Sophie Thompson

Sophie Thompson

Born: January 20, 1962
in London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The second daughter born in 1962  to actress Phyllida Law and actor Eric Thompson, Sophie is the younger sister of twice Academy Award-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson.

Sophie Thompson has worked in film, television, theater and radio, and has narrated a number of audiobooks. She made her debut in 1978, at the age of 16, starring in A Traveler in Time.

Movies for Sophie Thompson...

Title: Belgravia: The Next Chapter
Character: Mrs Dunn
Released: January 14, 2024
Type: TV
Belgravia, 1871. When Lord Frederick Trenchard meets Clara Dunn, their courtship is full of passion. But after they marry, the scandalous world of high society and a long-buried family secret threaten to unravel their happiness.
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Title: Silo
Character: Gloria Hildebrandt
Released: May 4, 2023
Type: TV
In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
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Title: SisterS
Character: Sheryl
Released: March 30, 2023
Type: TV
Two women, one born in Canada and the other in Ireland, discover they are half-sisters and embark on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.
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Title: The Flatshare
Character: Katherine
Released: December 1, 2022
Type: TV
Tiffany and Leon are two cash-strapped twenty somethings who share a bed, but have never met. The question is, can you fall in love with someone you've never set eyes on?
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Title: Everything I Know About Love
Character: Liz
Released: June 7, 2022
Type: TV
In a 2012 London house-share, childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy — now in their 20s — experience bad dates, heartaches and humiliation. With flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?
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The Creeping
Title: The Creeping
Character: Karen Marrow
Released: May 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Due to a traumatic childhood experience Anna is estranged from her family and hasn’t returned home for many years. With her ailing grandmother and only living relative, Lucy, suffering from increasingly worse symptoms of dementia, Anna moves home to look after her. Soon after, strange things begin happening. Though benign at first, events soon escalate into a nightmarish fight for her life against a malevolent presence. She discovers the ordeal is linked to a dark family secret, a tragic past that’s haunted Anna her whole life… and Lucy’s fading memories could be the key to solving the mystery and surviving the nightmare.
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Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
Title: Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
Character: Frieda
Released: December 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?
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The Hour
Title: The Hour
Character: Herself
Released: August 19, 2020
Type: Movie
The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.
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Title: Feel Good
Character: Maggie
Released: March 18, 2020
Type: TV
Recovering addict and comedian Mae tries to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of her life. Life is further complicated by a new and all-consuming relationship with her new girlfriend George.
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Title: Sandylands
Character: Jeannie Swallows
Released: March 4, 2020
Type: TV
When her father is declared 'lost at sea', Verma has to come back to Sandylands to manage his affairs.
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National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Title: National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Character: Monica Reed
Released: November 28, 2019
Type: Movie
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
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Title: Ghosts
Character: Bunny Beg-Chetwynde
Released: April 15, 2019
Type: TV
A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
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One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Title: One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Character: Lydia
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after the events of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Charles, Carrie, Fiona, Tom, David, Matthew, Bernard, Lydia and Father Gerald are back in church. But whose wedding is it - and will there be any more familiar faces?
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Tales from the Lodge
Title: Tales from the Lodge
Character: Emma
Released: March 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy, who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier. They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - And this one is real.
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Title: Sex Education
Character: Lily's Mum
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
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A Disappearance
Title: A Disappearance
Character: Dame Alvera
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
A local child has gone missing. For the family, it is a tragedy. For former celebrity psychic Dame Alvera, it is an opportunity to claw back her fame. But in the dingy confines of a small-town psychic fayre, can she still make a human connection?
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Character: Lady Bracknell
Released: October 28, 2018
Type: Movie
A new production of one of the funniest plays in English, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, was broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End and is now available as a recorded programme. Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece throws love, logic and language into the air to make one of theatre’s most dazzling firework displays. Jack, Algy, Gwendolyn and Cecily discover how unsmooth runs the course of true love, while Lady Bracknell keeps a baleful eye on the mayhem of manners.
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Ratburger
Title: Ratburger
Character: Miss Maxwell
Released: December 24, 2017
Type: Movie
A girl rescues a rat, which the malevolent burgerman wants to make into a burger and sell to the local school children and people.
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Title: We the Jury
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
Pilot comedy. We The Jury is a comedy featuring William who has always wanted to do jury duty his whole life just like his dad. He never imagined that when the day finally arrived he would be on the jury of an actual murder trial.
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Title: Jericho
Character: Lizzie Capstick
Released: January 7, 2016
Type: TV
In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build.
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A Gert Lush Christmas
Title: A Gert Lush Christmas
Released: December 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Dan is about to introduce the woman of his dreams to his family, but as they are so quirky, will everything go to plan?
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Professor Branestawm Returns
Title: Professor Branestawm Returns
Character: Aggie Whistlestop
Released: December 24, 2015
Type: Movie
When Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks his money troubles are over. But scheming councillor Haggerstone insists an inventing contest be held to decide who gets the cash.
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Vintage Blood
Title: Vintage Blood
Character: Margaret
Released: August 30, 2015
