What BAFTA and Golden Globe award winning actress became famous as a "scream queen" in the Halloween franchise?
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Scream queen A scream queen (a wordplay on "screen queen") is an actress who has become associated with horror films, either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist. Jamie Lee Curtis is noted as a seminal example for her performances in the popular slasher films of the "Halloween" franchise. In recent years, the male counterpart has been labeled a scream king.
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Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in 1978 by starring as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978). A big hit, the film established her as a notable actress in horror, and she subsequently starred in "Halloween II" (1981), "The Fog" (1980), "Prom Night" (1980), "Terror Train" (1980), and "Roadgames" (1981), gaining the status of "scream queen" to mainstream audiences. Curtis has since compiled a body of work that spans many genres, including the cult comedy films "Trading Places" (1983), for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988), and "True Lies" (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy.
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List of Scream Queens (2015 TV series) episodes "Scream Queens" is an American comedy horror television series created for Fox by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan and produced by Murphy, Falchuk, Brennan and Alexis Martin Woodall. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Ryan Murphy Productions, Brad Falchuck Teley-vision and Prospect Films. The series premiered on September 22, 2015. The second season premiered on September 20, 2016.
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Halloween (1978 film) Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film is the first installment of the "Halloween" franchise. In the film, on Halloween night in 1963, Michael Myers murders his sister in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He escapes on October 30, 1978 from Smith's Grove Sanitarium, and returns home to kill again. Michael's psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, knowing Michael's intentions, gives chase. The next day, Halloween, Michael stalks teenager Laurie Strode.
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Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She became known in the early 1970s for starring in a string of women in prison and blaxploitation films like "The Big Bird Cage" (1972), "Coffy" (1973), "Foxy Brown" (1974) and "Sheba Baby" (1975). She starred in Quentin Tarantino's film "Jackie Brown", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in "Jackie Brown". Grier is also known for her work on television; for 6 seasons she portrayed Kate 'Kit' Porter on the television series "The L Word". She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in the animated program "". Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second greatest female action heroine in film history. Director Quentin Tarantino remarked that she may have been cinema's first female action star.
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Katharine Isabelle Katharine Isabelle Murray (born November 2, 1981) is a Canadian actress best known as a scream queen for her roles in various horror films. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she made her screen debut as a child in "Cousins" (1989), followed by supporting roles in numerous films and television series. Initially credited as Katie Murray, she later began using the name Katherine Isobel and subsequently Katharine Isabelle. She has starred in the werewolf horror films, "Ginger Snaps" (2000), its sequel, "" (2004), and "" (2004). Her portrayal of the death-obsessed teen, Ginger Fitzgerald, became one of her most notable roles. Additional roles in horror films include "Disturbing Behavior" (1998), "Carrie" (2002), "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003), "" (2010), and "American Mary" (2012). For her performance in the horror film, "American Mary" (2012), she earned several nominations for best actress, including Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Toronto After Dark Film Festival.
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Joanna Cassidy Joanna Cassidy (born August 2, 1945) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as the replicant Zhora Salome in Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner" (1982) and Dolores in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). She has won a Golden Globe Award, was nominated for three Emmy Awards and also was nominated for a Saturn Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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L. Dean James L. Dean James (born 1947) is an American fantasy and horror writer. Her novel "Winter Scream", co-authored with Chris Curry, was nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
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Sierra Holmes Sierra Holmes is an American actress known for her appearance on VH1's "Scream Queens 2" and for her roles in horror movies.
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Whoopi Goldberg filmography Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedian and singer. The following is her filmography throughout her entire life acting career. She has won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. She won the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the 1990 film "Ghost".
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Stephanie Honoré Stephanie Honoré Sanchez (born May 11, 1984) is an American actress best known for her scream queen roles in horror films, such as "The Final Destination" and "Mirrors 2".
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Caroline Carver (actress) Caroline Carver (born 1976) is an English actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for roles such as Princess Jessica in the TV film "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns" (1999), Ingrid in "The Aryan Couple" (2004), and Sandy in "My First Wedding" (2006).
