Leann Hunley Movies
Actress Leann Hunley attended the University of Washington before embarking on a film career, soon becoming a star of daytime TV with the role of Anna Fredericks-DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1986. She later took on the role of Dana Waring Carrington on Dynasty and eventually played recurring roles on Dawson's Creek and Gilmore Girls before returning to her roots to reprise her role on Days of Our Lives in 2007. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide- 2005
All signs point to success when Rory (Alexis Bledel) organizes her first DAR event on behalf of her grandparents. Alas, the occasion is ruined by the arrival of Logan's parents, with Mitchum Huntzberger (Gregg Henry) squaring off against Richard Gilmore (Edward Herrmann) and Mitchum's wife Shira (Leann Hunley) getting into a shouting match with Richard's wife Emily (Kelly Bishop). Elsewhere, Luke (Scott Patterson) is put out when Lorelai (Lauren Graham) does not invite him to Miss Patty's annual dance recital; Paris (Liza Weil) is overwhelmed by her first real job; and Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) and Jackson (Jackson Douglas) get into a fight over baby Davey's TV privileges. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2005
The relationship between Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Logan (Matt Czuchry) arrives at the crossroads. Paris (Liza Weil) presses her old nanny (Soledad St. Hilaire) into service to care for ailing Yale Daily News editor Doyle (Danny Strong). And though confined to her bed for the duration of her pregnancy, Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) cannot keep herself from interfering when Lorelei (Lauren Graham) seeks out a temporary cook for the Dragonfly. This episode introduces Gregg Henry in the role of Logan's imperious publisher father Mitchum Hunzberger. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
A woman looking for answers in her life may have found them in a mysterious northern California town in this drama. Katherine (Irene Bedard) is a theatrical designer who has grown tired of her life in Reno, NV, and decides to pull up stakes and move to California, hoping that a change of scenery will help her sort out her sense of ennui. Katherine ends up in a city called Princeton, where the entire town appears to be owned by one woman, Tanna (Leann Hunley). Tanna seems to like Katherine and gives her a job coordinating the town's annual fair. As Katherine gets to know the city and tries to get the fair up and running, she makes the acquaintance of some of the locals, including Parker (Chad Lowe), a good-looking ladies' man; Michael (Stephen Heath), a childlike innocent; and Lilian (Jeannetta Arnette), Michael's mother, who has a drinking problem. Katherine soon discovers that practically everyone in Princeton seems to have some sort of personal problem, and she comes to understand other people's troubles as she tries to resolve her own. Your Guardian was the opening night feature at the 2001 Cinequest San Jose Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Irene Bedard, Chad Lowe, (more)
Aspiring moviemaker Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his lifelong friends Joey Potter (Katie Holmes) and Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson) enter their sophomore year of high school as Dawson's Creek enters its inaugural season. Life in Capeside, MA, has been fairly sedate for the trio up till now, but with the arrival of Dawson's new next-door neighbor, 15-year-old Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams), things begin to heat up a bit. Joey is jealous because Dawson clearly likes Jen, Pacey is jealous of Joey because he likes Jen, and Jen is stimulated by all the attention, having had far more carnal experience than Dawson, Joey, and Pacey combined. But Pacey is soon making up for lost time, losing his virginity to his attractive teacher, Ms. Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley), who is forced to leave town to avoid a scandal. Pacey's friends' romantic adventures are somewhat more chaste, with both Dawson and Joey enjoying their first kisses (though not as yet with each other) in the course of the season. Later on, flirtatious Jen breaks Dawson's heart, but comes to regret her actions. On a less frolicsome note, Dawson finds out that his TV-newsperson mother, Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes), is cheating on Dawson's dad, Mitch (John Wesley Shipp). As in future seasons, movie references abound during season one of Dawson's Creek, notably in the episode "Detention," a virtual remake of The Breakfast Club. The season ends with Dawson and Joey realizing that there is something wonderful between them, thanks to a long and passionate kiss (minus the expected discreet fade out!). But nothing may come of this, since Joey seems poised to move to France. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1998
