Cicely Courtneidge

Cicely Courtneidge

Born: April 1, 1893
Died: April 26, 1980
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movies for Cicely Courtneidge...

Not Now Darling
Title: Not Now Darling
Character: Mrs. Harriet Frencham
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A married British furrier gives a mobster's mistress a cheap mink coat.
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Title: On the Buses
Character: Mabel Butler
Released: February 28, 1969
Type: TV
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
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The Wrong Box
Title: The Wrong Box
Character: Major Martha
Released: June 19, 1966
Type: Movie
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Character: Colonel's Wife
Released: June 16, 1965
Type: Movie
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
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The L-Shaped Room
Title: The L-Shaped Room
Character: Mavis
Released: November 20, 1962
Type: Movie
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.
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Title: Man of the World
Character: Mrs Rosewall
Released: September 29, 1962
Type: TV
Man of the World was an ATV drama series, distributed by ITC Entertainment. The show ran in the United Kingdom in 1962 and 1963 for 20 one-hour episodes in monochrome. The series stars Craig Stevens as Michael Strait, a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung place as Iraq, Indo-China, and Algiers. Tracy Reed co-stars in the first season.
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The Spider's Web
Title: The Spider's Web
Character: Miss Peake
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.
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Dead by Morning
Title: Dead by Morning
Character: Millicent Tulip
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.
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Under Your Hat
Title: Under Your Hat
Character: Kay Millett
Released: September 1, 1940
Type: Movie
In pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.
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Take My Tip
Title: Take My Tip
Character: Lady Hattie Pilkinton
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.
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Everybody Dance
Title: Everybody Dance
Character: Katharine 'Lady Kate' Levering
Released: September 6, 1936
Type: Movie
When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.
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The Perfect Gentleman
Title: The Perfect Gentleman
Character: April Maye
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
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Me and Marlborough
Title: Me and Marlborough
Character: Kit Ross
Released: July 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
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Things Are Looking Up
Title: Things Are Looking Up
Character: Cicely Fytte / Bertha Fytte
Released: June 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.
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Aunt Sally
Title: Aunt Sally
Character: Sally Bird / Mademoiselle Zaza
Released: June 13, 1934
Type: Movie
An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of American gangsters bent on taking over the club. To put pressure on Kelly, the gangsters kidnap "Zaza".
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Falling for You
Title: Falling for You
Character: Minnie Tucker
Released: June 15, 1933
Type: Movie
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
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Soldiers of the King
Title: Soldiers of the King
Character: Jenny Marvello / Maisie Marvello
Released: March 13, 1933
Type: Movie
When Cicely Courtneidge's mother (also played by Miss Courtneidge, albeit in heavy makeup), retires, Cicely succeeds as Queen of the Marvellos, a family of music-hall performers. However, when young Dorothy Hyson begins an affair with a young soldier, Miss Courtneidge is trapped between her responsibilities and memories of her affair years ago with another young soldier.
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Happy Ever After
Title: Happy Ever After
Character: Illustrated Ida
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Two window cleaners help a girl who is trying to get to Hollywood.
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Jack's the Boy
Title: Jack's the Boy
Character: Mrs. Bobday
Released: June 11, 1932
Type: Movie
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.
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The Ghost Train
Title: The Ghost Train
Character: Miss Bourne
Released: September 22, 1931
Type: Movie
The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are increasingly threatened by a latent external force. Only five reels of picture and two reels of soundtrack survive.
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Elstree Calling
Title: Elstree Calling
Character: Herself
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).