Vanessa Williams — Actor (11)
Light It Up (1999) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Light It Up
director: Craig Bolotin actor: Usher / Vanessa Williams
other title: Una voce per gridare / Generación perdida
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Futuresport (1999) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Futuresport
other title: Futuresport - Kämpfe um dein Leben!
In the not too distant future, a new deadly sport is the only way to stop a war that will kill millions. Fix is the creator of the sport, but the spotlight has always been on Ramzey. Now this hothead must use the game to stop the Revolution.
Bye Bye Birdie (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Bye Bye Birdie
director: Gene Saks actor: Jason Alexander / Vanessa Williams
In 1995, ABC presented a telemovie version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie produced by RHI Entertainment. It starred Seinfeld's Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams of Desperate Housewives. While this version remained mostly faithful to the original musical (Michael Stewart remains the only credited author of this version), several songs were added and re-arranged, and dialogue was slightly rewritten to smoothly facilitate the musical changes. The musical revolves around an Elvis Presley-type rocker who's about to join the Army. To mark the occasion, his manager's secretary arranges for him to kiss a random fan goodbye on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bye Bye Birdie earned four Tony awards in 1961, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for its original star, Dick Van Dyke. In addition to Alexander and Williams, ABC's production starred Tyne Daly, George Wendt, Chynna Phillips and Mark Kudisch.
Soul Food (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Soul Food
other title: I sapori della vita / Líos de familia
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
Hoodlum (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Hoodlum
director: Bill Duke actor: Laurence Fishburne / Tim Roth
other title: Os Reis do Submundo / Harlem, N.Y.C.
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
The Odyssey (1997) [TV] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Odyssey
other title: L'Odissea / A Odisseia
Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
director: Gary Halvorson actor: Kevin Clash / Mandy Patinkin
other title: Le avventure di Elmo in Brontolandia / Elmo - Na Terra dos Rabugentos
Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his prized possession.
Miss Virginia (2019) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Miss Virginia
director: R.J. Daniel Hanna actor: Uzo Aduba / Matthew Modine
other title: Miss Virginia (película)
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.