I do recall one with kate jackson and one with farrah fawcett and i swear i saw one with jaclyn smith as a flight attendant but i cannot find it. Its good fun from start to finish, but its never anything special. As you social distance at home, remember that the 70s era was the golden age of the blockbuster disaster flick, and the airport. The plot concerns the dramatic events aboard an airborne boeing 747 when a small aircraft crashes into the cockpit causing the fatalities of senior. Moss erik estrada navigator julio myrna loy tipsy mrs. Sharon gless 63 sharon marguerite gless is an american actress, who is known for her television roles as maggie philbin on switch 1975 78, sgt. Sharon gless sharon laurette spang arlene helen reddy sister ruth, songwriter linda blair janice abbott martha scott sister beatrice guy stockwell col. Charlton heston, karen black, george kennedy, efrem zimbalist jr. Airport 1975 again features an all star cast, but the plot this time is a little more straightforward, rather than dealing with the running of an airline at the airport terminal, this film tells the story of a midair collision and the crew and passengers must work to keep. Learn about sharon gless including past and current movies, upcoming movies, and celebrity news at movies. John lupton, gene dynarski, aldine king, sharon gless, laurette spang. Besides her profession, she also gains popularity as a wife of barney rosenzweig sharon gless biography. Follow sharon gless s instagram account to see all 87 of their photos and videos.
Sharon gless pictures video clips wallpapers biography. You simply have to love it, throw all logic out of the airplane door, and sit back and prepare for departure. Airport 1975 is a deliciously hokey airline disaster movie in the tradition of zero hour. Prepare to take off on a nonstop, edgeofyourseat thrill ride with four suspensefilled adventures in airport. Airport 1975 is proof that nothings worse than those hollywood persons who grace the bonanza of bad movies we love known as disaster films, of which this is the funniest example. Sharon marguerite gless is an american performing artist in sharon gless movies, who is referred to for her tv jobs as maggie philbin, the credulous, youthful assistant of frank macbride and pete ryan on switch, sgt. Sharon marguerite gless is an american character actress of stage film and television who is best known for her roles as maggie philbin on switch as sgt. Sharon gless biography, movie highlights and photos. Airport 1975 is a 1974 american air disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film. The image is letterboxed in the anamorphic panavision aspect ratio of 2. Signed by universal in 1969, gless did yeoman work as a supporting player on such series as the abc medical drama marcus welby, m. By the time airport 1975 was being developed, people like irwin allen and his films as well as the other universal production earthquake, which a third of the cast and crew of this film were making directly before were making a splash at the box officeindeed, 1975 began life as a tv movie sequel hence its screenwriter don ingalls. Airport 1975 by jack smight charlton heston, karen black. The academy awardnominated airport and the sensational sequels that followed are now together in one high flying collection, the airport terminal pack.
With charlton heston, karen black, george kennedy, efrem zimbalist jr a 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered. New captain marvel teaser goes higher, further, faster. Airport 1975 starts as sexist as the original 1970 airport film. Rent airport airport 1975 1970 starring burt lancaster and dean martin on dvd and bluray. Miraculously, the 747 stays in the air on autopilot with flight attendant nancy prior at the controls.
In airport 1975, a midair collision leaves a 747 without a pilot and. Signed by universal in 1969, gless did yeoman work as a supporting player on such series as the abc medical drama marcus. With these terrifying words, 22 of hollywoods greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the nerve chilling sequel to the greatest disaster movie ever made. Airport 1975 was directed by jack smight, produced by william frye and jennings lang and has a screenplay by don ingalls. Airport 1975 jack smight, charlton heston, karen black. Christine cagney in the police procedural dramatization arrangement cagney and lacey, the title job in the trials of rosie. Airport 1975 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sharon gless net worth, husband, bio age, height, career.
Airport terminal pack watch on bluray, dvd, digital. Anything in here will be replaced on browsers that support the canvas element. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land. Airport 1975 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. I recall thinking i had seen almost all of the original charlies angels in airplane movies where many of them played flight attendants. Sharon marguerite gless born may 31, 1943 is an american actress, who is known for her television roles as maggie philbin on switch 1975 78, sgt. Sharon marguerite gless is an american actress, who is known for her. The film stars charlton heston, karen black and george kennedy, as well as gloria swanson in her final screen appearance. Sharon gless was born to parents, the father, dennis j. Airport terminal pack available now on bluray, dvd, digital and on demand from universal pictures home entertainment. Though she preferred to consider herself a comedienne, actress sharon gless achieved her greatest fame in dramatic turns on several acclaimed television series, most notably the groundbreaking police show cagney and lacey cbs, 198288, which earned her two emmys, a. The notable actress, sharon marguerite gless aka sharon gless is popular for her brilliant performances in the movie, airport 1975, hannah free, and once fallen. Airport 1975 is entertaining, but lacks effective build up, and the climax isnt that great. Airport 1975 is a 1974 american air disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film airport.
The pilots ogle the stewardesses and make comments that today would get them into a sexual harassment lawsuit. Blonde leadinglady sharon gless owns the distinction of being the lastever contract player at universal studios. Top 10 popular sharon gless movies and tv shows your hot. A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Airport 1975 sharon 1974 adam12 lynn carmichael 1974 the bob newhart show rosalie shaeffer 1974. Airport 1975 is good, exciting, corny escapism and the kind of movie you would not want to watch as an inflight film. Airplane related movies with the original charlies angels. Free at last decades after she claimed the mantle of lesbian icon thanks to her starring role as nypd det. She was born on may 31, 1943 76 years old as sharon marguerite gless. The direction is unfocused at times, but it improves over the first one by being a bit more serious and not including tongue in cheek moments such as.
Disaster thriller in which a 747 crashes in midair with a small private plane and is left pilotless. She was a regular on the shortlived detective drama series faraday and company. Devaney crew jack smight director don ingalls screenwriter edith head costume designer george c. Sharon gless is a tv star, a regular in nine different prime time series spanning more than three decades. Rent sharon gless movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Separated by murder 1994 betty gay wilson, holly faye walker, peggy joy lowe, lily mae stokely. Goodtimes dvd of jack smights airport 1975 is a meatandpotatoeslevel release, basics done very nicely as far as they go.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing airport 1975 near you. When the pilot of a small aircraft has a heart attack and crashes his plane into the cockpit of a boeing 747, several members of the flight crew are killed and the pilot is blinded. A history of denial as narrator all sharon gless films. The exorcist is an american anthology horror supernatural drama television series that debuted on fox on september 23, 2016. The series stars alfonso herrera and ben daniels and is a sequel to the 1973 film of the same name and a part of the exorcist franchise. It wasnt until producer jennings lang came across a script intended as a tv movie that some bright spark thought of slapping the airport brand on it, adding 1975 to the title and abandoning the actual airport aspect to concentrate on the planes in jeopardy instead.