Cybill Shepherd
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Bogdanovich
- In Peter Bogdanovich: Films
…Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, and Cybill Shepherd as high schoolers coming of age—was inspired by the works of Hawks and Ford. It is arguably Bogdanovich’s finest movie, and he earned an Academy Award nomination for best director. Oscar nods also went to the film, the screenplay by Bogdanovich and Larry…
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“Taxi Driver”
- In Taxi Driver: Plot and characters
Soon Travis encounters Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a beautiful woman who works as an aide on the presidential campaign of Charles Palantine (Leonard Harris). Besotted, Travis asks her out for coffee, telling her that he thinks she is a lonely person. During their date, an intrigued Betsy tells Travis that…
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Willis
- In Bruce Willis
…as a wisecracking detective opposite Cybill Shepherd in the television sitcom Moonlighting (1985–89). The show made Willis a household name and helped to launch his film career. In the action thriller Die Hard (1988), Willis portrayed the cynical but good-natured New York City police detective John McClane, who finds himself…
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