Susannah York

Susannah York

Born: January 9, 1939
Died: January 15, 2011
in Chelsea, London, England, UK
Susannah York (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She won best actress for Images at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was appointed an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Her appearances in various hit films of the 1960s formed the basis of her international reputation,and an obituary in The Telegraph characterised her as "the blue-eyed English rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging Sixties". Description above from the Wikipedia article Susannah York, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Calling
Title: The Calling
Character: The Prioress
Released: April 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
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Franklyn
Title: Franklyn
Character: Margaret
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.
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Not Quite Hollywood
Title: Not Quite Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2008
Type: Movie
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
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Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Title: Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Character: Self
Released: July 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Chronicles the 2005 tour and production for the Rhapsody of Fire albums "Symphony of Enchanted Lands, II" and "Triumph or Agony". Includes recordings from the band's first tour through US and Canada as well as their performance at the Eartshaker Fest 2005.
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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Title: You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Character: Self
Released: November 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Creating the right script, Choosing the right director and casting the right actors • Ascent - The production and launch of a new kind of fantasy film • Crisis - Complications and conflicts between the creative forces behind Superman II • Redemption - Criticisms and burnout of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
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The Stoning
Title: The Stoning
Character: Jean Fielding
Released: September 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Young American Catherine Mulligan follows her love to Iran and converts to Islam. After being raped she is sentenced to death by stoning.
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The Gigolos
Title: The Gigolos
Character: Tessa Harrington
Released: April 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Sacha is an aging, well-established London 'male escort' with a select clientèle of weekly socialite ladies, such as baroness James, who expect an impeccable service he can only provide thanks to his in-living 'orderly', handsome 'clever Trevor', who moonlights as nude arts class model. Ben is a rising novice, who seeks their coaching. When Sasha makes a bad fall, Trevor must cover during his recovery, but jealous Sasha is far from grateful.
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A Guest of life
Title: A Guest of life
Character: Narrator
Released: February 5, 2006
Type: Movie
'A Guest of life' is inspired by the journey of Alexander Csoma de Koros. The eccentric 19th century set out from his native Transylvania to central Asia on foot, only taking his knowledge of 13 dead and spoken languages with him. He wanted to find the ancestors of the Hungarians, but once reaching Tibet he stayed there, compiling an English-Tibetan dictionary, translating and abridging Buddhist teachings and literature, including the Book of the Dead. The film however is not a biopic, but a collection of impressions of Tibet, recorded on an 8mm camera, overlaid with excerpts from Csoma's diary and translations, spoken on the many languages familiar to Csoma. Intercut with the documentary-style footage are animated segments, which tell Transylvanian folktales that have been weaved around the legendary figure of Csoma.
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Visitors
Title: Visitors
Character: Carolyn Perry
Released: November 27, 2003
Type: Movie
The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
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The Book of Eve
Title: The Book of Eve
Character: May
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
A Romanian immigrant uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's heart.
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Jean
Title: Jean
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A charming woman and a mysterious young man have a shared past, but what’s the secret?
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St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Title: St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Character: Concessa
Released: March 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes back to England, where he joins a convent to prove his faith. His greatest desire is to return to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. Years later, he is given the opportunity. Upon setting foot on the Irish soil, all snakes are aitomatically driven from the land. He then overcomes many obstacles, including disagreements with the British Cardinal (Malcolm McDowell), to fulfill his destiny and ultimately being given Sainthood.
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Diana & Me
Title: Diana & Me
Character: Self
Released: December 4, 1997
Type: Movie
Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for two to London, where she wants to meet her idol and namesake, Princess Diana. She goes there with her fiance, Mark, but during the garden party the Princess plans to attend, things get mixed up and Aussie Diana gets arrested with Paparazzi photographer Rob. Diana really wants to meet the Princess and follows Rob as he searches for Princess Di to take some photos.
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Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
Title: Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
Character: Mike's Mum
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Mike is a composer who dreams of creating symphonies but instead, dashes off jingles for TV commercials -- all the while pining over ex-girlfriend Helen. But Mike's life takes several unexpected turns when he meets Sara. After the two depart for an idyllic vacation together, Mike locates his mother (Susannah York), who, 35 years previous, had left his father. Writer-director Kevin W. Smith's feature-film directorial debut.
