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Jennifer Jason Leigh

About: The daughter of actor Vic Morrow and actress-screenwriter Barbara Turner, Jennifer Jason Leigh was born on February 5, 1962, in Hollywood. A professional actor since the age of 9, Leigh has become known for playing complex and often disturbed characters.After appearing in several television movies, Leigh's breakout role came in 1982 when she portrayed a naive high school girl who gets an abortion in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In 1990, she received two Critics Circle awards for her work playing prostitutes in Miami Blues and Last Exit to Brooklyn.Other notable films include Rush, Single White Female, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination), Georgia (for which she earned an Independent Spirit nomination), Dolores Claiborne, Kansas City, The Anniversary Party (which she co-wrote and directed with co-star Alan Cumming) and In the Cut.

Eyes of a Stranger

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1981
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About: With a serial killer and rapist terrorizing the city, local news anchor Jane Harris (Lauren Tewes) begins following clues that lead her to her own back door -- pointing to one of her neighbors as the culprit. Now, she must gather the evidence to support her theory before the killer can strike again in this film from the producers of Friday the 13th and co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh (in one of her first roles) as Jane's disabled sister.
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A Thousand Acres

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1997
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About: Shakespeare's King Lear gets an update when Larry Cook (Jason Robards) -- a cranky, aging farmer who owns 1,000 acres of land -- decides to divide his property among his daughters, Ginny (Jessica Lange), Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Caroline hesitates to accept, and Larry rescinds the offer. But when Ginny and Rose take over the farm, problems with their ailing father dredge up memories of a horrible past.
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Crossed Over

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2002
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About: After her son is killed in a hit-and-run accident, writer Beverly Lowry (Diane Keaton) sinks into a morose obsession with death. Eager to learn more about the mind of a killer, Beverly befriends incarcerated Texas murderer Karla Faye Tucker (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Their unlikely friendship takes the pair on an unexpected journey of healing. Maury Chaykin co-stars as Beverly's frustrated husband in this gripping true-crime melodrama.
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Crooked Hearts

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1991
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About: Director Michael Bortman also penned the screenplay for this potent drama based on Robert Boswell's novel. Sparked by a troubled relationship between family patriarch Edward (Peter Coyote) and defiant eldest son Charley (Vincent D'Onofrio), the dysfunctional Warren clan finds themselves beleaguered by conflict and tainted by scandal. But things come to a head when middle son Tom (Peter Berg) returns home after dropping out of college.
URL: Crooked Hearts

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