I Married a Centerfold

Last updated
I Married a Centerfold
I Married a Centerfold.jpg
GenreComedy
Written by Victoria Hochberg
Directed by Peter Werner
Starring Teri Copley
Tim Daly
Diane Ladd
Theme music composer Mark Snow
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Frank von Zerneck
Producer Robert M. Sertner
Cinematography Isidore Mankofsky
Editors Robert Florio
Gregory Prange
Running time111 min.
Production company Moonlight Productions
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseNovember 11, 1984 (1984-11-11)

I Married a Centerfold is a 1984 American made-for-television comedy film starring Teri Copley and Tim Daly. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

An engineer falls in love with a centerfold model he sees on television and sets out to win a bet with his friends that he will marry her.

Cast

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Teri Hatcher</span> American actress (born 1964)

Teri Lynn Hatcher is an American actress best known for her portrayals of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997). She also played Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in Coraline (2009) and Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Robbins</span> American actor (born 1958)

Timothy Francis Robbins is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Jacob Singer in Jacob's Ladder (1990), as well as winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for his role in Mystic River (2003) and another Golden Globe for The Player (1992).

<i>Playboy</i> Playmate Female model featured in a centerfold of Playboy magazine

A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate of the Year receives an additional prize of US$100,000 plus a car and other discretionary gifts. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. The use of the word "Playmate" in a sexual sense did not originate with Playboy, and was seen at least as early as 1950 in Vue magazine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Teri Garr</span> American actress (1944–2024)

Terry Ann Garr, known as Teri Garr, was an American actress. Known for her comedic roles in film and television, she received nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award.

<i>We Got It Made</i> 1983 American TV series or program

We Got It Made is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 8, 1983, to March 10, 1984, and in first-run syndication from September 11, 1987, to March 30, 1988. It starred Teri Copley as a woman who works as a maid for two bachelors in New York City, played by Tom Villard and Matt McCoy, who was replaced by John Hillner for the syndicated version. The series was created by Gordon Farr and Lynne Farr Brao. The executive producer was Fred Silverman.

Teri Copley is an American actress and model. She is known for her role on the American NBC/syndicated television series We Got It Made, which premiered in 1983, co-starred on the 1985 CBS television series I Had Three Wives, and appeared as a panelist in the 1989 pilot for Match Game 90. She appeared in the 1984 television film I Married a Centerfold and the 1992 film Brain Donors. She posed nude and was the cover girl for Playboy for the November 1990 issue. In the 1990s Copley became a born-again Christian and left Hollywood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Daly</span> American actor (born 1956)

James Timothy Daly is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos. He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama Private Practice from 2007 to 2012. He is also known for his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Animated Series and several animated Superman movies. From 2014 until 2019, he portrayed Henry McCord, husband of the Secretary of State, on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary, starring Téa Leoni.

Teri Hope was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Don Bronstein and Mike Shea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Copley</span> British actor and voice over artist

Paul Mackriell Copley is an English actor and voice over artist. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason, father of William Mason, in 16 episodes of Downton Abbey, and from 2020 to 2021, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Arthur Medwin.

<i>Wedding Daze</i> (2004 film) 2006 American television film

Wedding Daze is a 2004 comedy television film starring John Larroquette, Karen Valentine, Marina Black, Kelly Overton, Jaime Ray Newman, Sebastian Tillinger, James Waterson, Justin Baldoni and French Stewart. It aired on the Hallmark Channel on September 6, 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Werner</span> American film and television director (1947–2023)

Peter H. Werner was an American film and television director. His 1976 film, In the Region of Ice, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

I Had Three Wives is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from August 14 to September 11, 1985. The series' lead was Victor Garber in his first starring role on television.

References

  1. Jason Ankeny (2007). "I Married A Centerfold". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2007-11-21.