Dawson (James Van Der Beek) decides to make Jen (Michelle Williams) the lead in the no-budget horror film he is making for a film festival. Jealousy rears its ugly head when Joey (Katie Holmes) sees that Dawson and Jen's relationship might be more than director/actress. Dawson is in for his own battle with the green monster when Jen accepts an offer to attend a dance with football player Cliff (Scott Foley). Tamara (Leann Hunley) instructs Pacey (Joshua Jackson) that she does not appreciate his continued advances to her. Joey confronts Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes) about her possibly cheating on Mitch (John Wesley Shipp). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1998
The debut episode of the hit teen drama Dawson's Creek introduced audiences to Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), a 15-year-old film enthusiast who desires a career as a director, and his lifelong best friend, Joey Potter (Katie Holmes). The two have spent many a Saturday night watching movies in Dawson's room, but their maturing bodies have complicated the situation and made them rethink their weekly sleepovers. Emotions get sticky when the neighbor's granddaughter, Jennifer Lindley (Michelle Williams), moves in next door and sparks Dawson's budding sexual awareness. Dawson's smart-alecky friend Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson) adventurously begins hitting on an older woman, who turns out to be the new Capeside High English teacher, Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley). The episode also introduces Dawson's devoted parents, Mitch (John Wesley Shipp) and Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes), whose devotion to each other will soon be tested. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1998
Dawson's world is upended from many different directions in this episode of Dawson's Creek. He discovers that Pacey (Joshua Jackson) is having a sexual relationship with English teacher Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley). Dawson also learns that his mother has been having an affair, and that Joey (Katie Holmes) has known about it and did not tell him. While explaining all of his anger and frustration to Jen (Michelle Williams), she confesses that her parents moved her to Capeside after a period of drug and sexual excess in New York City. Dawson has difficulty accepting her wild past. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1998
Dawson (James Van Der Beek) plots the perfect location to share his first kiss with Jen (Michelle Williams), but his plans are threatened when he is forced to take part in a class film project. Joey (Katie Holmes) lies about herself in order to impress a new boy in town. Tamara (Leann Hunley) begins to weaken due to Pacey's (Joshua Jackson) incessant and charming flirtations. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1998
When Bessie (Nina Repeta) goes into labor early, retired nurse Grams (Mary Beth Peil) delivers the baby with help from Joey (Katie Holmes), Dawson (James Van Der Beek), and Jen (Michelle Williams) at the Leery home. Rumors of Tamara's (Leann Hunley) unethical behavior make their way to the higher-ups in the school, forcing Pacey (Joshua Jackson) to make a decision that he may have come to just a little too late. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1998
As a hurricane roars into Capeside, Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Grams (Mary Beth Peil), Jen (Michelle Williams), Joey's very pregnant sister, Bessie (Nina Repeta), and her boyfriend, Bodie (Obi Ndefo), are trapped together at the Leery home. Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes) accepts that she must face the music in regards to her infidelity, while Dawson reaches the end of his emotional tether with all three of the women he cares about most. The good news for Pacey (Joshua Jackson) is that he is trapped with his lover, Tamara (Leann Hunley), the bad news is that his older brother, Doug Witter (Dylan Neal), is trapped with them. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, (more)
- 1995
Murphy (Candice Bergen) and Peter (Scott Bakula) set up a blind date for Frank (Joe Regalbuto), then go out as a foursome to a bowling marathon. Though Frank and his date Linda (Leann Hunley) get along reasonably well, the evening serves primarily to reveal how much Murphy and Frank don't know about each other. And in a related issue, the relationship between Corky (Faith Ford) and Miles (Grant Shaud) reaches the next plateau. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1994
