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30 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mara Hobel | Claire Beaumont | Unowned | |
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Clancy Brown | Frank | Unowned |
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Stuart Fratkin | Harry the Agent | Unowned |
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Paige Turco | Brownyn | Unowned |
| James DiSalvatore | Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore) | Unowned | |
| Michelle Lieberman | Audition Receptionist | Unowned | |
| Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt | Ross | Unowned | |
| Charles Mandracchia | Jeff Wesker | Unowned | |
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Wali Collins | Chris Marker | Unowned |
| Amy Sohn | Chris' Assistant | Unowned | |
| Michael Emil | Ingve Pizler | Unowned | |
| Gary Dennis | Video Stork Clerk | Unowned | |
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Peter Bogdanovich | Arturo Mulligan | Unowned |
| Elizabeth Meadows Rouse | Felice Hill | Unowned | |
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Don LaFontaine | Wild Horses Trailer Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
| Phil Mao | Wild Horses Leading Man | Unowned | |
| Mike Skloot | Studio Gate Guard | Unowned | |
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John Di Benedetto | Dominic | Unowned |
| Vince Viverito | Studio Lab Chief | Unowned |