Desperately Seeking Susan

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Desperately Seeking Susan

film by Seidelman [1985]

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Madonna
Shifting gears to acting and film
…with a strong performance in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), faltered with the flimsy Shanghai Surprise (1986) and uneven Dick Tracy (1990), and recovered with Truth or Dare (1991, also known as In Bed with Madonna), a documentary of her boundary-breaking Blonde Ambition tour, and A League of Their Own
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…with a strong performance in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), faltered with the flimsy Shanghai Surprise (1986) and uneven Dick Tracy (1990), and recovered with Truth or Dare (1991, also known as In Bed with Madonna), a documentary of her boundary-breaking Blonde Ambition tour, and A League of Their Own
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Laurie Metcalf
…role in the comedy film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and in Making Mr. Right (1987), which starred fellow Steppenwolf member John Malkovich. In 1988 she was cast in the role for which she was perhaps most widely known, that of Roseanne’s slightly neurotic and underachieving sister Jackie in the sitcom…
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…role in the comedy film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and in Making Mr. Right (1987), which starred fellow Steppenwolf member John Malkovich. In 1988 she was cast in the role for which she was perhaps most widely known, that of Roseanne’s slightly neurotic and underachieving sister Jackie in the sitcom…
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