Type: Movie
A vintage shop owner discovers that her fiancé's life is in danger when a cursed Ouija Board comes into her possession.
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That Day We Sang
Title: That Day We Sang
Character: Dorothy
Released: December 26, 2014
Type: Movie
TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the choir in which they sang as children, the music evokes powerful memories, leading them to realise they still have a chance to find happiness.
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Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Title: Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Released: December 26, 2014
Type: Movie
That Musical We Made is an honest and funny look at the making of a musical. Victoria Wood takes us behind the scenes of That Day We Sang, the film she wrote and directed, and also looks at the real events which inspired her story. She goes back to Manchester to find out about the original choir of the 1920s, and the children who sang on the record of Nymphs and Shepherds. And in between unpeeling the history and sharing the fun of the shoot, she tries to work out how a piece of writing can evolve. Victoria unpicks the process in an attempt to understand how what started as a straightforward account of a day in the life of a children's choir in 1929 ended up as a middle-aged love story about the power of music to reconnect lonely people and give them a second chance to fall in love.
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The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm
Title: The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm
Character: Aggie Whistlestop
Released: December 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town for being a nuisance.
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Mohammed
Title: Mohammed
Character: Emily
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: Movie
12-year-old Adam finds his 31-year old, superhero obsessed brother with learning difficulties a nightmare - until he sees a chance to use him to gain friends.
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Title: Detectorists
Character: Sheila
Released: October 2, 2014
Type: TV
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Jan
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Title: Lightfields
Character: Lorna Felwood
Released: February 27, 2013
Type: TV
The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods (1944, 1975 and 2012) but who are linked by a spine-chilling presence: the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious and tragic circumstances.
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National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Title: National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Character: Mrs. Hardcastle
Released: March 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward yo acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he's a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues. One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.
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Title: Love Life
Character: Penny
Released: March 15, 2012
Type: TV
A story set in a blue collar world, about love, romance, family, and babies. When a man returns from his travels abroad he is shocked to discover that his ex-girlfriend and love of his life is carrying another man's baby.
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: Angela Birkett
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: TV
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
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Monte Carlo
Title: Monte Carlo
Character: Auction Bidder 2
Released: July 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
Title: Whistle and I'll Come to You
Character: Carol
Released: December 24, 2010
Type: Movie
After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. But at night he seemingly becomes the victim of a ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character: Mafalda Hopkirk
Released: November 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
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Eat Pray Love
Title: Eat Pray Love
Character: Corella
Released: August 12, 2010
Type: Movie
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.
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Title: Big Top
Character: Helen
Released: December 2, 2009
Type: TV
Big Top was a BBC television situation comedy series which first aired on 25 November 2009 and was set in and around a travelling circus, the show aired on BBC One and BBC HD simultaneously. The series revolved around the performers and backstage staff of Circus Maestro. The series consisted of six episodes, each thirty minutes in length. Big Top was not recommissioned for a second series and was formally cancelled by the BBC in February 2010.
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Title: May Contain Nuts
Released: June 11, 2009
Type: TV
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May Contain: Nuts
Title: May Contain: Nuts
Character: Sarah
Released: June 11, 2009
Type: Movie
When the going gets tough, the mums get tougher and will do almost anything to ensure their children get into the best school!
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Morris: A Life with Bells On
Title: Morris: A Life with Bells On
Character: Glenda
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: Movie
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.
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A Room with a View
Title: A Room with a View
Character: Charlotte Bartlett
Released: November 4, 2007
Type: Movie
Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters — socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, in particular — who both surprise and intrigue her. When piqued interest turns to potential romance, Lucy is whisked home to England, where her attention turns to Cecil Vyse. But now, with a well-developed appetite for adventure, will Lucy make the daring choice when it comes to love?
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A Harlot's Progress
Title: A Harlot's Progress
Character: Jane Hogarth
Released: November 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
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Fat Slags
Title: Fat Slags
Character: Tracey
Released: October 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.
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Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Title: Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Character: Isabella
Released: September 4, 2004
Type: Movie
William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the play was broadcast on BBC4 on Sept 4, 2004. Directed for stage by John Dove and for television by Janet Fraser Cook. Presented by Andrew Marr and with comment from historian David Starkey, actress Juliet Stevenson and the production’s director John Dove. Starring Mark Rylance, Liam Brennan and Sophie Thompson.
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Title: New Tricks
Character: Ruth Shiree
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
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Title: New Tricks
Character: Fiona Kennedy
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
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The Young Visiters
Title: The Young Visiters
Character: Bessie Topp
Released: December 26, 2003
Type: Movie
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Miss Lacreevy
Released: December 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Title: Timeshift
Character: self
Released: October 10, 2002
Type: TV
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
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The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Title: The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.
