Jane Baxter

Jane Baxter

Born: September 9, 1909
Died: September 13, 1996
in Bremen, Germany

Movies for Jane Baxter...

Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Character: Dowager Lady Newbury
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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All Hallowe'en
Title: All Hallowe'en
Character: Lady DeVille
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A woman falls in love with a ghost on All Hallows Eve.
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Death of an Angel
Title: Death of an Angel
Character: Mary Welling
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.
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The Flemish Farm
Title: The Flemish Farm
Character: Tresha
Released: September 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
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Ships with Wings
Title: Ships with Wings
Character: Celia Wetherby
Released: November 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
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The Briggs Family
Title: The Briggs Family
Character: Sylvia Briggs
Released: September 7, 1940
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
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The Chinese Bungalow
Title: The Chinese Bungalow
Character: Charlotte Merivale
Released: April 6, 1940
Type: Movie
All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband, Yuan Sing (Paul Lukas), British singer Sadie Merivale (Kay Walsh) begins a dangerous affair with nearby plantation owner Harold Marquess (Wallace Douglas). But when Sing discovers his wife’s betrayal, he plots to regain his honor by slowly torturing her lover to death.
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Confidential Lady
Title: Confidential Lady
Character: Jill Trevor
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
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Murder Will Out
Title: Murder Will Out
Character: Pamela Raymond
Released: August 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Paul and Pamela Raymond become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for assistance in saving their skins, all their leads disappear, including the man who had given them the jade.
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The Ware Case
Title: The Ware Case
Character: Lady Margaret 'Meg' Ware
Released: December 2, 1938
Type: Movie
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
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Second Best Bed
Title: Second Best Bed
Character: Patricia Lynton
Released: July 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
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Dusty Ermine
Title: Dusty Ermine
Character: Linda Kent
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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The Man Behind the Mask
Title: The Man Behind the Mask
Character: Lady June Slade
Released: August 23, 1936
Type: Movie
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
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The Clairvoyant
Title: The Clairvoyant
Character: Christine
Released: June 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
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Drake of England
Title: Drake of England
Character: Elizabeth Sydenham
Released: May 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
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Enchanted April
Title: Enchanted April
Character: Lady Caroline Dester
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in her life she rents an old Italian mansion and sharing it with three women. Here the four women plan to spend the month of April away from the cares of home, husbands and the everyday monotony.
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The Little Minister
Title: The Little Minister
Character: Maid Helping with Wedding Dress
Released: December 28, 1934
Type: Movie
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
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We Live Again
Title: We Live Again
Character: Missy Kortchagin
Released: November 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
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The Night of the Party
Title: The Night of the Party
Character: Peggy Studholme Kennion
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
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Blossom Time
Title: Blossom Time
Character: Vicki Wimpassinger
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer's unrequited love for a dance master's daughter.
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The Constant Nymph
Title: The Constant Nymph
Character: Antonia Sanger
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.
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Flat No. 9
Title: Flat No. 9
Character: Eileen Merridew
Released: May 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by Frank Richardson
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Two White Arms
Title: Two White Arms
Character: Alison Drury
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
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Down River
Title: Down River
Character: Hilary Gordon
Released: May 8, 1931
Type: Movie
A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.
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Bed and Breakfast
Title: Bed and Breakfast
Character: Audrey Corteline
Released: December 22, 1930
Type: Movie
A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through with "the deed".
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Bed Rock
Title: Bed Rock
Character: Rosie
Released: June 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A Canadian returns to find his fiancée is married and schemes revenge.