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Zane Buzby

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Zane Buzby in Americathon (1979)
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
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Zane Buzby is known for Americathon (1979), This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and Up in Smoke (1978).
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    Known for

    Americathon (1979)
    Americathon
    4.6
    • Mouling Jackson
    • 1979
    Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, R.J. Parnell, Harry Shearer, Spinal Tap, and David Kaff in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
    This Is Spinal Tap
    7.9
    • Rolling Stone Reporter
    • 1984
    Up in Smoke (1978)
    Up in Smoke
    6.9
    • Jade East
    • 1978
    Scorch (1992)
    Scorch
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Tamera Mowry-Housley, Tim Reid, Jackée Harry, and Tia Mowry in Sister, Sister (1994)
      Sister, Sister
      6.4
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 1994
    • Down the Shore (1992)
      Down the Shore
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Scorch (1992)
      Scorch
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Camp Wilder (1992)
      Camp Wilder
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Jenna von Oÿ, Joey Lawrence, Mayim Bialik, Michael Stoyanov, and Ted Wass in Blossom (1990)
      Blossom
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1990–1992
    • Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Betty White in The Golden Girls (1985)
      The Golden Girls
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Doctor Doctor (1989)
      Doctor Doctor
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1990
    • Scott Baio in Charles in Charge (1984)
      Charles in Charge
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1987–1990
    • Heartland (1989)
      Heartland
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1989
    • Pam Dawber and Rebecca Schaeffer in My Sister Sam (1986)
      My Sister Sam
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1988
    • The Van Dyke Show (1988)
      The Van Dyke Show
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Cadets (1988)
      Cadets
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1988
    • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
      CBS Summer Playhouse
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan, and Staci Keanan in My Two Dads (1987)
      My Two Dads
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1987–1988
    • Robin Givens, Brian Robbins, Dan Frischman, Khrystyne Haje, Howard Hesseman, and Dan Schneider in Head of the Class (1986)
      Head of the Class
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1988

    Actress

    • Charles Grodin in Last Resort (1986)
      Last Resort
      4.1
      • Martine
      • 1986
    • John Hillerman in Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984)
      Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link
      6.3
      Video
      • Waitress with 'Virginia' embroidered over her left breast (but it wasn't her name)
      • 1984
    • Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, R.J. Parnell, Harry Shearer, Spinal Tap, and David Kaff in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
      This Is Spinal Tap
      7.9
      • Rolling Stone Reporter
      • 1984
    • Lottery! (1983)
      Lottery!
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Priscilla Moreno
      • 1983
    • Cracking Up (1983)
      Cracking Up
      5.7
      • Waitress
      • Valet
      • Woman in Line (as Zane Busby)
      • 1983
    • Games Mother Never Taught You (1982)
      Games Mother Never Taught You
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Saleswoman
      • 1982
    • Anne Ramsey, Zane Buzby, Blackie Dammett, Barry Diamond, Art Evans, Miriam Flynn, Stephen Furst, Gerrit Graham, Fred McCarren, Marla Pennington, Randolph Powell, Misty Rowe, Mews Small, Shelley Smith, Jim Staahl, and Jacklyn Zeman in Class Reunion (1982)
      Class Reunion
      4.6
      • Delores Salk
      • 1982
    • Ron Carey, Max Gail, Ron Glass, James Gregory, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, and Jack Soo in Barney Miller (1975)
      Barney Miller
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Linda
      • 1981
    • Hardly Working (1980)
      Hardly Working
      4.7
      • Waitress
      • 1980
    • Americathon (1979)
      Americathon
      4.6
      • Mouling Jackson
      • 1979
    • Up in Smoke (1978)
      Up in Smoke
      6.9
      • Jade East
      • 1978
    • Oh, God! (1977)
      Oh, God!
      6.6
      • Girl
      • 1977
    • Bumpers
      TV Movie
      • Jennifer
      • 1977

    Writer

    • Scorch (1992)
      Scorch
      7.2
      TV Series
      • developed by
      • 1992
    • The Rock (1990)
      The Rock
      3.3
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1990
    • All Night Radio
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1982

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    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Zane Busby
    • Other works
      TV Special "The Last Survivors - Echoes from the Holocaust" . Starring Edward Asner, Valerie HArper, Elliott Gould, Lainie Kazan, Frances Fisher Directed by Zane Buzby

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    • Trivia
      Los Angeles,CA, USA: President of Cbzb Productions, Inc. and President of Zane Buzby & Conan Berkeley Productions.

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