Joan Maude

Joan Maude

Born: January 16, 1908
Died: September 28, 1998
in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Movies for Joan Maude...

Title: The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: The Duchess of Northumberland
Released: September 28, 1955
Type: TV
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
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Corridor of Mirrors
Title: Corridor of Mirrors
Character: Caroline Hart
Released: February 23, 1948
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
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A Matter of Life and Death
Title: A Matter of Life and Death
Character: Chief Recorder
Released: December 15, 1946
Type: Movie
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
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They Knew Mr. Knight
Title: They Knew Mr. Knight
Character: Carrie Porritt
Released: March 5, 1946
Type: Movie
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
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Night Boat to Dublin
Title: Night Boat to Dublin
Character: Sidney Vane
Released: January 8, 1946
Type: Movie
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
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Great Day
Title: Great Day
Character: Miss Allen
Released: July 9, 1945
Type: Movie
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
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Strawberry Roan
Title: Strawberry Roan
Character: Gladys Moon
Released: December 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake.
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The Lamp Still Burns
Title: The Lamp Still Burns
Character: Sister Catley
Released: November 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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Turn of the Tide
Title: Turn of the Tide
Character: Amy Lunn
Released: June 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
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When London Sleeps
Title: When London Sleeps
Character: Lady Conway
Released: December 1, 1934
Type: Movie
England is rocked by a series of train disasters. Police are on the hunt for the perpetrator, who is always spotted leaving the scene with a scarf around his face. The newspapers dub him "The Menace".
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The King of Paris
Title: The King of Paris
Character: Lea Rossignol
Released: November 5, 1934
Type: Movie
Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame threatens to eclipse his own, he jealously strives to control every aspect of her life - including her romance with theatre electrician Paul Lebrun.
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The Lash
Title: The Lash
Character: Dora Bush
Released: October 21, 1934
Type: Movie
One of John Mills' earliest roles as a wastrel playboy.
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The Wandering Jew
Title: The Wandering Jew
Character: Gianella (Phase III)
Released: November 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
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It's a King
Title: It's a King
Character: Princess Yasma
Released: December 23, 1932
Type: Movie
'Insurance agent poses as royal double and saves him from anarchists.' (British Film Catalogue)
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In a Monastery Garden
Title: In a Monastery Garden
Character: Roma Romano
Released: March 11, 1932
Type: Movie
An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.
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Hobson's Choice
Title: Hobson's Choice
Character: Alice Hobson
Released: October 2, 1931
Type: Movie
A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.
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One Family
Title: One Family
Character: The Mother
Released: July 8, 1930
Type: Movie
A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.
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Chamber of Horrors
Title: Chamber of Horrors
Character: Reporter
Released: March 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A man spends the night in the Chamber of Horrors of Madame Tussauds.