Brenda Cowling

Brenda Cowling

Born: April 23, 1925
Died: October 2, 2010
in Islington, London, England, UK

Movies for Brenda Cowling...

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Title: The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Character: Mrs Martin
Released: April 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of two pigs, named Butch and Sundance, who staged a dramatic escape from an abattoir in January 1998 and remained at large for a week ...
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Title: The Last Detective
Character: Old Lady
Released: February 7, 2003
Type: TV
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
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The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Title: The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Character: Jean Crowley's Mother
Released: March 24, 2002
Type: Movie
After killing his English partner, a Canadian businessman assumes his identity. Things begin to fall apart for him when the murdered man's body is found.
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Greenfingers
Title: Greenfingers
Character: Bookshop Customer
Released: July 27, 2001
Type: Movie
Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the inmates walk around freely and get job training for their impending releases. While there, he discovers he has a talent for growing flowers. His talent is recognized by a gardening guru who encourages him and four other inmates to enter a national gardening competition
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Title: Jonathan Creek
Character: Mrs. Thrimpson
Released: May 9, 1997
Type: TV
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
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Title: The Detectives
Character: Bride's Grandmother
Released: January 27, 1993
Type: TV
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Title: Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Character: Mrs. Rodgers
Released: December 29, 1991
Type: Movie
At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
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Title: The Upper Hand
Character: The Nun
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: TV
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.
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Title: You Rang M'Lord
Released: January 14, 1990
Type: TV
You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC. The show was a comedy set in the house of an aristocratic family in the 1920s, contrasting the upper-class family and their servants in a house in London, along the same lines as the popular drama Upstairs, Downstairs. The series featured many actors who had also appeared in their earlier series, notably Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard, all of whom had previously been in Perry and Croft's holiday camp sitcom, Hi-de-Hi!. Also featured were Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles from Perry and Croft's It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Bill Pertwee and occasionally Frank Williams from Dad's Army. The memorable 1920s-style theme tune was sung by Bob Monkhouse.
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Title: Seal Morning
Character: Mrs. Bates
Released: March 9, 1986
Type: TV
In 1930s England, an orphaned girl and her lovely aunt raise an abandoned seal pup.
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Title: Miss Marple
Character: Mrs. Rodgers
Released: December 26, 1984
Type: TV
Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan Hickson who starred in a dozen television mysteries about Miss Marple over the course of a decade.
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St. Ursula's in Danger
Title: St. Ursula's in Danger
Character: Mrs. Trimble
Released: December 20, 1983
Type: Movie
Play by Peter Glidewell, based on the school stories of Angela Brazil. Sequel to Schoolgirl Chums (1982).
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Octopussy
Title: Octopussy
Character: Schatzi
Released: June 5, 1983
Type: Movie
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
Title: Pink Floyd: The Wall
Character: Teacher
Released: July 14, 1982
Type: Movie
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
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The Bells of Astercote
Title: The Bells of Astercote
Character: Mrs Fletcher
Released: December 23, 1980
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the novel by Penelope Lively. The plot revolves around the ghosts of plague victims in a sleepy wood.
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Title: Hammer House of Horror
Character: Nurse Davies
Released: September 13, 1980
Type: TV
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
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Title: Potter
Character: Jane
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: TV
The time has come for Redvers Potter to relinquish his role as head of the family confectionary firm, Pottermints - his company has been taken over and he is now going into enforced retirement. His wife, Aileen, is not too happy about having her husband under her feet either, but Potter is determined to make the most of his retirement. He decides he will give people the benefit of his managerial experience - even if they don't want it.
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The Black Panther
Title: The Black Panther
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
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Jabberwocky
Title: Jabberwocky
Character: Mrs Fishfinger
Released: March 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
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Title: Fawlty Towers
Character: Sister
Released: September 19, 1975
Type: TV
Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.
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The Black Windmill
Title: The Black Windmill
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
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Carry On Girls
Title: Carry On Girls
Character: Matron
Released: November 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
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The Man and the Snake
Title: The Man and the Snake
Character: Molly
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A young man visits the house of a snake collector...horror ensues
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Title: Justice
Character: Mrs. Cosgrove
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: TV
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
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Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Maid
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Title: Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Character: Mrs. Knowles
Released: September 7, 1971
Type: Movie
In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.
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Please Sir!
Title: Please Sir!
Character: Mrs. Duffy
Released: May 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in their usual activities. A small feud with some stereotypical upper class children in red blazers is resolved with a false rape allegation. A case of some stolen money is resolved through Mr. Hedges trusting the class. At the final dance Mr. Hedges is ensnared in the romantic clutches of Miss Cutforth, contrary to his wishes.
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The Railway Children
Title: The Railway Children
Character: Mrs Viney
Released: December 21, 1970
Type: Movie
After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
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Bindle (One of Them Days)
Title: Bindle (One of Them Days)
Character: Martha Hearty
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Based on the book of Herbert Jenkins, a comedy about a accident prone furniture remover and his mate.
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The Flood
Title: The Flood
Character: Mrs. Grout
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Eight youngsters are cut off by the East Anglian floods in a farmhouse with no grown-ups to help them. The story tells how they deal with the situation until they are rescued.
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Stage Fright
Title: Stage Fright
Character: Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.