backdrop The Wiz

Original title

The Wiz

Status: Released

Runtime:

134 minutes

Release date

1978-10-24

budget

24000000 $

  Revenue

21049053 $

IMDB ID tt0078504

WikiData ID Q428158

TMDB ID 24961

Original language en

Production Countries

Description

The movie The Wiz (Original title The Wiz) has in the main roles on Diana Ross (Dorothy Gale), Michael Jackson (Scarecrow), Nipsey Russell (Tinman), Ted Ross (Lion / Fleetwood Coup de Ville), Theresa Merritt (Aunt Em), Lena Horne (Glinda the Good), Richard Pryor (The Wiz), Mabel King (Evillene), Thelma Carpenter (Miss One), Quincy Jones (Emerald City Gold Pianist), Iman (Emerald City Citizen), Harry Madsen (Cheetah) The release date of the movie is 24.10.1978. This movie it is produced by Universal Pictures, Motown Productions . Filmed in the following locations: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Music, Movies Fantasy, Movies Adventure

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

Actors and actresses from the movie

Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ross

  • 1944-03-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDiana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motowns most successful act, and are

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

  • 1958-08-29

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, dancer, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Referred to as the King of Pop, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to mu

Nipsey Russell

Nipsey Russell

Nipsey Russell

  • 1918-09-15

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJulius Nipsey Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, best known today for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, especially Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth

Ted Ross

Ted Ross

Ted Ross

  • 1934-06-30

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaTed Ross (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002) was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in The Wiz, an all-African American reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz. He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production, and

Theresa Merritt

Theresa Merritt

Theresa Merritt

  • 1922-09-24

Theresa Merritt Hines (September 24, 1922 – June 12, 1998), known professionally as Theresa Merritt, was an American actress and singer. Shes known for her role in Thats My Mama (1974-1975) and for her film roles in The Wiz (1978) and Billy Madison (1995).

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

  • 1917-06-30

Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist.Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

  • 1940-12-01

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epit

Mabel King

Mabel King

Mabel King

  • 1932-12-25

Mabel Elizabeth King (née Washington; December 25, 1932 - November 9, 1999) was an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Mabel Mama Thomas on the ABC sitcom Whats Happening!! from its premiere in 1976 until the end of its second season in 1978. King is also known for portraying

Thelma Carpenter

Thelma Carpenter

Thelma Carpenter

  • 1922-01-15

Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as Miss One, the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and attended Girls Commercial High School, where Susa

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

  • 1933-03-14

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy L

Iman

Iman

Iman

  • 1955-07-25

Iman Abdulmajid (born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid; Somali Zara Maxamed Cabdulmajiid, 25 July 1955) is a Somali fashion model, supermodel, actress and entrepreneur. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Yves Saint Laurent, she is also noted for her philanth

Harry Madsen

Harry Madsen

Harry Madsen

Harry Madsen Is an American stuntman and actor who is worked on 85 projects on screen and as a stuntman. His acting and stunt credits include The Warriors, The Wiz, Ghost, See No Evil, Hear no Evil, Death Wish 3, Lean on Me, New Jack City, Wall Street, The Sopranos, The Bone Collector and Oz

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