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Joanna Cassidy

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Biography

Joanna Cassidy (born August 2, 1945) is an American film and television actress. She is known for her role replicant Zhora in the Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner (1982). She also has starred in films such as Under Fire, The Fourth Protocol, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Package, Where the Heart Is, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Vampire in Brooklyn and Ghosts of Mars.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Blade Runner

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Chain Reaction

As Maggie McDermott

The Tommyknockers

As Ruth Merrill

The Grudge 2

As Mrs. Davis

Dangerous Beauty

As Laura Venier

Vampire in Brooklyn

As Capt. Dewey

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

As Rose

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Cartoon Fights Back: Slapstick Meets Liability

What happens when simulated harm, comic violence, or staged ordeals crash into real-world consequences? This collection explores the unsettling borderland where...

8 films

The Art of Listening

From the whisper of a surveillance tape to the roar of a wartime beach, these eight films prove that sound is not just heard, it is felt. A chain of masterpiece...

7 films

The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority

From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...

8 films

20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own

There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...

20 films

When Worlds Collide: The Magic of Live-Action Animation

From Disney's pioneering blend to modern masterpieces, explore films that seamlessly merge reality and animation, celebrating the creative spark when two worlds...

8 films

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