Melanie Griffith
Tess McGill
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Katherine Parker : My name is Katherine Parker, and I'm an associate partner in mergers and acquisitions at Petty Marsh, and this woman is my secretary. Jack Trainer : She's not
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She is a Boston financial executive who transfers to New York at the time that secretary Tess McGill needs another new boss having just struck out with two others. The two start out on good terms as Tess can identify with another woman and idealizes Katharine as the hard-working woman she herself wants to be. That changes when after Katharine has b...
•Tess McGill suggests that their new client, Trask Industries (owned by Oren Trask) should invest in radio to gain a foothold in media for the Wall Street investment bank. she works for. Katharine listened to the idea and says she will pass it through some people. Later, she says the idea was never well received before Katharine broke her leg skiin...
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Working Girl is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island who takes over her new boss's role while the boss is laid up with a broken leg. The secretary, who has been ...
Dec 21, 1988 · Working Girl: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin. When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Mike Nichols
- 1988-12-21
Mar 12, 2024 · When she gets a new job working in Mergers and Acquisitions for the beautiful and successful Katherine Parker (Weaver), she finally feels heard ― Until she learns her new mentor is more manipulative than the men, and, unlike them, she’s pretending to be something she’s not.
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Tess McGill is a hard working young woman who is determined to reach the top of the stockmarket world by hard work but as she turns 30 she is stuck in secretarial work so when she starts working for Katherine Parker she is glad that Katherine is willing to accept input and ideas from her.
Jan 8, 2015 · Culture & Life. Features. Girls on Film: The complicated legacy of Working Girl. On its 25th anniversary, a look back at Mike Nichols' Working Girl, which is notable for both its feminism...
