Rae Dawn Chong
Birthday: 1961-02-28
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Biography: Rae Dawn Chong, a Canadian-American actress, has graced screens for decades. Born in Edmonton in 1961, the daughter of comedian Tommy Chong, her heritage reflects a rich mix of African-American, Native American, Asian, and Scottish-Irish ancestry. After her debut in the 1978 film "Stony Island," Chong's breakthrough came in 1981 with "Quest for Fire," which earned her a prestigious Genie Award for Best Actress. Throughout the 80s, she thrived with diverse roles in films like "Beat Street," "The Color Purple," "Commando," and "Soul Man," showcasing her versatility across comedies, dramas, and thrillers. Continuing to act in the 90s and beyond, Chong has also been a philanthropist, supporting charities and even discovering a future star (Chris Pratt) during his early days as a waiter. With her impactful performances, Rae Dawn Chong remains a remarkable figure in the entertainment industry.
Movies
The Color Purple
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...
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The Principal
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latime...
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Commando
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs ...
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him....
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Soul Man
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes...
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Crying Freeman
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, i...
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Hideaway
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a ...
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The Borrower
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body...
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Choose Me
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and ...
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American Flyers
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fa...
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Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
Sports reporter Max Havoc, a former kickboxer, travels to Seattle. There he encounters orphans who a...
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Quest for Fire
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventu...
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Constellation
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they...
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Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwest...
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Beat Street
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business...
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Time Runner
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after att...
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Deadly Skies
When scientist Dr Madison Taylor discovers an asteroid the size of Texas is heading for Earth, she s...
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Fear City
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and...
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Dangerous Attraction
A successful ad agency woman finds herself in a dangerous power struggle, back-dropped by murder, wh...
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Goodbye America
It is November 1992 and the US Navy is preparing to surrender its largest overseas facility at Subic...
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Boulevard
A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading...
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his desti...
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Valentine's Day
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assi...
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Running Out of Luck
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number ...
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When the Party's Over
Three women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in Los Angeles; try to find love and happiness...
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The Squeeze
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of televi...
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Mask of Death
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rac...
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The Mistress
Newlyweds Parker and Madeline move into their dream home. As they settle in, they discover a box of ...
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Amazon
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bus...
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Denial
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they ...
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Boca
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with th...
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Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand ...
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condi...
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We Are Gathered Here Today
The patriarch of the family enters the hospital with COVID-19 and because of hospital protocols his ...
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Things I Forgot to Remember
A bittersweet comedy in Spanish and English about a Cuban family that migrates to the United States....
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Curiosity Kills
An apartment block janitor stumbles upon a deadly secret after one of the residents seemingly commit...
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Highball
A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting ...
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Power of Attorney
Mafia don Joseph Scassi is a man willing to use all of his vast resources to defend himself against ...
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The Break
A washed-up tennis pro begins coaching a hopeful teen, Joel Robbins, whose overbearing father wants ...
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Starlight
Adrianna (Chong) is a beautiful alien woman who has come to Earth in search of a half alien man (Wir...
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Casey at the Bat
Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the bigges...
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City Limits
A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they un...
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Knock 'em Dead
Three rival actresses and their crew, desperate and hating each other, reunite for a horror movie se...
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The Top of the Hill
Michael Stone is a rising company executive who decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill ...
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution....
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Scared to Death
A group of filmmakers attend a séance at an abandoned children's orphanage in order to do research f...
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Chaindance
As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny Reyno...
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Alibi
Laid up after an accident on the slopes, ski champ Marti Gerrard receives a wrong-number phone call ...
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Shiver
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage ki...
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Small Time
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to ...
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Badge of the Assassin
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation...
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Stony Island
Richie Bloom, the only white kid on the block, forms an R&B band with his best friend, Kevin. With t...
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Five Minutes
A progressive elementary school's "parenting class" takes an unexpected dramatic turn....
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The Visit
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his ...
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Reborn
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro...
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i...
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Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
A detailed look into the making of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie....
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The Sleeping Negro
Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, aliena...
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For Hope
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped....
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The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city ...
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Zabagabee
Long-form Barnes and Barnes piece featuring a handful of music videos, sketches, and assorted weirdn...
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Moodswing Whiskey
Leo, a husband, father and businessman, confronts the brutal realities of capitalism as he fights to...
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FEEL
This avant-garde film is a stained glass window of emotion. 28 different people's feelings are woven...
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The Raven
In a 1940’s dark and eerie setting, the story delves into Guy's descent into madness mere hours afte...
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Greasy Rider
Filmmakers Joey Carey and J.J. Beck pack up their vegetable oil-powered 1981 Mercedes-Benz and set o...
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Relapse
Mackenzie, a viral music sensation, soared to fame with her chart-topping Bowie cover, securing a ma...
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