Geraldine James

Geraldine James

Born: July 6, 1950
in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
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Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress.

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Title: Dope Girls
Character: Isabella Salucci
Released: December 12, 2024
Type: TV
The birth of the nightclub scene in London’s Soho.
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Title: This Town
Character: Marie
Released: March 31, 2024
Type: TV
An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.
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The Trap
Title: The Trap
Released: October 29, 2023
Type: Movie
A woman who has shut herself off from the world is slowly brought back to life through her friendship with a damaged young man. Feature adaptation of the 2019 short film of the same name.
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Title: Silo
Character: Mayor Ruth Jahns
Released: May 4, 2023
Type: TV
In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
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Benediction
Title: Benediction
Character: Theresa Thornycroft
Released: December 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
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Downton Abbey
Title: Downton Abbey
Character: Queen Mary
Released: September 12, 2019
Type: Movie
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
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Title: Back to Life
Character: Caroline Matteson
Released: April 15, 2019
Type: TV
When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.
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Beast
Title: Beast
Character: Hilary Huntington
Released: April 18, 2018
Type: Movie
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
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Megan Leavey
Title: Megan Leavey
Character: Dr. Turbeville
Released: June 9, 2017
Type: Movie
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test.
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Title: Anne with an E
Character: Marilla Cuthbert
Released: March 19, 2017
Type: TV
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
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Daphne
Title: Daphne
Character: Rita
Released: January 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When she saves the life of a shopkeeper stabbed in a failed robbery, the impenetrable armour she wears to protect herself begins to crack, and Daphne is forced to confront the inevitability of a much-needed change in her life.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Character: Blue Squadron
Released: December 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Title: Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character: Lady Ascot
Released: May 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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Title: The Five
Character: Julie Wells
Released: April 15, 2016
Type: TV
When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years later, Danny – now a detective – learns some shocking news. Jesse’s DNA has been found at a murder scene. He is alive and out there. Somewhere.
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45 Years
Title: 45 Years
Character: Lena
Released: August 4, 2015
Type: Movie
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.
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Title: Black Work
Released: June 21, 2015
Type: TV
'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to discover who really killed her husband.
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Title: Hidden India
Character: Herself - Narrator
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: TV
'Hidden India' is a 3 part BBC series bringing out the unexplored side of natural India to the outside world, with each episode covering various facets of India like its rivers, mountains and vibrant wildlife.
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Robot Overlords
Title: Robot Overlords
Character: Monique
Released: October 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Title: Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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Legacy
Title: Legacy
Character: Martha
Released: November 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A KGB plot to attack the UK has plunged Britain into a state of emergency. Charles, a young MI6 spy, is asked to revive an old friendship with Russian diplomat Viktor. But Viktor has his own agenda.
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Diana
Title: Diana
Character: Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo
Released: September 19, 2013
Type: Movie
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon.
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Dr. Easy
Title: Dr. Easy
Character: Voice of Dr. Easy
Released: June 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Michael is a broken man with a gun. He is surrounded by armed police. A robot with medical training is dispatched to negotiate – but can it save him?
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The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
Title: The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
Character: Marie Curie's letters read by
Released: May 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Over 80 years after her death, Marie Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing - a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. This multi-layered film reveals the real Marie Curie, an extraordinary woman who fell in love three times, had to survive the pain of loss, and the public humiliation of a doomed love affair. It is a riveting portrait of a tenacious mother and scientist, who opened the door on a whole new realm of physics, which she discovered and named - radioactivity.
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Title: Utopia
Character: Milner
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
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Title: Thirteen Steps Down
Character: Gwendolen Chawcer
Released: August 13, 2012
Type: TV
Mix Cellini is obsessed. And not just with the supermodel he's been stalking. He's also endlessly fascinated by the life of Reggie Christie, the infamous serial killer hanged fifty years ago.
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13 Steps Down
Title: 13 Steps Down
Character: Gwendolen Chawcer
Released: August 13, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Farmer's Wife
Title: The Farmer's Wife
Character: The Farmer's Wife
Released: June 20, 2012
Type: Movie
As her surroundings are invaded by outsiders, THE FARMER'S WIFE stoically carries out her daily tasks in preparation for what will be her final day on her farm, the only land she has known. Unable to accept this forced future, subconscious memories return that ultimately lead her to connect more to the countryside of her youth than ever before.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Character: Cecilia Vanger
Released: December 14, 2011
Type: Movie
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Character: Mrs. Hudson
Released: November 22, 2011
Type: Movie
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Title: Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth
Character: Narrator
Released: June 23, 2011
Type: TV
The story of how Homo sapiens once shared the Earth with other species of hominid, and how, against all the odds, we survived.
