NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Linda Hamilton

Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American movie actress born in Salisbury, Maryland. Image File history File links Terma3. ... Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. ... Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Crossroads of Delmarva Location in Maryland Coordinates: County Wicomico County Founded 1732 Incorporated 1854 Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman Area - City 29. ... Sarah Connor (1965 - 1997) is a fictional character, the heroine in the first two entries in the Terminator film series and the upcoming TV series The Sarah Connor Chronicles. ... The Terminator (also known as Terminator in some early trailers and posters) is a 1984 science fiction/action film featuring former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger in what would become his best-known role, and also starred Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. ... Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Nickname: The Crossroads of Delmarva Location in Maryland Coordinates: County Wicomico County Founded 1732 Incorporated 1854 Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman Area - City 29. ...

Film career

Born in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, Linda studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York. In New York she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg. Linda Hamilton's acting debut came first with guest starring appearances on television. Linda's film debut was a lead role in the horror film Children of the Corn. The movie was panned by critics, but it made a profit at the box office, and had a strong cult following. Nickname: The Crossroads of Delmarva Location in Maryland Coordinates: County Wicomico County Founded 1732 Incorporated 1854 Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman Area - City 29. ... See Washington University (disambiguation) for institutions with similar names. ... High Street in Chestertown Chestertown is a town located in Kent County, Maryland. ... NY redirects here. ... NY redirects here. ... January 20, 1978: Greg talks about his craft during a two-week seminar in Germany. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Children of the Corn is a 1984 horror film based upon the short story of the same name by Stephen King. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... This article does not discuss cult in its original sense of religious practice; for that usage see Cult (religious practice). ...

Hamilton's next role was in The Terminator in 1984. The movie is currently listed at the IMDb Top 250 at number 196 with a score of 7.9 out of 10, and it also was a huge commercial success. Following The Terminator, Hamilton starred in Black Moon Rising, an action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones. She then returned to television in the mystery comedy Murder, She Wrote, scoring favorable reviews. The Terminator (also known as Terminator in some early trailers and posters) is a 1984 science fiction/action film featuring former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger in what would become his best-known role, and also starred Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Black Moon prototype as seen in Black Moon Rising, 1986 Black Moon Rising, (1986) is an action film directed by Harley Cokliss, written by John Carpenter and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton and Robert Vaughn. ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Jessica in the Murder, She Wrote episode The Cemetery Vote Murder, She Wrote is a long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ...

Hamilton then starred opposite Ron Perlman in the TV series Beauty and the Beast. The series was critically-acclaimed and she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. After the series ended in 1990, Hamilton went back to the big screen with the follow-up to The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The film was a smash at the box office, grossing over 500 million, and becoming the highest grossing film of 1991. Her identical twin sister Leslie Hamilton Gearren was Linda's double in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Ronald Francis Perlman (born April 13, 1950, in Washington Heights, New York), billed as Ron Perlman, is an American television, film and voice over actor. ... Beauty and the Beast is an American television series, originally broadcast in 1987, centered around the relationship between Catherine (Linda Hamilton), an attorney who lived in New York City, and Vincent (Ron Perlman), a gentle, but lion-faced beast who belongs to a society of misfits and outcasts (see mole... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... The Terminator (also known as Terminator in some early trailers and posters) is a 1984 science fiction/action film featuring former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger in what would become his best-known role, and also starred Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. ... Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ...

Due to the success of the Terminator series, Hamilton hosted Saturday Night Live. She then returned to television in A Mother's Prayer playing a mother who lost her husband and is diagnosed with AIDS. She earned yet another Golden Globe nomination. That same year, Hamilton filmed two motion pictures, Shadow Conspiracy and Dante's Peak. Shadow Conspiracy flopped at the box office, but Dante's Peak opened in at number two with an opening gross of 18 million, going on to gross 180 million. Hamilton has since appeared on Frasier and has done more TV movies, including On the Line, Robots Rising, Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples, Point Last Seen, and The Color of Courage. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Dantes Peak is a 1997 action-adventure film starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. ... Frasier is a popular American situation comedy television series that starred Kelsey Grammer, reprising the character of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane from parent show Cheers, which had ended months before. ... On the Line (2001) is an American romatic comedy starring Lance Bass and Emmanuelle Chriqui. ...

Personal life

Hamilton went to Wicomico Junior High, (now Wicomico Middle School) in Salisbury, Maryland, with her identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Gearren. Hamilton has been married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to actor Bruce Abbott, from 1982 to 1989. They had a son, Dalton Abbott, born on October 4, 1989. Her second marriage was to film director James Cameron from 1997 to 1999; they had a daughter, Josephine Archer Cameron, born on February 15, 1993. They divorced after Linda discovered he was having an affair with actress Suzy Amis during the making of the movie Titanic. Nickname: The Crossroads of Delmarva Location in Maryland Coordinates: County Wicomico County Founded 1732 Incorporated 1854 Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman Area - City 29. ... For the record label, see Divorce Records. ... Bruce Abbott (born 28 July 1954 in Portland, Oregon) is an American actor. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons named James Cameron, see James Cameron (disambiguation). ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Suzy Amis Suzy Amis (born January 5, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American film actress and model. ... Titanic is a 1997 romantic drama / disaster film directed, written and co-produced by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ...

Hamilton appeared on the October 14, 2005, episode of Larry King Live to reveal that she suffered from bipolar disorder. She revealed that her condition destroyed her marriages to her first husband, Bruce Abbott, revealing that she abused him verbally and physically, and that it also ruined her marriage to second husband James Cameron. Linda said that it was her love for her two children that finally forced her to seek treatment and she began taking medication in 1996. Linda says that she will always be grateful she chose treatment and regrets the pain it caused those she loves. Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. ... For other uses, see Bipolar. ...

Trivia

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Awards

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ...

CableACE Awards Dantes Peak is a 1997 action-adventure film starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. ... The CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programing. ...

DVD Exclusive Awards The DVD Exclusive Awards are an award show the that honors direct to video productions. ...

MTV Movie Awards Recorded live at: Barcelona 31. ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ...

Satellite Awards Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...

Filmography

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External links

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