The scene is a writers' conference in Amsterdam, attended by (among many others) Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) and her British friend Nigel Allison (Joseph Maher). Things take a sinister turn when Nigel is kidnapped--whereupon the victim's so-called friend Collin Biddle (Marcus Gilbert) assures Jessica that there is nothing to worry about. Even investigating inspector Van Horn (Theodore Bikel) appears to be indifferent about the abduction, prompting Jessica to take a hand in matters. What follows is a maelstrom of intrigue involving espionage, illegal arms and illicit drugs. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Penelope Spheeris directed this compulsively faithful film adaptation of the popular 1960s television series. The familiar story 'bout a man named Jed Clampett (Jim Varney), a poor mountaineer who barely kept his family fed, continues to follow the TV show's format. Jed discovers oil on his Arkansas property and overnight becomes a multi-millionaire. He moves his family to Beverly Hills, wanting to turn his daughter Ellie May (Erika Eleniak) into a sophisticated woman. At his new Beverly Hills mansion, he meets Mr. Drysdale (Dabney Coleman), a kow-towing banker, and Drysdale's assistant, the repressed crone Miss Hathaway (Lily Tomlin). Jed announces that he would like to re-marry, and that leaves the door open for Drysdale's scheming lackey Woodrow Tyler (Rob Schneider) and his fortune-hunting partner Laura Jackson (Lea Thompson) to make the moves on Jed. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, (more)
- 1992
- R
Silent Victim is the true story about a troubled pregnant wife (Michelle Greene) who attempts suicide, but is only successful in killing her unborn child, not herself. Following her failed attempt, her husband (Kyle Secor) sues her for murdering the unborn child, while a district attorney petitions the state to charge her with an illegal abortion. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ely Pouget, Kyle Secor, (more)
- 1992
Coopersmith is the title of a never-sold TV series, assembled by producer/writer Peter S. Fischer of Murder She Wrote fame. In the 2-hour pilot episode, Grant Show stars as insurance investigator C. D. Coopersmith. Nicolas Surovy costars as a homicidal race-car driver whose wife dies in a highly suspicious accident. Clever though Surovy may be, Coopersmith is a degree or two cleverer. Filmed in 1990, Coopersmith was finally given a network airing on July 31, 1992, to capitalize on Grant Show's newly acquired celebrity as costar of Melrose Place. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Diana Canova guests as Maggie McCauley, former student of Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) and now the producer of a TV police show. Shortly after a heated argument between Maggie and the network programmer who is planning to cancel the series, the programmer turns up murdered. With herself under suspicion, Maggie draws upon the deductive skills gleaned from her mentor Jessica to find the real killer. Actor-turned-network executive Dwayne Hickman is quite cleverly cast in this episode!. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Laid low by progressively weaker ratings, Dynasty discreetly left the scene at the end of its ninth season. But though viewership was down, the series' entertainment content was as high as ever, thanks in large part to a lengthy murder-investigation storyline. It all begins when the mummified body of Roger Grimes, former lover of the scheming Alexis Carrington Colby (Joan Collins), turns up on the estate of Alexis' ex-husband Blake (John Forsythe) and his current spouse, Krystle (Linda Evans). Investigating the case is detective Sergeant Zorelli (Ray Abruzzo), who like so many poor saps before him ends up in bed with Blake's predatory daughter Fallon (Emma Samms). Meanwhile, spiteful Alexis tries to frame Blake for the murder, only to be undermined by the vengeful hijinks of the vixenish Sable (Stephanie Beacham), an Alexis-like character first introduced on the Dynasty spin-off The Colbys. In a later development, Krystle abruptly lapses into a coma and is shipped off to a hospital in Switzerland -- as good a method as any to allow co-star Linda Evans to leave the series halfway through the season. Curiously, the series ends on another cliffhanger, without bothering to tie up any loose plot strands -- such as the ultimate fate of Alexis after she plunges from a high window. Fans would have to wait nearly three years before the "official," two-hour Dynasty denouement special in 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Forsythe, Linda Evans, (more)
- 1988
During a political fundraiser in San Francisco, a necklace is stolen (apparently) and a man murdered (positively!) The dead man was a powerful publisher with senatorial ambitions, whose body was found on the balcony of the hotel room occupied by Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury); the necklace belonged to the decedent's wife. Suspecting that the man accused of the crime--a professional jewel thief who'd hidden himself in Jessica's room--is not guilty, Jessica sets about to crack the case. Keith Michell makes his first series appearance as the delightfully larcenous Dennis Stanton. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1987
