Biopics: biopics.csv
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Link | rowid | title | site | country | year_release | box_office | director | number_of_subjects | subject | type_of_subject | race_known | subject_race | person_of_color | subject_sex ▼ | lead_actor_actress |
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16 | 16 | A Home of Our Own | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107130/ | US | 1993 | $1.7M | Tony Bill | 1 | Frances Lacey | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Kathy Bates | |
27 | 27 | Against the Ropes | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312329/ | US | 2004 | $5.88M | Charles S. Dutton | 1 | Jackie Kallen | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | Meg Ryan | |
41 | 41 | An American Crime | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ | US | 2007 | - | Tommy O'Haver | 2 | Gertrude Baniszewski | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Female | Catherine Keener |
42 | 42 | An American Crime | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ | US | 2007 | - | Tommy O'Haver | 2 | Sylvia Likens | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Ellen Page | |
44 | 44 | Anastasia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/ | US | 1956 | - | Anatole Litvak | 1 | Anna Anderson / Anastasia | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
45 | 45 | Anna and the King of Siam | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038303/ | US | 1946 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Irene Dunne |
46 | 46 | Annie Get Your Gun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042200/ | US | 1950 | $8M | George Sidney | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Betty Hutton |
47 | 47 | Annie Oakley | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026073/ | US | 1935 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Barbara Stanwyck |
78 | 78 | Blossoms in the Dust | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033407/ | US | 1941 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Edna Gladney | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Greer Garson | |
84 | 84 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Bonnie Parker | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Faye Dunaway | |
103 | 103 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Etta James | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Beyonc̩ Knowles |
134 | 134 | Ciao Manhattan | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068379/ | US | 1972 | - | John Palmer, David Weisman | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Edie Sedgwick |
136 | 136 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Claudette Colbert |
138 | 138 | Coal Miner's Daughter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/ | US | 1980 | $79.9M | Michael Apted | 1 | Loretta Lynn | Singer | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Female | Sissy Spacek |
145 | 145 | Conviction | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244754/ | US | 2010 | $6.78M | Tony Goldwyn | 1 | Betty Anne Waters | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Hilary Swank | |
150 | 150 | Cross Creek | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085380/ | US | 1983 | $200K | Martin Ritt | 1 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Mary Steenburgen | |
157 | 157 | Dangerous Beauty | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/ | US | 1998 | $4.53M | Marshall Herskovitz | 1 | Veronica Franco | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Catherine McCormack |
158 | 158 | Dangerous Minds | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112792/ | US | 1995 | $84.9M | John N. Smith | 1 | Louanne Johnson | Teacher | Known | White | 0 | Female | Michelle Pfeiffer |
163 | 163 | D̩sir̩e | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | D̩sir̩e Clary | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons |
168 | 168 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
169 | 169 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Emily Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ida Lupino |
170 | 170 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Anne Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nancy Coleman |
190 | 190 | Erin Brockovich | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/ | US | 2000 | $126M | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Erin Brockovich | Activist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Julia Roberts | |
196 | 196 | Evita | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116250/ | US | 1996 | $50M | Alan Parker | 1 | Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron | Actress / activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Female | Madonna |
198 | 198 | Factory Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432402/ | US | 2006 | $1.65M | George Hickenlooper | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Sienna Miller |
199 | 199 | Fair Game | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977855/ | US | 2010 | $9.53M | Doug Liman | 1 | Valerie Plame | Government | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
210 | 210 | Frances | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083967/ | US | 1982 | $5M | Graeme Clifford | 1 | Frances Farmer | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jessica Lange |
215 | 215 | Freedom Writers | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/ | US | 2007 | $36.6M | Richard LaGravenese | 1 | Erin Gruwell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Hilary Swank |
219 | 219 | Funny Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062994/ | US | 1968 | $223K | William Wyler | 1 | Fanny Brice | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Barbra Streisand |
220 | 220 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422295/ | US | 2006 | $221K | Steven Shainberg | 1 | Diane Arbus | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nicole Kidman |
227 | 227 | Girl, Interrupted | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/ | US | 1999 | $28.9M | James Mangold | 1 | Susanna Kaysen | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Winona Ryder | |
234 | 234 | Gorillas in the Mist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/ | US | 1988 | $24.7M | Michael Apted | 1 | Dian Fossey | Academic | Unknown | 0 | Female | Sigourney Weaver | |
237 | 237 | Gracie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441007/ | US | 2007 | $2.96M | Davis Guggenheim | 1 | Elisabeth Shue | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Carly Schroeder |
241 | 241 | Gypsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Gypsy Rose Lee | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natalie Wood |
242 | 242 | Gypsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Rose Thompson Hovick | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
244 | 244 | Harlow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059252/ | US | 1965 | - | Gordon Douglas | 1 | Jean Harlow | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Carroll Baker |
