Helena Michell

Helena Michell

Movies for Helena Michell...

Little Box of Sweets
Title: Little Box of Sweets
Character: Seth's mother
Released: September 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Indian coming-of-age story set in the 1970s and a love story between Seth, a young Englishman, and Asha, a young Indian girl and his friend from the childhood.
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Wallis & Edward
Title: Wallis & Edward
Character: Thelma Furness
Released: December 18, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and Edward is the first time that the events have been considered from Wallis's point of view. The drama follows the beginning of their affair whilst Edward was Prince of Wales and Wallis was still married to Ernest Simpson.
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True Blue
Title: True Blue
Character: Receptionist
Released: November 15, 1996
Type: Movie
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
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Bullet to Beijing
Title: Bullet to Beijing
Character: Henrietta
Released: December 20, 1995
Type: Movie
When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Title: The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Character: Penelope
Released: March 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.
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Sharpe's Enemy
Title: Sharpe's Enemy
Character: Sarah Dubreton
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Pierre Ducos.
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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Title: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Character: Bastians Mutter
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.
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Title: Jeeves and Wooster
Character: Cynthia
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: TV
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.
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Beyond the Ocean
Title: Beyond the Ocean
Character: Jenny
Released: April 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as its stock is about to be publicly offered. There, he tries to avoid the insistent phone calls coming from Manhattan and records his philosophical ponderings about this mid-life crisis on videotape. Before long, he is partying with another burnt-out businessman and avidly avoiding the attentions of colleagues who have come to Bali to try and get him to come back to Manhattan.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Sarah Lacey
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: Piece of Cake
Character: Mary
Released: October 2, 1988
Type: TV
The life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II through to one of the toughest days in the Battle of Britain.
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The Deceivers
Title: The Deceivers
Character: Sarah Wilson
Released: September 2, 1988
Type: Movie
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
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Number 27
Title: Number 27
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Maurice
Title: Maurice
Character: Ada Hall
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
After his lover rejects him, Maurice, a young man in early 20th-century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
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Prick Up Your Ears
Title: Prick Up Your Ears
Character: Orton's Friend
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
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Title: Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Character: Elvira Blake
Released: January 25, 1987
Type: TV
There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer Bess Sedgwick is the prime suspect.
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Title: Brush Strokes
Character: Cassandra
Released: September 1, 1986
Type: TV
Jacko (Karl Howman) is a painter and decorator with an eye for the ladies. He works with Eric (Mike Walling), who's married to his sister Jean (Nicky Croydon). The painting and decorating firm they work for is owned by Lionel Bainbridge (Gary Waldhorn). Other characters include Lionel's wife, Veronica (Elizabeth Counsell), his daughter Lelsey (Kim Thomson, later Erika Hoffman) and wine bar owner Elmo Putney (Howard Lew Lewis).
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Moments
Title: Moments
Character: His friend
Released: November 21, 1974
Type: Movie
A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.