JTB Maryam d'Abo - 34 Classic Movies (Comedy/Drama/Romance/Thriller/Horror)
Maryam d'Abo was born 27 December 1960 and is an English film and television actress, perhaps best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights. d'Abo was born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze and Peter Claude Holland d'Abo, d'Abo was raised in Paris and Geneva. She decided to be an actress at the age of 11. She studied at Drama Centre London, while working as an advertising model.
D'Abo is the cousin of Mike d'Abo, a singer and member of 1960s group Manfred Mann. This makes her first cousin to actress Olivia d'Abo. Maryam and Olivia once lived together in Los Angeles, buying a house together in 1988, after Olivia turned 19.
D'Abo made her screen debut in the low-budget science fiction horror film Xtro (1982), playing Analise Mercier, a French au pair, who becomes a human incubator for an alien. She appeared in the film Until September (1984), and had small roles in Master of the Game (1984), White Nights (1985) and Arthur the King (1985).
D'Abo has had roles in various low-budget, straight-to-video action, horror and fantasy films such as Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (1992), as well as guest roles on television shows Tales From the Crypt (1993), Red Shoe Diaries (1992) and Murder, She Wrote (1992).
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D'Abo is the cousin of Mike d'Abo, a singer and member of 1960s group Manfred Mann. This makes her first cousin to actress Olivia d'Abo. Maryam and Olivia once lived together in Los Angeles, buying a house together in 1988, after Olivia turned 19.
D'Abo made her screen debut in the low-budget science fiction horror film Xtro (1982), playing Analise Mercier, a French au pair, who becomes a human incubator for an alien. She appeared in the film Until September (1984), and had small roles in Master of the Game (1984), White Nights (1985) and Arthur the King (1985).
D'Abo has had roles in various low-budget, straight-to-video action, horror and fantasy films such as Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (1992), as well as guest roles on television shows Tales From the Crypt (1993), Red Shoe Diaries (1992) and Murder, She Wrote (1992).
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- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsPhilip SayerBernice StegersDanny BraininAn alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.
- DirectorRichard MarquandStarsKaren AllenThierry LhermitteChristopher CazenoveA 'salt of the Earth' Missouri woman on vacation in Paris slowly gives in to the advances of a pushy--and very much married--French yuppie. Will their unconventional romance last until September, when she must return home?
- DirectorStorm ThorgersonStarsMichael HordernMaryam d'AboScott EarickGibb has a car accident in an irrigation channel and ends up in an old swimming bathhouse, where an elderly gentleman "guides" him through some of life's more important lessons.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsMikhail BaryshnikovGregory HinesJerzy SkolimowskiA Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
- DirectorSheldon LarryStarsHal HolbrookRay SharkeyMaryam d'AboProfessor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
- DirectorLaszlo PapasStarsMaximilian SchellMick JaggerMarina VladyDeals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman, resulting in a mutually parasitic relationship.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsTimothy DaltonMaryam d'AboJeroen KrabbéJames Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
- DirectorDaniel TaplitzStarsBen CrossMaryam d'AboKeith SzarabajkaAt a museum in Mexico City arrives a perfectly preserved mummy. It is a vampire that died years ago and who returns to life in search of his lost love Angelique. Unfortunately for him, the young woman has met and fallen in love with a doctor who supplies her with the blood she needs to resist the vampire attacks.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsEd Begley Jr.François-Eric GendronBrian ProtheroeFour victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to get their money back from the crooked financier responsible. Each man, an Oxford professor, a Harley Street physician, an art dealer and a British aristocrat deploy their individual talents in elaborate stings to get back "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less".
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsEric StoltzMaryam d'AboBruno CremerA young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers.
- DirectorHervé HachuelStarsCliff De YoungMaryam d'AboShari ShattuckMichael Alvarez and his wife Susan have inherited an ancient Spanish castle, unaware that it comes with a horrendous curse. Michael is soon lured into a deadly romance with Diana, that tortures the family with immortal sins.
- DirectorEduardo Montes-BradleyStarsMargaux HemingwayMaryam d'AboFrederic ForrestA disturbed lesbian librarian kidnaps a beautiful young woman she's obsessed with, breaks her foot to keep her incapacitated, then starts to kill off people she believes are intruding in their "relationship".
- DirectorVadim JeanGary SinyorStarsMark FrankelJanet SuzmanBrian GloverAn irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish man from London, learns that he is the product of an artificial insemination accident, and that his real father is a farmer from Yorkshire.
- DirectorPatrick AlanStarsBolo YeungMaryam d'AboWilliam ZabkaFight matches, that end when a man is either unconscious or dead, are fought in Tijuana. 2 naive friends, hoping to make a quick buck, go there. One owes money to a loan shark - giving them plenty of practice in no rule fights.
