Dorothy Tutin

Dorothy Tutin

Born: April 9, 1930
Died: August 6, 2001
in London, England, UK
Dame Dorothy Tutin, DBE (8 April 1930 – 6 August 2001) was an English actress of stage, film and television. For her work in the theatre, she won two Olivier Awards and two Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress. She was made a CBE in 1967 and a Dame (DBE) in 2000.

Movies for Dorothy Tutin...

Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Character: Annie Besant
Released: January 13, 2002
Type: TV
The boyhood adventures of the greatest action hero of all time: Indiana Jones. Young Indy travels the world, meeting some of the greatest figures of the early 20th century, and participating in the events that helped shape history.
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance
Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance
Character: Annie Besant
Released: July 11, 2000
Type: Movie
In the fifth film in the series, in 1910, the Jones family attends a meeting of the Theosophy movement in Benares, India. There young Indy befriends a young boy named Jiddu Krishnamurti who is presented by the society to be the next world teacher and possible messiah. Traveling on to China, mother Jones takes Miss Seymour and Indy on a sightseeing trip while father meets with Chinese translator Yen Fu. Indy becomes ill during a rain storm and the travelers seek shelter with a poor Chinese family. Despite the misgivings of his mother, a local doctor is allowed to treat the boy with acupuncture.
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A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
An engaging profile of the classic film; featuring interviews with Stephen Fry, Dulcie Gray and Dorothy Tutin.
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Alive and Kicking
Title: Alive and Kicking
Character: Luna
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
A passionately committed young dancer is forced to re-examine his career and life when faced with death, finding hope through an older man who becomes his lover, mentor and companion.
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The Great Kandinsky
Title: The Great Kandinsky
Character: Florence
Released: October 13, 1995
Type: Movie
The once-reknowned escape-artist and magician, Kandinsky, is now reduced to confounding the staff and inmates of his retirement home.
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Title: Scarlett
Released: November 13, 1994
Type: TV
Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah and Charleston, to England, and to Ireland, where she discovers her family's roots.
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Great Moments in Aviation
Title: Great Moments in Aviation
Character: Gwendolyn Quim
Released: May 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journey to England. Stewart is pursued by his nemesis Rex Goodyear (John Hurt), and the group are supported by Dr Angela Bead (Vanessa Redgrave) and Miss Gwendolyn Quim (Dorothy Tutin), retired missionaries who become lovers during the voyage.
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Title: Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Character: Margaret
Released: June 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the help of his newfound friend Pandora/Julie (Bonham Carter) the stripper. It was the third episode of the first series of the Granada Television series Rik Mayall Presents.
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Title: Rik Mayall Presents
Character: Margaret
Released: May 20, 1993
Type: TV
Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of dark humour spread over two series, where he plays such diverse roles as a paranoid TV show host, an uncontrollable liar who pretends to be a gangster and a man on a date who is trapped in a cycle of escalating comic violence!
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Title: Body & Soul
Character: Mother Emmanuel
Released: April 8, 1993
Type: TV
A nun, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.
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Party Time
Title: Party Time
Character: Melissa
Released: November 17, 1992
Type: Movie
At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Amanda Young
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Prayer to Viracocha
Title: Prayer to Viracocha
Character: Narrator (Voice)
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Animated adaptation of poetry by Sir Clement Markham.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Title: The Yellow Wallpaper
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman goes slowly mad as she is confined to a room for weeks on end by her husband.
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Title: Theatre Night
Released: September 15, 1985
Type: TV
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
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Murder with Mirrors
Title: Murder with Mirrors
Character: Mildred Strete
Released: February 20, 1985
Type: Movie
When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul is bound to occur.
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The Shooting Party
Title: The Shooting Party
Character: Lady Minnie Nettleby
Released: February 1, 1985
Type: Movie
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.
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A Kind of Alaska
Title: A Kind of Alaska
Released: December 16, 1984
Type: Movie
A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her attempts to fathom the changed world into which she re-emerges is not only poignant and emotionally charged but, in the end, devastatingly brilliant theatre as well.
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Title: The Bill
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: Robin of Sherwood
Character: Lady Margaret of Gisburne
Released: April 28, 1984
Type: TV
Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel Showtime and on PBS. The show starred Michael Praed and Jason Connery as two different incarnations of the title character. Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history, 20th century fiction, and pagan myth. The series is also notable for its haunting title music by Clannad, which won a BAFTA award.
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King Lear
Title: King Lear
Character: Goneril
Released: April 3, 1983
Type: Movie
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
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Title: Number 10
Released: February 13, 1983
Type: TV
Drama series about the private lives of seven British prime ministers who lived in Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William Pitt the Younger, the Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone, David Lloyd-George, Herbert Henry Asquith and James Ramsay MacDonald.
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Landscape
Title: Landscape
Character: Beth
Released: February 4, 1983
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional couple remember a better time.
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Life After Death
Title: Life After Death
Character: Meg
Released: February 2, 1982
Type: Movie
"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles with the sudden death of her husband.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Don
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Jenny Garston
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.
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Ghosts
Title: Ghosts
Character: Mrs Alving
Released: November 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Ibsen’s play. Mrs Alving’s son is ill - but what with?
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South Riding
Title: South Riding
Released: September 16, 1974
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
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Title: Vienna 1900
Released: December 8, 1973
Type: TV
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Savage Messiah
Title: Savage Messiah
Character: Sophie Brzeska
Released: June 27, 1972
Type: Movie
In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
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The Spy's Wife
Title: The Spy's Wife
Character: Hilda Tyler
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A spy and his wife simultaneously attempt adultery.
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Cromwell
Title: Cromwell
Character: Queen Henrietta Maria
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
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Title: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Character: Anne Boleyn
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: TV
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.
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The Cherry Orchard
Title: The Cherry Orchard
Character: Varya
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.
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The Scent of Fear
Title: The Scent of Fear
Character: Joan Bridey
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Aboard a BOAC plane departing an unnamed Iron Curtain country, a stowaway has convinced a flight attendant to conceal him so he can defect on arrival in London. However, a high-ranking secret police officer posing as a passenger informs her that the man she's protecting is not wanted for his politics; actually, he is a murderer.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Character: Lucie Manette
Released: February 7, 1958
Type: Movie
British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.
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The Beggar's Opera
Title: The Beggar's Opera
Character: Polly Peachum
Released: August 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Character: Cecily Cardew
Released: June 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he takes care of his charge, Cecily Cardew. Cecily believes that Ernest is Jack's wayward brother and is keen on his raffish lifestyle. Algernon, seeing an opportunity, assumes Ernest's identity and sneaks off to woo Cecily.