Sylvia Barter

Sylvia Barter

Born: April 13, 1912
Died: February 23, 2007
in Lewisham, London, England, UK

Movies for Sylvia Barter...

Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Mrs. Bates
Released: October 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften.
bee
Shadowlands
Title: Shadowlands
Character: Woman in Bookshop
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
bee
Absolute Hell
Title: Absolute Hell
Character: Julia Shillitoe
Released: October 5, 1991
Type: Movie
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens. Originally aired as part of the anthology series "Performance."
bee
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Title: Where Angels Fear to Tread
Character: Mrs. Theobald
Released: June 21, 1991
Type: Movie
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
bee
Title: Performance
Character: Julia Shillitoe
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
bee
Paying Guests (Part 2)
Title: Paying Guests (Part 2)
Character: Hilda
Released: October 2, 1986
Type: Movie
Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her selfish old father. Miss Howard has some momentous news, and the Colonel must make a very brisk about-turn.
bee
Paying Guests (Part 1)
Title: Paying Guests (Part 1)
Character: Hilda
Released: October 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?
bee
Title: Lovejoy
Character: Old Lady
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
bee
Separate Tables
Title: Separate Tables
Character: Lady Matheson
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician ruined by scandal, and their passion is rekindled. In "Table Number Seven" a meek woman harbors a secret love for a man accused of fraud and sex offenses, forcing her to take a stand for the first time in her life.
bee
Title: Secret Army
Character: Mother Superior
Released: September 7, 1977
Type: TV
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
bee
Love Lies Bleeding
Title: Love Lies Bleeding
Character: Marie
Released: July 12, 1977
Type: Movie
Theo and Rowena are giving a dinner party - but outside their house a death occurs. Drama set against the backdrop of a dinner party. The guests are a mixture of the stupid and intelligent, imaginative and unimaginative. One of them is a major politician. However, outside the comfort of the party... is death.
bee
The Stretch
Title: The Stretch
Character: Welfare officer
Released: June 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.
bee
Title: Justice
Character: Miss Straker
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: TV
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
bee
Title: The Main Chance
Character: Juvenile Court Chairman
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.