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Berserk! Berserk! (also known as Circus of Blood) is a 1967 British horror-thriller film starring Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, and Judy Geeson in a macabre mother-daughter tale about a circus plagued with murders. The screenplay was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel, and the film directed by Jim O'Connolly. "Berserk!" marks Crawford's second-to-last big-screen appearance.
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Sylvia Syms Sylvia May Laura Syms OBE (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films "Woman in a Dressing Gown" (1957), "Ice Cold in Alex" (1958), "No Trees in the Street" (1959), "Victim" (1961), "The Tamarind Seed" (1974) and "The Queen" (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre.
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Briana Evigan Briana Barbara-Jane Evigan (born October 23, 1986) is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her roles as Andie West in the "Step Up" series and Cassidy Tappan in "Sorority Row". She started dancing at the age of 9 and is still dancing as part of her career today. Evigan has been noted as a Scream Queen for starring in many horror and thriller films, such as "Sorority Row", "Burning Bright", "Mother's Day", "The Devil's Carnival", its sequel, "", "Stash House", "Mine Games", and the second season of "".
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Gloria Holden Gloria Anna Holden (September 5, 1903 – March 22, 1991) was an English-born American film actress, best known for her role as "Dracula's Daughter".
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Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film "Tiger Bay" (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Disney's "Pollyanna" (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1961. During her early career, she appeared in six films for Walt Disney, including her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in the Disney film "The Parent Trap" (1961). Her performance in "Whistle Down the Wind" (a 1961 adaptation of the novel written by her mother) saw Mills nominated for BAFTA Award for Best British Actress.
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Vilma Hollingbery Vilma Hollingbery (born 21 July 1932) is a British actress. She has appeared in many TV programmes and films since the 1960s, and is known for her appearances as Claudia Wren in "Psychoville", and has also appeared in "A Touch of Frost", the 1980 film "Babylon", "Doctor Who" and "The Bill", in which she has appeared six times as different characters.
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Naomie Harris Naomie Melanie Harris, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress. She started her career as a child actress, appearing on the children television series "Simon and the Witch" in 1987. She played voodoo witch Tia Dalma in the second and third "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, Selena in "28 Days Later", and Winnie Mandela in "". She played Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond films "Skyfall" and "Spectre". In 2016, she starred in the critically acclaimed film "Moonlight"; a performance which earned her several nominations for Best Supporting Actress awards, including the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and the Academy Award.
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Kitty Winn Katherine Tupper "Kitty" Winn (born February 21, 1944) is an American theatre and film actress. She is best known for her roles as the heroin addict Helen in the romantic drama "The Panic in Needle Park" and her recurring role of Sharon Spencer in the horror film franchise "The Exorcist".
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Kat Cressida Kathryn "Kat" Cressida (born March 1, 1968) is an American voice actress. She guest-starred in several television shows and was featured in a few films before moving into voice-over full-time in 2000. She is notable as a top celebrity voice matcher, impersonating top female stars for Disney Channel, DreamWorks, and gaming companies, among others. She is noted for being the first woman to do live announcing for ESPN's coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft, as well as announcing for several other shows for ESPN, NBC Sports, and Versus. She is famous as the voice of Dee Dee in season 2 and 4 of the Cartoon Network program "Dexter's Laboratory", Uta in the F/X animated series "Archer", Jayna of the Wonder Twins in a Cartoon Network eyecatch to differentiate "fact and fantasy" in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as for voicing the first new character added to Disneyland and Disney World's The Haunted Mansion since its inception in 1969, as Constance, the Black Widow Bride. She can also be heard in other attractions throughout the Disney Parks, including Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Epcot "Character Spot". She has been featured as a lead and featured voice for several game titles, notably several LucasArts games, "EverQuest", "Titan Quest", "Dragon Age", and "World of Warcraft", among others.
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Heather Matarazzo Heather Christina Marie Matarazzo (born November 10, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was Dawn Wiener, a dorky girl in the film "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1995). She played Lilly in "The Princess Diaries" (2001) and "" (2004). Her other movies include "The Devil's Advocate" (1997), "Scream 3" (2000), "Sorority Boys" (2002), "Saved!" (2004), and "" (2007).