Mavis Villiers

Mavis Villiers

Born: January 18, 1915
Died: February 23, 1976
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movies for Mavis Villiers...

Philadelphia, Here I Come
Title: Philadelphia, Here I Come
Character: Liz Sweeney
Released: June 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
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Mousey
Title: Mousey
Character: Martha
Released: May 24, 1974
Type: Movie
A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
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No Sex Please: We're British
Title: No Sex Please: We're British
Character: American Lady
Released: July 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the banks' head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.
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Straight On Till Morning
Title: Straight On Till Morning
Character: Indian Princess
Released: July 9, 1972
Type: Movie
Brenda, a timid, withdrawn woman, meets Peter, a man she believes is finally the love of her life. However, little does Brenda know that Peter is a vicious serial killer.
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Sling Your Hook
Title: Sling Your Hook
Character: Mrs. Flowers
Released: April 2, 1969
Type: Movie
A group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.
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Promise Her Anything
Title: Promise Her Anything
Character: Rusty's Mother
Released: February 22, 1966
Type: Movie
A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.
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The Haunting
Title: The Haunting
Character: Landlady (uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
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Title: The Saint
Character: The Texas Mother
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 Boys
Title: The Boys
Character: Anne Celia Barker
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Title: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Character: Mrs. Coogan
Released: December 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
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Victim
Title: Victim
Character: Madge
Released: August 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving marriage to his wife, Farr's career and personal life are nearly idyllic. However, when blackmailers link the secretly closeted Farr to a young gay man, everything Farr has worked for is threatened. But instead of giving in, Farr decides to fight.
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A Touch of Larceny
Title: A Touch of Larceny
Character: Adele Parrish
Released: February 4, 1960
Type: Movie
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
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Suddenly, Last Summer
Title: Suddenly, Last Summer
Character: Miss Foxhill
Released: December 22, 1959
Type: Movie
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
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The Mouse That Roared
Title: The Mouse That Roared
Character: Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1959
Type: Movie
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
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I Believe in You
Title: I Believe in You
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1952
Type: Movie
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
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Pool of London
Title: Pool of London
Released: February 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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I Was a Male War Bride
Title: I Was a Male War Bride
Character: Dependents' Hotel Reception Clerk (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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Corridor of Mirrors
Title: Corridor of Mirrors
Character: Babs
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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One Exciting Night
Title: One Exciting Night
Character: Mabel
Released: December 4, 1944
Type: Movie
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
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Hi Gang!
Title: Hi Gang!
Character: Botticelli's Secretary
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Hi Gang! is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. It was a spin-off from the popular radio series Hi Gang!.
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South American George
Title: South American George
Character: Mts. Durrant
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star fulfill contract obligations and also win the heart of the man's lovely press agent, Linden Travers.
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Gasbags
Title: Gasbags
Character: American Girl
Released: February 1, 1941
Type: Movie
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.
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Sailors Don't Care
Title: Sailors Don't Care
Character: Blondi
Released: December 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
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Saloon Bar
Title: Saloon Bar
Character: Joan
Released: November 2, 1940
Type: Movie
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
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An Englishman's Home
Title: An Englishman's Home
Character: Dolly
Released: January 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Title: The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
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It's Never Too Late to Mend
Title: It's Never Too Late to Mend
Character: Betty
Released: March 1, 1937
Type: Movie
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
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King of the Castle
Title: King of the Castle
Character: Billie
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A family butler tries to find the missing heir to a title.
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Tess of the Storm Country
Title: Tess of the Storm Country
Character: Girl in Church (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1922
Type: Movie
Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess's father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret, while caring for Elias' daughter's illegitamate child.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Title: Little Lord Fauntleroy
Character: Little Girl (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1921
Type: Movie
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
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The Bum's Rush
Title: The Bum's Rush
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A 1927 short