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Arthur
Title: Arthur
Character: Vivienne
Released: April 8, 2011
Type: Movie
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
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Made in Dagenham
Title: Made in Dagenham
Character: Connie
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
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Title: The Michael Ball Show
Character: Self
Released: August 16, 2010
Type: TV
The Michael Ball Show was a British topical entertainment show broadcast on ITV in 2010. It featured entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour with the occasional musical performance from Michael himself, often on the Friday edition of the show. It occupied the slot filled by The Alan Titchmarsh Show during its summer break in 2010.
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Title: Drama Trails
Released: August 1, 2010
Type: TV
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Lady Ascot
Released: March 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
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Sherlock Holmes
Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Mrs. Hudson
Released: December 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
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Title: Little Britain USA
Released: September 28, 2008
Type: TV
Lucas and David Walliams, the stars of the smash-hit BBC comedy Little Britain, bring their unique blend of scripted comedy and characterization to America.
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Title: The Last Enemy
Character: Barbara Turney
Released: February 17, 2008
Type: TV
Stephen Ezard's search for the truth about the death of his brother Michael catapults him into an international conspiracy and a passionate love affair.
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Title: Fairy Tales
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: TV
Four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff.
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Heist
Title: Heist
Character: Joanna the Concubine
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
In 1303, a ragtag bunch of crooks and ne'er-do-wells plot to take revenge on Edward I, the King of England.
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Ocean Voyagers
Title: Ocean Voyagers
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 17, 2007
Type: Movie
Ocean Voyagers explores the familiar themes of motherhood and parenting in a world as unfamiliar as it is breathtaking. Featuring a precocious newborn humpback calf and his enormous 40 ton mother, we are taken on a journey of discovery into their world.
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Northanger Abbey
Title: Northanger Abbey
Character: Jane Austen (voice)
Released: October 24, 2007
Type: Movie
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
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The Time of Your Life
Title: The Time of Your Life
Character: Eileen
Released: June 18, 2007
Type: Movie
A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what has happened her family and old school friends are reluctant to dig up the past.
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Title: The Time of Your Life
Character: Eileen
Released: June 18, 2007
Type: TV
Kate, a 37-year old woman wakes up after being in a coma for 18 years. Her boyfriend, Pete, from her younger days is with a new woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Kate. Many of her friends have also moved on with their lives. But when she finds out that her comatose body was discovered near the lifeless body of a kid named Brian near a woodshed, her memories of that fateful night are triggered and the truth begins to surface.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Title: The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
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A Harlot's Progress
Title: A Harlot's Progress
Character: Mother Needham
Released: November 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
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Title: The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Released: October 3, 2006
Type: TV
Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister.
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Title: Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Character: Cornelia
Released: September 21, 2006
Type: TV
Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.
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Title: Jane Hall
Character: Lorraine Hall
Released: July 12, 2006
Type: TV
Struggling to find a job in her northern home town, Jane is convinced that she is ugly, boring, and completely useless. But after one blazing row with her parents too many, Jane decides to move to London, where she finds sex, adventure, friendship and fun driving a red London bus.
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Title: Hex
Released: October 17, 2004
Type: TV
The show opens with a girl who yearns to be popular and liked in her school. She wishes she was in the "in-crowd", however, she goes about unnoticed in school everyday. The only girl who truly notices her is her best friend Thelma. For some strange reason though, Cassie feels like she is being followed by a man. This is only the beginning of her problem...
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The Fever
Title: The Fever
Released: September 23, 2004
Type: Movie
Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.
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Title: He Knew He Was Right
Character: Lady Rowley
Released: April 18, 2004
Type: TV
He Knew He Was Right was a 2004 BBC TV adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel He Knew He Was Right. It was directed by Tom Vaughan.
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Calendar Girls
Title: Calendar Girls
Character: Marie
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
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Hearts of Gold
Title: Hearts of Gold
Character: Elizabeth Powell
Released: July 5, 2003
Type: Movie
An old-fashioned love story set in the South Wales valleys during the 1930s. Well-to-do doctor Andrew joins his father's infirmary, and in miner's daughter Bethan finds a spirit lacking in his previous girlfriends. The two fall in love, but their differing backgrounds prove a major sticking point.
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Title: State of Play
Released: May 18, 2003
Type: TV
The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Mrs. Mortimer
Released: December 26, 2002
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying supernatural hound that has brought fear and death to his household.
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White Teeth
Title: White Teeth
Character: Joyce Malfen
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden.
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Title: Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Character: Hans's Mother
Released: September 8, 2002
Type: TV
The only child in a wretchedly poor family in the Danish village of Odense, Hans Christian Andersen lives in a fantasy world. His hand carved dolls and puppets, his father's bedtime stories, and his own natural flair for fantastic tales brings the child temporary escape. It takes him all the way to Copenhagen where, he's been told, dreams can really come true.