245 | 245 | Heart Like a Wheel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085656/ | US | 1983 | - | Jonathan Kaplan | 1 | Shirley Muldowney | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bonnie Bedelia |
246 | 246 | Heaven & Earth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107096/ | US | 1993 | $5.86M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Le Ly Hayslip | Other | Known | Asian American | 1 | Female | Hiep Thi Le |
249 | 249 | Henry & June | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099762/ | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | AnaÌøs Nin | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Maria de Medeiros |
250 | 250 | Henry & June | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099762/ | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | June Miller | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Uma Thurman |
271 | 271 | I Want to Live! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051758/ | US | 1958 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Barbara Graham | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward | |
272 | 272 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048191/ | US | 1955 | - | Daniel Mann | 1 | Lillian Roth | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward |
280 | 280 | In Love and War | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116621/ | US | 1996 | $14.5M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Agnes von Kurowsky | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Sandra Bullock |
284 | 284 | Interrupted Melody | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048210/ | US | 1955 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | Marjorie Lawrence | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Eleanor Parker |
307 | 307 | Joan of Arc | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040491/ | US | 1948 | - | Victor Fleming | 1 | Joan of Arc | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
311 | 311 | Julie & Julia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ | US | 2009 | $94.1M | Nora Ephron | 2 | Julia Child | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Meryl Streep | |
312 | 312 | Julie & Julia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ | US | 2009 | $94.1M | Nora Ephron | 2 | Julia Powell | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Amy Adams | |
328 | 328 | Lady Sings the Blues | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068828/ | US | 1972 | $9.6M | Sidney J. Furie | 1 | Billie Holiday | Musician | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Diana Ross |
343 | 343 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048316/ | US | 1955 | - | Henry King | 1 | Han Suyin | Other | Known | Eurasian | 1 | Female | Jennifer Jones |
345 | 345 | Love Me or Leave Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048317/ | US | 1955 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Ruth Etting | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Female | Doris Day | |
346 | 346 | Lovelace | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426329/ | US | 2013 | $355K | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | 1 | Linda Lovelace | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Amanda Seyfried |
355 | 355 | Madame Curie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036126/ | US | 1943 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Marie Curie | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Female | Greer Garson |
362 | 362 | Marie Antoinette | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030418/ | US | 1938 | - | W.S. Van Dyke | 1 | Marie Antoinette | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Norma Shearer |
363 | 363 | Marie Antoinette | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/ | US | 2006 | $16M | Sofia Coppola | 1 | Marie Antoinette | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Kirsten Dunst |
364 | 364 | Mary of Scotland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027948/ | US | 1936 | - | John Ford | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Katharine Hepburn |
376 | 376 | Million Dollar Mermaid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044903/ | US | 1952 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Annette Kellerman | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Esther Williams |
380 | 380 | Mockingbird Don't Sing | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273822/ | US | 2001 | - | Harry Bromley Davenport | 1 | Genie (pseudonym) | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Tarra Steele | |
382 | 382 | Mommie Dearest | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082766/ | US | 1981 | - | Frank Perry | 1 | Joan Crawford | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Faye Dunaway |
385 | 385 | Monster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/ | US | 2003 | $34.5M | Patty Jenkins | 1 | Aileen Wuornos | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Charlize Theron | |
415 | 415 | One Night with the King | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430431/ | US | 2006 | $13.4M | Michael O. Sajbel | 1 | Hadassah (Esther) | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Female | Tiffany Dupont |
416 | 416 | Open Water | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Eileen Lonergan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Blanchard Ryan | |
418 | 418 | Out of Africa | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089755/ | US | 1985 | $87.1M | Sydney Pollack | 1 | Karen Blixen | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Meryl Streep |
427 | 427 | Persepolis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/ | US | 2007 | $4.44M | Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | 1 | Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi | Activist | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Chiara Mastroianni |
440 | 440 | Queen Christina | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024481/ | US | 1933 | - | Rouben Mamoulian | 1 | Christina, queen of Sweden | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Greta Garbo |
442 | 442 | Quo Vadis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ | US | 1951 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Lygia | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Deborah Kerr |
462 | 462 | Riding in Cars with Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200027/ | US | 2001 | $29.8M | Penny Marshall | 1 | Beverly Donofrio | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Drew Barrymore | |
470 | 470 | Saint Joan | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050928/ | US | 1957 | - | Otto Preminger | 1 | Joan of Arc | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Seberg |
479 | 479 | Selena | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120094/ | US | 1997 | $35.4M | Gregory Nava | 1 | Selena Quintanilla-Perez | Singer | Known | Hispanic (Latina) | 1 | Female | Jennifer Lopez |
