Gillian Hanna

Gillian Hanna

Born: July 20, 1944
Died: August 18, 2019
in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Movies for Gillian Hanna...

Ethel & Ernest
Title: Ethel & Ernest
Character: Midwife / Aunty Flo (voice)
Released: October 15, 2016
Type: Movie
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
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Genius
Title: Genius
Character: Julia Wolfe
Released: June 10, 2016
Type: Movie
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
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National Theatre Live: Treasure Island
Title: National Theatre Live: Treasure Island
Character: Grandma
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: Movie
It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins. Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life on the Olivier stage in a thrilling new adaptation by Bryony Lavery.
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Mr. Nice
Title: Mr. Nice
Character: Irish Phone Operator
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
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Oliver Twist
Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Mrs. Sowerberry
Released: September 23, 2005
Type: Movie
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
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The Heart of Me
Title: The Heart of Me
Character: Betty
Released: February 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
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All the Queen's Men
Title: All the Queen's Men
Character: Nettie
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: Movie
A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.
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Les Misérables
Title: Les Misérables
Character: La Thénardier
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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The Heart Surgeon
Title: The Heart Surgeon
Character: Margot
Released: May 4, 1997
Type: Movie
Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry, who is also his friend.
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Woman of the Wolf
Title: Woman of the Wolf
Character: Madame Printemps
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
This fairy-tale-like drama, based on a 1904 short story by American poet and feminist author Renée Vivien, tells two opposing versions of the same narrative: one told verbally by Pierre Lenoir, a male narrator at a Victorian dinner party; the other told visually through the behavior of an unnamed woman who meets him on a fantasy cargo boat. The intercutting of the two stories creates a tension between the different world views of the woman and the man.
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Safe
Title: Safe
Character: Eileen
Released: October 13, 1993
Type: Movie
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
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15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Title: 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Character: Margaret Knight
Released: August 18, 1993
Type: Movie
A teen, jailed in an adult prison in Britain, takes his own life in July 1990.
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The House of Bernarda Alba
Title: The House of Bernarda Alba
Character: Maid
Released: December 18, 1991
Type: Movie
A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Title: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Character: Mrs. Shubunkin
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an evil looking governess suddenly arrives at the hall...
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Margaret Baker
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: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Betty Sanders
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.