Lorraine Ashbourne

Lorraine Ashbourne

Born: January 7, 1961
in Manchester, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lorraine Ashbourne (born 1961 in Manchester) is an English stage, film and television actress.

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Released: December 11, 2024
Type: Movie
Set 261 years before the events of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", The War of the Rohirrim tells the story of Helm Hammerhand, a legendary King of Rohan who must defend against an army of Dunlendings. He becomes the namesake for the stronghold of Helm's Deep.
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Title: After the Flood
Character: Molly Marshall
Released: January 10, 2024
Type: TV
Joanna finds an unidentified man dead in a lift in a underground car park after a devastating flood, police assumes that he became trapped as the waters rose, but she is obsessed with discovering what happened to him.
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Allelujah
Title: Allelujah
Character: Mrs Earnshaw
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more threatening to the hospital itself, more deadly than the politicians ready to shut down the place at a moment's notice.
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I Used to Be Famous
Title: I Used to Be Famous
Character: Cheryl
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.
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Title: Sherwood
Character: Daphne Sparrow
Released: June 13, 2022
Type: TV
Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history while threatening to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before.
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Title: Bridgerton
Character: Mrs. Varley
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: TV
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
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Title: I Hate Suzie
Character: Karen
Released: August 27, 2020
Type: TV
Suzie Pickles, a star on the wane, has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her emerges in an extremely compromising position.
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Title: Alma's Not Normal
Character: Joan
Released: April 7, 2020
Type: TV
Big dreams, no qualifications and always herself. Mum’s been sectioned, Gran’s too busy, but after a messy break-up, wild child Alma aims to break free in Bolton.
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Blinded by the Light
Title: Blinded by the Light
Character: Kathy
Released: August 9, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
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Title: Cheat
Character: Angela Shadley
Released: March 11, 2019
Type: TV
University lecturer Dr Leah Dale has always prided herself on her academic integrity so when final year student Rose, submits a suspiciously top-grade essay, Leah is quick to call her out. But there’s more going on than meets the eye as Rose takes the challenge as a personal affront, and what begins as a seemingly open and shut case of academic deception soon spirals out of control.
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The Queen and I
Title: The Queen and I
Character: Violet
Released: December 24, 2018
Type: Movie
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
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Breathe
Title: Breathe
Character: First Woman
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
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Title: The Crown
Character: Barbara Castle
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: TV
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
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A Street Cat Named Bob
Title: A Street Cat Named Bob
Character: Local Housing Officer
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: Movie
James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat.
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Adult Life Skills
Title: Adult Life Skills
Character: Marion
Released: June 24, 2016
Type: Movie
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.
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Title: Jericho
Character: Lace Polly
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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Bunny and Clive
Title: Bunny and Clive
Character: Bunny
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
News of a new girlfriend disrupts mother-and-son crime duo, Bunny and Clive.
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Title: London Spy
Character: Mrs. Turner
Released: November 9, 2015
Type: TV
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them suddenly disappears.
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Title: London Spy
Character: Mrs Turner
Released: November 9, 2015
Type: TV
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them suddenly disappears.
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Title: Unforgotten
Character: DI Tessa Nixon
Released: October 8, 2015
Type: TV
London police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving missing persons, murder and long-hidden secrets.
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Title: The Interceptor
Character: Valerie
Released: June 10, 2015
Type: TV
A gripping eight-part series about a state-of-the-art law enforcement team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. The Interceptor delves into the adventures of a dedicated surveillance team known as the UNIT. Keeping their quarries under ultra-tight surveillance, they take us into the real world inhabited by the criminals of today. And it’s easy to recognize because it’s the same world the rest of us inhabit.
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Child 44
Title: Child 44
Character: Anna
Released: March 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
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Emotional Fusebox
Title: Emotional Fusebox
Character: Marion
Released: October 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Anna lives a hermit's life in her Mum's garden shed, making videos starring her thumbs. She wants to stay there but her Mum has other plans.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Carol
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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The Selfish Giant
Title: The Selfish Giant
Character: Mary
Released: October 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
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Title: Public Enemies
Character: Marion Sharmer
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: TV
Public Enemies explores the relationship between 28-year-old Eddie, recently released on life licence from prison after serving 10 years, and his probation officer, Paula, returning from suspension following a shocking crime committed by an offender under her supervision.
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Title: Vera
Character: Barbara Tullman
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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Title: Little Crackers
Character: Miss Meadowcroft
Released: December 19, 2010
Type: TV
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
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Thorne: Scaredycat
Title: Thorne: Scaredycat
Character: Ruth Brigstocke
Released: October 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, DI Thorne realizes two serial killers may be at work in a macabre partnership
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Title: Thorne
Character: Ruth Brigstocke
Released: October 10, 2010
Type: TV
Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. It stars David Morrissey who plays the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne created by crime writer Mark Billingham. The supporting cast includes Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan and Natascha McElhone.
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Oranges and Sunshine
Title: Oranges and Sunshine
Character: Nicky
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.
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Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Title: Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Character: Athlete
Released: December 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Victoria Wood delves into the making of her Mid-Life Christmas, with behind the scenes footage from sketches including Lark Pies to Cranchesterford and the Midlife Olympics. The making of Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas.
