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Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton [4] [5] – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times [6] – and stars Sally Field in the title role.
Crystal Lee Sutton (née Pulley; December 31, 1940 – September 11, 2009) was an American union organizer and advocate who gained fame in 1979 when the film Norma Rae was released, based on events related to her being fired from her job at the J.P. Stevens plant in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on May 30, 1973, for "insubordination" after she copied an anti-union letter posted on the ...
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story premieres Oct. 19 at 8/7c on Lifetime. If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at ...
Tricia and Callie are attacked by the creature, who kidnaps Tricia. Callie files a missing person report before returning to the tunnel to offer a "trade,” wishing to sacrifice her life in return for Tricia's. To her shock, the creature brings back Tricia's unborn fetus instead. The creature then proceeds to claim her, leaving only her empty ...
Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. Bettmann/Getty Images Sally Field revealed that when she won an Oscar for best actress in 1980, her then-boyfriend, Burt Reynolds, refused to attend the ceremony ...
The movie tells the real-life story of Peg Mullen (played by Carol Burnett), [4] a woman from rural Iowa who with her husband works against government obstacles to uncover the actual details and facts about the death of their son Michael, an Army infantry soldier killed by "friendly fire" in February 1970 during the Vietnam War.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
High Crimes is a 2002 American legal thriller film starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman.The film follows defense attorney Claire Kubik (Judd) as she teams up with a seasoned military attorney (Freeman) to uncover a cover-up while defending her husband, Tom, who is charged with the murder of nine civilians in El Salvador and revealed to have been living under a false identity.