491 | 491 | Silkwood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/ | US | 1983 | $35.6M | Mike Nichols | 1 | Karen Silkwood | Activist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Meryl Streep | |
492 | 492 | Sister Kenny | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038948/ | US | 1946 | - | Dudley Nichols | 1 | Elizabeth Kenny | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
497 | 497 | Soul Surfer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596346/ | US | 2011 | $43.9M | Sean McNamara | 1 | Bethany Hamilton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | AnnaSophia Robb | |
502 | 502 | Star 80 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086355/ | US | 1983 | $6.5M | Bob Fosse | 1 | Dorothy Stratten | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Mariel Hemingway |
503 | 503 | Star! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063642/ | US | 1968 | $4M | Robert Wise | 1 | Gertrude Lawrence | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Julie Andrews |
513 | 513 | Surviving Picasso | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117791/ | US | 1996 | $1.99M | James Ivory | 1 | Francoise Gilot | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natascha McElhone |
514 | 514 | Sweet Dreams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090110/ | US | 1985 | - | Karel Reisz | 1 | Patsy Cline | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jessica Lange |
525 | 525 | The Actress | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045471/ | US | 1953 | - | George Cukor | 1 | Ruth Gordon Jones | Actress | Unknown | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons | |
539 | 539 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024865/ | US | 1934 | - | Sidney Franklin | 2 | Elizabeth Barrett | Author (poet) | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Norma Shearer |
548 | 548 | The Brittany Murphy Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3957278/ | US | 2014 | - | Joe Menendez | 1 | Brittany Murphy | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Amanda Fuller |
555 | 555 | The Countess | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496634/ | US | 2009 | - | Julie Delpy | 1 | ErzsÌ©bet BÌÁthory | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Julie Delpy |
560 | 560 | The Diary of Anne Frank | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052738/ | US | 1959 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Anne Frank | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Millie Perkins |
567 | 567 | The Entity | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082334/ | US | 1982 | - | Sidney J. Furie | 1 | Doris Bither | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Barbara Hershey | |
579 | 579 | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048119/ | US | 1955 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Evelyn Nesbit (Thaw) | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Joan Collins |
590 | 590 | The Happy Hooker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073091/ | US | 1975 | - | Nicholas Sgarro | 1 | Xaviera Hollander | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Lynn Redgrave |
597 | 597 | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051776/ | US | 1958 | - | Mark Robson | 1 | Gladys Aylward | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
604 | 604 | The King and I | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/ | US | 1956 | - | Walter Lang | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Deborah Kerr |
622 | 622 | The Longshots | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091751/ | US | 2008 | $11.5M | Fred Durst | 1 | Jasmine Plummer | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Keke Palmer |
630 | 630 | The Miracle Worker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ | US | 1962 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Helen Keller | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Patty Duke |
631 | 631 | The Miracle Worker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ | US | 1962 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Annie Sullivan | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Anne Bancroft |
636 | 636 | The Notorious Bettie Page | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404802/ | US | 2005 | $1.41M | Mary Harron | 1 | Bettie Page | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Gretchen Mol |
640 | 640 | The Other Side of the Mountain | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073496/ | US | 1975 | - | Larry Peerce | 1 | Jill Kinmont | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | Marilyn Hassett | |
642 | 642 | The Perils of Pauline | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/ | US | 1947 | - | George Marshall | 1 | Pearl White | Actress | Unknown | 0 | Female | Betty Hutton | |
651 | 651 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031826/ | US | 1939 | - | Michael Curtiz | 2 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bette Davis |
653 | 653 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406158/ | US | 2005 | $626K | Jane Anderson | 1 | Evelyn Ryan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Julianne Moore | |
659 | 659 | The Runaways | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/ | US | 2010 | $3.57M | Floria Sigismondi | 2 | Joan Jett | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Kristen Stewart |
660 | 660 | The Runaways | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/ | US | 2010 | $3.57M | Floria Sigismondi | 2 | Cherie Currie | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Female | Dakota Fanning | |
663 | 663 | The Singing Nun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060983/ | US | 1966 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | Jeanne Deckers | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
667 | 667 | The Song of Bernadette | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036377/ | US | 1943 | - | Henry King | 1 | Saint Bernadette Soubirous | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jennifer Jones |
670 | 670 | The Sound of Music | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/ | US | 1965 | $163M | Robert Wise | 1 | Maria von Trapp | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Julie Andrews |
674 | 674 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031983/ | US | 1939 | $1.12M | H.C. Potter | 2 | Irene Castle | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Ginger Rogers | |
683 | 683 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058708/ | US | 1964 | - | Charles Walters | 1 | Molly Brown | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
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CREATE TABLE "biopics/biopics" ( "title" TEXT, "site" TEXT, "country" TEXT, "year_release" INTEGER, "box_office" TEXT, "director" TEXT, "number_of_subjects" INTEGER, "subject" TEXT, "type_of_subject" TEXT, "race_known" TEXT, "subject_race" TEXT, "person_of_color" INTEGER, "subject_sex" TEXT, "lead_actor_actress" TEXT );