Vera Day

Vera Day

Born: August 4, 1935
in London, England, UK

Movies for Vera Day...

Hammer Glamour
Title: Hammer Glamour
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2013
Type: Movie
This documentary features interviews with several leading ladies from Hammer's peak period, who share illuminating and amusing anecdotes about the various films they worked on.
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The Riddle
Title: The Riddle
Character: Sadie Miller
Released: October 14, 2007
Type: Movie
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Title: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Character: Tanya
Released: August 28, 1998
Type: Movie
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
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Saturday Night Out
Title: Saturday Night Out
Character: Arlene
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
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A Stitch in Time
Title: A Stitch in Time
Character: Betty
Released: December 1, 1963
Type: Movie
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Jane Mayo
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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The Trunk
Title: The Trunk
Character: Diane
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
An attorney's former mistress and his friend feign her death in order to bilk his new bride of 2,000 pounds.
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Watch It, Sailor!
Title: Watch It, Sailor!
Character: Shirley Hornett
Released: August 14, 1961
Type: Movie
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
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Trouble with Eve
Title: Trouble with Eve
Character: Daisy Freeman
Released: March 1, 1960
Type: Movie
What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.
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And the Same to You
Title: And the Same to You
Character: Cynthia Tripp
Released: February 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
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Too Many Crooks
Title: Too Many Crooks
Character: Charmaine
Released: March 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
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I Was Monty's Double
Title: I Was Monty's Double
Character: Angela
Released: October 21, 1958
Type: Movie
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
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Up the Creek
Title: Up the Creek
Character: Lily
Released: May 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.
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Grip of the Strangler
Title: Grip of the Strangler
Character: Pearl
Released: May 11, 1958
Type: Movie
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
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Womaneater
Title: Womaneater
Character: Sally Norton
Released: April 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.
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The Nice Americans
Title: The Nice Americans
Character: Ann Addams
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred for all Yankees.
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A Clean Sweep
Title: A Clean Sweep
Character: Daphne Watson
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.
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The Flesh Is Weak
Title: The Flesh Is Weak
Character: Edna
Released: August 6, 1957
Type: Movie
Giani is a pimp who preys on the naïve, ‘just off the bus’ young women who come to post-war London for fortune.
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Hell Drivers
Title: Hell Drivers
Character: Blonde at Dance
Released: July 23, 1957
Type: Movie
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
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The Prince and the Showgirl
Title: The Prince and the Showgirl
Character: Betty
Released: June 13, 1957
Type: Movie
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
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Quatermass II
Title: Quatermass II
Character: Sheila
Released: May 24, 1957
Type: Movie
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
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Stars in Your Eyes
Title: Stars in Your Eyes
Character: Maureen Temple
Released: December 6, 1956
Type: Movie
A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!
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Fun at St. Fanny's
Title: Fun at St. Fanny's
Character: Maisie
Released: December 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.
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A Kid for Two Farthings
Title: A Kid for Two Farthings
Character: Mimi
Released: August 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
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It's a Great Day
Title: It's a Great Day
Character: Blondie
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
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The Crowded Day
Title: The Crowded Day
Character: Suzy Green
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
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Dance Little Lady
Title: Dance Little Lady
Released: July 13, 1954
Type: Movie
When a ballerina's career is ended after she's injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Drama.