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1. Coleman Silk is a college professor who resigns abruptly after being accused of making a racist remark in class. The irony is that he himself is a light-skinned black man, who decided many years ago to portray himself as a Jewish man. After his wife dies, Silk finds himself drifting into an affair with a young woman, working as a janitor, who has a dangerous ex-husband (Ed Harris) and a tragic past. Who played Faunia Farley, Ed's ex-wife, in "The Human Stain"?
2. When her husband Jack (Ed Harris) leaves to fight in WWII, Kay Walsh takes a job in an airplane factory to make ends meet. The men working in the plant are at first resistant to the female invasion, but eventually come to respect the work of the women. Kay makes many new friends while working there, including one man named Lucky, with whom she has an affair. Who played Kay, in 1984's "Swing Shift"?
3. Luke Harrison (Ed Harris) has been dating Isabel (Julia Roberts) for a while, but her relationship with his children is hindered by her career and the children's mother, Jackie, until Jackie is forced to rethink her feelings toward Isabel, for her children's sake. Who played Jackie Harrison in "Stepmom"?
4. Several men from different branches of the armed services, including John Glenn (Ed Harris), converge on a New Mexico clinic for strange medical tests, which they are willing to undergo to become the country's first astronauts. Glenn is a bit strait-laced compared to the rest of them, even his wife Annie thinks he's a Dudley Do-right. Who played Annie Glenn in "The Right Stuff"?
5. After a U.S. submarine mysteriously crashes in the depths of the ocean, personnel from an undersea oil rig are asked to help Navy SEALS investigate the crash site, in "The Abyss". Joining the SEALS for their descent down to the rig is Lindsay Brigman, the engineer who designed the rig and the ex-wife of the rig's foreman, Bud Brigman (Ed Harris). Who played Lindsay?
6. Although his wife, Linda, and his daughter wish he'd spend more time with them, they understand that Coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) feels he needs to help James Kennedy, because of a missed chance to help someone in his past, in "Radio". Who played Linda Jones?
7. With his wife Lee's help, Jackson Pollock's (Ed Harris) art became known to critics and collectors before his tragic end. Who played Lee Krasner in "Pollock"?
8. After the murderer of Mack (Ed Harris) and Karen McCann's daughter is released on a technicality, Karen becomes obsessed with serving her own type of justice, in "Eye for an Eye". Who played Karen?
9. Margaret Lomax is hurt and angry when she discovers that her husband Wayne (Ed Harris) is having an affair with a married friend of theirs, in "Places in the Heart". Meanwhile, her recently-widowed sister, Edna, must bring in a crop of cotton in order to keep her farm. Who played Margaret in "Places in the Heart"?
10. Ed Harris played Charlie Dick, the husband of up-and-coming country singer Patsy Cline, in "Sweet Dreams". Patsy's stardom puts a strain on their marriage which results in a separation shortly before her death. Who played Ed's wife, Patsy?
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