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Actress Peri Gilpin - The Film Scene w/ Illeana Douglas
Actress Peri Gilpin - The Film Scene w/ Illeana Douglas
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Born in Waco, Texas, Peri Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and then at London's British-American Academy. She appeared in guest roles on such popular situation comedies as Designing Women (1986), Cheers (1982) and Wings (1990), where she worked with the late producer, Roz Doyle, the namesake of her character on Frasier (1993).
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Released:
Jul 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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David Mirkin, Writer/Director – The Film Scene: <p>TODAY: David Mirkin, American feature film and television writer and director. Originally beginning as an electrical engineer, Mirkin quickly realized that this career path wasn't for him and began his career as a writer, with early credits on <em>Three's Company</em> and <em>The Larry Sanders Show</em>. He is best known for his tenure as the showrunner for <em>The Simpsons, </em>starting in season 5, and is credited with introducing more surreal elements and ideas for the show, such as the famous episode <em>Deep Space Homer. </em>During his time with the show he would win 4 Emmy awards and a Peabody award before leaving the position after season 6. Since then, he has had a recurring presence on the show, and has gone on to write and direct feature films such as <em>Romy and Michele's High School Reunion </em>and <em>Heartbreakers</em>. </p> <p>Popcorn Talk Network, the online broadcast network that features movie discussion, new by The Film Scene with Illeana Douglas