Jane Wood

Jane Wood

Born: February 25, 1943
in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK
Jane Wood is (born 25 February 1943) is an English actress.

Movies for Jane Wood...

To Nowhere
Title: To Nowhere
Character: Nan
Released: June 30, 2023
Type: Movie
Two self-destructive teenage friends embark on an alcohol-fuelled trip around a lonely corner of London. Spiralling out of control, they must confront unspoken trauma and love or lose each other forever.
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Sitting in Limbo
Title: Sitting in Limbo
Character: Sybil
Released: June 8, 2020
Type: Movie
Anthony Bryan and his personal struggle to be accepted as a British Citizen during the Windrush immigration scandal.
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Title: War of the Worlds
Character: Ruth
Released: October 28, 2019
Type: TV
When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world. As aliens hunt and kill those left alive, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?
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Legend
Title: Legend
Character: Violet Kray
Released: September 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
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Title: Peaky Blinders
Character: Medium
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: TV
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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Title: The Take
Character: Maddie
Released: June 17, 2009
Type: TV
Freddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife Jackie, who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go straight, soon finds herself disappointed: Freddie is in fact raring to get back into the game and has set his sights on becoming top dog in the East End underworld.
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Vera Drake
Title: Vera Drake
Character: Prisoner
Released: October 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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She Stoops to Conquer
Title: She Stoops to Conquer
Character: Mrs. Hardcastle
Released: April 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-mother, impassioned sweethearts, a pragmatic father and a pair of star-crossed suitors are sent spinning through a hilarous comedy of errors by one of the great characters of the stage, Tony Lumpkin. The National Theatre and Out Of Joint co-production of Goldsmith's comedy, recorded live on stage in Bath, after it's premiere at the Lyttelton theatre in London.
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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Title: Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Character: Kath Shaw
Released: July 9, 2002
Type: Movie
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Character: Chairwoman
Released: July 12, 2000
Type: Movie
In the seventh film in the series, in April 1916, a disillusioned Indy hops the ocean to Europe where he figures the Great War might offer him a greater sense of purpose.
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Cold Enough for Snow
Title: Cold Enough for Snow
Character: Heather
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Doting parents (Maureen Lipman, David Ross, Tom Wilkinson) must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships. Sequel to Eskimo Day.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Cathy Gurdie
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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Persuasion
Title: Persuasion
Character: Nurse Rooke
Released: May 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.
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Title: Peak Practice
Character: Dr. Roberts
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: TV
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
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Title: A Touch of Frost
Character: Margaret Lebouski
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Beth Siddons
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Title: The House of Eliott
Character: Mrs. Watkins
Released: August 31, 1991
Type: TV
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
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Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Title: Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Character: Mrs. In-The-Trade
Released: December 27, 1989
Type: Movie
Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide great comedy and plenty of people watching for the Marriots. Of course, you'd expect hilarity from characters dubbed the Fitness Family, Mr. and Mrs. Topless, Fatty Granada, and the In-the-Trades. But the Marriots' enjoyment of observing the outside world turns inward when the entrance of Early Bird, a free-spirited female, shakes up their little nest.
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First and Last
Title: First and Last
Character: Hill Farmer's Wife
Released: December 12, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.
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The Raggedy Rawney
Title: The Raggedy Rawney
Character: Vie
Released: September 20, 1988
Type: Movie
During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Elspeth McCauley
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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The Russian Soldier
Title: The Russian Soldier
Character: Julie Garrett
Released: March 9, 1986
Type: Movie
What is it that Edgar Garrett sees, or thinks he sees, on his farm one morning in the mists of early spring? Whatever it is, one thing is certain. Life will never be the same again for him and his family.
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Title: EastEnders
Character: Headteacher
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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Sakharov
Title: Sakharov
Character: Witness at Trial
Released: June 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
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Lassiter
Title: Lassiter
Released: February 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.
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She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Title: She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Character: June
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A humorous and revealing tale of a group of eight women from varying walks of life, who have volunteered for a rugged survival course at a tough mountain school in the English lakes.
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The Witches and the Grinnygog
Title: The Witches and the Grinnygog
Character: Mrs. Firkettle
Released: November 14, 1983
Type: Movie
An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.
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Title: The Witches and the Grinnygog
Character: Mrs. Firkettle
Released: November 14, 1983
Type: TV
When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Title: The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Character: Mrs. Chancer
Released: November 11, 1980
Type: Movie
In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
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The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
Title: The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
Character: Mrs. Chancer
Released: November 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Frank, a young lad from Sheffield, leaves home to seek his fortune in London; he finds the big city not all what he had expected
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A Day Out
Title: A Day Out
Character: Wife
Released: December 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .
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The Ragman's Daughter
Title: The Ragman's Daughter
Character: Tony's Wife
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Based on the Alan Sillitoe short story. Tony, a worker at a cheese factory, is also a petty thief. He moves from robbery after robbery until he meets Doris, the daughter of the local ragman. Slowly, he falls in love with her and must decide whether he will stay a thief or start a new life with Doris.