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July 22, 1991. (1991-07-22) China Beach is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe [1] beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by American and Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War. [2][3][4][5] The series originally ran ...
2. Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film Hairspray, for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She is also known for her talk show, Ricki Lake, which was broadcast internationally ...
The ABC TV drama aired for four seasons over three years, from 1988 to 1991. The show's pilot episode, "China Beach," aired on April 26, 1988. The final season was put on hiatus in fall 1990 and did not air its finale until summer 1991. The series ran for 61 episodes, concluding with a two-hour series finale on July 22, 1991.
Paul Drinkwater/Bravo via Getty; Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty. Ricki Lake in 2004 (left) and 2024
The Business of Being Born. The Business of Being Born is a 2008 documentary film that explores the contemporary experience of childbirth in the United States. Directed by Abby Epstein and produced by Ricki Lake, it compares various childbirth methods, including midwives, natural births, epidurals, and Cesarean sections. [1]
Hairspray (1988 film) Hairspray is a 1988 American comedy film [ 4 ] written and directed by John Waters, starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake in her film debut, and Jerry Stiller, with special appearances by Ric Ocasek in his final film and Pia Zadora. Hairspray was a dramatic departure from Waters's earlier works ...
Contents. Ricki Lake (1993 talk show) This article is about the series that aired 1993–2004. For the series that began airing in 2012, see The Ricki Lake Show (2012 talk show). Ricki Lake[ a ] is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Ricki Lake.
Budget. $13 million [ 2 ] Box office. $7.8 million [ 2 ] Serial Mom is a 1994 American satirical black comedy slasher film directed and written by John Waters [ 3 ][ 4 ] and starring Kathleen Turner as the title character along with Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children.