Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Born: February 7, 1904
Died: July 15, 1990
in Kensington, London, England, UK
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Alison Leggatt (7 February 1904 - 15 July 1990) was an English character actress.

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Title: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Character: Mrs. Hudson
Released: October 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
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The Hireling
Title: The Hireling
Character: Passenger with Dog
Released: June 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends.
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Title: The Edwardians
Released: November 21, 1972
Type: TV
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The Edwardians' explores the lives of and events in the lives of many who helped define the era, the "Belle Epoque".
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Cows
Title: Cows
Character: Geraldine
Released: February 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Geraldine, a psychiatric social worker, has an accident whilst in the country. The inhabitants of a nearby house come out to help her and she discovers that one of the family members prefers cows to people.
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Unexpectedly Vacant
Title: Unexpectedly Vacant
Character: Mrs. Willoughby
Released: March 9, 1970
Type: Movie
A husband and wife acting team face the growing realisation that they will never be better than mediocre during a summer spent in rep.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Title: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Character: Headmaster's Wife
Released: November 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
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Title: Sanctuary
Released: June 29, 1967
Type: TV
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Title: Far from the Madding Crowd
Character: Mrs. Hurst
Released: June 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Queen of Hearts
Released: December 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe.
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One Way Pendulum
Title: One Way Pendulum
Character: Mrs. Groomkirby
Released: January 21, 1965
Type: Movie
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to sing in the attic.
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Nothing But the Best
Title: Nothing But the Best
Character: Mrs. Brewster
Released: March 10, 1964
Type: Movie
Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britain-even if it means murder!!!
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The Day of the Triffids
Title: The Day of the Triffids
Character: Miss Coker
Released: July 5, 1962
Type: Movie
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
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Goodbye Again
Title: Goodbye Again
Character: Alice
Released: May 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier resists the advances of Philip Van der Besh, the 24-year-old son of one of her clients. But when her longtime paramour, Roger Demarest, begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman, Paula decides that two can play that game. However, it seems that society looks differently at May-December romances when the woman is the older partner.
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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Title: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Character: Martha
Released: March 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
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A Woman Possessed
Title: A Woman Possessed
Character: Emma
Released: August 8, 1958
Type: Movie
English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Katherine (Margaretta Scott), who has some strong opinions about her son's new union. But things go too far when John accuses Katherine of trying to kill Ann with medication. Could she do such a thing -- and will these three ever have a good relationship?
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Title: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Character: Morgan le Fay
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: TV
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.
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Touch and Go
Title: Touch and Go
Character: Alice Fairbright
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: Movie
When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia - but his problems are only just beginning.
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Noose for a Lady
Title: Noose for a Lady
Character: Mrs. Langdon-Humphries
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.
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Encore
Title: Encore
Character: Freda Ramsay
Released: June 11, 1951
Type: Movie
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Miss Beamish
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Title: A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Character: Mrs Howarth
Released: May 23, 1949
Type: Movie
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
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Here Come the Huggetts
Title: Here Come the Huggetts
Character: Miss Perks
Released: December 2, 1948
Type: Movie
The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.
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It's Hard to be Good
Title: It's Hard to be Good
Character: Mrs. Buck
Released: November 10, 1948
Type: Movie
A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.
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Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Character: Ruby
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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This Happy Breed
Title: This Happy Breed
Character: Aunt Sylvia
Released: May 28, 1944
Type: Movie
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival.
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Nine Till Six
Title: Nine Till Six
Character: Freda
Released: March 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.