- DirectorJag MundhraStarsRick RossovichMaryam d'AboLee Anne BeamanAn American wife (Maryam d'Abo) of a maharajah inherits five-million dollars after he is stepped on by an elephant during a leopard hunt, but the American insurance company suspects fraud and hires an insurance investigator (Rick Rossovich) to go to India to investigate the questionable death of her husband. In India the wife and investigator start an affair that leads to several soft-core sex scenes scattered throughout the film. Meanwhile an Indian woman (Asha Siewkumar) believes that her own father's disappearance may be involved in the murder, a story that local police dismiss. She then stalks the wife to get proof of a conspiracy.
- DirectorPaul DonovanStarsRichard GriecoNatalie RadfordMaryam d'AboJacki, a scientist involved in genetic research, meets Tom, a young modern dancer who is suffering from a degenerative nerve disease. Jacki experiments with using genetic material taken from a cat to cure him, but the cure has side effects, and Tom begins to take on feline characteristics that may turn him into a monster. The situation is further complicated by Tom's attachment to Imogen--and Jacki's growing jealousy as she fears the loss of her patient and lover.
- DirectorMike FiggisStarsAlbert FinneyGreta ScacchiMatthew ModineOn the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsMaryam d'AboTod FennellJay UnderwoodA psycho mother's boy is infatuated with a cute widow and stalks her.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsMark FrankelAmanda PaysRoshan SethKatie can read minds. The male minds she reads are all thinking of one thing. She always responds by hitting them and storming off without explanation. Daniel is an expert in body language and interprets this wanting to be pursued.
- DirectorMark EzraStarsJamie HarrisMaryam d'AboMyriam CyrWhen a beautiful mob hitwoman learns she only has six months to live, she decides to rob her employers, and go out in style, but the syndicate's head man won't rest until he gets his two million dollars back.
- DirectorRobert MunicStarsMaryam d'AboArye GrossJeffrey MeekIt's the 23rd century, and the world's most dangerous criminal has taken over the maximum security prison on asterod Alpha 4. Caught in the middle are a petty thief and a prison transport pilot.
- DirectorSebastian ShahStarsCorbin BernsenJayne HeitmeyerMaryam d'AboMutual friends Barbara and Genevieve are both sleeping with District Attorney Sam Brady. When they become aware of their bizarre love triangle, they plot against him.
- DirectorKevin W. SmithStarsReece DinsdaleVictoria SmurfitClara BellarMike's alcoholic father tells him there is only one thing that makes life worth living: "the empress". To Mike, however, the empress is love that lasts forever, not sex that lasts for days.
- DirectorMichael BrayStarsMaryam d'AboSean ChapmanRay WinstoneAn uptight over-worked banker is thrown together with a relaxed working class man when their plane from Barcelona is delayed.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsChristopher LambertKerry FoxVincent ReganSome time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
- DirectorFrédéric AuburtinStarsGérard LanvinGérard DepardieuLucy HarrisonWhile a terrorist epidemic strikes the world leaders, the commissaire San-Antonio and his partner Lieutenant Bérurier must escort the French ambassador to a British hotel. But after a negligence of Bérurier (one more little sex affair), San-Antonio powerlessly witnesses the ambassador's abduction, organized by a gorgeous Italian girl. Back in Paris, San-Antonio is dismissed by Police Chief Achille Hachille, which is a real godsend to Bérurier, who gets promoted. But the situation soon degenerates when the president of the Republic mysteriously disappears. Immediate reaction from the Police Minister: only San-Antonio can save the day; he has 48 hours and a secret squad to find the president. At the Elysée, San-Antonio finds Bérurier, the official investigator. But now, it's every man for himself: who will be the first to find the President? There are multiple trails: terrorists, unscrupulous banks, international dealers, dishonest politicians, and pretty women with very convincing arguments.
- DirectorJames MerendinoStarsJeff GalpinMaryam d'AboWill RokosA graduate student preparing his thesis on mythology leads his friends on a research expedition to an old plantation estate on the outskirts of the Big Easy. The site is reputed to mysteriously cause madness and death to all who enter it.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsEmmanuelle BéartKarin ViardMarie GillainThree sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.
- DirectorCatherine CyranStarsLuke MablyKam HeskinMaryam d'AboWeeks before the royal wedding, the evil Norwegian prince Albert finds an old law that can force the crown prince of Denmark to marry Albert's two-faced daughter instead of his lovely, American fiancee. The two women "battle".
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsBen BarnesColin FirthRebecca HallA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsEmraan HashmiGeetanjali ThapaDanny HustonAyan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he works for after he realizes they knowingly marketed a baby formula that's responsible for the death of hundreds of babies everyday.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsAntonio BanderasClément SibonyRupert EverettLife and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira's caves.