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Benjamin Salisbury is an American actor. He was born in 1980 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is best known for his role as 'Brighton Sheffield' in over 140 episodes of the 1990's television comedy series 'The Nanny'.
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Richard Long was an actor. He was born in 1927 at Chicago and died in 1974. He went into films fresh out of high school, making his debut in the role of Claudette Colbert's son in Tomorrow Is Forever in 1946. He played juvenile supporting roles in a number of other A productions, then matured into leads in second features. In addition to appearing in films, he was featured regularly in such TV series as 'Maverick,' 'Bourbon Street Beat', '77 Sunset Strip','The Big Valley', and 'Nanny and the Professor'. Widowed from Suzan Ball in 1955, he married Mara Corday in 1957. He died of a heart ailment at 47.
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Kelly MacDonald is an award winning Scottish actress. She was born in 1976 at Glasgow. She made her film debut in the 1996 'Trainspotting' playing 'Diane' (a role for which she was nominated for the Scottish BAFTA award in 1997 for best actress in a film), before going on to play an acclaimed supporting role in the 2001 film 'Gosford Park' and Evangeline in the 2005 film 'Nanny McPhee'. She also works on the stage.
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Addams Family Values is a comedy based on characters created by Charles Addams and starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane, Jimmy Workman and Carel Struycken in a story about a ghoulish family who hire a nanny to care for their new born baby, only for the nanny to make advances upon the couple's brother. Addams Family Values was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld in 1993.
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Mary Poppins is a Disney musical comedy staring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber in a story about a London banker who looks for a no-nonsense nanny to look after his two naughty and unhappy children. But who hires Mary Poppins instead. Mary Poppins was directed by Robert Stevenson in 1964.
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Mrs Doubtfire is a comedy drama starring Robin Williams, Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan in the story of a voice-over artist whose wife leaves him taking the children, and his efforts to see his children by disguising himself as a nanny and working for his ex-wife. Mrs Doubtfire was directed by Chris Columbus in 1993.
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Mr Nanny is a comedy starring Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley and Austin Pendleton in a story about a former wrestler who takes a job as a bodyguard to an inventor's unruly children. Mr Nanny was directed by Michael Gottlieb in 1992.
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My Brother The Pig is a comedy starring Nick Fuoco, Scarlett Johansson, Judge Reinhold, Romy Windsor and Eva Mendes in a story about a teenager and her nanny trying to reverse the spell which has turned her annoying little brother into a pig. My Brother The Pig was directed by Erik Fleming in 1999.
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The Haunting of Helen Walker is a period drama starring Valerie Bertinelli and Diana Rigg in a story about a governess discovering that the children in her charge are haunted by ghosts of their nanny and valet.
The Haunting of Helen Walker was directed by Tom McLoughlin in 1995.
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The Nanny is a thriller starring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig and Jill Bennett in a story about a ten-year old boy discharged from a home after being blamed for the drowning of his sister two years previously, and his subsequent efforts to convince people that his nanny murdered her. The Nanny was directed by Seth Holt in 1965.
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