Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on...

appeared in films such as Where's Poppa? (1970), The Hot Rock (1972), Norma Rae (1979), and Zorro, The Gay Blade (1982). Later in his career, he became...

American union organizer and advocate who gained fame in 1979 when the film Norma Rae was released, based on events related to her being fired from her job...

(1978), and Hooper (1978). She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Norma Rae (1979), and Places in the Heart (1984). Other notable roles include in...

Valkyrae RaE, the historic notation of Bismuth-210 isotope Norma Rae, 1979 American film The Rock-afire Explosion, an animatronic robot band Rae (album)...

received various accolades, including two Academy Award for Best Actress for Norma Rae (1979), and Places in the Heart (1984). She also received three Emmy Awards...

during the 1980s, receiving the Academy Award for Best Actress for both Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), and she appeared in Smokey and...

(1990) and Visitor #1 in Inland Empire (2006). Other film roles include Norma Rae (1979), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Nickel Mountain (1984), The...

(1970), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), Greased Lightning (1977), Norma Rae (1979), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983), and The...

Drowning Pool (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), Norma Rae (1979), and Protocol (1984), and appeared regularly on various network...

Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. The song lost to "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae, a win that some critics denounced. The song's name has been used by a...

for Best British Film. Two of his subsequent films, Sounder (1972) and Norma Rae (1979), were both nominated for Best Picture Oscars. Ritt directed many...

(1976) Norma Watson, a character in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, played by Janet Leigh Norma Rae Webster, heroine of the film Norma Rae (1979) Norma, a...

Actress for Meryl Streep. Sally Field received Best Actress honors for Norma Rae, and Melvyn Douglas won Best Supporting Actor for Being There. The telecast...

nomination which could honor their work in more than one film. Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer were both nominated for two different roles in the same category...

Frank McRae (March 18, 1941 – April 29, 2021) was an American film and television actor and a professional football player. McRae was born in Memphis...

inactivity on three occasions, hiring them to write the screenplays for Norma Rae (1979), Murphy's Romance (1985) and Stanley & Iris (1990). The last was...

series as Chinatown, RoboCop, The Gun, Geronimo: An American Legend, Norma Rae, Cannon and Gunsmoke. Run, Angel, Run! (1969) - Pappy Tell Them Willie...

film Nashville (1975) and as the mother of Sally Field's character in Norma Rae (1979). Baxley was a close friend of musician Dave Brubeck and his wife;...

widely known for portraying the father of Sally Field's title character Norma Rae (1979). He also played manager Colonel Tom Parker in John Carpenter's...

Sutton (1940–2009), American union organizer and inspiration for the film Norma Rae, died of a malignant meningioma. Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), American...

accepted her second Academy Award for Best Actress (the first was for Norma Rae), she uttered the memorable (and much-mocked) line "I can't deny the fact...

York (1975); Greased Lightning (1977); The Boys in Company C (1978); Norma Rae (1979); Brubaker (1980); The Howling (1981); La Bamba (1987); Good Morning...

nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: 1970's Airport, 1979's Norma Rae and JFK in 1991. "Here's an actor with a heart" at the Toronto Star (14...

Marilyn Monroe (/ˈmærəlɪn mənˈroʊ/ MARR-ə-lin mən-ROH; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known...

Award for Best Song in 1979 for his and Norman Gimbel's theme song for Norma Rae, "It Goes Like It Goes." He was also nominated the same year in the same...

David Shire and Norman Gimbel. Jennifer Warnes sang the vocals for the Norma Rae soundtrack in 1979. "It Goes Like It Goes" won an Academy Award for Best...

The Sugarland Express (1974). Walcott played a sheriff in the 1979 film Norma Rae, and appeared in the film Tilt the same year. He made a cameo appearance...

The Birds (1963), The Cowboys (1972), Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), Norma Rae (1979), 52 Pick-Up (1986) and Reindeer Games (2000). Chapman debuted as...

(Shadow Hours) and Venice (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) Film Festivals. Norma Rae, Clayton’s first feature, was named in 2011 to The Library of Congress...