Beatrice Varley

Beatrice Varley

Born: July 10, 1896
Died: July 4, 1964
in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

Movies for Beatrice Varley...

Title: The Human Jungle
Character: Clare Bridges
Released: March 30, 1963
Type: TV
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
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Hedda Gabler
Title: Hedda Gabler
Character: Berte
Released: December 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Hedda Gabler has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the young couple, However, the arrival of cleaned up ex-lover Eilert threatens to destroy everything.
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Title: Zero One
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: TV
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Echo of Barbara
Title: Echo of Barbara
Character: Mrs. Roscoe
Released: April 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.
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Title: Kipps
Released: October 14, 1960
Type: TV
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Title: Mystery of Edwin Drood
Released: September 28, 1960
Type: TV
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Identity Unknown
Title: Identity Unknown
Character: Matron
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Two reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of passengers in an ill-fated airliner.
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Horrors of the Black Museum
Title: Horrors of the Black Museum
Character: Aggie
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
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Room at the Top
Title: Room at the Top
Character: Aunt
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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Hazard
Title: Hazard
Character: Syd's mother
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A BAFTA award nominated dramatised documentary telling the story of two steelworkers who attempt to climb a rock in the Dolomites.
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Bachelor of Hearts
Title: Bachelor of Hearts
Character: Mrs. Upcott
Released: December 12, 1958
Type: Movie
A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
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The Surgeon's Knife
Title: The Surgeon's Knife
Character: Mrs. Waring
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.
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Now Let Him Go
Title: Now Let Him Go
Character: Mrs. Beeston
Released: September 15, 1957
Type: Movie
A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound which plays throughout.
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Sea Wife
Title: Sea Wife
Character: Elderly Nun
Released: August 20, 1957
Type: Movie
In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of survival. Told in a too-long flashback frame.
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Hell Drivers
Title: Hell Drivers
Character: Tom's Mother
Released: July 23, 1957
Type: Movie
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
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The Good Companions
Title: The Good Companions
Character: Mrs Carrie Nunn
Released: April 22, 1957
Type: Movie
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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Tiger in the Smoke
Title: Tiger in the Smoke
Character: Lucy Cash
Released: November 27, 1956
Type: Movie
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
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A Man from the Sun
Title: A Man from the Sun
Character: Miss Prior
Released: November 8, 1956
Type: Movie
A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.
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The Feminine Touch
Title: The Feminine Touch
Character: Sister Snow
Released: June 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
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The Black Rider
Title: The Black Rider
Character: Mrs. Marsh
Released: December 1, 1954
Type: Movie
When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...
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The Monkey's Paw
Title: The Monkey's Paw
Character: Mrs. White
Released: May 11, 1954
Type: Movie
Be careful of what you wish for - it might come true, but no in the way you expect.
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Bang! You're Dead
Title: Bang! You're Dead
Character: Mrs. Moxted
Released: March 15, 1954
Type: Movie
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist. Both boys are unaware of the tragic consequences of their game. The body and the gun are found by Bob Carter, who had recently quarreled with the victim in the presence of their workmates, and both men had uttered threats. The evidence is strong, and Bob is arrested for murder...
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Melba
Title: Melba
Character: Aunt Catherine
Released: August 7, 1953
Type: Movie
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
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Death Goes to School
Title: Death Goes to School
Character: Miss Hopkinson
Released: May 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Mrs. Hollins
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
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Out of True
Title: Out of True
Character: Mrs. Green
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depressed state that gradually leads to a complete nervous breakdown and a suicide attempt. It was made as an educational film.
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She Shall Have Murder
Title: She Shall Have Murder
Character: Mrs. Hawthorne
Released: December 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.
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No Trace
Title: No Trace
Character: Landlady
Released: September 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
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Paul Temple's Triumph
Title: Paul Temple's Triumph
Character: Mrs. Weston
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Mrs. Perrins
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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Adam and Evelyne
Title: Adam and Evelyne
Character: Mrs. Parker
Released: May 31, 1949
Type: Movie
The father of a girl in an orphanage, who doesn't remember him, has been writing to her with tales of his success in business. Actually, he is impersonating a friend, a handsome gambler. When the father dies, the gambler takes the girl from the orphanage and tells her the truth. But the girl is now a full-grown beauty and complications arise, including those provided by a black-sheep brother.
