Dandy Nichols

Dandy Nichols

Born: May 21, 1907
Died: February 6, 1986
in Fulham, London, England, UK
From Wikipedia

Dandy Nichols (21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress most noted for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character Alf Garnett in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part.

She appeared in numerous films, which included Carry On Doctor, Ladies Who Do, The Holly and the Ivy, The Vikings, the Beatles' film Help!, Georgy Girl, Doctor in Clover, The Birthday Party, The Bed Sitting Room, O Lucky Man!, Confessions of a Window Cleaner and Britannia Hospital amongst others.

After finding fame in Till Death Do Us Part, Nichols found work in television, notably playing opposite Alastair Sim in William Trevor's production of The Generals Day. She made appearances in Flint, The Tea Ladies and Bergerac. Onstage, she appeared in Ben Travers's comedy Plunder, as well as playing alongside Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud in David Storey's Home, in both London and on Broadway.

Movies for Dandy Nichols...

Title: In Sickness and in Health
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: TV
Sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part' with the bad tempered Alf Garnett, who has not mellowed with the years and is as bigoted as ever.
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Title: Objects of Affection
Character: Lily
Released: November 12, 1982
Type: TV
A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
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Britannia Hospital
Title: Britannia Hospital
Character: Florrie: The Workers
Released: May 27, 1982
Type: Movie
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Mrs. Honeyman
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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Title: Till Death...
Released: May 17, 1981
Type: TV
Alf and Elsie Garnett retire to Eastbourne, so Rita and Michael Jr. become the main characters who try to keep Alf out of trouble.
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Kate the Good Neighbour
Title: Kate the Good Neighbour
Character: Mrs. Druce
Released: March 6, 1980
Type: Movie
Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from her past.
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Design for Living
Title: Design for Living
Character: Miss Hodge
Released: May 6, 1979
Type: Movie
Design for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and Leo. Set in Paris, Otto and Leo both fall in love with Gilda. She cannot make up her mind which man she loves, so the three decide to live together in a platonic friendship. Among Coward's trademark sparkling wit, the play explores deeper themes including infidelity, the pressures of fame on an unstable mind, and morality (or immorality) of a menage a trois.
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In the Labyrinth
Title: In the Labyrinth
Character: Edith Harrison
Released: February 14, 1976
Type: Movie
After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.
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Three for All
Title: Three for All
Character: Henrietta
Released: May 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
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Title: Late Call
Character: Sylvia Calvert
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: TV
Elderly couple Sylvia and Arthur Calvert are forced to move in with their widowed son and his children in Carshall New Town.
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Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Title: Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Character: Mrs. Lea
Released: August 16, 1974
Type: Movie
Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service. Young and curious as he is, he reluctantly accepts the juicy duty. However his heart belongs to Liz, who demands the highest commitment until she lets him go all the way.
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The Death of Glory
Title: The Death of Glory
Character: Marjorie
Released: September 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.
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O Lucky Man!
Title: O Lucky Man!
Character: Tea Lady / Neighbour
Released: March 25, 1973
Type: Movie
This sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in modern Britain.
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The General's Day
Title: The General's Day
Released: November 20, 1972
Type: Movie
When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.
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The Alf Garnett Saga
Title: The Alf Garnett Saga
Character: Else Garnett
Released: August 30, 1972
Type: Movie
Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new 'home', but also with the long commute to work, the long walk to the corner pub, his long-suffering wife, rebellious daughter and her philandering, constantly unemployed husband.
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Title: Shirley's World
Released: April 7, 1972
Type: TV
Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was co-produced by the British ITC Entertainment and American producer Sheldon Leonard; it starred Shirley MacLaine as a photojournalist and John Gregson as her editor. Immediately after the ABC broadcasts ended, the seventeen-episode series was aired in its entirety on ITV in the United Kingdom.
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Home
Title: Home
Character: Marjorie
Released: January 6, 1972
Type: Movie
David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
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Title: Play for Today
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: TV
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Prinzessin Zasekina
Released: October 7, 1970
Type: Movie
The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.
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The Bed Sitting Room
Title: The Bed Sitting Room
Character: Mrs Ethel Shroake
Released: June 1, 1969
Type: Movie
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
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Till Death Us Do Part
Title: Till Death Us Do Part
Character: Else Garnett
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London Blitz and beyond.
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The Birthday Party
Title: The Birthday Party
Character: Meg Bowles
Released: December 9, 1968
Type: Movie
Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party". Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.
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Carry On Doctor
Title: Carry On Doctor
Character: Mrs. Roper
Released: December 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
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How I Won the War
Title: How I Won the War
Character: 1st Old Lady
Released: October 18, 1967
Type: Movie
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
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Title: Man in a Suitcase
Released: September 27, 1967
Type: TV
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
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Georgy Girl
Title: Georgy Girl
Character: Hospital Nurse
Released: August 4, 1966
Type: Movie
A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously stuck-up roommate Meredith.
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Title: Till Death Us Do Part
Character: Else Garnett
Released: June 6, 1966
Type: TV
Following the chronicles of the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf Garnett, a reactionary working-class man who holds racist and anti-socialist views.
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The Stable Door
Title: The Stable Door
Released: June 1, 1966
Type: Movie
This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as a vulnerable target by an insurance salesman who suggests precautions, including buying insurance. Will the works be done in time and sufficient to stop the robbers?
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Doctor in Clover
Title: Doctor in Clover
Character: Patient with Kidney Stones
Released: March 8, 1966
Type: Movie
Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main Administrator (James Robertson Justice) who wants his doctors to be 100% focussed on the job. Numerous antics follow, with Phillips getting Justice fixed up with the new prim-and-proper Matron (Joan Sims) and his attempted failures to lure the hospital's beauty, the physiotherapist.
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The Early Bird
Title: The Early Bird
Character: Woman Flooded by Milk
Released: November 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues
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A Passage to India
Title: A Passage to India
Character: Mrs Turton
Released: November 16, 1965
Type: Movie
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.
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Help!
Title: Help!
Character: Neighbour
Released: July 29, 1965
Type: Movie
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
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Rotten to the Core
