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   Meryl Streep

   Streep is especially versatile and very convincing with foreign accents, as some of her best known roles have called for them. ... In addition, she appeared in Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate, costarring Denzel Washington, in which she played a role made famous by Angela Lansbury.
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   The Devil Wears Prada (film)

   She insisted on playing the character as British. ... Streep played along with a stern expression before smiling.
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   Mother Courage and Her Children

   Meryl Streep played "Mother Courage" with a supporting cast that included Kevin Kline and Austin Pendleton. ... Mother Courage, the character upon whom the play was based
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   Karen Silkwood

   Meryl Streep played the title role.
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   Reena Roy

   (This was the precursor to the type of role that Meryl Streep played two years later in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)).
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   Diane Keaton

   Although by the time they made films together their romantic involvement had ended, she played many eccentric characters in several of his comic and dramatic films including Sleeper, Love and Death, Interiors, Manhattan, and the film version of Play It Again, Sam, directed by Herbert Ross. ... Meryl Streep played her estranged sister Lee, although had initially been considered for the role of Bessie.
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   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

   Character allusions ... Meryl Streep played Alice, the White Queen, and Humpty Dumpty.
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   Mamma Mia! The Movie

   Meryl Streep heads the cast of the film, playing the role of single mother Donna Sheridan. ... The part of the film where two of the character miss the last ferry to the island was filmed at the old port of Skiathos.
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   UK miners' strike (1984–1985)

   The satirical Comic Strip Presents episode The Strike (1988) depicts an idealistic Welsh screenwriter's growing dismay as his hard-hitting and grittily realistic script about the strike is mutilated by a Hollywood producer into an all-action thriller starring Al Pacino (played by Peter Richardson) and Meryl Streep (played by Jennifer Saunders).
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    Mamma Mia! (film)

    Meryl Streep heads the cast of the film, playing the role of single mother Donna Sheridan.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Meryl Streep,
• The Devil Wears Prada (film),
• Mother Courage and Her Children,
• Karen Silkwood,
• Reena Roy,
• Diane Keaton,
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
• Mamma Mia! The Movie,
• UK miners' strike (1984–1985),
• Mamma Mia! (film)