Elliott Baker

Writer

December 15, 1922 (84 years)

† February 9, 2007

Buffalo, New York, USA

Biography

Elliott Baker (born Elliot Joseph Cohen; December 15, 1922 – February 9, 2007) was an American screenwriter and novelist.

Filmography

7.6

A Woman of Substance

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.

7.2

Lace

A young actress gathers three former school friends to find out which one is her natural mother, who gave her up for adoption as a newborn.

6.0

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

6.3

Breakout

A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

6.3

To Be the Best

To Be the Best is a two-part 1991 British television serial, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1988 novel of the same name, a follow-up to A Woman of Substance (1984) and Hold the Dream (1987). It stars Lindsay Wagner as Paula O'Neill (née Harte), taking over the role from Deborah Kerr. Paula O'Neill feuds with her cousins as she fights to save her grandmother's business, and struggles to salvage her marriage.

5.0

A Fine Madness

A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

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Lace 2

While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.

5.9

Viva Max!

In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo - international hijinks ensue!

4.8

Luv

Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped by old friend Milt Manville, a successful stock broker. Milt, however, is facing his own problem: he has fallen out of love with his argumentative wife, Ellen. In a misguided effort to solve both of their problems, he introduces Ellen to Harry, hoping the two will fall in love.

5.8

The Entertainer

A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.

3.8

Malibu

A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.

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