Word: matriarch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MARIO PUZO'S THE FORTUNATE PILGRIM (NBC, beginning April 3, 9 p.m. EST). In a mini-series spanning nearly 30 years, Sophia Loren plays the stalwart matriarch of an Italian-immigrant family in pursuit of the American dream...
Martha Moore successfully draws the audience into Amanda's twisted sense of old-fashioned reality. Moore combines just the right amount of strength and vulnerability to make Amanda the pitiable matriarch Williams' script intends her to be. Although Jim, played by Anthony Hatch, only appears in the second half of the show, he plays well the role of Amanda's ideal match for Laura...
Five of the hijackers, who were led by two brothers and their mother, died in the assault and subsequent fire aboard the jetliner on Tuesday, as did three passengers and a stewardess, Tass said. Two of the sky pirates committed suicide and the matriarch, once honored as a Hero Mother of the Soviet Union, was shot dead by family members, the official news agency said...
...best of the bunch are the old people. As Mama, Chungjoon Lee struts across the stage as a matriarch, conversing cutely with her family. And Sagara's ingenious accent and ability to dotter make the character of the grumpy old Chinatown boss. Chen in the silent role of China Mama manages to make her presence felt at the play's tensest moments...
...down, the awkward ceremony survived. Loaded like a German fruitcake, you smiled wide as a freeway, wobbled under tulips, chocolates, a witty card, wished her all the happiness in the world and told all the old stories. Wasn't it fun? Wasn't she pleased, the ancient matriarch who, in a time so distant that it seems made up, slid you out soaked, milky, blind into the sheets? On her designated "day," that same panting, sweating girl sat dry as a museum bone, a china plate receiving alms...