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An Angel for May
Title: An Angel for May
Character: Susan Higgins
Released: August 10, 2002
Type: Movie
When Tom accidentally travels back in time through a fireplace in a ruined farmhouse he meets May, an orphan who needs help. Now that he knows his friends' fate and his own, he will try to reorder the events and change their history.
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Taliesin Jones
Title: Taliesin Jones
Character: Mum
Released: February 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Not quite a religious film, not quite a coming-of-age story, not quite a kiddie flick, and not quite a supernatural horror movie, Taliesin Jones's identity crisis nonetheless reveals a sweet examination of one child and his thoughts on God.
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Tom & Thomas
Title: Tom & Thomas
Character: Miss Tromp
Released: January 23, 2002
Type: Movie
A young boy thinks he's got a lookalike around him, but nobody believes him. Then, he meets Thomas and they switch homes.
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Title: An Angel For May
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: TV
This family-friendly miniseries tells the tale of a young boy who is transported from the present to WWII-era England, where he attempts to reorder events and change history.
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Lover's Prayer
Title: Lover's Prayer
Character: Mother
Released: September 18, 2001
Type: Movie
A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.
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Title: Sins
Character: Gloria Green
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: TV
Len Green is a former bank robber and getaway driver who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertakers run by his uncle. However, his resolve to stay out of the criminal world is tested by temptations based on the seven deadly sins.
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The Luzhin Defence
Title: The Luzhin Defence
Character: Vera, Natalia's Mother
Released: August 21, 2000
Type: Movie
Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.
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Title: Seesaw
Character: Val Price
Released: March 12, 1998
Type: TV
A well-to-do family is torn apart by the kidnapping of their teenage daughter in this harrowing thriller.
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Little
Character: Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin
Released: November 14, 1997
Type: Movie
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Miranda Bedford
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Title: Rebecca
Character: Beatrice
Released: January 5, 1997
Type: TV
Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age only a year after his first wife, the beautiful and accomplished Rebecca, dies. She finds herself in an aristocratic social world her middle class upbringing did not prepare her for, and housekeeper Mrs Danvers despises her for taking her darling Rebecca's place. But these are not the only problems to face...
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Moll Flanders
Title: Moll Flanders
Character: Edna
Released: June 14, 1996
Type: Movie
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.
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Title: Band of Gold
Character: Rosemary "Rose" Garrity
Released: March 12, 1995
Type: TV
Band of Gold is a British drama series written by Kay Mellor and produced by Granada Television. It was originally shown on ITV between 1995 and 1997. Starring Geraldine James, Cathy Tyson, Barbara Dickson and Samantha Morton, the series revolves around the lives of a group of women who live and work in Bradford's red-light district. Three seasons of Band of Gold were produced (the third under the moniker of Gold, with only a small number of characters from the first two series).
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Band of Gold
Title: Band of Gold
Character: Rose Garrity
Released: March 12, 1995
Type: Movie
A mother leads a life of prostitution after separating from her abusive boyfriend in order to support her family.
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Title: Kavanagh Q.C.
Character: Eleanor Harker QC
Released: January 3, 1995
Type: TV
James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills to the test regularly.
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Doggin' Around
Title: Doggin' Around
Character: Sarah Williams
Released: October 16, 1994
Type: Movie
The past catches up with an ageing American jazz pianist when he returns to the clubs of Lancashire and Yorkshire that he last visited 10 years previously.
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Words Upon the Window Pane
Title: Words Upon the Window Pane
Character: Mrs. Henderson
Released: June 10, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.
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The Healer
Title: The Healer
Character: Dr. Mercedes Honeysett
Released: April 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Alberto, a Colombian migrant, has the gift of healing but can't heal his own dark past. Working in London to send money home, he is tortured by dark visions, that will determine his own destiny - Your future is in his hands.
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No Worries
Title: No Worries
Character: Anne O'Dwyer
Released: March 31, 1994
Type: Movie
A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.
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A Doll's House
Title: A Doll's House
Character: Kristine Linde
Released: November 21, 1992
Type: Movie
One of Ibsen's best known plays, A Dolls House caused a sensation when first published, as it provided a critique on the conventions of Victorian marriage. Nora Helmer feels suffocated and belittled in her marriage to banker Torvald. When faced with blackmail as a result of an attempt to save her husband's life, Nora decides that the only way to discover the real world is to step outside the illusions within her doll's house.
