Marjorie Yates

Marjorie Yates

Born: April 13, 1941
in Birmingham, England, UK
Marjorie Yates is a British actress best known for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama Shameless.

Movies for Marjorie Yates...

Allelujah
Title: Allelujah
Character: Hazel
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more threatening to the hospital itself, more deadly than the politicians ready to shut down the place at a moment's notice.
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Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Title: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Character: Fiona
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: Movie
We join Ben a year on as he is getting used to life without his beloved Gran. With the memory of their daring Crown Jewel heist still fresh in his mind, he is stunned to learn another spate of thefts are beginning to occur - with all the clues pointing to The Black Cat, better known to Ben as Granny!
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Title: Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Character: Edie Grimes
Released: February 26, 2018
Type: TV
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
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Title: Ransom
Character: Frances
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: TV
Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can.
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Title: Vera
Character: Val Wilcox
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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Edge
Title: Edge
Character: Wendy
Released: October 23, 2010
Type: Movie
A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
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Title: Shameless
Released: January 13, 2004
Type: TV
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
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Title: Wycliffe
Character: Martha Collins
Released: July 24, 1994
Type: TV
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
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The Long Day Closes
Title: The Long Day Closes
Character: Mother
Released: May 22, 1992
Type: Movie
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Brenda
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: Heartbeat
Character: Molly Openshaw
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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June
Title: June
Character: June
Released: January 18, 1990
Type: Movie
When June receives a cassette from her wartime GI lover it stirs up memories and feelings that she's been trying to suppress for 40 years. 'You made me feel I was in the movies, how was I supposed to get back to normal life after that?'
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Title: A Very British Coup
Character: Cook
Released: June 19, 1988
Type: TV
A Very British Coup is a British political thriller series based on the novel by Chris Mullin. It stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins, who soon finds himself up to his neck in conspiracy.
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Dead Man's Folly
Title: Dead Man's Folly
Character: Mrs Tucker
Released: January 8, 1986
Type: Movie
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
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Wetherby
Title: Wetherby
Character: Verity Braithwaite
Released: June 19, 1985
Type: Movie
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
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Title: Morgan's Boy
Character: Val Turner
Released: October 11, 1984
Type: TV
Lee, a teenager from Manchester, goes to stay with his uncle Morgan on his remote farm in Wales. Lee struggles to build a relationship with his uncle and make friends with a local boy as Morgan struggles to hold on to his farm.
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C.Q.
Title: C.Q.
Character: June
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Life changes dramatically for radio amateur Norman when he gets in touch with a round-the-world yachtsman who introduces him to a different life - and a taste of fame.
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Title: Objects of Affection
Character: Marjory
Released: November 12, 1982
Type: TV
A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
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Walter
Title: Walter
Character: Social Worker
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: Movie
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".
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Priest of Love
Title: Priest of Love
Character: Ada Lawrence
Released: October 11, 1981
Type: Movie
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
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Life for Christine
Title: Life for Christine
Character: Nurse Ryder
Released: December 2, 1980
Type: Movie
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
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Pasmore
Title: Pasmore
Character: Eileen
Released: October 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
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The Other Side: Connie
Title: The Other Side: Connie
Character: Connie
Released: April 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Connie decides to defend her pregnant friend Gina, but soon discovers why people may not always be willing to tell the truth.
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All Day on the Sands
Title: All Day on the Sands
Released: February 24, 1979
Type: Movie
Mr and Mrs Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin and Jennifer. Mr Cooper has just been made redundant, but the family are trying to keep this a secret from the other guests. Also staying at the hotel are Keith and Jo, a young couple on their honeymoon, and an older couple, Mr and Mrs Thornton. Waking early one morning, Colin amuses himself by dangling one of his sister's sandals out of the window on a piece of string. The sandal accidentally lands on a flat roof just outside the window of the honeymooning couple, and his father's now straitened financial circumstances mean Colin has to get it back, by fair means or foul.
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Title: The Professionals
Character: Kay Costa
Released: December 30, 1977
Type: TV
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
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The Black Panther
Title: The Black Panther
Character: Neilson's Wife
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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Daft Mam Blues
Title: Daft Mam Blues
Character: Lily as a Young Woman
Released: May 17, 1977
Type: Movie
As sisters, Gladys and Iris never agree about anything - but on one point they're clear: their old mam can't hear a word of their arguments, can she?
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The Glitterball
Title: The Glitterball
Character: Mrs. Fielding
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
When a group of small aliens accidentally abandons one of their own on Earth, adventurous kids Max and Pete stumble upon the "Glitterball" and attempt to return it to its mother ship. As the children learn more about the friendly alien and its magical powers, they must protect their new companion from an army corporal and a small-time thief who are both hunting the extraterrestrial for their own cruel purposes.
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Title: Couples
Character: Jane Selby
Released: October 19, 1975
Type: TV
Couples TV Show
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It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Title: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Character: Maureen Bell
Released: October 8, 1975
Type: Movie
A recreation of a World War II incident which occurred in London's Bethnal Green underground station in 1943, in which 173 people died when a panicked crowd stampeded as they were hurrying down the steps to take refuge from an air raid.
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Legend of the Werewolf
Title: Legend of the Werewolf
Character: Madame Tellier
Released: August 6, 1975
Type: Movie
A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs off to Paris, where he develops a jealous, overprotective crush on a prostitute, leading him to attack her client, incurring a pursuit by a determined police surgeon.
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Murrain
Title: Murrain
Character: Mrs. Leach
Released: July 27, 1975
Type: Movie
When a mystery illness infects the pigs of a village farmer and a local boy is also taken ill, the villagers try to convince a veterinarian that it is caused by a curse from a woman they believe to be a witch.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: May Holmes
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Title: Village Hall
Character: Mrs. Ellis
Released: July 16, 1974
Type: TV
Village Hall is a drama anthology series made by Granada between 1974 and 1975. It is entirely set in a village hall, with each episode highlighting a different use to which the space is put by local people. Writers include Jack Rosenthal and the actor Kenneth Cope.
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The Optimists of Nine Elms
Title: The Optimists of Nine Elms
Character: Chrissie Ellis
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life
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Kisses at Fifty
Title: Kisses at Fifty
Character: Audrey
Released: January 22, 1973
Type: Movie
A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.
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The Bouncing Boy
Title: The Bouncing Boy
Character: Harriet
Released: December 11, 1972
Type: Movie
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
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Better Than the Movies
Title: Better Than the Movies
Character: Sally Rowe
Released: November 13, 1972
Type: Movie
A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.
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Title: Crown Court
Character: Martha Ainsworth
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: TV
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
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Title: Play for Today
Character: Audrey
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: TV
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.