Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Born: January 25, 1891
Died: January 27, 1992

Movies for Gwen Ffrangcon Davies...

The Master Blackmailer
Title: The Master Blackmailer
Character: The dowager
Released: February 2, 1992
Type: Movie
For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: The Dowager
Released: April 24, 1984
Type: TV
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
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Aubrey
Title: Aubrey
Character: Reverend Mother
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
A biographical portrait of pen-and-ink artist, Aubrey Beardsley.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Character: Lady Agatha
Released: September 19, 1976
Type: Movie
In Victorian England, handsome Dorian Gray makes a Faustian deal that his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett) will age while he remains young. But his vain bargain eventually leads to murder and destroys Gray's life. This 1976 installment of the BBC's long-running "Play of the Month" television series co-stars Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Judi Bowker and John Gielgud as Lord Henry Wotton.
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Title: The Edwardians
Released: November 21, 1972
Type: TV
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The Edwardians' explores the lives of and events in the lives of many who helped define the era, the "Belle Epoque".
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Leo the Last
Title: Leo the Last
Character: Hilda
Released: September 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the European jet-set, returns to his father's London town house for rest.
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The Devil Rides Out
Title: The Devil Rides Out
Character: Countess
Released: July 20, 1968
Type: Movie
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.
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The Burning
Title: The Burning
Character: Gran
Released: July 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.
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The Witches
Title: The Witches
Character: Granny Rigg
Released: November 21, 1966
Type: Movie
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
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Paul Kruger
Title: Paul Kruger
Character: Queen Victoria
Released: June 11, 1956
Type: Movie
Biography film about the life of Paul Kruger
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Busman's Honeymoon
Title: Busman's Honeymoon
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1940
Type: Movie
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
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Gas Light
Title: Gas Light
Character: Bella Manningham
Released: March 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.
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Tudor Rose
Title: Tudor Rose
Character: Mary Tudor (as Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies)
Released: September 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.