Thora Birch

Starlet Information Page

Name:	Thora Birch
Birthday:	March 11, 1982

Comments:	Picture is from "Monkey Trouble".

Movies: (click on a movie title to see information on that movie)

Year	SE	Title
1988	0	Purple People Eater Played Molly Johnson.
1991	5	All I Want for Christmas One of the main characters of the story. Great character development and plenty of on-screen time.
1991	4	Paradise #4 on credited cast - played Billie Pike, one of the main characters. Good character development, but total on-screen time is somewhat limited.
1992	3	Patriot Games #5 on credited cast - played Sally Ryan, Harrison Ford's daughter. Has several good scenes. Fair character development. Total on-screen time is somewhat limited.
1993	4	Hocus Pocus #5 on credited cast - played Dani, one of the main characters of the story. Good character development, but total on-screen time is somewhat limited.
1994	5	Monkey Trouble
1994	2	Clear and Present Danger #12 on credited cast - played Sally Ryan, Harrison Ford's daughter. Only has a few short scenes near the beginning of the story. No real character development
1995	5	Now and Then
1996	5	Alaska One of two main characters of the story. Good character development and lots of on-screen time.
1999	4	Night Ride Home Played Clea, one of the main characters in the story. Fair character development. Somewhat limited actual on-screen time.
1999	1	Anywhere But Here Uncredited. Has only a couple of very short scenes.
1999	5	American Beauty #3 on credited cast - plays Jane Burnham, one of the main characters of the story. Excellent character development and good on-screen time.
2000	2	Smokers, The #8 on credited cast - plays Lincoln Roth, the younger sister of Jefferson Roth (Dominique Swain). Has a few short scenes near the beginning and a short scene near the end of the story. Minimal character development.
2001	5	Ghost World Top billing - plays Enid, one of the main characters. Excellent character development and high on-screen time.
2001	6	Hole, The Top billing - plays Liz, one of the main characters. Superb character development. Nearly all of the on-screen time is deveted to this character.
2003	5	Homeless to Harvard - The Liz Murray Story Top billing - plays Liz Murray as an adult. First appearance is about 20 minutes into the story. Nearly all of the on-screen time after this is devoted to this character. Excellent character development.
2004	1	Silver City Has a short (30 second) scene near the beginning of the story and another 30 second scene near the end of the story. No real character development.

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SE: (Screen Exposure Index):
The SE (screen exposure) index is a way to rate how much of the movie is devoted to this star. There are two factors involved - on-screen time and character development. On-screen time is time that the star appears on the screen, either as a lead character or a supporting character. Character development is how well we get to know this character's thoughts, feelings, likes, dislikes, actions, etc. Note that personal like or dislike of the movie or of the character is not a factor.

0 - Unknown.

1 - Token appearance, 1 or 2 short scenes, no real character development.

2 - Minimal exposure. May be in multiple scenes, but generally as a background character. Minimal character development.

3 - Has several appearances as lead or supporting role, but total on-screen time is limited. Fair character development.

4 - Is in many scenes as a lead character, but total on-screen time is limited. Good character development.

5 - One of several main characters, story is about this person and others. High on-screen time and excellent character development.

6 - The primary character of the story. This character dominates the on-screen time. Superb character development.

Note that the total amount of on-screen time affects the rating. For example, the star may be a lead character in the movie, but may be on the screen for a limited time. This usually occurs where the star plays the younger character of the star in the movie. In cases like this, even though the star would technically rate a SE level 5 or 6, if the total amount of time on the screen is limited, then the SE rating is lowered accordingly. Thus, for example, if only 20% of the movie includes the star, then the SE rating would probably rate only 2 or 3.