# Cinema's Greatest One Hit Wonders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057 "2006-02-12T00:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/61 "2006-02-12T16:05:06Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Cameron was the Captain of the friggin Enterprise! The worst captain that ship ever had. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/62 "2006-02-12T16:05:57Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > …snip… > I always expected Virginia Madsen and Rosanna Arquette to get a little more recognition…snip… They both are definately not OHWs. Bth have been it dozens of movies with majors roles. **Virginia Madsen** : Right of the top of my head: Creator, North, Hot Spot, Class {first film}, Dune, Hot To Trot, That horror movie with the evil ghetto ghost and bees and upthread someone mentioned Slam Dance. **Rosanna Arquette** : one ofthe girls I had a movie crush on: I first noticed her in Desperately seeking Susan, around the same time she did the Aviator with Christopher Reeves, than Silverado and 8 million ways to die, Amazon woman on the moon, Pulp Fiction (Heroine chick), Whole Nine Yards, Crash, a movie with Eric Roberts where she was a waitress, but wanted to be an actress but she was stuck in a small town. Those are the ones I remember. I am sure there has to be more. Jim ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/63 "2006-02-12T16:15:57Z")
Although I’ve seen her occasionally in minor roles here and there, has **Anna Paquin** had a major role since winning her Oscar at age 11? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/64 "2006-02-12T16:35:15Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > Although I’ve seen her occasionally in minor roles here and there, has **Anna Paquin** had a major role since winning her Oscar at age 11? Does Rogue in the 3 Xmen movies count? 😉 She was good in Walk on the moon and she was in Finding Forrester but even though it was the biggest female role it was a small role. There has to be others. Jim ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/65 "2006-02-12T16:37:28Z")
\*\*Linda Blair \*\* deserves mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/66 "2006-02-12T16:42:29Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > Although I’ve seen her occasionally in minor roles here and there, has **Anna Paquin** had a major role since winning her Oscar at age 11? She’s also in _The Squid and the Whale_. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/67 "2006-02-12T16:43:14Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > He was God’s injured body in Dogma. That’s all I have on him. I am sure there is more. > > Jim To crosslink with another thread. If you didn’t blink, he was in one of the last Arrested Development episodes - as the host the TV show “Bud’s Cort” after the show “Judge Reinhold”… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/68 "2006-02-12T16:50:13Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > When I wrote my initial post for this, I was thinking of **Candy Clark** , but I forgot to include her. She is another one of those terrible actors who has one good performance under her belt. She was nominated for an Oscar for her second film, _American Graffiti_, but has done nothing but embarrass herself ever since. She was adequate in _The Man Who Fell to Earth_, but every other time I’ve seen her my reaction has been, “What the hell happened?” IIRC, she doesn’t need to act. Apparantly she took her money from _Graffiti_ and bought a limo service in LA. From what I hear, she and her partner are multi-millionaires from this little investment. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/69 "2006-02-12T16:52:03Z")
**Carrie Henn.** Played Newt in **Aliens.** Only role. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/70 "2006-02-12T16:57:38Z")
**Ione Skye** was also in a fairly recent movie **Must Love Dogs**. Minor role, but still she’s so pretty. **Merriam D’Abo** without IMDB I can’t name the movie I remember her from, but MAN was she cute. Late eighties early nineties. I think she has recently been on **Law and Order: CI** ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/71 "2006-02-12T17:04:36Z")
> [@Yeeter](#): > > **Ione Skye** was also in a fairly recent movie **Must Love Dogs**. Minor role, but still she’s so pretty. > > **Merriam D’Abo** without IMDB I can’t name the movie I remember her from, but MAN was she cute. Late eighties early nineties. I think she has recently been on **Law and Order: CI** Okay, I couldn’t stand not knowing… I IMDBd it. I am thinking of **Olivia d’Abo** second cousin of **Maryam d’Abo** (correct spelling). Olivia was the princess on **Conan the Destroyer**. Maryam was a Bond Girl in **The Living Daylights** Couldn’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/72 "2006-02-12T17:06:24Z")
My nomination would be **Carrie Henn** who played Newt In Aliens. [Never worked again](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001343/). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/73 "2006-02-12T17:07:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If this thread included TV as well as film, I’d say Adam West is the ultimate one-hit wonder. _Batman_ made him a star, and every role he gets nowadays, he’s playing Adam West. Adam West did do a _Batman_ feature film in '66. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/74 "2006-02-12T17:08:27Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > My nomination would be **Carrie Henn** who played Newt In Aliens. [Never worked again](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001343/). But did appear [twice](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7095642&postcount=69) in the same thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/75 "2006-02-12T17:23:08Z")
Teri Hatcher has since gone onto _Desperate Housewives_ fame after _Lois and Clark_, but Dean Cain was pretty much relegated to TV appearances in serial crime shows, as was the main villain (John Shea, playing Lex Luthor). _A Knight’s Tale_ launched Heath Ledger’s break into stardom, which he’s since validated by _Brokeback Mountain_, but his leading lady–Shannyn Sossamon–is more famous now for naming her son Audio Science. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/76 "2006-02-12T22:26:51Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Did Bud Cort do anything interesting in movies other than _Harold And Maude_? **Brewster McCloud** – Robert Altman’s next film after M_A_S\*H. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/77 "2006-02-12T23:46:14Z")
My nominee: **Chloe Webb** , who played one of the two title roles in _Sid & Nancy_. Gary Oldman was the other, and he’s doing fine, but Webb was in one more film, I think, then fell off the face of Earth, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/78 "2006-02-13T01:21:54Z")
Bud Cort suffered a pretty bad road accident in the late 70’s, which iced his career for a while, but he has been coming back, albeit slowly. He was the sleazy restaurant manager in **Heat** and I seem to remember a pretty big supporting role in **The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou**. Someone wanna fill me in on why we’re not allowed to IMDB things in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/79 "2006-02-13T01:25:27Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > …snip… > Someone wanna fill me in on why we’re not allowed to IMDB things in this thread? I think the OP wanted us to see what we remembered, not what we could look up. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057/80 "2006-02-13T02:41:44Z")
> [@Yeeter](#): > > **Ione Skye** was also in a fairly recent movie **Must Love Dogs**. Minor role, but still she’s so pretty.\*\* She was also one of Drew Barrymore’s friends in _Fever Pitch_. And **David Herman** , who played **Michael Bolton** in _Office Space_, was one of the original members of the **MadTV** cast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemas-greatest-one-hit-wonders/344057.md?page=5)