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Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis Thaxter (Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter, 1919–2012), American actress from Portland, Maine, known for 1940s–50s wife roles and as Martha Kent in Superman (1978), opposite Glenn Ford.
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, American actress, comedian, playwright, and poet from Little Rock, Arkansas, known for The Women of Brewster Place, New Attitude, Malcolm X, and two AUDELCO awards.
Physical (TV series)
Physical is an Apple TV+ dark comedy-drama (2021–2023) created by Annie Weisman, starring Rose Byrne as 1980s San Diego housewife Sheila Rubin, who builds an aerobics empire while battling an eating disorder; three seasons, 30 episodes, ended September 27, 2023.
Physical 100: Italy
Physical 100: Italy (Physical Italia: da 100 a 1) is the Italian adaptation of the Korean Netflix reality competition Physical: 100: 100 contestants, 8 episodes, Lingotto Turin, Endemol Shine Italy, premiered September 11, 2026, 100,000-euro prize.
Physical 100: USA
Physical 100: USA (Physical: USA) is Netflix's upcoming American adaptation of the Korean reality competition Physical: 100, produced with A. Smith & Co., casting 100 US athletes; filmed in Toronto in 2026, release date unannounced.
Physical Evidence
Physical Evidence is a 1989 American courtroom crime thriller directed by Michael Crichton, starring Burt Reynolds as a suspended Boston detective on trial for murder, with Theresa Russell as his public defender.
Physical theatre
Physical theatre is a body-centered form of theatre emphasizing movement over dialogue; an umbrella term covering mime, dance, clowning, and devised work, with pioneers including Lecoq, Decroux, Grotowski, and DV8's Lloyd Newson.
Physical: 100 (피지컬: 100)
Physical: 100 (피지컬: 100), also styled Physical 100, is a Netflix Korean survival reality show by Jang Ho-gi where 100 elite contestants compete in elimination quests; first Korean unscripted series to top Netflix's global non-English Top 10, spawning Physical: Asia and international adaptations.
Physical: Asia (피지컬: 아시아)
Physical: Asia (피지컬: 아시아) is a 2025 Netflix South Korean reality competition, the first cross-border spin-off of Physical: 100, with 48 athletes from eight countries in national teams; Team Korea won the ₩1 billion prize.
Pi (film)
Pi (π) is Darren Aronofsky's 1998 black-and-white debut thriller starring Sean Gullette as mathematician Max Cohen, who seeks a 216-digit number linking stock market patterns and God's name; made for about $60,000, it won Sundance's Directing Award and grossed $3.2 million.
Pia Miranda
Pia Miranda (born 1973) is an Australian actor, best known as Josie Alibrandi in Looking for Alibrandi (2000), which won her the 2000 AFI Award for Best Actress; she also won Australian Survivor 2019 and wrote the memoir Finding My Bella Vita.
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora (Pia Alfreda Schipani, born 1954) is an American actress and singer, a former Broadway child performer who won the 1982 Golden Globe New Star of the Year for Butterfly, recorded five albums, and later ran the Las Vegas cabaret Pia's Place.
Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
Piccolo (ピッコロ) is a Namekian warrior in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, born from King Piccolo, once Goku's rival, later Gohan's mentor; fused with Kami into a Super Namek and gained Orange Piccolo in Super Hero.
Piccolo Teatro (Milan)
Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d'Europa, Italy's first public repertory theatre, founded 14 May 1947 by Giorgio Strehler, Paolo Grassi, and Nina Vinchi; opened with Gorky's The Lower Depths, runs three venues, and celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2027.
Pichaikkaran (பிச்சைக்காரன்)
Pichaikkaran (பிச்சைக்காரன்), aka Bichagadu in Telugu, is a 2016 Tamil action thriller directed by Sasi, starring Vijay Antony as a tycoon living 48 days as a beggar to save his comatose mother; a Rs 5 crore Tamil Nadu hit and 100-day Telugu blockbuster.
Pichaikkaran 2
Pichaikkaran 2 (பிச்சைக்காரன் 2), aka Anti-Bikili, is a 2023 Tamil action thriller and standalone follow-up to Pichaikkaran (2016), directed by and starring Vijay Antony as a beggar who receives an illegal brain transplant making him a tycoon; released 19 May 2023.
Picket 43
Picket 43 (പിക്കറ്റ് 43) is a 2015 Malayalam war drama by Major Ravi starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Javed Jaffrey as Indian and Pakistani soldiers who befriend each other at a remote Kashmir border post; a tribute to Major Mukund Varadarajan.
Picket Fences
Picket Fences is a 1992–1996 CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley, set in Rome, Wisconsin, starring Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker; it won 14 Emmys including Outstanding Drama Series in 1993 and 1994.
Pickle Rick
Pickle Rick is the third episode of Rick and Morty season 3 (August 6, 2017), written by Jessica Gao, in which Rick becomes a pickle to dodge family therapy; it won the show's first Emmy.
Pickme girl
Pickme girl (pick-me girl, pick-me) is derogatory internet slang for a woman seen as seeking male approval by putting down or distancing herself from other women; spread via #TweetLikeaPickMe on Black Twitter in 2016, viral on TikTok in the early 2020s, coordinate term pick-me boy.
Pickup on South Street
Pickup on South Street (Le port de la drogue in France) is a 1953 Samuel Fuller film noir for Twentieth Century-Fox starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Thelma Ritter, about a pickpocket who steals Communist spy microfilm; Ritter was Oscar-nominated and the film joined the National Film Registry in 2018.
Picnic (1955 film)
Picnic (1955) is a Joshua Logan drama-romance starring William Holden and Kim Novak, adapted from William Inge's Pulitzer Prize play about a drifter disrupting a Kansas town on Labor Day; six Oscar nominations, two wins.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Peter Weir's Australian New Wave mystery adapted from Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel, follows schoolgirls who vanish at Hanging Rock on Valentine's Day 1900, a mystery the film never solves.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018 Foxtel/FremantleMedia miniseries, also on Amazon Prime US and BBC UK): six-part Natalie Dormer adaptation of Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel about schoolgirls vanishing at Hanging Rock on Valentine's Day 1900, reframed through Mrs Appleyard.
Picture Perfect (1997 film)
Picture Perfect is a 1997 American romantic comedy directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, in which Jennifer Aniston plays a New York advertising executive who invents a fiancé to win a promotion.
Picture This (2025 film)
Picture This is a 2025 British romantic comedy on Prime Video, directed by Prarthana Mohan, written by Nikita Lalwani, starring Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin; a remake of the 2024 Australian film Five Blind Dates about a London photographer told love awaits in her next five dates.
Pie in the Sky (TV series)
Pie in the Sky: British BBC One police comedy-drama (1994-1997, five series, 40 episodes) created by Andrew Payne, starring Richard Griffiths as DI Henry Crabbe, a detective blackmailed into casework while running his restaurant; distinct from the 1986 children's show of the same name.
Piece by Piece (2024 film)
Piece by Piece (2024) is an American animated biographical documentary about musician Pharrell Williams, told entirely in LEGO animation. Directed by Morgan Neville for Focus Features, it opened October 11, 2024, earned a PG rating, grossed $9.5M in the US, and scored 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman (2020) is a Netflix drama by Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber, adapted from their stage play about losing a child, starring Vanessa Kirby, who won the Venice Volpi Cup and earned an Oscar nomination.
Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli, 1932–1971), Italian actress, twin sister of Marisa Pavan; MGM star of Teresa (1951) and Somebody Up There Likes Me, Nastro d'argento winner, died in Beverly Hills in 1971.