What television series was an adaptation of a novel and had a character played by an actress who is also known for her roles on "ER" and "Desparate Housewives"?
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Mary Drake Mary Drake is a fictional character created by I. Marlene King and portrayed by Andrea Parker in the American television series "Pretty Little Liars". "Pretty Little Liars" is a television adaptation of the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard, in which the antagonist Alison DiLaurentis has an identical twin sister, Courtney DiLaurentis. It is believed that Mary is the on-screen counterpart of Courtney, though her recent characterization is more in line with Alison. The character makes her first official introduction during the sixth-season finale "Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars". The Liars discover that Mary is Jessica DiLaurentis' identical twin sister, a former patient at Radley Sanitarium who is Charlotte's biological mother. In "The DArkest Knight", Drake is also revealed to be Spencer Hastings' biological mother. During "Till Death Do Us Part", the elusive A.D. is revealed to be Alex Drake, Spencer's younger identical twin sister. Alex believed the Liars knew who was accountable for Charlotte's murder and was also set on physically replacing Spencer due to being jealous of the life that she had.
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Andrea Parker Andrea Nicole Parker (born March 8, 1970) is an American television actress and former ballet dancer. She is known for her roles on "ER", "The Pretender", "Less than Perfect", "Desperate Housewives", and "Pretty Little Liars".
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The Black Velvet Gown The Black Velvet Gown is a 1991 TV film, based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, and starring Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, and Bob Peck. It won an International Emmy for Best Drama.
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Turnabout (TV series) Turnabout is an American television situation comedy that first aired on NBC in 1979 and was based on a 1931 novel of the same title by Thorne Smith (which had already been developed into the 1940 movie, "Turnabout"). The plot was about a husband and wife who found themselves inhabiting each other's bodies, similar to the plot of "Freaky Friday". The series lasted seven episodes.
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Adriana La Cerva Adriana La Cerva is a fictional character on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos", portrayed by Drea de Matteo. She is the long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancée of Tony Soprano's protégé, Christopher Moltisanti. For her performance, De Matteo won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
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Child of the Hunt Child of the Hunt is an original novel based on the U.S. television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
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Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo (née Lindquist) is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists on the series "Desperate Housewives". The character is played by actress Felicity Huffman, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 2005, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for 2005 to 2007.
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Michael Learned Michael Learned (born April 9, 1939) is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series "The Waltons" (1972–1979). She has won a record four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for "The Waltons" (1973, '74, '76), and one for "Nurse" (1982).
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Regan MacNeil Regan Teresa MacNeil (born November 11, 1961; adaptations: c. September 1963) is a fictional character from William Peter Blatty's horror novel and film, "The Exorcist" and its first sequel, "". In both films, she was portrayed by Linda Blair.
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List of Desperate Housewives Africa episodes Desperate Housewives Africa is a Nigerian television Comedy-drama-mystery that premiered on Ebony Life TV on 30 April 2015. It is an adaptation of the American series "Desperate Housewives". The majority of the episodes are titled according to the original version which were in turn named after lyrics by composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The show revolves around four housewives namely; Ese De Souza (Nini Wacera), Kiki Obi (Kehinde Bankole), Tari Gambadia (Michelle Dede), and Funke Lawal (Omotu Bissong). The show is showcased from Rume Bello (Marcy Dolapo Oni) point of view who dies at the pilot episode.
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Melisandre Melisandre of Asshai is a fictional character in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation "Game of Thrones". She is a priestess of the god R'hllor and a close advisor to King Stannis Baratheon in his campaign to take the Iron Throne. She is often nicknamed The Red Woman due to the color of her hair and clothes.
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The Black Stiletto The Black Stiletto is a thriller novel written by Raymond Benson; it was published in the US in September 2011. The first book in a series, it is the story of Judy Cooper, a young woman in late 1950s New York City, who becomes a masked vigilante. A parallel storyline in the present involves Judy as an elderly Alzheimer's patient being cared for by her grown son, Martin Talbot, who learns of Judy's secret through a series of diaries and ephemera that she kept hidden and in trust for him should she become incapacitated. Book series was optioned by Lonetree Entertainment in 2012. On October 14, 2015, it was announced that Mila Kunis will be executive producing a television series based on the book series for ABC Studios.
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The Diviners (film) The Diviners is a Canadian television film, which aired on CBC Television in 1993. Directed by Anne Wheeler, the film is an adaptation of the novel "The Diviners" by Margaret Laurence.
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Elphaba Elphaba Thropp is a fictional character in "" by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway and West End adaptations, "Wicked".
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John Rowland (Desperate Housewives) John Rowland is a fictional character portrayed by actor Jesse Metcalfe and created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series "Desperate Housewives". The character is introduced as the teenage gardener of one of the titular housewives, Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria), with whom she has an affair and cheats on her husband, Carlos Solis (Ricardo Antonio Chavira).
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Concetta Tomei Concetta Tomei (born December 30, 1945) is an American theatre, film and television character actress, best known for her roles as Major Lila Garreau on the ABC series "China Beach" (1988–1991) and as Lynda Hansen on the NBC series "Providence" (1999–2002). She is unrelated to Marisa Tomei.
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Liz Parker Elizabeth "Liz" Parker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Roswell High" book series and "Roswell" T.V. series that ran from 1999 to 2002. The character was portrayed by Shiri Appleby.
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Fay Baker Fay Baker (born Fay Schwager; January 31, 1917 – December 8, 1987) was an American stage, film and television actress, and a successful author under the pen name Beth Holmes. Her novel, "The Whipping Boy", made the "Los Angeles Times" bestseller list in 1978. She also published, under her own name, "My Darling, Darling Doctors".
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Alex Kingston Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and America in the 1990s, including her portrayal of the title role in the British miniseries "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders" (1996) and her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1997–2004).
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Immortal (Buffy novel) Immortal is an original novel based on the U.S. television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
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Vera (TV series) Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, seven series have aired.
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Angela Bettis Angela Marie Bettis (born January 9, 1973) is an American film and stage actress, film producer, and director best known for her lead roles in the 2002 TV adaptation of the Stephen King novel "Carrie", the title character in "May" (2002), and in "Girl, Interrupted" as an anorexic psychiatric patient Janet Webber.