* 1985 – Melissa Barrera, American television host

* A. D. ( miniseries ), a 1985 television miniseries set in ancient Rome

On television, the actor Freddie Jones portrayed Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars while the 1985 made-for-television miniseries A. D. features actor Richard Kiley as Claudius.

Caligula has been played by Ralph Bates in the 1968 ITV television series The Caesars ; John Hurt in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius ; John McEnery in the 1985 miniseries A. D .; Szabolcs Hajdu in the 1996 film Caligula ; and John Simm in the 2004 miniseries Imperium Nerone.

After appearing in three Broadway plays in 1985, Clarke moved to Los Angeles for several years as a film and television actress.

( Parton's March 1983 performance at London's Dominion Theatre from this tour was filmed and broadcast as a television special in the U. S .) From 1984 to 1985, she toured alongside Kenny Rogers for the Real Love Tour.

David Huffman ( 10 May 1945 – 27 February 1985 ) was a character actor with many television, film and stage credits.

Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote seventeen novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place.

Category: 1985 in British television

Category: 1985 British television programme debuts

Over time, Godzilla 1985, though not a hit, was partially profitable for New World only with the addition of home video and television syndication ( the film debuted on television on May 16, 1986 ).

* 1985 – Ólafur Hannesson, Icelandic television host

* Hans-Dieter Asner in the 1985 television production Mussolini and I

* Richard Kane in the 1985 US / Yugoslavian television production Mussolini: The Untold Story

On 28th February 1985, Chernenko appeared once more on television to receive parliamentary credentials and read out a brief statement on his electoral victory: the election campaign is over and now it is time to carry out the tasks set for us by the voters and the Communists who have spoken out.

* 1985 – Dan Sweetman, Australian television host

* 1985 – Stephanie Bendixsen, Australian television personality

* 1985 – Jack Osbourne, English television star

Barred from film-making by prior anti-trust rulings, he acquired the struggling ABC television network in February 1953, leading it first to financial health, and eventually, in the mid-1970s, to first place in the national Nielsen ratings, before selling out to Capital Cities in 1985 ( Capital Cities would eventually sell out, in turn, to the Walt Disney organization in 1996 ).

The television series Moonlighting ( 1985 – 1989 ), Married ... with Children ( 1987 – 1997 ), NewsRadio ( 1995 – 1999 ), Gilmore Girls ( 2000 – 2007 ), and Standoff ( 2006 – 2007 ) have also adapted elements of the screwball comedy genre for the small screen.

In the 1980s, US television featured the light espionage programmes Airwolf ( 1984 – 87 ) and MacGyver ( 1985 – 92 ), each rooted in the Cold War yet reflecting American citizens ' distrust of their government, after the crimes of the Nixon Government ( the internal, political espionage of the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War ) were exposed.

The 1985 film adaptation echoed the form by incorporating into the script some of the novel's letters, which the actors spoke as monologues.

Among the commercial successes for German films of the 1980s were the Otto film series beginning in 1985 starring comedian Otto Waalkes, Wolfgang Petersen's adaptation of The NeverEnding Story ( 1984 ), and the internationally successful Das Boot ( 1981 ), which still holds the record for most Academy Award nominations for a German film ( six ).

In 1985, Frankenheimer directed an adaptation of the Robert Ludlum bestseller The Holcroft Covenant, starring Michael Caine.

Robotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985.

Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991, her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and as Wendy Torrance in Stephen King's 1997 television adaptation of The Shining.

Pertwee also voiced the character of " Spotty " in the 1980s cartoon series SuperTed and in 1985 he starred in Do You Know The Milkyway ?, a television adaptation of Karl Wittlinger's stage play in which he played Dr. Neuross and another nine characters.

Red Sonja received her own comic book title and eventually a series of novels by David C. Smith and Richard L. Tierney, as well as Richard Fleischer's unsuccessful film adaptation in 1985.

In 1985 a major screen adaptation of the play appeared: Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Mabou Mines presented the world premiere of a theatrical adaptation of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said at the Boston Shakespeare Theatre from June 18 – 30, 1985.

