Amy Dalby

Amy Dalby


Died: March 10, 1969
in Clerkenwell, London, England, UK

Movies for Amy Dalby...

Smashing Time
Title: Smashing Time
Character: Demolished Old Lady
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
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The Spy with a Cold Nose
Title: The Spy with a Cold Nose
Character: Miss Marchbanks
Released: December 19, 1966
Type: Movie
A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British intelligence must get to the dog first and retrieve the spying device.
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Who Killed the Cat?
Title: Who Killed the Cat?
Character: Lavinia Galsworthy
Released: October 7, 1966
Type: Movie
A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.
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Smoke Over London
Title: Smoke Over London
Character: Duchessa di Bradford
Released: March 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Dante Fontana is an antique dealer from Perugia infatuated with the culture of the British upper classes. His wife and relatives mock him and snub him, seeing him as a silly daydreamer doing no serious work. Unfussed, Dante plans a vacation to London to learn more about the culture he so admires. However, once in London, he struggles to fit in, is awkward, often makes mistakes betraying his Italian origins, attracting the scorn of the British upper classes he would like to impress.
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The Secret of My Success
Title: The Secret of My Success
Character: Mrs. Tate
Released: September 29, 1965
Type: Movie
Women (Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens) and his mother help an English constable (James Booth) rise to ruler of a banana republic.
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The Haunting
Title: The Haunting
Character: Abigail Crain at 80 years old (uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
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Lamp in Assassin Mews
Title: Lamp in Assassin Mews
Character: Victoria Potts
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Mrs. Forsythe
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Further Up the Creek
Title: Further Up the Creek
Character: Eadie Lovelace
Released: October 28, 1958
Type: Movie
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
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The Man Upstairs
Title: The Man Upstairs
Character: Miss Acres
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: Movie
The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.
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The Straw Man
Title: The Straw Man
Character: Lucy Graham
Released: August 17, 1953
Type: Movie
A newly married man is convicted of murdering a former lover in his apartment, and sentenced to hang. With a payout on his life worth 20,000 pounds, the insurance company sends an investigator to find out the truth.
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Brandy for the Parson
Title: Brandy for the Parson
Character: Postmistress
Released: May 2, 1952
Type: Movie
A young couple get involved with a smuggler
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Your Witness
Title: Your Witness
Character: Mrs. Widgely
Released: March 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
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The Wicked Lady
Title: The Wicked Lady
Character: Aunt Doll
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
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Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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Millions Like Us
Title: Millions Like Us
Character: Mrs. Bourne - Hostel Matron
Released: June 1, 1943
Type: Movie
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
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The Gentle Sex
Title: The Gentle Sex
Character: Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1943
Type: Movie
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.
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The Night Has Eyes
Title: The Night Has Eyes
Character: Miss Miggs
Released: June 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.
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Quiet Wedding
Title: Quiet Wedding
Character: Miss Dacres
Released: April 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
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On The Night Of The Fire
Title: On The Night Of The Fire
Character: Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.