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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, 1988 American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson as her TV horror hostess character Elvira, who inherits a New England estate and battles her warlock uncle Vincent; NBC Productions' first feature, released 30 September 1988.

Elvira's Movie Macabre

Elvira's Movie Macabre, also called Movie Macabre, is a KHJ-TV horror-host series premiered September 26, 1981, in which Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, introduces low-budget horror films with campy commentary; about 272 episodes, canceled 1986, later syndicated and revived circa 2010 and on Hulu in 2014.

Elvis (1968 TV program)

Elvis, the 1968 NBC television special also called Singer Presents...Elvis or the '68 Comeback Special, was directed by Steve Binder, taped in Burbank in June 1968, drew a 42 percent audience, and relaunched Elvis Presley's live performing career.

Elvis (1979 film)

Elvis (1979) is John Carpenter's ABC made-for-television biopic starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, premiered 11 February 1979, with vocals dubbed by Ronnie McDowell, three Emmy nominations, and later theatrical releases abroad.

Elvis (2022 film)

Elvis is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann that traces Elvis Presley's life, starring Austin Butler as Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker.

Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon is a 2016 historical comedy directed by Liza Johnson, starring Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, dramatizing their real December 21, 1970 Oval Office meeting behind the National Archives' most requested photograph.

Elvis Presley on film and television

Elvis Presley's screen career: 31 feature films 1956-1969, the Colonel Parker film deals, the 1960s musical formula, the 1968 Comeback Special, and Aloha from Hawaii seen by up to 1.5 billion viewers.

Elya Baskin

Elya Baskin (Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin, Илья Залманович Баскин; born 1950, Riga) is a Soviet Latvia-born American character actor known for Moscow on the Hudson, Air Force One, The Name of the Rose, and as Mr. Ditkovich in Spider-Man 2 and 3, after emigrating from the USSR in 1976.

Elyas M'Barek

Elyas M'Barek, German-Austrian actor born 1982 in Munich, star of Türkisch für Anfänger and the Fack Ju Göhte trilogy as Zeki Müller; also Paddington's German voice and a producer.

Elyes Gabel

Elyes Gabel (Elyes Cherif Gabel) is a British actor born 1983 in Westminster, London, known for Guppy Sandhu in Casualty, Rakharo in Game of Thrones, and Walter O'Brien in Scorpion; he founded Roughened Verse Entertainment in 2024.

Elyse Knox

Elyse Knox (born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath, 1917-2012), American actress and model, star of The Mummy's Tomb (1942); wife of Heisman winner Tom Harmon and mother of Mark Harmon; nearly 40 films, retired 1949.

Elysium (film)

Elysium is a 2013 science fiction action film written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, his second feature after District 9, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.

Emakku Thozhil Romance

Emakku Thozhil Romance (எமக்கு தொழில் ரொமான்ஸ்) is a 2024 Tamil romantic comedy directed by Balaji Kesavan, starring Ashok Selvan as assistant director Umashankar and Avantika Mishra as nurse Leo, released 22 November 2024.

Eman Esfandi

Eman Esfandi (born 1994, Laredo, Texas) is an Iranian-Ecuadorian-American actor and musician (DragonWulf) who plays live-action Ezra Bridger in Ahsoka and appears in King Richard, The Inspection, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Emancipation (2022 film)

Emancipation (2022) is an Apple Original Films historical drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Will Smith as Peter, an escaped Louisiana slave inspired by the 1863 "Whipped Peter" photographs; released December 2, 2022 in theaters and December 9 on Apple TV+.

Emanuela Postacchini

Emanuela Postacchini (born 1991) is an Italian actress based in Los Angeles, known for Marina in Riff Raff (2024), Flora in The Alienist, Who Is America?, Robots, and The Seven Faces of Jane.

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Emayatzy Corinealdi (born 1980, Fort Knox, Kentucky) is an American actress who won the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor for Middle of Nowhere (2012), starred in Miles Ahead and The Invitation, and leads Hulu's Reasonable Doubt as Jax Stewart.

Embassy (upcoming TV series)

Embassy is an upcoming six-part geopolitical action thriller created by Rom Lotan, starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan, and J.K. Simmons. Filmed in Cologne and London, it will stream on MGM+ in the U.S. and Prime Video in several other territories; no premiere date announced.

Embassy Pictures

Embassy Pictures was the American independent film studio founded by Joseph E. Levine in 1942, known for re-cut imports Godzilla and Hercules, The Graduate, The Lion in Winter, and This Is Spinal Tap; later Avco Embassy, sold to Lear/Perenchio, then De Laurentiis.

Embeth Davidtz

Embeth Davidtz, American-born South African-raised actress (Schindler's List, Matilda's Miss Honey), later writer-director of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024), adapted from Alexandra Fuller's memoir.

Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente) is Ciro Guerra's 2015 black-and-white Colombian Amazon drama about shaman Karamakate guiding two explorers, 1909 and 1940, seeking the yakruna plant; first Colombian Oscar-nominated feature, Cannes Directors' Fortnight winner.

Emelie (film)

Emelie (2015) is an American psychological thriller, Michael Thelin's feature debut, starring Sarah Bolger as an impostor babysitter who terrorizes the Thompson children after kidnapping the real sitter; premiered at Tribeca, released by Dark Sky Films in 2016.

Emer Kenny

Emer Kenny (Emer Gwynne Morganna Kenny, born 1989, Haringey, London), English actress and screenwriter; Zsa Zsa Carter in EastEnders, Bunty in Father Brown, Natasha in The Curse, and creator, sole writer, and executive producer of ITV's Karen Pirie.

Emerald City (TV series)

Emerald City was a 2017 NBC ten-episode fantasy drama, also billed as a dark Wizard of Oz reboot; developed by Matthew Arnold and Josh Friedman, directed by Tarsem Singh, starring Adria Arjona and Vincent D'Onofrio, cancelled May 5, 2017.

Emerald Fennell

Emerald Lilly Fennell, English actress, writer, director, and novelist born 1985; Oscar-winning screenwriter of Promising Young Woman, director of Saltburn and "Wuthering Heights", Killing Eve showrunner.

Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story (小娘惹之翡翠山)

Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story (小娘惹之翡翠山), also rendered The Little Nyonya II: Emerald Hill, is Mediacorp's 2025 30-episode Peranakan period drama, a spin-off of the 2008 The Little Nyonya, premiering 10 March 2025 on Netflix and mewatch.

Emeraude Toubia

Emeraude Toubia (born 1989, Montreal) is a Mexican-Lebanese-American actress and producer known as Isabelle Lightwood on Shadowhunters (2016–2019) and Lily Diaz on With Love (2021–2023), plus the 2025 horror film Rosario.

Emergence (TV series)

Emergence (TV series): American ABC science fiction mystery drama created by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, starring Allison Tolman as police chief Jo Evans and Alexa Swinton as Piper; aired one 13-episode season from September 24, 2019 to January 28, 2020 before cancellation.

Emergency Couple (응급남녀)

Emergency Couple (응급남녀) is a 2014 tvN Korean medical romantic comedy, 21 episodes, directed by Kim Cheol-kyu, starring Song Ji-hyo and Choi Jin-hyuk as divorced exes reunited as ER interns.

Emergency Shelter (Widow's Bay)

Emergency Shelter (Widow's Bay S1E9): Apple TV comedy horror episode aired June 10, 2026, written by Bobak Esfarjani, directed by Hiro Murai; a storm shelters the town while Rosemary's genealogy reveals Ruth Livingston as the last Warren descendant.