" 9 to 5 ", the theme song to the feature film 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts, but also, in February 1981, reached number one on the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple-number-one hit.

Lewis returned to the screen in 1981 with Hardly Working, a film he both directed and starred in.

Ford's status as a leading actor was solidified when he starred as Indiana Jones in the George Lucas / Steven Spielberg collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ).

Reds is a 1981 American epic film that was co-written, produced, directed by and starred Warren Beatty.

In 1981, Moore appeared as the lead in the comedy Arthur, an even bigger hit than 10, which also starred Liza Minnelli and Sir John Gielgud.

In 1981, while at Juilliard, Kilmer co-authored and starred in the play How It All Began, which was performed at the Public Theatre at the New York Shakespeare Festival.

He carried on using it into the 1980s, the instrument dominating the 1981 film soundtrack for Nighthawks which starred Sylvester Stallone.

She has starred in a variety of other successful films, including The Thomas Crown Affair ( 1968 ), Three Days of the Condor ( 1975 ), and Mommie Dearest ( 1981 ).

She starred in the 1981 TV film, Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, playing the part of the eponymous doomed Playmate.

In 1981 Sykes wrote, directed and starred in the offbeat comedy If You Go Down in the Woods Today for Thames, with a cast including Roy Kinnear, Fulton Mackay and George Sewell.

Dench and her husband starred together in several stage productions, and the Bob Larbey British television sitcom, A Fine Romance ( 1981 – 84 ).

* On October 10, 1981, Alabama guest starred on Hee-Haw.

She also starred in several stage plays, including a play called It Had to be You at a dinner theater in Canada, Particular Friendships in New York in 1981, and Two for the Seesaw, directed by Burt Reynolds.

Troisi wrote, directed, and starred in his first film, Ricomincio da tre (" I Start Over from Three ") in 1981.

Tomlin then starred in the 1981 science fiction comedy The Incredible Shrinking Woman, a send-up of consumerism, and was the sickly heiress in the comedy All of Me opposite Steve Martin.

In 1981, she co-produced and starred in George Cukor's final film, Rich and Famous.

In 1981 Le Mesurier played Father Mowbray in Granada Television's adaptation of Brideshead Revisited and guest starred in episodes of the British comedy television series The Goodies, and an early episode of Hi-de-Hi !.

Ironically, she starred in the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls as Deena Jones, the front woman of the Dreams, a female singing group based on the Supremes.

She also starred in the lead role of a drama called ' The Story of Ruth ' ( 1981 ), in which she played the role of the schizophrenic daughter of an abusive father, for which she received critical acclaim.

Hordern had already starred as another great literary wizard, Tolkien's Gandalf, in the BBC's 1981 radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.

In 1954, Clark had starred in a stage production of The Constant Nymph, but it wasn't until 1981, at the urging of her children, that she returned to legitimate theatre, starring as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in London's West End.

Peters starred opposite Steve Martin in The Jerk ( 1979 ), in a role that he wrote for her, and Pennies From Heaven ( 1981 ), for which she won the Golden Globe Award as Best Motion Picture Actress in a Comedy or Musical.

She made her theatrical feature debut in Hard Country ( shot in 1979 and released in 1981 ), where she starred opposite Jan Michael Vincent.

* Sweet Dreams ( 1981 film ) or Sogni d ' oro, a film directed and starred by Nanni Moretti

In 1981, Mason starred, along with Kristy McNichol, James Coco, and Joan Hackett, in Only When I Laugh, Simon's film adaptation of his Broadway comedy-drama The Gingerbread Lady and another big box-office success.

For the first few seasons of the decade, the Spurs continued their success of the 1970s with records of 52 – 30 in 1980 – 81, 48 – 34 in 1981 – 82, and 53 – 29 in 1982 – 83 ( it was during this period that the Spurs were moved to the Western Conference ).

Despite their regular season success, the Spurs were unable to win any NBA championships, losing in the Western Conference playoffs to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the 1981 and the Los Angeles Lakers in in 4 games 1982 and in 6 games in the 1983 Western Finals despite getting both wins at the Forum in the 1983 series.