In the 1985 film adaptation of the board game Clue, the character of Miss Scarlet cites Perry Mason to highlight Wadsworth's ( played by Tim Curry ) crime-solving capabilities.

The duo would use characters similar to Richie and Eddie in The Young Ones ( Rick and Vyvyan, 1982 – 1984 ); The Dangerous Brothers ( Richard Dangerous and Sir Adrian Dangerous, 1985 ); Filthy, Rich and Catflap ( Richie Rich and Eddie Catflap, 1987 ); Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door ( names not mentioned, 1988 ); and finally in their adaptation of Waiting for Godot ( 1991 ).

In 1985 he played the Mad Hatter in the Anglia Television serial adaptation of Alice In Wonderland, joining an all-star cast that included Michael Bentine, Leslie Crowther and Leonard Rossiter, and he also had an uncredited role ( as an arcade attendant ) in the Julien Temple film musical Absolute Beginners ( 1986 ) which stars Patsy Kensit.

Some famous residents of Sebastopol include: The horticulturist Luther Burbank who established an Gold Ridge Environmental Farm in the township in the late 19th century ; Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues pioneer ; Willard Libby, inventor of carbon dating went to Analy High School ; the cartoonist Charles Schulz ; rapper Smoov-E ; actress Karen Valentine of the television show Room 222 ; actress Schuyler Grant of the 1985 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables ; and the musicians Les Claypool of Primus, singer / songwriters Nick Gravenites, and both Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead ; novelist Francine Rivers ; actor Peter Krause.

McKean quickly became a recognizable name in film and television, with appearances in films such as Used Cars ( 1980 ), Clue ( 1985 ), Planes, Trains and Automobiles ( 1987 ), Earth Girls Are Easy ( 1988 ), the film adaptation of Memoirs of an Invisible Man ( 1992 ), Coneheads ( 1993 ), and Radioland Murders ( 1994 ).

Merchant-Ivory produced an award-winning film adaptation in 1985.

Merchant-Ivory produced an award-winning film adaptation in 1985 directed by James Ivory and starring Maggie Smith as " Charlotte Bartlett ", Helena Bonham Carter as " Lucy Honeychurch ", Judi Dench as " Eleanor Lavish ", Denholm Elliott as " Mr. Emerson ", Julian Sands as " George Emerson ," Daniel Day-Lewis as " Cecil Vyse " and Simon Callow as " The Reverend Mr. Beebe ".

* At the start of Divine Comedy's " Death of a Supernaturalist " ( on " Liberation ") is a sample of film dialogue taken from the 1985 Merchant Ivory adaptation ; featuring Julian Sands and Daniel Day-Lewis ( George Emerson and Cecil Vyse respectively ).

Suchet appeared as Inspector Japp in the 1985 film adaptation of Lord Edgware Dies, screen-name Thirteen at Dinner, with Peter Ustinov portraying Poirot.

Drake also starred as Smallweed in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House ( 1985 ), and Filipina Dreamgirls, a TV film for the BBC.

Four more songs from the album Dead Man's Party were used in soundtracks: " No One Lives Forever " was featured in Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, " Stay " ( in the Boingo Alive version ) was used as the theme music for the Brazilian soap opera Top Model, " Same Man I Was Before " was used in My Best Friend Is a Vampire and " Just Another Day " opened the 1985 film adaptation of S. E. Hinton's That Was Then, This Is Now.

In 1985, Timbiriche participated in the musical Vaselina ( Spanish adaptation of the American musical Grease ).

In 1985, German radio channel Sender Freies Berlin broadcast a heavily edited seventy-six minute two-part adaptation of the octology adapted by Rolf Schneider, under the title Shakespeare's Rosenkriege.

In 1985, German radio channel Sender Freies Berlin broadcast a heavily edited seventy-six minute two-part adaptation of the octology adapted by Rolf Schneider, under the title Shakespeare's Rosenkriege.