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Loop
Title: Loop
Character: Olivia
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker boyfriend Bill, he dumps her. Heartbroken and angry, Rachel takes Bill's cherished sports car, clears out their joint bank account and heads off to the country and to her dysfunctional family's farmhouse. By trying to sort out her own family's problems Rachel hopes to come to terms with her own predicament. But Bill discovers her whereabouts and is on the warpath.
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Pretty Princess
Title: Pretty Princess
Character: regina Cristina
Released: December 3, 1993
Type: Movie
A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful swimming teacher.
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The Higher Mortals
Title: The Higher Mortals
Character: Miss Thorogood
Released: June 1, 1993
Type: Movie
This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the early 1990s recession, and makes use of metaphor and analogy in its critique of the John Major government of the day.
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Illusions
Title: Illusions
Character: Dr. Sinclair
Released: May 28, 1993
Type: Movie
Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their strained marriage. Their privacy is interrupted by the arrival of Greg's stunning and mysterious sister, Laura. Jan's paranoia deepens as she suspects that Greg's and her sister's relationship is too close. In her desperation, she confides her fears to the landlord but his weird reaction only creates more confusion.
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Title: Devices and Desires
Character: Meg Dennison
Released: January 4, 1991
Type: TV
A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the Larksoken nuclear power station. The press have branded him 'The Whistler' because witnesses have heard a hymn being whistled in the vicinity of the murders. His trademark is the letter 'L' carved on the forehead of his victims. L for Larksoken? At first, his victims seem to be chosen entirely at random - women in the wrong place at the wrong time - but then two women employed at the nuclear power station are murdered in quick succession...
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The Man from the Pru
Title: The Man from the Pru
Character: Amy Wallace
Released: June 30, 1990
Type: Movie
The 20 January 1931 slaying of Julia Wallace remains unsolved, despite an ongoing stream of investigative writers giving an impression that a solution to the crime has been found through a surfeit of working hypotheses.
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Fate
Title: Fate
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Writer Jake Blackburn and his model girlfriend Chelly are a new couple living together in LA. When Chelly's tragic past begins to catch up with her, she and Jake will need more than psychics and spirits to save their relationship.
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A Handful of Time
Title: A Handful of Time
Character: Susanne Walker
Released: October 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.
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Title: After the War
Released: June 16, 1989
Type: TV
John Madden's sweeping drama After the War tells the tale of a quarter-century relationship between two men who share a similar wartime experience and a similar religious background. Michael Jordan grew up in a well-heeled British family, while Joe Hirsch spent much of his childhood on the run from the Nazis. The two become friends when they are both enrolled at the same school in 1942. They survive anti-Semitic taunts together. Joe grows into a powerful media figure, while Michael becomes a respected man of the arts. The film charts a quarter-century of their history together, detailing a relationship that is equally affectionate and hostile.
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Melancholia
Title: Melancholia
Character: Catherine Lanham Franck
Released: May 19, 1989
Type: Movie
Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is on a visit to London.
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Just Ask for Diamond
Title: Just Ask for Diamond
Character: Lauren Bacardi
Released: September 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-central London. When a master criminal called The Falcon dies, they come into possession of his box of chocolate Maltesers, which contains the secret key to a fabulous cache of diamonds. Can they unravel the mystery and avoid the clutches of seedy lowlifes Brenda Von Falkenberg, Gott and Himmell, The Fat Man and the dogmatic Chief Inspector Snape, all of whom want to find the swag first.
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A Summer Story
Title: A Summer Story
Character: Mrs. Dora Narracombe
Released: August 11, 1988
Type: Movie
A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.
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Title: The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Character: Liz
Released: August 2, 1987
Type: TV
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Title: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Character: Lara (voice)
Released: July 24, 1987
Type: Movie
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
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Mio in the Land of Faraway
Title: Mio in the Land of Faraway
Character: The Weaver Woman
Released: July 1, 1987
Type: Movie
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.
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Title: The Animals Roadshow
Released: March 29, 1987
Type: TV
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Pretty Kill
Title: Pretty Kill
Character: Toni
Released: March 27, 1987
Type: Movie
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental problems, which are gradually deteriorating into a split personality.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Helen Grant
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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Daemon
Title: Daemon
Character: Rachel
Released: December 31, 1985
Type: Movie
11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the care of Helga the Swedish au pair while their parents are away in America. Nick is unhappy at his new school, where he is befriended by a boy named Sam and intimidated by scripture teacher Mr. Crabb, who is interested in the occult and demonology. Nick hears voices in the house and receives messages on his computer screen; he also suffers inexplicable blisters on his feet and grazes on his elbows and knees. When he dreams of burning and wakes up in a bed full of ashes, Nick tells a psychiatrist that he feels he is possessed by a demon.
