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Alexandra Bastedo is a Actor British born on 9 march 1946 at Hove (United-kingdom)

Alexandra Bastedo

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Birth name Alexandra Lendon Bastedo
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 march 1946 at Hove (United-kingdom)
Death 12 january 2014 (at 67 years)

Alexandra Lendon Bastedo (9 March 1946 – 12 January 2014) was a British actress, best known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series The Champions. She has been cited as a sex symbol of the 1960s and '70s. Bastedo was a vegetarian and animal welfare advocate.

Biography

She dated David Frost and Omar Sharif but turned down the advances of Steve McQueen who, she recalled, propositioned her with the line: “My wife doesn’t understand me.” In the case of Sharif the liaison lasted only a few weeks because of the actor’s bridge-playing habit, his odd hours, and the fact that he took telephone numbers from other women.

In 1980, Alexandra married at Chichester Cathedral Patrick Garland, a director, writer and actor, who was the longest serving director of the Chichester Festival Theatre. Bastedo wrote a memoir, Beware Dobermanns, Donkeys and Ducks, as well as several books on caring for cats and dogs. Her younger brother, Lindsay, died following a long struggle with cancer. Her husband died on 19 April 2013.


Animal welfare
Bastedo was a vegetarian, and is the founder of Alexandra Bastedo Champions (ABC) Animal Sanctuary. In an interview on the BBC television series Where Are They Now? Bastedo provided a glimpse into her private life. She used to be the president of her local RSPCA branch, but gave up her position in 2008 so she could dedicate more time to her own fast-growing animal sanctuary at her home in West Chiltington, West Sussex. A journalist, who interviewed her husband in 2010, described their domestic surroundings:


[W]e sit in his Sussex garden looking towards a small lake with a jetty and a battered rowing boat – a perfect pastoral scene which could be a stage set. He lives with his wife, the actress Alexandra Bastedo, who remains startlingly beautiful, a couple of Dobermans, some territorial cats, and a menagerie of horses, donkeys, pigs and goats – Bastedo runs an animal sanctuary. Garland's domain is largely inside the house where he closes doors to keep animals out of rooms lined with 12,000 books.
She was also a patron to a number of animal welfare organisations including: Compassion in World Farming, Wildlife Aid Foundation, National Animal Welfare Trust, Greyhounds in Need, and Naturewatch.

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Filmography of Alexandra Bastedo (13 films)