Title: Rotten to the Core
Character: Woman in Cemetery
Released: July 14, 1965
Type: Movie
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Title: The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Character: Orphanage Superintendant
Released: May 26, 1965
Type: Movie
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
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Act of Murder
Title: Act of Murder
Character: Maud Peterson
Released: September 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
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The Leather Boys
Title: The Leather Boys
Character: Mrs Stanley
Released: March 8, 1964
Type: Movie
An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband's relationship with his best friend.
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Ladies Who Do
Title: Ladies Who Do
Character: Mrs. Merryweather
Released: November 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
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Don't Talk to Strange Men
Title: Don't Talk to Strange Men
Character: Molly
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: Movie
An innocent girl is "groomed" over the telephone, and nearly becomes the victim of an attacker.
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Crooks Anonymous
Title: Crooks Anonymous
Character: Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
Released: March 31, 1962
Type: Movie
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.
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The Trouble With Our Ivy
Title: The Trouble With Our Ivy
Character: Mrs. Tremblow
Released: November 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbor acquires a fast-growing creeper.
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Title: Ask Mr Pastry
Released: March 25, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Maigret
Character: Concierge
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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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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The Vikings
Title: The Vikings
Character: Bridget
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
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The Strange World of Planet X
Title: The Strange World of Planet X
Character: Mrs. Tucker
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exceptional scientific knowledge.
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Doctor at Large
Title: Doctor at Large
Character: Lady in Outpatients Dept.
Released: March 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).
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Title: Emergency – Ward 10
Released: February 19, 1957
Type: TV
Emergency – Ward 10 is a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency – Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas.
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Tiger in the Smoke
Title: Tiger in the Smoke
Character: Stall Attendant (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1956
Type: Movie
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
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The Feminine Touch
Title: The Feminine Touch
Character: Kitchen-hand
Released: June 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
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Yield to the Night
Title: Yield to the Night
Character: Mrs. Price
Released: June 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
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Not So Dusty
Title: Not So Dusty
Released: February 16, 1956
Type: Movie
Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Meanwhile one of the dustmen pursues a romance with a housemaid he has met on his round. Remake of a 1936 film of the same title which had also been directed by Maclean Rogers. Wally Patch who had written and starred in the earlier film, appears in a small role in the remake.
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Lost
Title: Lost
Character: Mrs. Gamble (Uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1956
Type: Movie
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
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The Deep Blue Sea
Title: The Deep Blue Sea
Character: Mrs. Elton
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle. (TCM.com)
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Where There's a Will
Title: Where There's a Will
Character: Maud Hodge
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.
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Mad About Men
Title: Mad About Men
Character: Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
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The Crowded Day
Title: The Crowded Day
Character: Charwoman
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
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Time Is My Enemy
Title: Time Is My Enemy
Character: Charwoman
Released: September 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.
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Adventure in the Hopfields
Title: Adventure in the Hopfields
Character: Mrs. Harris
Released: June 6, 1954
Type: Movie
A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.
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The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Title: The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Character: Mrs. Harris
Released: November 30, 1953
Type: Movie
The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
Title: Meet Mr. Lucifer
Character: Mrs. Clarke
Released: November 30, 1953
Type: Movie
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Street Corner
Title: Street Corner
Character: Mrs. Furness
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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Women of Twilight
Title: Women of Twilight
Character: Third Landlady
Released: January 16, 1953
Type: Movie
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
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The Holly and the Ivy
Title: The Holly and the Ivy
Character: Neighbour
Released: December 3, 1952
Type: Movie
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Title: Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Character: Mrs. Mott
Released: July 11, 1952
Type: Movie
The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through radar control, he contacts the robot and orders it to come to him, bringing along Mother Riley! But his life is turned upside down when he holds this most meddling of mothers captive.
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Emergency Call
Title: Emergency Call
Character: Barmaid
Released: May 19, 1952
Type: Movie
A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors.
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The Happy Family
Title: The Happy Family
Character: Ada
Released: March 30, 1952
Type: Movie
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
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Dance Hall
Title: Dance Hall
Character: Mrs. Crabtree
Released: June 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
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Your Witness
Title: Your Witness
Character: Waitress
Released: March 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Title: Don't Ever Leave Me
Character: Mrs. Marshall
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
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Now Barabbas
Title: Now Barabbas
Character: Smith's Mother
Released: May 24, 1949
Type: Movie
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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The History of Mr. Polly
Title: The History of Mr. Polly
Character: Mrs. Johnson
Released: February 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he eventually resorts to desperate measures to break free. His random wanderings in the countryside lead him to a new opportunity that just might be what he's been looking for all along.
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Here Come the Huggetts
Title: Here Come the Huggetts
Character: Aunt Edie Hopkins
Released: December 2, 1948
Type: Movie
The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.
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Scott of the Antarctic
Title: Scott of the Antarctic
Character: Caroline
Released: November 29, 1948
Type: Movie
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
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Woman Hater
Title: Woman Hater
Character: Mrs. Burrell
Released: October 13, 1948
Type: Movie
A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.
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The Fallen Idol
Title: The Fallen Idol
Character: Mrs. Patterson
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
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Title: NBC Experiment in Television
Character: voice
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
An attempt by NBC to emulate the success of the CBS hit The Twilight Zone, this hour-long anthology series showcased different actors, stories and creative talent each week.