Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett

Born: December 24, 1931
Died: October 4, 1990
in Penang, Federated Malay States
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Jill Bennett (24 December 1931 – 4 October 1990) was a British actress, and the fourth wife of playwright John Osborne.

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The Sheltering Sky
Title: The Sheltering Sky
Character: Mrs. Lyle
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
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Hawks
Title: Hawks
Character: Vivian Bancroft
Released: August 5, 1988
Type: Movie
Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.
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Title: Paradise Postponed
Character: Lady Grace Fanner
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
This British series, based on books by John Mortimer, follows the rise of Leslie Titmuss from humble beginnings in the 1950s to Tory cabinet minister in the 1980s. The rise of the slippery Titmuss is contrasted with the more modest progress of his neighbours, the intellectual Simcoxes and the aristocratic Fanners. Made by Eustom Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television for the ITV Network.
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Paradise Postponed
Title: Paradise Postponed
Character: Lady Grace Fanner
Released: June 15, 1986
Type: Movie
A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel by John Mortimer.
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The Aerodrome
Title: The Aerodrome
Character: Eustasia
Released: December 13, 1983
Type: Movie
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
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Britannia Hospital
Title: Britannia Hospital
Character: Dr. MacMillan
Released: May 27, 1982
Type: Movie
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
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Country
Title: Country
Character: Alice Carlion
Released: October 20, 1981
Type: Movie
In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present head of the business, Sir Frederick, is getting old. The results of the 1945 general election causes a major stir, and some angry farmers occupy a barn.
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For Your Eyes Only
Title: For Your Eyes Only
Character: Jacoba Brink
Released: June 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
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Title: Orient Express
Character: Jane Belloc
Released: November 10, 1979
Type: TV
A six-part French tv series first broadcast in 1979, each episode of Orient Express focuses on a different tale of a journey on the legendary train; each one is set between the outbreak of the First World War and the outbreak of the Second.
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The Old Crowd
Title: The Old Crowd
Character: Stella
Released: January 27, 1979
Type: Movie
George and Betty, a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don't work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determination to have a good time.
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Full Circle
Title: Full Circle
Character: Lily Lofting
Released: February 9, 1978
Type: Movie
After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
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Almost a Vision
Title: Almost a Vision
Released: January 2, 1976
Type: Movie
Champagne dialogue alleviates nervousness of sleeping together.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Character: Sally Brass
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: Movie
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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Ms or Jill and Jack
Title: Ms or Jill and Jack
Released: January 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Sophisticated executive out with pouty bit of goods from the suburbs.
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I Want What I Want
Title: I Want What I Want
Character: Margaret
Released: February 25, 1972
Type: Movie
Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences of being a woman.
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The Hotel in Amsterdam
Title: The Hotel in Amsterdam
Released: January 2, 1971
Type: Movie
Three couples planning their secret weekend away are exposed.
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Julius Caesar
Title: Julius Caesar
Character: Calpurnia
Released: June 4, 1970
Type: Movie
All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.
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Inadmissible Evidence
Title: Inadmissible Evidence
Character: Liz Eaves
Released: June 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Character: Mrs. Fanny Duberly
Released: April 10, 1968
Type: Movie
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
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The Parachute
Title: The Parachute
Character: Anna
Released: January 21, 1968
Type: Movie
As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.
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Title: ABC Stage 67
Character: Frida Holmeier
Released: September 14, 1966
Type: TV
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.
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Title: BBC Play of the Month
Character: Anna
Released: October 19, 1965
Type: TV
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
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The Nanny
Title: The Nanny
Character: Aunt Pen
Released: October 7, 1965
Type: Movie
Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.
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The Skull
Title: The Skull
Character: Jane Maitland
Released: August 25, 1965
Type: Movie
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
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A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
Title: A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
Character: Gilda
Released: August 31, 1964
Type: Movie
A comedy concerning a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship (Episode of A Choice of Coward).
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Helena
Released: June 24, 1964
Type: Movie
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest. Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
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The Criminal
Title: The Criminal
Character: Maggie
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: Movie
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
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Lust for Life
Title: Lust for Life
Character: Willemien
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: Movie
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
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The Anatomist
Title: The Anatomist
Character: Mary Belle
Released: February 6, 1956
Type: Movie
To acquire a fresh supply of cadavers for use in his medical school experiments, Dr. Knox turns two of his inept students into graverobbers.
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The Extra Day
Title: The Extra Day
Character: Susan
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that's currently shooting.
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Aunt Clara
Title: Aunt Clara
Character: Julie Mason
Released: November 22, 1954
Type: Movie
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.
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Hell Below Zero
Title: Hell Below Zero
Character: Gerda Petersen
Released: January 13, 1954
Type: Movie
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Erik Bland, son of her father's partner and her one-time lover. Duncan and Erik find themselves on rival whaleboats and, ultimately, on an ice floe.
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The Pleasure Garden
Title: The Pleasure Garden
Character: Miss Kellerman
Released: October 16, 1953
Type: Movie
People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a puritanical, funereal gentleman posts bills prohibiting all leisure activities.
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Moulin Rouge
Title: Moulin Rouge
Character: Sarah
Released: December 23, 1952
Type: Movie
Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women
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The Long Dark Hall
Title: The Long Dark Hall
Character: 1st Murdered Girl
Released: February 6, 1951
Type: Movie
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.