FrameThrower · Actors · Theresa Russell
Theresa Russell
4 films · 204 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1978–1991
Born 20 March 1957 · San Diego, California, USA
Theresa Russell is an American actress. Russell made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976), followed by a lead role in Straight Time (1978). She was then cast in Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned her critical praise. After marrying Roeg in 1982, she appeared in many films directed by him, mainly arthouse and experimental films, including Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), and Cold Heaven (1991).
Russell starred in Whore and Kafka, both released in 1991.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 204 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Theresa takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Theresa takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 204 frames from Theresa Russell's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.