List of the best Dinah Manoff movies: Maid for Each Other(1992), I Ought to Be in Pictures(1982), A Carol Christmas(2003), Child's Play(1988), Backfire(1987), Staying Together(1989), Night Terror(1976), Raid on Entebbe(1977), Grease(1978) ... ...
Comedy
1992
100 Minutes
Tibby Bloom
A widow (Dinah Manoff) used to luxury keeps house for a fussy singer (Nell Carter), whose slain ex-husband they find in a closet.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Libby Tucker
Walter Matthau Ann-Margret Dinah Manoff Lance Guest Lewis Smith Martin Ferrero Eugene Butler Samantha Harper Santos Morales David Faustino Shelby Balik
actress screenwriter hairdresser father daughter girlfriend witty fiery touching brooklyn, n.y. hollywood, calif. family home movie studio father/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement show business ambition new town transformation
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has ... See full summary »
Other, Comedy, Drama
2003
96 Minutes
Aunt Marla
Tori Spelling William Shatner Gary Coleman Dinah Manoff Nina Siemaszko Michael Landes Paula Trickey
The ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit a nasty talk-show host (Tori Spelling) and give her a chance to find some genuine holiday spirit.
Horror
USA
1988
87 Minutes
Maggie Peterson
Catherine Hicks Chris Sarandon Alex Vincent Brad Dourif Dinah Manoff Tommy Swerdlow Jack Colvin Neil Giuntoli
doll police detective young boy mother killer babysitter dark intense playful insane asylum department store chicago house street elevator murder voodoo mother/son relationship insanity violence
A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|UK
1987
93 Minutes
Jill
Karen Allen Keith Carradine Jeff Fahey Bernie Casey Dinah Manoff Dean-Paul Martin Virginia Capers Philip Sterling
vietnam vet drifter wealthy woman gold digger sister wife dark suspenseful sultry tense british columbia mansion bar household unhappy marriage betrayal money crime murder plot schemes
Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
Drama
USA
1989
91 Minutes
Lois Cook
Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Jim Haynie Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Keith Szarabajka Daphne Zuniga
father mother brother son older brother younger brother emotional heartwarming amusing small town restaurant family business life lessons coming of age father/son relationship mother/son relationship brotherhood growing up 1980s
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
78 Minutes
Valerie Harper Richard Romanus Nicholas Pryor John Quade Michael Tolan Beatrice Manley Quinn Cummings Damon Raskin John War Eagle Gary Springer Dinah Manoff
A housewife (Valerie Harper) flees from a policeman's killer (Richard Romanus) on the road between Phoenix and Denver.
Drama
1977
150 Minutes
Peter Finch Martin Balsam Horst Buchholz Charles Bronson John Saxon Jack Warden Sylvia Sidney Yaphet Kotto Robert Loggia James Woods Dinah Manoff
commando hostage terrorist government official yitzhak rabin passenger intense suspenseful airplane airport uganda israel terrorism stand-off hijacking commando assault israeli-palestinian conflict quest rescue 1970s
Israeli commandos raid Uganda's airport in 1976 to free hostages from Palestinian-terrorist hijackers.
Musical, Romance
USA
1978
110 Minutes
John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Stockard Channing Jeff Conaway Didi Conn Eve Arden Sid Caesar Joan Blondell Edd Byrnes Alice Ghostley Dody Goodman
greaser foreign exchange student friend teenager amusing playful high school california beach household carnival love friendship competition teen angst song and dance performance love transformation growing up
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?