Any Day Now: Eve Of Destruction


07:00 am - 08:00 am, Tuesday, December 23 on WCBS Start TV (2.2)

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Eve Of Destruction

Season 1, Episode 3

A mean-spirited neighbor sues M.E., who turns for help to Rene in a property-damage case that escalates into a nasty wrangle over the Sims' dog. Lurla: Anne Haney. M.E.: Annie Potts. Rene: Lorraine Toussaint. Colliar: Chris Mulkey. Graham: Don McManus.

repeat 1998 English
Drama Family

Cast & Crew
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Annie Potts (Actor) .. Mary Elizabeth `M.E.' Sims
Lorraine Toussaint (Actor) .. Rene Jackson
Chris Mulkey (Actor) .. Colliar Sims
Anne Haney (Actor) .. Lurla
Don Mcmanus (Actor) .. Graham
Christopher Winsor (Actor) .. Davis Sims

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Did You Know..
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Annie Potts (Actor) .. Mary Elizabeth `M.E.' Sims
Born: October 28, 1952
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Trivia: Involved in amateur theatricals since childhood, Annie Potts received her BFA in theatre arts from Missouri's Stephens College. Potts has been seen in comic supporting roles in films since 1978; she is most closely associated with the part of ditzy secretary Janine Melnitz in the two Ghostbusters flicks of the 1980s. On television, Potts has played Edith Bedelmeyer on the one-season sitcom Goodtime Girls (1980), then enjoyed a longer run as Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women (1986-93). Her characterization of outspoken gourmet chef Dana Paladino on the prime time sitcom Love and War won Annie an Emmy nomination in 1994. Annie Potts has also been featured in a popular series of commercials for a well-known corn-chip product, and has served as national spokesperson for the Women for Arthritis Foundation. In 1996 she was cast as a no-nonsense schoolteacher of troubled inner-city high schoolers in the ABC-TV show Dangerous Minds, a series based on the 1995 Michelle Pfeiffer film of the same name. She voiced the part of Bo Peep in the first two Toy Story films, and in 2003 she took part in a Designing Women reunion. That same year she was the lead in Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story. She appeared intermittently on the Showtime series Huff, and in 2007 she joined the cast of the short-lived series Men In Trees. In 2012 she was cast as one of the leads in the new TV series GCB.
Lorraine Toussaint (Actor) .. Rene Jackson
Born: April 04, 1960
Birthplace: Trinidad and Tobago
Trivia: Born in Trinidad and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Began acting at 11 years old. Landed her first paying job the same day she graduated college with Shakespeare & Company. Played Titania in a 1987 off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, opposite F. Murray Abraham, Fisher Stevens and Elizabeth McGovern. Nominated for five NCAAP Image Awards for her work on Any Day Now.
Chris Mulkey (Actor) .. Colliar Sims
Born: May 03, 1948
Birthplace: Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States
Trivia: Character actor and screenwriter Chris Mulkey is best remembered for his convincing portrayal of creepy former convict Hank Jennings in David Lynch's innovative television series Twin Peaks. A five-year veteran of the Children's Theatre Company of Minnesota, Mulkey, who had previously studied theater at the University of Minnesota, made his feature film debut in the comedy Loose Ends (1975). He made his screenwriting debut in 1988, with Patti Rocks.
Anne Haney (Actor) .. Lurla
Born: March 04, 1934
Died: May 26, 2001
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee
Trivia: Though she got her start in the film industry late in life, actress Anne Haney would go on to become a dependable character actress with a strong reputation and a healthy sense of humor.Born in March of 1934 in Memphis, TN, Haney studied radio, drama, and television at the University of North Carolina before marrying Georgia Public Television executive John Haley. Soon raising a daughter and devoting herself to family life, Haney began to seek work in the local theater in the 1970s, touring with Noel Coward's Fallen Angels and joining the Screen Actors Guild in preparation for her family's post-retirement move to Southern California. Her plans sadly stifled by her husband's death in 1980, with her daughter in college Haney was on her own for her Westward voyage, though soon after arriving she got an agent and a role in the Walter Matthau vehicle Hopscotch (1980). Alternating between stage and screen for the duration of her Hollywood career, Haney gained over 50 credits with her frequent appearances in television and film. With memorable roles in such films as Liar Liar and Mrs. Doubtfire, in addition to her appearances on Matlock, L.A. Law, The Geena Davis Show, and Ally McBeal, Haney's likeable personality proved both enduring and endearing.On May 26, 2001, Anne Haney died of natural causes in her Studio City, CA, home. She was 67.
Don Mcmanus (Actor) .. Graham
Born: November 08, 1959
Christopher Winsor (Actor) .. Davis Sims

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