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Star Quality
Title: Star Quality
Character: Lorraine Barry
Released: November 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical endeavour to her best advantage, meets her match when she must trust her success to an equally willful stage director.
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Title: The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character: Nora
Released: May 21, 1985
Type: TV
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Mrs. Cratchit
Released: October 9, 1984
Type: Movie
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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Yellowbeard
Title: Yellowbeard
Character: Lady Churchill
Released: June 24, 1983
Type: Movie
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
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Group Madness
Title: Group Madness
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 1983
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
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Montgomery Clift
Title: Montgomery Clift
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with family and friends, and rare archival material stretching back to his childhood. What develops is the story of an intense young boy who yearned for stardom, achieved notable success in such classic films as From Here to Eternity and I Confess, only to be ruined by alcohol addiction and his inability to face his own fears and homosexual desires. Montgomery Clift, as this film portrays him, may not have been a happy man but he never compromised his acting talents for Hollywood.
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Alice
Title: Alice
Character: Queen of Hearts
Released: March 29, 1982
Type: Movie
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him she thinks he's a jerk later she finds him nice and relaxing. She falls in love with him. He takes her to Queenie's party. Rabbit later finds out that Queenie wants to kill him. So Rabbit packs up to leave the country. When Alice finds this out she commits suicide which brings her into a fantasy world.
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Title: We'll Meet Again
Released: February 19, 1982
Type: TV
It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town. The war weary British and the brash American GIs sometimes clash, but friendships are also forged.
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Loophole
Title: Loophole
Character: Dinah Booker
Released: June 25, 1981
Type: Movie
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
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Superman II
Title: Superman II
Character: Lara
Released: December 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
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Falling in Love Again
Title: Falling in Love Again
Character: Sue Lewis (Present Day)
Released: November 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had a fondness for bran muffins. They fell in love, got married, moved to Los Angeles, and had two kids. While struggling with his midlife crisis, Harry receives an invitation for his high school's reunion back so he takes Sue and their teenage kids on a cross-country car trip back to the Big Apple. Will they see in the Bronx what they expected? Will the good memories from their past help rekindle their fading love? Is it too late to dream?
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The Awakening
Title: The Awakening
Character: Jane Turner
Released: July 9, 1980
Type: Movie
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Title: The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.
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The Golden Gate Murders
Title: The Golden Gate Murders
Character: Sister Benecia
Released: October 3, 1979
Type: Movie
An elderly, venerable priest goes over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge and everyone except his nurse, Sister Benecia, believes that it was suicide. Sister Benecia finally manages to convince the police department to assign a detective, the cynical, irascible Paul Silver, to investigate. The "Mad Nun" and the "Mad Cop" become a formidable investigative team -- and much, much more.
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Superman
Title: Superman
Character: Lara
Released: December 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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Long Shot
Title: Long Shot
Character: An Actress
Released: November 17, 1978
Type: Movie
A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and while he attracts some major stars and directors to the film he finds that with their support come more and more script changes... Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking, with terrific cameos from Wim Wenders, Susannah York, Stephen Frears, Alan Bennett and John Boorman.
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The Silent Partner
Title: The Silent Partner
Character: Julie
Released: September 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.
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The Shout
Title: The Shout
Character: Rachel Fielding
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Title: The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Character: Eliza Fraser
Released: December 16, 1976
Type: Movie
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
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Sky Riders
Title: Sky Riders
Character: Ellen Bracken
Released: March 26, 1976
Type: Movie
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
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That Lucky Touch
Title: That Lucky Touch
Character: Julia Richardson
Released: August 7, 1975
Type: Movie
A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.
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The Maids
Title: The Maids
Character: Claire
Released: April 21, 1975
Type: Movie
A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.
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Conduct Unbecoming
Title: Conduct Unbecoming
Character: Marjorie Scarlett
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.
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Gold
Title: Gold
Character: Terry Steyner
Released: June 8, 1974
Type: Movie
Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners can make a killing in the international gold market.