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Actress

Batman Begins, 2h20
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Martial arts films, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy
Roles Gotham Society Dame
Rating77% 3.868993.868993.868993.868993.86899
As a child, Bruce Wayne falls down a dry well, where he is attacked by a swarm of bats; he subsequently develops chiroptophobia. While watching an opera with his parents, Bruce is frightened by performers masquerading as bats, and asks to leave. Outside, the family is targeted by a mugger, Joe Chill, who murders Bruce's parents, leaving him to be raised by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth.
Draw!
Draw! (1984)
, 1h38
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Graham Jarvis, Derek McGrath, Frank C. Turner
Roles Bess
Rating61% 3.0990153.0990153.0990153.0990153.099015
In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado (Kirk Douglas) faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff (James Coburn), who was his longtime nemesis.
Find the Lady, 1h40
Genres Comedy
Actors John Candy, Lawrence Dane, Dick Emery, Peter Cook, Mickey Rooney, Ed McNamara
Roles Victoria
Rating41% 2.0872052.0872052.0872052.0872052.087205
Deux policiers empotés reçoivent trois demandes de rançon pour une même femme disparue. L'affaire se révèle beaucoup plus compliquée qu'il n'y paraît.
The Ghoul
The Ghoul (1975)
, 1h33
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Veronica Carlson, Alexandra Bastedo, Gwen Watford, Don Henderson
Roles Angela
Rating53% 2.6520352.6520352.6520352.6520352.652035
In 1920s England, a group of upper-class people take part in an automobile race to Land's End. One couple, Billy and Daphne, get lost in heavy fog and crash their car. Billy goes to look for help, but takes so long that Daphne strikes out on her own. She eventually locates a rural estate owned by Dr. Lawrence, a former priest. He receives her kindly and sends his disturbed gardener, Tom, to find Billy. Tom finds and murders Billy, and pushes the car into a ravine; it is implied that he acted on his employer's orders.
The Blood Spattered Bride, 1h40
Directed by Vicente Aranda
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, Alexandra Bastedo, Maria-Rosa Rodriguez
Roles Carmila / Mircala
Rating61% 3.0966253.0966253.0966253.0966253.096625
Susan, a newly married young woman still wearing her bridal gown, leaves on honeymoon with her new husband and eventually arrives at a hotel. Another woman seems to be stalking the couple from her position in a nearby car, and when Susan is left alone in the room for just a few moments, she has a violent fantasy of a strange man leaping out of the closet and raping her. Her husband returns she insists on leaving, and they do.
My Lover, My Son, 1h36
Directed by John Newland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Romy Schneider, Dennis Waterman, Donald Houston, Peter Sallis, Patricia Brake, Janet Brown
Roles Cicely Clarkson
Rating51% 2.566882.566882.566882.566882.56688
Francesca Anderson leads an unhappy marriage with her husband Robert. Her real attention is dedicated to her son James, who reminds her of her late lover Macer. Francesca is the only one who knows that James is not Robert's, but Macer's son. So Francesca reacts jealously when James falls in love with a girl friend, Julie.
I Can't... I Can't...
Directed by Piers Haggard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Dennis Waterman, Tessa Wyatt, Alexandra Bastedo, Eddie Byrne
Roles Gloria - Girl Friend
Rating42% 2.142582.142582.142582.142582.14258
A young woman's mother dies on the woman's wedding night.
A Promise of Bed
Directed by Derek Ford
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Victor Spinetti, Dennis Waterman, John Bird, Valerie Leon, Alexandra Bastedo, Yutte Stensgaard
Roles Angie
Rating43% 2.175052.175052.175052.175052.17505
Dans ce film d'anthologie, une actrice joue de ses charmes pour un rôle, des intrus s'invitent chez un homme solitaire et un chauffeur de taxi découvre un monde étrange.
Casino Royale, 2h11
Directed by Robert Parrish, John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Richard Talmadge, Joseph McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, William Holden
Roles Meg
Rating50% 2.5034052.5034052.5034052.5034052.503405
The story of Casino Royale is told in an episodic format. Val Guest oversaw the assembly of the sections, although he turned down the credit of "co-ordinating director".
Doctor in Clover, 1h41
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Fenella Fielding, Arthur Haynes, James Robertson Justice, Terry Scott
Roles Nurse at Party (Uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8576652.8576652.8576652.8576652.857665
The film is based at the (fictitious) St Swithin's Hospital, with Leslie Phillips as Dr Gaston Grimsdyke, an accident-prone doctor and cad, more interested in the nurses than the patients.
That Riviera Touch, 1h38
Directed by Cliff Owen
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Suzanne Lloyd, Armand Mestral, George Pastell, Alexandra Bastedo
Roles Girl at Roulette Table
Rating58% 2.9022952.9022952.9022952.9022952.902295
After Eric Simpson (Eric Morecambe) nearly gives the Queen a parking ticket, he and Ernest Clark (Ernie Wise) decide to take a holiday in the South of France. However, when they arrive there, they become unwittingly involved in a jewel theft when the thief Le Pirate (Paul Stassino) decides to use them to smuggle some precious jewels out of the country. He sends the two Englishmen to a sinister villa and sends the beautiful Claudette (Suzanne Lloyd), a member of his criminal gang, to keep Eric and Ernie occupied while he carries out the various stages of his plan. Confusion ensues however, as the two battle for the affections of Claudette and Eric accidentally wins a large sum of money at a casino. Eventually Eric and Ernie start to get suspicious and begin to investigate.
13 Frightened Girls, 1h29
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Murray Hamilton, Hugh Marlowe, Khigh Dhiegh, Norma Varden, Alexandra Bastedo, Lynne Sue Moon
Roles England
Rating52% 2.6103152.6103152.6103152.6103152.610315
After a 16-year-old girl develops a crush on an intelligence agent, she helps him to uncover a plot against the United States.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts (1960)
, 1h25
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Martin Milner, Donald Woods, Margaret Hamilton
Rating59% 2.9978352.9978352.9978352.9978352.997835
When occultist uncle Dr. Plato Zorba wills a huge ramshackle house to his nephew Cyrus and his impoverished family, they are shocked to find the house is haunted. Their new furnished residence comes complete with Dr. Plato Zorba's housekeeper, Elaine Zacharides, plus a fortune in buried treasure and 12 horrifying ghosts.