" Big Mac " was the home of the Denver Spurs of the WHA from 1975 to 1976, the Colorado Rockies of the NHL from 1976 to 1982, the Colorado Flames of the CHL from 1982 to 1984, the Denver Nuggets of the ABA and NBA from 1975 to 1999, the Denver Avalanche of the MISL from 1981 to 1982, the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL from 1995 to 1999, and the Denver Grizzlies of the International Hockey League from 1994 to 1995.

Pettis was selected in the 6th round of the 1979 draft by the Angels, and played minor league baseball for the Salinas Spurs of the class " A " California League in 1980, then the Holyoke Millers of the double " A " Eastern League in 1981.

It was considered a brave move but Ossie would become one of the Spurs greats and Villa would score one of the greatest goals ever seen at Wembley in the 1981 FA Cup Final replay.

Clemence's Spurs debut came in a league fixture at Ayresome Park on 28 August 1981, Middlesbrough couldn't prevent Clemence starting off with a win, losing 3 – 1.

After playing in the Alberta Midget Hockey League ( AMHL ) with the Calgary Royals in 1981 – 82, Murzyn began his junior career with the Calgary Spurs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League ( AJHL ).

In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.

Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

San Francisco won its first championship in 1981, just two years after winning two games.

Under Walsh the 49ers won Super Bowl championships in 1981, 1984 and 1988.

In his 16-year career in the NFL, Anderson made four trips to the Pro Bowl, won four passing titles, was named NFL MVP in 1981, and set the record for completion percentage in a single season in 1982 ( 70. 66 %).

She won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982.

Essendon won just one of its first six games in 1981 and Sheedy threatened to come out of retirement and show his players " how it was done " if their performance didn't improve.

The film won the 1981 British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( Film ) Best Screenplay Award, as well as the 1980 Writers Guild of America Award ( Screen ) for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium.

In 1981, at age 21 and while still an undergraduate, Lin won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, beating out 1, 441 other competition submissions.

The SDP won the support of large sections of the media, and for most of 1981 and early 1982 its opinion poll ratings suggested that it could at least overtake Labour and possibly win a general election, as the Tories were proving unpopular because of the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher, which had seen unemployment reach a postwar high.

With the Labour left still strong – in 1981 Benn decided to challenge Healey for the deputy leadership of the party, a contest Healey won narrowly – Foot struggled to make an impact and was widely criticised for it, though his performances in the Commons, most notably on the Falklands war of 1982, won him widespread respect from other parliamentarians, though he was criticised by some on the left who felt that he should not have supported the Thatcher government's immediate resort to military action.

Sexton was dismissed in 1981, even though the team won the last seven games under his direction.

The Brewers won the second half of the 1981 season ( divided because of a players ' strike ) and played the Yankees in a playoff mini-series they ultimately lost.

The Brewers had many individual accomplishments during their two playoff years, as both in 1981 and 1982, Brewer players won both the AL MVP and Cy Young awards, with Rollie Fingers winning both awards in 1981, and Robin Yount winning the MVP and Pete Vuckovich winning the Cy Young in 1982.

In 1981, Taylor won the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards and the Giants made the playoffs for the first time since 1963.

Smith won his first Gold Glove Award in 1980, and made his first All-Star Game appearance in 1981.

Vermeil's 1980 team won their first NFC East title but lost to Oakland in the Super Bowl in 1981.

Menachem Begin became the first right-wing prime minister when his Likud won the 1977 elections, and retained the post in the 1981 elections.

Roald Hoffmann ( born July 18, 1937 ) is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Also in 1981, the SPLC won a case that ordered an Alabama county to pay salaries to the staff of its first black probate judge.

J. B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers ' Party became the first opposition party member of parliament in 15 years when he won a 1981 by-election.

Papert won a Guggenheim fellowship in 1980, a Marconi International fellowship in 1981, the Software Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994, and the Smithsonian Award from Computerworld in 1997.

The party won every General Election between 1956 and 1981.