Marilu Henner
Biography
Marilu Henner is an American actress, singer and author who started in the musical Grease in 1971 and made her screen debut in the comedy-drama Between the Lines (1977). Her breakthrough came when she was cast as Elaine Nardo in the sitcom Taxi, a part she played from 1978 to 1983 and which earned her five Golden Globe nominations. She went on to co-star in films including Hammett (1982), The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Cannonball Run II (1984), Johnny Dangerously (1984), Perfect (1985), L.A. Story (1991) and Noises Off (1992). On television, she starred in the sitcom Evening Shade from 1990 to 1994, hosted her own talk show Marilu in 1994, and voiced Veronica Vreeland in Batman: The Animated Series and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998). She has also written books on diet, health and memory.
74years old
Turns 75 on April 6in 176 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Mary Lucy Denise Henner (birth name)Also credited as Marilu Lucy Henner
Movie Career
- Films
- 40
- Career span
- 47 years1977 to 2024
Genres
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First role
While studying at the University of Chicago, Henner was the first to play Marty Maraschino in the Kingston Mines Theatre Co. production of Grease in 1971. When it moved to Broadway, she declined to reprise the part and toured nationally instead.
First role
Henner's first film appearance came in the 1977 sleeper hit Between the Lines, which also featured then-unknown actors Jeff Goldblum, Lindsay Crouse, John Heard and Jill Eikenberry.
Marilu Henner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery2015 Crime, Drama, Mysteryas Aida Teagarden
IMDb rating 6.63.0K votes
- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery2016as Aida Teagarden
IMDb rating 6.82.4K votes
Most often with
Martin Wood directed seven of these films, Terry Ingram four and Amy Heckerling two. Two actors appear in sixteen of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Martin WoodDirector, 7 films, 2015 to 2022
All films by Martin Wood
Terry IngramDirector, 4 films, 2016 to 2018
All films by Terry Ingram
All films by Amy Heckerling
Also nine films together1 more actor
- Dylan SloaneAurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder (2021), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con (2021), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part (2021), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019) and Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Marilu Henner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$136 million
9 of the 40 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 40 films: 9 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 26 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 26Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$56M41.3% of the total
- 2$29M21.2% of the total
- 3$17M12.5% of the total
- 4$13M9.5% of the total
- 5$11M8.1% of the total
- 6$6.1M4.5% of the total
- 7$2.3M1.7% of the total
- 8$1.6M1.2% of the total
$92,748from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.