Joan Newell

Joan Newell

Born: February 19, 1915
Died: November 1, 2012
in Steyning, Sussex, England, UK

Movies for Joan Newell...

Claws
Title: Claws
Character: Mrs Jordan
Released: October 4, 1987
Type: Movie
A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.
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Title: Terry and June
Character: Doris
Released: October 24, 1979
Type: TV
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird had disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with a friendly next door neighbour, Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.
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Keep It Up Downstairs
Title: Keep It Up Downstairs
Character: Mrs. Burgess (as Jean Newall)
Released: July 28, 1976
Type: Movie
The year is 1904; the setting is Cockshute Towers, one of England's stateliest homes. When the household is threatened with bankruptcy, both the masters and the servants are prepared to co-operate in trying to find some cash - after all, most of them are enjoying liaisons of one kind or another among themselves, and none have any desire to give up their rewarding way of life...
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Title: Crown Court
Character: Mrs. Smithson
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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The Lie
Title: The Lie
Character: Jane St. John
Released: October 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal
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Journey to the Unknown
Title: Journey to the Unknown
Character: Mrs. Plimmer
Released: June 15, 1969
Type: Movie
TV Movie consisting of two episodes of the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown" (1968): 'Matakitas is Coming' (episode 1.3) and 'The Last Visitor' (episode 1.9).
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Title: Journey to the Unknown
Character: Mrs Plimmer
Released: September 26, 1968
Type: TV
A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, very similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both British and American actors.
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All in Good Time
Title: All in Good Time
Character: Elsie, the Landlord's Wife
Released: January 2, 1964
Type: Movie
A Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.
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Live It Up!
Title: Live It Up!
Released: November 29, 1963
Type: Movie
A young postman, who fronts a pop group, dreams of being bigger than The Beatles. They record a demo tape, but things seem to be going pear shaped when he loses the tape. There is also his father to contend with who thinks he's wasting his time with all that pop music nonsense.
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Stolen Hours
Title: Stolen Hours
Character: Mrs. Hewitt
Released: October 2, 1963
Type: Movie
A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor falls in love with her doctor.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Mrs. Reynolds
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Jigsaw
Title: Jigsaw
Character: Mrs Banks
Released: August 21, 1962
Type: Movie
A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.
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The Last Man to Hang
Title: The Last Man to Hang
Character: Mrs. Iseley
Released: August 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.