Irene Sunters

Irene Sunters

Born: February 29, 1928
Died: September 1, 2005
in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Movies for Irene Sunters...

Title: The Crow Road
Character: Mrs. McSpadden
Released: November 4, 1996
Type: TV
History student Prentice returns home to attend his grandmother’s funeral. As the McHoan family gathers together to mark the solemn occasion, old disagreements continue to fester and old acquaintances are renewed. Following the unexpected death of another close relative, Prentice begins to question the past: why did his Uncle Rory suddenly disappear and where did he go? Reading his Uncle Rory’s unpublished novel may provide the answers he is seeking but it also unearths some dark family secrets he didn’t bargain for.
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The Steamie
Title: The Steamie
Character: Grumpy Woman
Released: December 31, 1988
Type: Movie
Tony Roper wrote 'The Steamie' for Glasgow's Mayfest in 1987. Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women; Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit, all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year. The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgow's social history where the washing was always easier to do when the Women shared their laugher and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip. This is the definitive version of the most popular play of the last 20 years with the all star cast of Dorothy Paul as Magrit, Eileen McCallum as Dolly, Kate Murphy as Doreen, Sheila McDonald as Mrs Culfeathers and a very young Peter Mullan as Andy, the whisky loving handy man.
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The Dunroamin' Rising
Title: The Dunroamin' Rising
Character: Mrs Mangan
Released: February 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Sixty years ago Ian Sinclair was a revolutionary leader. Today he is in an old folks' home, but has not lost his sense of humour, or his appetite for the struggle. In protest at the proposed closure of the home, the old socialist firebrand embarks upon a hunger strike that ends up having wide-range repercussions.
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The Dark Room
Title: The Dark Room
Character: Woman at Pram
Released: January 26, 1988
Type: Movie
'Please don't slam your door - we have a delicate child', but when the baby cries, Deb ignores it. There is a secret which is destroying Deb's marriage to Greg. Only she can save it - only Deb can unlock The Dark Room.
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Restless Natives
Title: Restless Natives
Character: Mrs. Paterson
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
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It Could Happen to Anybody
Title: It Could Happen to Anybody
Character: Big Bessie
Released: August 14, 1984
Type: Movie
"It never done a woman any harm to be at the end o' a back-hander." In a society where drunkenness and battered wives are treated as 'normal', Jean McLeod attempts to hold her family together. But after a particularly severe beating she decides to fight back.
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End of the Line
Title: End of the Line
Character: Mrs Baillie
Released: July 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Life in a Scottish New Town
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Title: Taggart
Released: September 6, 1983
Type: TV
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.
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Just a Boys' Game
Title: Just a Boys' Game
Released: November 8, 1979
Type: Movie
Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's life, as he drifts, drinks and fights, leads to a bleak realisation.
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A Sense of Freedom
Title: A Sense of Freedom
Character: Agnes
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.
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The Wicker Man
Title: The Wicker Man
Character: May Morrison
Released: December 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
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The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Title: The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Character: Mrs. Phinn
Released: February 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Two underprivileged Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare after discovering crates stuffed with banknotes in the basement they use for a clubhouse.
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Title: Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Character: Maggie Craig
Released: August 16, 1962
Type: TV
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.
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The Anatomist
Title: The Anatomist
Character: Jessie Ann
Released: February 6, 1956
Type: Movie
To acquire a fresh supply of cadavers for use in his medical school experiments, Dr. Knox turns two of his inept students into graverobbers.