Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell

March 20, 1957 · 69 years old

Theresa Russell (born Theresa Lynn Paup; March 20, 1957) is an American actress. Russell made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976), followed by a lead role in Straight Time (1978). She was then cast in Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned her critical praise. Aft…

Known For

32 titles
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Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

2007 · 2h 19m · Movie

A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.

6.3
2
Wild Things

Wild Things

1998 · 1h 48m · Movie

A police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.

6.6
3
The Believer

The Believer

2001 · 1h 38m · Movie

A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.

7.1
4
Black Widow

Black Widow

1987 · 1h 42m · Movie

Federal investigator Alexandra Barnes tracks down gold-digging woman Catherine Peterson, who moves from husband to husband in order to kill them and collect the inheritance.

6.4
5
Kafka

Kafka

1991 · 1h 38m · Movie

Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.

6.8
6
Straight Time

Straight Time

1978 · 1h 54m · Movie

The difficulties of a career burglar to reinsert himself after being released on parole.

7.4
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Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession

Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession

1980 · 2h 3m · Movie

When a married American woman ends up in a Vienna hospital after a suicide attempt, an inspector seeks to uncover the cause and eventual demise of her torrid affair with a psychoanalyst.

6.9
8
The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976 · 2h 3m · Movie

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

6.2
9
Love Comes Softly

Love Comes Softly

2003 · 1h 28m · Movie

A young woman on her way to a new life in the 1800s suddenly becomes a widow and must live with a recently-widowed young man and his daughter. Can any of them find love again?

7.3
10
The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge

1984 · 2h 8m · Movie

He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor's edge.

6.4
11
Jolene

Jolene

2010 · 2h 1m · Movie

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.

6.4
12
Whore

Whore

1991 · 1h 25m · Movie

A night in the life of a cynical prostitute forms the basis of Ken Russell's portrait of the world's oldest profession.

5.6
13
Liz & Dick

Liz & Dick

2012 · 1h 28m · Movie

The torrid relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

4.0
14
Insignificance

Insignificance

1985 · 1h 49m · Movie

Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.

6.4
15
Eureka

Eureka

1983 · 2h 10m · Movie

In 1925, a lone and obsessed Arctic prospector Jack McCann finally strikes gold. Twenty years later, he begins spiraling out of control when his only daughter becomes engaged to a man he strongly dislikes.

5.9
16
Aria

Aria

1987 · 1h 30m · Movie

10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.

5.7
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Track 29

Track 29

1988 · 1h 30m · Movie

Linda is still tormented by giving up a baby for adoption at 15. She wants a baby, but her husband has enough in his model trains, mistress and being a doctor.

5.8
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Physical Evidence

Physical Evidence

1989 · 1h 39m · Movie

Police officer Joe Paris, suspended and now accused of strangling hated extortionist Jake Farley, is forced to join forces with his attorney Jenny Hudson to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link.

5.2
19
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004 · 2h 2m · Movie

The story of Z Channel, one of the first U.S. pay cable stations and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974 in LA, their eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.

7.6
20
On the Doll

On the Doll

2007 · 1h 42m · Movie

A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.

5.3
21
Impulse

Impulse

1990 · 1h 49m · Movie

Lottie is a vice cop in LA posing as a hooker and likes the action. She meets Stan, who's also single. He needs her for a major drug bust.

5.7
22
Passionada

Passionada

2003 · 1h 48m · Movie

Passionada is a romantic comedy about a Portuguese widow whose husband, a fisherman, died at sea. The widow's naive teenage daughter wants to be a professional gambler and she convinces her mother to date a British man who's new i...

6.1
23
Cold Heaven

Cold Heaven

1992 · 1h 45m · Movie

An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.

5.1
24
Luckytown

Luckytown

2000 · 1h 41m · Movie

Kirsten Dunst plays a young woman (Lidda), who is searching for her father (James Caan). She finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.

4.6
25
Public Enemies

Public Enemies

1996 · 1h 35m · Movie

Glorified and glamourized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys who robbed banks and generally terrorized the Midwest in the 1930's and was eventually gunned down by g-man, Melvin ...

4.2
26
Born to Ride

Born to Ride

2011 · 1h 30m · Movie

Mike decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with best buddy Alex, but their trek takes a surprising turn when they become involved in a plan involving political blackmail, corruption, and dirty money. ...

3.2
27
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets

Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets

1995 · 1h 39m · Movie

Sir Hugo (Sir Alan Bates) is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo (Lena Headey) brings home her betrothed, Sidn...

5.5
28
16 to Life

16 to Life

2009 · 1h 29m · Movie

Romantic comedy. A small town teenager's angst about sexual inexperience drives a comic quest for love and understanding on a birthday to end all birthdays.

6.2
29
The Legends of Nethiah

The Legends of Nethiah

2012 · 1h 33m · Movie

A young boy whose parents are going through a bitter divorce, is given hope and courage through the powerful stories embellished by his grandfather. The stories give the boy the inner strength and resolve to confront the inevitabl...

3.9
30
A Winter Rose

A Winter Rose

2016 · 1h 39m · Movie

A beautiful yet troubled orphan must battle her demons of alcoholism and self-destruction when she becomes an international singing star overnight.

4.6
31
Trade-Off

Trade-Off

1995 · 1h 32m · Movie

Tom and Karen are unhappy, planning to divorce after they sell their house. At work, a ruthless colleague is pushing Tom aside. At a bar, Jackie enchants him, and they begin an affair. She complains of an abusive husband, he compl...

4.3
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1 Out of 7

1 Out of 7

2012 · 1h 30m · Movie

Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.

5.3