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My Brother's Keeper
Title: My Brother's Keeper
Character: Mrs. Martin
Released: August 19, 1948
Type: Movie
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
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Good-Time Girl
Title: Good-Time Girl
Character: Mrs. Rawlings
Released: April 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
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The Monkey's Paw
Title: The Monkey's Paw
Character: Mrs. White
Released: February 18, 1948
Type: Movie
The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect.
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Pygmalion
Title: Pygmalion
Character: Mrs. Pearce
Released: February 8, 1948
Type: Movie
Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?
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My Brother Jonathan
Title: My Brother Jonathan
Character: Mrs. Hodgkiss
Released: February 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
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The Master of Bankdam
Title: The Master of Bankdam
Character: Mrs. Pickersgill
Released: August 20, 1947
Type: Movie
Two brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th century Yorkshire.
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Jassy
Title: Jassy
Character: Mrs. Wicks
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
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Holiday Camp
Title: Holiday Camp
Character: Valerie's Aunt
Released: August 5, 1947
Type: Movie
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
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So Well Remembered
Title: So Well Remembered
Character: Annie
Released: July 9, 1947
Type: Movie
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
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They Made Me a Fugitive
Title: They Made Me a Fugitive
Released: June 24, 1947
Type: Movie
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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The Upturned Glass
Title: The Upturned Glass
Character: Injured Girl's Mother
Released: June 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
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Send for Paul Temple
Title: Send for Paul Temple
Character: Miss Amelia Marchment
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
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Bedelia
Title: Bedelia
Character: Mary
Released: July 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
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The Wicked Lady
Title: The Wicked Lady
Character: Aunt Moll
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
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Johnny Frenchman
Title: Johnny Frenchman
Character: Mrs. Tremayne
Released: October 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
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Great Day
Title: Great Day
Character: Miss Tracy
Released: July 9, 1945
Type: Movie
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
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Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Character: Mrs. Colter
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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The Agitator
Title: The Agitator
Character: Mrs. Shackleton
Released: January 24, 1945
Type: Movie
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
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Love Story
Title: Love Story
Character: Miss Rossiter
Released: November 20, 1944
Type: Movie
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
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Welcome, Mr Washington
Title: Welcome, Mr Washington
Character: Martha
Released: May 18, 1944
Type: Movie
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.
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Bees in Paradise
Title: Bees in Paradise
Character: Moagga
Released: March 20, 1944
Type: Movie
Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.
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I'll Walk Beside You
Title: I'll Walk Beside You
Character: Miss McKenzie
Released: August 16, 1943
Type: Movie
John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?
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The Man in Grey
Title: The Man in Grey
Character: Gypsy Fortune Teller
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
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Millions Like Us
Title: Millions Like Us
Character: Miss Wells
Released: June 1, 1943
Type: Movie
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
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The Bells Go Down
Title: The Bells Go Down
Character: Ma Turk
Released: May 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
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Squadron Leader X
Title: Squadron Leader X
Character: Mrs. Krohn
Released: March 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
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A Welcome to Britain
Title: A Welcome to Britain
Character: Vi (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.
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Secret Mission
Title: Secret Mission
Character: Mrs. Donkin
Released: October 5, 1942
Type: Movie
World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
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Hatter's Castle
Title: Hatter's Castle
Character: Mrs. Brodie
Released: February 2, 1942
Type: Movie
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embraced with thick stone walls. The townsfolk nickname the fortress "Hatter's Castle", for James Brodie, the man who built it. Brodie is a hatter who keeps the members of the family in fear and submission; he is brutal, arrogant, selfish and cruel. His wife, who has long been ailing, and his daughter Mary, are in awe of him. His son Angus, aged 15, alone dear to his heart, suffers under his love as the others suffer under his sternness.
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Poison Pen
Title: Poison Pen
Character: Mrs. Jenkins
Released: July 3, 1939
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
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When We Are Married
Title: When We Are Married
Character: Mrs. Northrop
Released: November 16, 1938
Type: Movie
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
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Tomorrow We Live
Title: Tomorrow We Live
Character: Patricia's Mother
Released: October 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to invite twelve similarly desperate individuals to dinner so they can all discuss their problems. Will his generosity change the course of their lives?