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Diane Fletcher is Lady Macbeth to Urquhart's peerless conniver, and Michael Kitchen does a regal take on Prince Charles.

Some Candidates for Election-Week Viewing Joe Morgenstern 2010

Burnett's much-loved character, conniver Verla Grubbs (last seen in 2005), is intent on getting her hooks into old flame Sam Brady (Jason Kincaid) and wants to make sure her rival Opal (Jill Larson) doesn't land him first.

First Look: Carol Burnett Returns to All My Children 2011

Instead, she has to be more subtle, a bit of a conniver.

Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

Where I found Dylan to be a dry kind of character, Manson -- like any notable bad guy -- comes off as a charismatic conniver.

Rabid Reads: "Lucas Manson" by Thomas Hauck 2010

Instead, she has to be more subtle, a bit of a conniver.

Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

Instead, she has to be more subtle, a bit of a conniver.

Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

Livia is the highborn conniver who facilitates both intrigues, and later falls for Bianca's lowborn husband, Leantio.

Theater review: Constellation Theatre's 'Women Beware Women' Celia Wren 2010

Instead, she has to be more subtle, a bit of a conniver.

Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

While Sean Parker is portrayed as a "high-flying but functionally homeless cocaine fiend who plies Zuckerberg with girls and venture capitalists," Zuckerberg receives the brunt of the film's black-comedic depiction and, according to Newsweek, comes off as a "borderline autistic, entirely ruthless conniver."

The Social Network Depicts Facebook CEO As 'Sex Maniac' 2010

Based on Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, it portrays Zuckerberg as a borderline autistic, entirely ruthless conniver.

As Facebook Takes a Beating, a Brutal Movie Is Set to Make Things Much Worse 2010