
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.
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Cast
Mara Hobel
Claire Beaumont

Clancy Brown
Frank

Stuart Fratkin
Harry the Agent

Paige Turco
Brownyn
James DiSalvatore
Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore)
Michelle Lieberman
Audition Receptionist
Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt
Ross
Charles Mandracchia
Jeff Wesker

Wali Collins
Chris Marker
Amy Sohn
Chris' Assistant
Michael Emil
Ingve Pizler
Gary Dennis
Video Stork Clerk
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