Ann Wilton

Ann Wilton

Born: April 20, 1899
Died: May 12, 1980
in England, UK

Movies for Ann Wilton...

Title: Drama 61-67
Character: The Manageress
Released: March 19, 1961
Type: TV
Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.
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Sailor Beware!
Title: Sailor Beware!
Character: Edie Hornett
Released: June 5, 1955
Type: Movie
BBC television adaptation of the Philip King and Falkland L. Cary play about an imminent wedding becoming endangered by a domineering matriarch.
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The Miniver Story
Title: The Miniver Story
Character: Jeanette
Released: October 26, 1950
Type: Movie
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
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The October Man
Title: The October Man
Character: Miss Parsons
Released: August 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
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Hungry Hill
Title: Hungry Hill
Character: Cousin Eliza
Released: January 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
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School for Secrets
Title: School for Secrets
Character: Mrs. Dainty
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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The Way to the Stars
Title: The Way to the Stars
Character: Schoolmistress
Released: June 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
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Fanny by Gaslight
Title: Fanny by Gaslight
Character: Carver
Released: May 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
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Tawny Pipit
Title: Tawny Pipit
Character: Miss Pennyman
Released: April 28, 1944
Type: Movie
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
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The Man in Grey
Title: The Man in Grey
Character: Miss Edge (uncredited)
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales
Title: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Character: Bridget
Released: February 1, 1938
Type: Movie
The middle aged matron at a Norwich school wins a large prize in a French lottery. She is murdered in London and the murderer's secretary impersonates her and draws the old lady's prize money. There follows a series of killings until the murderer realises that he is trapped and commits suicide.
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Father Steps Out
Title: Father Steps Out
Released: December 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The film features 17 year old Dinah Sheridan as the daughter of the owner of a cheese factory (veteran actor Goerge Carney), who helps save her father from the action of a couple of swindlers.