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Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Title: Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Released: December 24, 2009
Type: Movie
This is the time of year when friends and family gather round the television to exchange the traditional greeting -“Don’t bother, there’s nothing on”. Well this Christmas join Victoria Wood for her ‘Mid Life Christmas’ featuring highlights from the Mid Life Olympics 2009, with the most unlikely sporting events and a dance number that brings together the killer combo of midriff bulge. Victoria then dons a bonnet and corset, for the popular costume drama Lark Pies to Cranchesterford, and revel in the further adventures of soap star Bo Beaumont played by long term collaborator Julie Walters. DVD extras include the searing in-depth documentary (!) ‘What larks!’
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Title: Murderland
Character: Rachel
Released: October 19, 2009
Type: TV
Murderland is a three-part British television series created by David Pirie and directed by Catherine Morshead. The series also marks a return to ITV for Robbie Coltrane. The series was filmed in June 2009 and the first episode was transmitted on Monday, 19 October 2009.
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Title: Moving On
Character: Treena
Released: May 18, 2009
Type: TV
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
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Title: Law & Order: UK
Released: February 23, 2009
Type: TV
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
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A Bunch of Amateurs
Title: A Bunch of Amateurs
Character: Jane Jarvis
Released: November 17, 2008
Type: Movie
Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believes is a high-profile Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear at Stratford upon Avon, Steel thinks he has finally landed the plum role he has been waiting for. However, he soon discovers that he has been tricked into joining an amateur dramatics group for a charity production.
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Title: Lark Rise to Candleford
Released: January 13, 2008
Type: TV
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.
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Title: True Dare Kiss
Character: Beth Sweeney
Released: June 28, 2007
Type: TV
True Dare Kiss is a British television drama produced for BBC One. It is written by Debbie Horsfield and produced by Marcus Wilson and features Dervla Kirwan, David Bradley and Lorraine Ashbourne. It concerns the reunion of four sisters and a brother following the death of their estranged father, uncovering the truth, hiding secrets, and a cataclysmic event in the past. The series, set in the city of Manchester in the North-West of England, was aired in six parts from 28 June 2007. Filming for the series began on 8 January 2007.
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Housewife, 49
Title: Housewife, 49
Character: Dot
Released: December 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her son Cliff leaves to join the troops - provoking a painful confrontation with her husband Will.
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Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Mrs. Fairfax
Released: September 24, 2006
Type: TV
Charlotte Bronte's classic about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with the mysterious Edward Rochester.
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King Kong
Title: King Kong
Character: Theatre Actor
Released: December 12, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
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Title: New Tricks
Character: Moira Wright
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 Martins
Title: The Martins
Character: Lil
Released: September 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family from hell! Robert dreams if winning a dream holiday for his family, and when he fails to win yet another competition he flips, out tracks down the elderly winners, ties them up in the cellar and steals their tickets!
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Sue Cratchett
Released: November 20, 2000
Type: Movie
A modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who sees the error of his ways.
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Title: Clocking Off
Released: January 23, 2000
Type: TV
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained dramas, everyday life is fractured by tumultuous marriages, snatched passions, disappearing husbands and gang harassment.
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Title: City Central
Released: April 4, 1998
Type: TV
The day's big business stories are discussed.
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Title: Playing the Field
Character: Geraldine Powell
Released: March 8, 1998
Type: TV
The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team from South Yorkshire in the north of England whose loyalty to the team, the game and each other far exceeds their chances of ever winning the championship.
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Fever Pitch
Title: Fever Pitch
Character: Paul's Mum
Released: April 4, 1997
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Daniella Bellini
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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Title: Silent Witness
Character: Michelle Lafferty
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: TV
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
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Jack & Sarah
Title: Jack & Sarah
Character: Jackie
Released: June 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs and lands on his head. When he comes around he discovers he is the proud father of a baby girl, but deficient in the spouse department to the tune of 1.
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Title: Chiller
Character: Susan Taylor
Released: March 9, 1995
Type: TV
Chiller is a five-part British horror fantasy anthology television series, produced by Yorkshire Television, that first broadcast on ITV on 9 March 1995. Described by The Guardian as ITV's "answer to The X Files", the series was inspired by, but unconnected to, the 1991 Channel 4 thriller Gray Cray Dolls, which broadcast under the Chiller banner, the series featured writing contributions from renowned playwrights Stephen Gallagher, Glenn Chandler and Anthony Horowitz.
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Title: Pie in the Sky
Character: Maeve Cormack
Released: March 13, 1994
Type: TV
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
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Fighting for Gemma
Title: Fighting for Gemma
Released: November 10, 1993
Type: Movie
When a four year old and other children in same neighborhood develop leukaemia, the parents suspect a nearby factory. Based on real events.
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Title: Peak Practice
Character: Tina Greaves
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: TV
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
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Title: Mr. Wroe's Virgins
Character: Anne
Released: February 24, 1993
Type: TV
Based on the novel by Jane Rogers, the series follows the stories of seven young women who came to live and serve in the household of 19th century cult leader John Wroe.
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Title: Rich Tea And Sympathy
Released: July 5, 1991
Type: TV
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Resurrected
Title: Resurrected
Character: Reeva
Released: March 12, 1989
Type: Movie
A Falklands War soldier missing, believed dead, turns up claiming amnesia.
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The Dressmaker
Title: The Dressmaker
Character: Factory Girl
Released: December 16, 1988
Type: Movie
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
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Distant Voices, Still Lives
Title: Distant Voices, Still Lives
Character: Maisie
Released: November 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Sandy
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: 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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Twenty
Title: Twenty
Character: Dianna
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Twenty follows Emily, a homeless ballet dancer undertaking a potentially life-changing audition. In the audition room, identified by the auditioners as the girl wearing the number twenty, Emily is graceful and poised. Still, in the real world, she struggles to find somewhere to sleep, let alone focus on her artistry.