Nanette Newman

Nanette Newman

Born: May 29, 1934
in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
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Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author.

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Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
Title: Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
An intimate portrait of the comic genius and one of Britain's greatest comic actors, with rare home movie footage of him at play. Peter Sellers' friends recall his obsessions with his leading ladies, superstitions, and a complicated relationship with his devoted mother. Plus, contributors, including Nanette Newman, Audrey Nicholson, Valerie Leon, and Charlie Higson, celebrate his multifaceted brilliance.
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Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Title: Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour retrospective features previously unseen scripts, scrapbooks and production files belonging to the lad himself, as well as personal items such as photos and letters.
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Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Title: Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 2020
Type: Movie
The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored in depth in this film, surveying his meteoric rise to fame and troubled personal life.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Title: Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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Title: The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2007
Type: TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
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Listening
Title: Listening
Character: Spa Owner
Released: October 3, 2003
Type: Movie
At a spa where talking is forbidden, an emotionally distraught woman finds solace in the company of a kind man and the two of them gradually fall in love.
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The Stepford Life
Title: The Stepford Life
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Title: Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
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Title: So Graham Norton
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: TV
So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
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Title: Cluedo
Character: Herself
Released: July 25, 1990
Type: TV
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.
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Restless Natives
Title: Restless Natives
Character: Passenger
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
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Title: Countdown
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
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Title: Let There Be Love
Released: January 4, 1982
Type: TV
Let There Be Love is a British sitcom which aired for two seasons from 1982 to 1983. It was created by the sitcom writing team of Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, and it starred Paul Eddington, Nanette Newman and Henry McGee. It was made by Thames Television for the ITV network.
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Jessie
Title: Jessie
Character: Jessie
Released: December 23, 1980
Type: Movie
A woman starts work as a nanny to a mute boy in a Victorian household. The boy's growing attachment to her however causes greater problems than his original detachment to his family. Part of the 1980 season of BBC Play for Today.
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International Velvet
Title: International Velvet
Character: Velvet Brown
Released: July 19, 1978
Type: Movie
Sarah Brown is sent to England after her parents die in a car crash. There, she lives with her aunt Velvet who introduces Sarah to the world of equestrian competition and gives her the last foal of her own prize horse, The Pie. Under the watchful eye of her aunt and horse trainer Capt. Johnson, Sarah develops into a talented rider who might have a shot at the Olympics.
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Title: Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Released: October 20, 1975
Type: TV
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The Stepford Wives
Title: The Stepford Wives
Character: Carol Van Sant
Released: February 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
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Man at the Top
Title: Man at the Top
Character: Lady Alex Ackerman
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, his beautiful wife Alex, and daughter Robin. But trouble starts when Joe is made Managing Director of one of Ackerman’s companies and makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide...
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The Love Ban
Title: The Love Ban
Character: Kate Goonahan
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
In this 1970s comedy, a Catholic man contemplates going against his priest's guidance on contraceptives when his wife wants to stop having children.
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The Raging Moon
Title: The Raging Moon
Character: Jill Matthews
Released: January 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Title: Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Character: Helena Beckett
Released: December 19, 1969
Type: Movie
Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of their lives.
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
Title: The Madwoman of Chaillot
Character: Irma
Released: October 12, 1969
Type: Movie
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others.
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Title: Oh! What a Lovely War
Character: Nurse
Released: March 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Title: Journey to the Unknown
Released: September 26, 1968
Type: TV
A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, very similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both British and American actors.
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Deadfall
Title: Deadfall
Character: The Girl
Released: September 11, 1968
Type: Movie
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
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Journey Into Darkness
Title: Journey Into Darkness
Character: Jill Collins
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown 1968)": 'The New People (1968)" (Episode 1.1) and "Paper Dolls (1968)" (Episode 1.16).
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The Whisperers
Title: The Whisperers
Character: The Girl Upstairs
Released: July 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.
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The Wrong Box
Title: The Wrong Box
Character: Julia Finsbury
Released: June 19, 1966
Type: Movie
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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Of Human Bondage
Title: Of Human Bondage
Character: Sally Athelny
Released: September 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her constant infidelity, they break up. Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute. But Philip is still in love with her.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Title: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Character: Mrs. Clayton
Released: June 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
Title: The Wrong Arm of the Law
Character: Valerie
Released: March 17, 1963
Type: Movie
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armoured car robbery in which the police must help the gangs to set a trap.
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The L-Shaped Room
Title: The L-Shaped Room
Character: Girl at End
Released: November 20, 1962
Type: Movie
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Geraldine McLeod
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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The Painted Smile
Title: The Painted Smile
Character: Mary
Released: May 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....
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Twice Round the Daffodils
Title: Twice Round the Daffodils
Character: Joyce
Released: April 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. A new group of patients arrive at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis where they all take a fancy to one of the nurses. The film was adapted from the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. Carry on Nurse from 1959 was based on the same play. The cast and production team of Twice Round the Daffodils create a noticeable similarity with the Carry On films, but the film is not an official member of the Carry On series.
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Title: Sir Francis Drake
Character: Yana
Released: November 12, 1961
Type: TV
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.
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Pit of Darkness
Title: Pit of Darkness
Character: Mary
Released: October 1, 1961
Type: Movie
When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house, has been cleverly opened, and the contents are missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets out to uncover the truth.
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The Rebel
Title: The Rebel
Character: Josey
Released: March 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist. Hancock proceeds to con the art world into thinking he is a genius.
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House of Mystery
Title: House of Mystery
Character: Joan Trevor
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.
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Faces in the Dark
Title: Faces in the Dark
Character: Janet
Released: November 22, 1960
Type: Movie
A businessman loses his sight in an explosion on the day his wife planned to leave him for another man.
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Title: Maigret
Character: Odette
Released: October 31, 1960
Type: TV
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
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The League of Gentlemen
Title: The League of Gentlemen
Character: Elizabeth
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
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Title: Interpol Calling
Character: Hannah
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
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Personal Affair
Title: Personal Affair
Character: Sally
Released: October 20, 1953
Type: Movie
A British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.