Season eight of Dynasty finds two of the series' former regulars, Emma Samms as the predatory Fallon Carrington and John James as Fallon's ex-husband Jeff, returning to the series full-time after a brief stint on the Dynasty spin-off The Colbys. The two prodigal actors have no trouble jumping right into the series' many intrigues, most of which involve the efforts of scheming Alexis (Joan Collins) to ruin the lives of her former husband Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and his present spouse, Krystle (Joan Collins). This year, however, Alexis has plenty of competition in the revenge department courtesy of series newcomer James Healey as Sean Rowan, Jeff's brother-in-law and the son of the Carringtons' former butler, who holds Alexis responsible for his father's recent suicide. Also added to the cast this season is Stephanie Dunnam as Karen Atkinson -- the birth mother of the adopted child of Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson) and his wife, Dana (Leann Hunley) -- who goes to court in hopes of getting her baby back. Season highlights include a heated and very dirty gubernatorial campaign, pitting Blake against Alexis. And the season closes with the latest in a long line of classic catfights between mortal enemies Alexis and Krystle, who should know by now never to start duking it out anywhere near a mud puddle. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Forsythe, Linda Evans, (more)
- 1986
Although the ratings for Dynasty's seventh season were far below those of earlier years, the series still had plenty of "guilty pleasure" entertainment to offer its loyal fans. Much of the season's activities center around oil millionaire Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), who after thinking twice about murdering his ex-wife Alexis (Joan Collins) suddenly develops amnesia, imagining that he and Alexis are still married. Also in the course of things, spiteful Alexis boots Blake and his present spouse, Krystle (Linda Evans), out of their 48-room Denver mansion. Even so, things change for the better when Blake is finally able to wrest back his financial empire from Alexis' clutches. In other developments, Clay Fallmont (Ted McGinley) weds Krystle's mercurial niece Sammy Jo -- this despite the surprise return of the supposedly deceased Matthew Blaisdel (Bo Hopkins), who barges into the proceedings for the express purpose of abducting his former lover Krystle. (Matthew is not the only former cast member who pops up unexpectedly this season, not by a long shot!) Also on the domestic front, Blake's long-lost "son," Adam (Gordon Thomson), reveals that he is not actually related to the Carrington clan, just prior to his marrying series newcomer Dana Waring (Leann Hunley). Other new cast members include Jessica Player as Blake and Krystle's three-year-old daughter, Krystina, and Karen Cellini, taking over from Catherine Oxenberg in the role of Alexis' daughter Amanda. Finally, after a season away from Dynasty as regular on the spin-off series The Colbys, Emma Samms returns to the fold as Blake's rapacious daughter, Fallon. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Forsythe, Linda Evans, (more)
- 1979
In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Colonials have fallen under the spell of godlike alien Iblis (Patrick MacNee), who offers them safe passage to the 13th Colony in exchange for their total and unquestioning obedience. Once Iblis successfully brings the treacherous Baltar (John Colicos) to justice, the Colonials have no reason to question their sincerity. But Cmdr. Adama (Lorne Greene) is not so easily swayed--especially after witnessing Iblis' terrified reaction to the three shimmering balls of light which seem to be dogging his trail. A climactic confrontation with the Forces of Darkness caps this thrilling adventure. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, (more)
- 1979
In the first episode of a two-part story, Patrick MacNee guest stars as Count Iblis, a shipwrecked alien rescued by a Galactica recon mission. Claiming to be the last descendant of a long-gone alien culture, Iblis promises to grant three wishes to the Colonials -- including safe passage to the 13th Colony. All he asks in return from them is total, and unquestioning, obedience. Not surprisingly, Cmdr. Adama (Lorne Greene) is suspicious of Iblis' true motives -- but he is unable to sway the Colonials, who are more thn willing to agree to the godlike alien's terms. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, (more)
- 1978
In the concluding episode of a two-part story, the disease-weakened convoy, led by Galactica's commander Adama (Lorne Greene), have found an ancient planet that may well be the gateway to the long-lost 13th colony of Mankind (once known as planet earth). With Galactica's male personnel afflicted by illness, it is up to the vessel's courageous woman warriors to hold down the fort. Meanwhile, the treacherous Baltar (John Colicos) is hurriedly mounting a Cylon attack against Galactica--an attack that will have particularly tragic consequences for Adama's son Apollo (Richard Hatch). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, (more)
