Brenda Forbes

Brenda Forbes

Born: January 14, 1909
Died: September 11, 1996
in Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Born as Dorothy Brenda Taylor, Brenda adopted the last name Forbes as did her two notable acting relatives: mother Mary (born Ethel Louise) and brother Ralph. Like her relatives, she moved to the United States to further pursue her acting career. While her film roles were limited, she worked on stage for decades. Shortly before her death, she published her memoirs, "Five Minutes, Miss Forbes."

Movies for Brenda Forbes...

The Jerky Boys
Title: The Jerky Boys
Character: Rich Woman with Necklace at Tut's
Released: February 3, 1995
Type: Movie
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.
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The Man Upstairs
Title: The Man Upstairs
Character: Cloris
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.
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Laura Lansing Slept Here
Title: Laura Lansing Slept Here
Character: Doris
Released: March 6, 1988
Type: Movie
With a glittering cast that includes Katharine Hepburn and Karen Austin in lead roles, Laura Lansing Slept Here is a humorous family movie. Hepburn plays Laura Lansing, a novelist who undergoes an identity crisis as, despite her fame and fortune, she feels something is missing from her life. Entering into a quest to return a degree of normalcy to her life, Lansing's attempts provide many comedic moments, as well as a salient lesson for the famous author.
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Title: Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Character: Gladys Parker
Released: March 30, 1986
Type: Movie
A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Verna Clarvoe
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Blithe Spirit
Title: Blithe Spirit
Character: Mrs. Bradman
Released: January 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Television adaptation of Noël Coward's famous play about an unhappily married man plagued by the spirit of his dead previous wife.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Edythe Livingstone
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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The White Cliffs of Dover
Title: The White Cliffs of Dover
Character: Gwennie
Released: May 11, 1944
Type: Movie
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
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Mrs. Miniver
Title: Mrs. Miniver
Character: Gladys
Released: July 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
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This Above All
Title: This Above All
Character: Mae
Released: May 12, 1942
Type: Movie
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
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Miss Polly
Title: Miss Polly
Character: Patsy
Released: November 14, 1941
Type: Movie
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
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Vigil in the Night
Title: Vigil in the Night
Character: Nora Dunn
Released: February 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
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The Perfect Gentleman
Title: The Perfect Gentleman
Character: Penelope the Maid
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.