twin sisters help a woman save her dude ranch from developers who would like to turn the property into a theme park.

5.5

Year:

1994

Heart of a Child

For Fred and Karen Schouten, the news that she is pregnant is most welcome, having been trying for a while with no success. Gordon and Alice Holc are also happy as whilst they already have one child, they learn that at 35 Alice is pregnant again. But both couples receive devastating news as Fred and Karen are informed that their not-yet-born baby has a brain defect and has no chance of surviving whilst Alice and Gordon learn that their baby has a defective heart and also has little chance of surviving...

5.5

Year:

1994

The Unborn II

A sinister fertility experiment has created a generation of twisted children. A relentless woman has made it her business to destroy these mutant babies before they destroy the world! One mother and her only friend are torn between love an repulsion of this deformed being and are ready to fight for it's survival, but this baby doesn't need love. It's been programmed to survive at any cost.

4.1

Year:

1994

Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many

Patty Nowakowski already has three children, but decides to be a surrogate mother. Fully confident of being able to give up her baby, she is nonetheless stunned when she discovers that she is expecting twins, and the couple for whom she is pregnant will only accept one child, provided it is female.

6.3

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1993

Silent Victim

An abusive husband is angered that his wife is having trouble conceiving a child. One night, after leaving his house following a fight, she overdoses on pills. After bringing her to the ER to save her, the husband discovers that she was, in fact, pregnant and had lost her child in the process of attempting suicide. Distraught, he decides to sue her for "property damage" and "breach of trust", among other things. She hires her feminist friend from New York to defend her, which is a difficult task in the southern town of Newnan, Georgia, which is predominantly pro-life. Written by Anthony Ventarola

5.5

Year:

1993

Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories

Three women, who seem to have nothing in common: Abigail is a college student at Yale and daughter of one of the professors; Meredith is a married mother and owner of a bowling alley; Janet is a successful broker -- yet all of them decide to pose for Playboy magazine, shocking their friends and co-workers.

5.7

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1991

To My Daughter

A mother is haunted by the death of one of her children which has an effect on the surviving siblings in this fact-based drama.

0.0

Year:

1990

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, but no one believes her story because the hotel has no 13th floor.

5.2

Year:

1990

In the Best Interest of the Child

Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on her that the child may be being sexually abused by her father. What is she to do when the court isn't favorable in the child's hour of need?

1.5

Year:

1990

Double Standard

The true story of a judge who lives a double life, and stays married to two women for more than 15 years.

5.0

Year:

1988

Going to the Chapel

As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.

5.0

Year:

1988

L.A. Law: Pilot

Pilot episode for the TV series introduces the lawyers and employees of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, a Los Angeles law firm, in dealing with their courtroom cases and personal matters out of the courthouse. While the entire office deals with the unexpected death of one of the founding senior partners, Norman Chaney, junior partner Michael Kuzak reluctantly takes on the defense of a wealthy and spoiled young man, accused with two friends, of raping a woman dying from leukemia. While intern Abby Perkins deals with her abusive alcoholic husband, divorce lawyer Arnie Becker takes advantage of his latest client caught up in her divorce. Public defender Victor Sifuentes is also offered to join the firm, while the ruthless managing partner, Douglas Brackman, deals with a surprising revelation from his new secretary.

0.0

Year:

1986

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.

6.9

Year:

1986

Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy

A teenage girl is traumatized after being assaulted by a stranger from whom she hitched a ride.

2.0

Year:

1983

Desperate Lives

A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

6.0

Year:

1982

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

With the support of her parents, an Arizona adolescent overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.

7.0

Year:

1981

The Dozens

A young woman (Debra Margolies) just out of prison tries to make a new life in Boston.

0.0

Year:

1981

The Dark End of the Street

Boston, Massachusetts. A young black man falls off the roof of a housing project and dies. When the authorities suspect foul play, witnesses Donna and Billy, two white working-class teens, must decide whether to tell what really happened or face the consequences of growing racial unrest in their community.

2.7

Year:

1981