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Gosford Park
Title: Gosford Park
Character: Dorothy
Released: November 7, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
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Title: Lee Evans: So What Now?
Released: March 26, 2001
Type: TV
Kicked out by his wife Eileen, Accident prone Lee turns to slobish best mate Stuart to take him in, after he burns down his place, they both rent rooms from Looney but lonely landlady Heather, a failed It-Girl who's wealth has run dry. Their adventures begin here.....
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The Railway Children
Title: The Railway Children
Character: Mrs Perks
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is mysteriously taken away by the police.
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Relative Values
Title: Relative Values
Character: Dora Moxton 'Moxie'
Released: June 23, 2000
Type: Movie
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood star Don Lucas. Right before the engagement party to be held at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, quickly devises a plan-but an inebriated Lucas's arrival at Marshwood to try to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Title: Dancing at Lughnasa
Character: Rose 'Rosie' Mundy
Released: September 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
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Title: Blind Men
Released: November 21, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Jonathan Creek
Character: Dorothy Moon
Released: May 9, 1997
Type: TV
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: April Gooding
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Company
Title: Company
Character: Amy
Released: December 10, 1996
Type: Movie
Filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's classic musical comes to life through the direction of Sam Mendes. Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his single state and his enthusiastically married, slightly envious friends.
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Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Miss Bates
Released: August 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
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Persuasion
Title: Persuasion
Character: Mary Musgrave
Released: May 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.
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Mr. Bean: Torvill and Bean
Title: Mr. Bean: Torvill and Bean
Character: Girlfriend
Released: March 17, 1995
Type: Movie
Mr. Bean takes his girlfriend to see Britain's famous ice skating duo Torvill and Dean perform in Manchester. But he accidentally injures Dean backstage and has to substitute as guest ice-skater with Torvill.
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Message for Posterity
Title: Message for Posterity
Character: Gillian Player
Released: October 28, 1994
Type: Movie
A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 1960s version had been wiped.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
Title: Four Weddings and a Funeral
Character: Lydia the Bride - Wedding Two
Released: March 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
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Title: Nelson's Column
Released: February 17, 1994
Type: TV
Nelson's Column was a British comedy television series produced during 1994 and 1995.
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David Macaulay: Roman City
Title: David Macaulay: Roman City
Character: Aiden (voice)
Released: February 15, 1994
Type: Movie
The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.
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The Master Blackmailer
Title: The Master Blackmailer
Character: Agatha
Released: February 2, 1992
Type: Movie
For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.
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Twenty-one
Title: Twenty-one
Character: Francesca
Released: October 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug addict boyfriend Bobby, her lover Jack, close friend Baldy, and her father.
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Discovering Hamlet
Title: Discovering Hamlet
Character: Herself / Ophelia
Released: January 7, 1990
Type: Movie
IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guidance of celebrated actor Derek Jacobi. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this hour-long film documents how Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, two intelligent and passionate men, found new depths in Shakespeare’s classic drama, Hamlet. Filmmakers Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein follow the company through four weeks of rehearsals, from the first read-throughs to opening night.
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Bomber Harris
Title: Bomber Harris
Character: Jillie Harris
Released: September 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Mrs Reynolds
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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Tumbledown
Title: Tumbledown
Character: Louise Stubbs
Released: May 29, 1988
Type: Movie
The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper and left paralyzed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.
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The Death of the Heart
Title: The Death of the Heart
Character: Doris
Released: May 3, 1987
Type: Movie
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Judy Wilson
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: EastEnders
Character: Stella Crawford
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Agatha
Released: April 24, 1984
Type: TV
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
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The Missionary
Title: The Missionary
Character: Mission Girl
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: Movie
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
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Title: Hammer House of Horror
Released: September 13, 1980
Type: TV
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
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The Crucible
Title: The Crucible
Character: Mercy Lewis
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, concerning the Salem witch trials.
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Secret Orchards
Title: Secret Orchards
Released: March 14, 1979
Type: Movie
The true story of successful and respectable Edwardian businessman Roger Ackerley, who managed to conceal the existence of a secret love and the three daughters she bore, from his society wife and remaining children. Known to the daughters only as 'Uncle Bodger', they remained unaware he was their father until after his death. The film also covers the impact on them of their improvised upbringing - their mother was frequently absent - and the social irony of his closet homosexual son, Joe struggling to unburden his truth onto his reluctant, outwardly respectable father. Joe became the eminent author J R Ackerley on whose book, My Father And Myself, the film is partially based, along with The Secret Orchard Of Roger Ackerley by Diana Petre, one of Roger's 'illegitimate' daughters.
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Title: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Character: Carol
Released: December 24, 1971
Type: TV
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and later revived in 2005 on BBC Four. With one exception, the original instalments are directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films are all shot on 16 mm colour film. The remit behind the series was to provide a television adaptation of a classic ghost story referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas.