Special Agent Clarice Starling
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Its US release date was: February 14, 1991.
The "star detective" in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is FBI agent Clarice Starling played by Jodie Foster. Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 1992 Academy Awards for her portrayal. It was her second Oscar, winning the first one in 1989 for Best Actress in a Leading Role in The Accused (1988).
The 1991 film, "The Silence of the Lambs" swept the Bests: Best Picture, Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster), Best Director (Jonathan Demme), and Best Writing (Ted Tally).
Ted Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, May 1957. After playing serial killer Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb in 1991s The Silence of the Lambs, he went on to appear in numerous other film and TV roles. His most well known character is that of Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in TV's Monk - performing in 110 episodes from 2002 - 2009. He received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination in 2008 for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for American Gangster (2007).
Silence of the Lambs