Overview

Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.

Top Cast

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Mara Hobel

Claire Beaumont

Clancy Brown

Frank

Stuart Fratkin

Harry the Agent

Paige Turco

Brownyn

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James DiSalvatore

Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore)

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Michelle Lieberman

Audition Receptionist

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Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt

Ross

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Charles Mandracchia

Jeff Wesker

Wali Collins

Chris Marker

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Amy Sohn

Chris' Assistant

Michael Emil

Ingve Pizler

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Gary Dennis

Video Stork Clerk