Dorothy Tristan

Known for Acting

5/9/1934

Yorkville Heights, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Dorothy Tristan (May 9, 1934 - January 8, 2023) was an American actress and screenwriter.

Known For (20 credits)

6.3

Movie

The Looking Glass

2015

Troubled 13-year-old Julie loses her mother and must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother Karen. A former star of stage and screen, Karen has the early stages of Alzheimer's and wants to pass on all she knows to her granddaughter before it's too late. Will their troubled relationship allow this to happen?

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

6.0

Movie

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

2012

In the summer of 1968, a group of people assembled in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They were making a film of John Barth's 1958 novel The End of the Road.

5.9

Movie

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986

Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

4.6

Movie

California Dreaming

1979

Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.

5.9

Movie

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

1977

On the run and presumed dead by the authorities, David Banner, using the name 'Benton', continues in his efforts to find a cure. He accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl so her unscrupulous relatives can inherit the family fortune.

7.2

The Incredible Hulk

1977

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.

6.0

Movie

Rollercoaster

1977

A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.

6.2

Movie

Swashbuckler

1976

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

5.3

Movie

Griffin and Phoenix

1976

Griffin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quietly facing his death, he decides to have fun in the time remaining. At a college class on death, he meets Phoenix, who has terminal leukemia.

9.0

Movie

Fear on Trial

1975

The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the resultant trial, and Faulk's victory, helped to put an end to the blacklisting period.

6.0

Movie

Journey from Darkness

1975

A brilliant blind student fights a seemingly hopeless battle to gain acceptance into medical school.

5.5

Movie

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

1975

Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.