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Title: Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character: Countess Josephine
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: TV
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of different tales. Each episode was introduced by Orson Welles, who was the only regular actor in the series. In the opening titles, Welles would be shown in silhouette as he walked through a hallway towards the camera, smoking a cigar and outfitted in a broad-brimmed hat and a huge cloak, the outfit itself being a nod to his having provided the voice of The Shadow in the radio program. When he actually appeared on-screen to introduce the episodes, his face would be all that would be shown, in extreme close-up and very low lighting.
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Images
Title: Images
Character: Cathryn
Released: December 18, 1972
Type: Movie
While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.
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The Creditors
Title: The Creditors
Character: Tekla
Released: October 10, 1972
Type: Movie
Gustave meets Adolph who tries to show him that Gustave’s fiancée doesn’t love him.
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Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Title: Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Character: Penelope Ryan
Released: December 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.
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Zee and Co.
Title: Zee and Co.
Character: Stella
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Jane Eyre
Released: December 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield hall to a girl named Adele. While she is there, many strange things happen and eventually she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfeild and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secret comes to light, and it will take all of her courage, love and understanding to triumph.
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Scruggs
Title: Scruggs
Character: Susan
Released: April 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.
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Brotherly Love
Title: Brotherly Love
Character: Hilary Dow
Released: January 7, 1970
Type: Movie
Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Title: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Character: Alice LeBlanc
Released: December 10, 1969
Type: Movie
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
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Battle of Britain
Title: Battle of Britain
Character: Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Released: September 15, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
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Lock Up Your Daughters
Title: Lock Up Your Daughters
Character: Hilaret
Released: March 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Title: Oh! What a Lovely War
Character: Eleanor
Released: March 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Duffy
Title: Duffy
Character: Segolene
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth with his sons, Stefane and Antony ask hip American thrill-seeker Duffy to help steal the money they believe is their birthright. When Charles decides to move a large portion of his savings from Morocco to France, Duffy has an opportunity to stage a daring burglary attempt at sea.
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The Killing of Sister George
Title: The Killing of Sister George
Character: Alice 'Childie' McNaught
Released: September 1, 1968
Type: Movie
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught realizes that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character 'Sister George', a lovable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Sebastian
Title: Sebastian
Character: Rebecca Howard
Released: January 24, 1968
Type: Movie
Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.
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A Man for All Seasons
Title: A Man for All Seasons
Character: Margaret More
Released: December 13, 1966
Type: Movie
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
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Kaleidoscope
Title: Kaleidoscope
Character: Angel McGinnis
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.
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Title: Mystery and Imagination
Released: January 29, 1966
Type: TV
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 by the ITV network and produced by ABC and Thames Television.
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Sands of the Kalahari
Title: Sands of the Kalahari
Character: Grace Munkton
Released: November 24, 1965
Type: Movie
A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes.
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I Took My Little World Away
Title: I Took My Little World Away
Character: Mandy Hope
Released: March 14, 1965
Type: Movie
Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Released: November 15, 1964
Type: Movie
TV adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Jack pretends to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in order to be a model of moral rectitude to his young ward, Cecily. And he intends to propose to Gwendolyn--that is until he discovers that she loves him because his name is Ernest.
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The 7th Dawn
Title: The 7th Dawn
Character: Candace Trumpey
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
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Scene Nun, Take One
Title: Scene Nun, Take One
Character: The Actress
Released: July 14, 1964
Type: Movie
An actress dressed as a nun flounces off a film set and has a series of encounters on the streets of London.
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Tom Jones
Title: Tom Jones
Character: Sophie Western
Released: August 24, 1963
Type: Movie
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
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Freud: The Secret Passion
Title: Freud: The Secret Passion
Character: Cecily Koertner
Released: December 12, 1962
Type: Movie
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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The Greengage Summer
Title: The Greengage Summer
Character: Joss Grey
Released: May 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.
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Tunes of Glory
Title: Tunes of Glory
Character: Morag Sinclair
Released: September 17, 1960
Type: Movie
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.
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There Was a Crooked Man
Title: There Was a Crooked Man
Character: Ellen
Released: August 31, 1960
Type: Movie
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.
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Norfolk Coast
Title: Norfolk Coast
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Short film inspired by Norfolk Coast