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Losing Track
Title: Losing Track
Character: Mrs. Dewey
Released: October 18, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1950, a man returns home to the UK from India after the death of his wife to build bridges with his son, but instead ends up building an elaborate model railway.
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The Bridge
Title: The Bridge
Character: Mrs. Todd
Released: January 10, 1992
Type: Movie
When Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic. But the arrival of Phillip Wilson Steer for his annual painting visit launches a chain of events that will change their lives forever.
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Prince of Shadows
Title: Prince of Shadows
Character: Rebeca Osorio
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
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Title: Stanley and the Women
Character: Dr. Trish Collings
Released: November 28, 1991
Type: TV
The life of Stanley Duke, a fortysomething advertising executive, is thrown into turmoil when his son is diagnosed a schizophrenic. Making matters worse, Stanley's quiet home is suddenly besieged by a plethora of women, among them his past and current wives.
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Ex
Title: Ex
Character: Alice
Released: September 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Griff Rhys Jones stars as a writer on a popular television soap opera who falls in love with the show's leading lady but finds himself unable to break his ties with his ex-wife and their children.
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If Looks Could Kill
Title: If Looks Could Kill
Character: Vendetta Galante
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination?
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Title: Performance
Character: Kristine Linde
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Title: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Character: Gertrude Brisket
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an evil looking governess suddenly arrives at the hall...
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She's Been Away
Title: She's Been Away
Character: Harriet Ambrose
Released: July 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family. At first she keeps a self-imposed distance from the relatives, but she soon finds herself coming around to her nephew's wife, a free spirit who is under the thumb of her cold and controlling husband
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The Tall Guy
Title: The Tall Guy
Character: Carmen
Released: February 1, 1989
Type: Movie
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Helen Abernethie
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Title: Inspector Morse
Character: Helen Field
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
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Time and the Conways
Title: Time and the Conways
Character: Madge Conway
Released: April 7, 1985
Type: Movie
1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring.
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Blott on the Landscape
Title: Blott on the Landscape
Released: February 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home.
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Title: Blott on the Landscape
Released: February 6, 1985
Type: TV
A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir Giles his bright idea-why not run the proposed bypass for the area through their very own Cleene Gorge, thereby wrecking Lady Maud's ancestral home and copping rather a lot of compensation from the government to boot? Witness the frolics of the bumbling dundridge - the Y-front clad man from the ministry, Sir Giles' versatile Mrs Forthby - Mediterranean harlot and naughty schoolgirl extraordinaire, not forgetting Blott himself, gardener and mystery man, casting his enigmatic eye over the eccentricities of the great British aristocracy... Starring, George Cole, Geraldine James, David Suchet, Simon Cadell and Julia McKenzie
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Title: The Jewel in the Crown
Character: Sarah Layton
Released: January 9, 1984
Type: TV
A sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of World War II India, the story begins with an unjust arrest for rape. The consequences of this arrest echo throughout the series with questions of identity and personal responsibility being explored against a background of war and personal intrigue.
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Title: Natural World
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Title: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The making of the film Gandhi (1982).
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Gandhi
Title: Gandhi
Character: Mirabehn
Released: December 1, 1982
Type: Movie
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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I Remember Nelson
Title: I Remember Nelson
Character: Lady Emma Hamilton
Released: April 14, 1982
Type: Movie
Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story through the narratives of those who knew him best.
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Title: The History Man
Character: Barbara Kirk
Released: January 4, 1981
Type: TV
Ardently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over students and colleagues alike at a redbrick university.
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Sweet William
Title: Sweet William
Character: Pamela
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: Movie
William McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naive Ann Walton (Jenny Agutter), but she nearly as quickly begins to comprehend that her new beau is anything but a one-woman man. In addition to his two ex-wives, with whom he remains remarkably close, William exhibits a disturbing attraction for nearly any female who crosses his path -- Ann's friends among them.
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Title: Shoestring
Released: September 30, 1979
Type: TV
Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.
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The Dumb Waiter
Title: The Dumb Waiter
Character: Sally
Released: August 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A woman on her way home notices a car following her.
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Who's Who
Title: Who's Who
Character: Miss Hunt
Released: February 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Dummy
Title: Dummy
Character: Sandra
Released: November 9, 1977
Type: Movie
Documentary drama based on a true story, highlighting the difficulties faced by a young deaf woman, Sandra, whose attempts to use sign language are prevented in a time when deaf people were encouraged to lip read and speak. Unable to communicate adequately, Sandra becomes a target for abusive men.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Shirley Glass
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Now & Then
Title: Now & Then
Character: Laura
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Christopher Metcalfe returns to his childhood home following the death of his father. Here, he confronts memories of his time at public school and relives the intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student Stephen Walker. This forces him to come to terms with himself at last.