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Ron Silver

About: Born July 2, 1946, New York City native Ron Silver was an activist and scholar in addition to being one of the most well-regarded character actors of his generation. With a master's degree in Chinese history, Silver taught high school before turning his attention full time to acting.After studying drama at the Actors Studio, Silver made his film debut in 1976's Tunnel Vision, the same year he landed a role on the sitcom "Rhoda." Splitting his time between stage and screen, Silver won a Tony Award in 1988 for his role in "Speed-the-Plow" and received his first Emmy nod the same year for his work in Billionaire Boys Club.Silver's other notable parts include that of lawyer Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune (1990) and White House strategist Bruno Gianelli on "The West Wing." Silver, who served as president of the Actors' Equity Association from 1991 to 2000, died March 15, 2009.

A Woman of Independent Means

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1995
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About: Oscar winner Sally Field stars as Texas belle Bess Steed, who blossoms from a high-society wife into a prominent businesswoman over seven tumultuous decades in this lavish 1995 miniseries, based on the novel by Elizabeth Forsythe-Hailey. A talented cast, including Tony Goldwyn, Charles Durning, Ron Silver and Jack Thompson, supports Field's Emmy-nominated portrait of courage, strength and resolve.
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A Father's Revenge

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1988
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About: Brian Dennehy stars as Paul Hobart, a basketball coach who's forced to step up to the line when a band of terrorists kidnaps his daughter (Joanna Cassidy) and the rest of her flight crew at an airport and holds them hostage in exchange for the release of two German prisoners. Concerned with the lack of progress in freeing the hostages, Hobart heads to Germany himself, determined to bring his daughter back home safe and sound.
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Enemies, A Love Story

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1989
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About: Herman (Ron Silver) is a Jewish ghostwriter whose life is turned upside down by the reappearance of his wife, Tamara (Anjelica Huston), long believed to have died during World War II. Now, Herman must juggle Tamara, his current gentile wife (Margaret Sophie Stein) and his Holocaust-damaged mistress (Lena Olin) -- all of whom he loves. Paul Mazursky directs this poignant drama based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel.
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Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2002
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About: During the topsy-turvy post-Cold War period, respected FBI agent Robert Hanssen (William Hurt) sold secrets to the Russians, creating an intelligence breach of titanic proportions. Was Hanssen's misstep all the result of his bizarre yearning to live the life of a James Bond-type spy? Mary-Louise Parker costars as Hanssen's wife in this film, which originally aired as a TV miniseries.
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Married to It

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1993
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About: Three New York City couples (Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson and Cybill Shepherd) scrutinize their marriages when they're thrown together to work on a pageant at their children's school. The pageant's theme -- the 1960s -- makes them revisit the beginnings of their relationships. They learn, in spite of the years they've spent together, that they still have much to discover about commitment.
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