When will T.V. movie, “Citizen Jane”, starring Ally Sheedy, be aired on the Hallmark Channel?
The Hallmark Channel has changed the premiere date of original movie “Citizen Jane” to Saturday, September 12. The movie is based on the life of recently deceased victim’s rights activist Jane Alexander. Alexander died Sunday afternoon, December 14, 2008 at age 86 as a national figure in the victim’s rights movement. She formed Citizens Against Homicide, a coalition designed to help victims of crimes achieve justice. Jane was also the subject of the book Citizen Jane, written by James Dalessandro in 1998.
Half the fun of meeting an actor in person is seeing how different they are from their on-screen presence. When the lights aren’t shining from above, cheek bones are no longer razor sharp. Height diminishes and personalities fall back into everyday proportions. The same goes for “meeting” via the phone. The cult New York actress Ally Sheedy’s (The Breakfast Club) voicemail message is an everyday recording about herself and her daughter, Rebecca Elizabeth, not being home. It sounds far too homely for an actress who, not so long ago, was a suitably unruly member of The Brat Pack, the hip group of upcoming 1980s actors that included Molly Ringwald and Demi Moore. After the voicemail picks up several times, Sheedy answers. “I’m totally sorry. I thought we said 2.30,” she says. Her apologetic voice rings in at a higher pitch than one might imagine for an actress with such depth. It reminds me of her most raved-about performance as an erstwhile photographer in the acclaimed independent film
