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Brenda De Banzie is a Actor British born on 28 july 1909 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Brenda Doreen Mignon de Banzie (28 July 1909 – 5 March 1981) was a British actress of stage and screen.
She was the daughter of Edward Thomas de Banzie, conductor and musical director, and his second wife Dorothy (née Lancaster), whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the family lived in Salford, Lancashire.
She appeared as Maggie Hobson in the David Lean film version of Hobson's Choice (1954) with John Mills and Charles Laughton, set in Salford.
Her most notable film role was as Phoebe Rice, the hapless wife of comedian Archie Rice (played by Laurence Olivier), in the 1960 film version of John Osborne's The Entertainer. She had also appeared on Broadway in the original play, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.
Other memorable film roles included The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Pink Panther (1963), directed by Blake Edwards.
Notons que ce dernier film, réalisé par Tony Richardson, est l'adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre (titre original : The Entertainer), créée à Londres en 1957 puis reprise à Broadway (New York) en 1958, par la même équipe (Richardson à la mise en scène, et dans les rôles principaux, Olivier, Plowright et De Banzie — cette dernière aura d'ailleurs une nomination au Tony Award de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle —). Observons aussi qu'au théâtre, en dehors du Royaume-Uni, Brenda De Banzie s'était déjà produite à Broadway les deux années précédentes (1956-1957).
Enfin, à la télévision, elle contribue à neuf séries britanniques, la première en 1956, la dernière en 1971.
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Birth name Brenda Doreen Mingnon de Banzie
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 july 1909 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Death 5 march 1981 (at 71 years) at Haywards Heath (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 july 1909 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Death 5 march 1981 (at 71 years) at Haywards Heath (United-kingdom)
She was the daughter of Edward Thomas de Banzie, conductor and musical director, and his second wife Dorothy (née Lancaster), whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the family lived in Salford, Lancashire.
She appeared as Maggie Hobson in the David Lean film version of Hobson's Choice (1954) with John Mills and Charles Laughton, set in Salford.
Her most notable film role was as Phoebe Rice, the hapless wife of comedian Archie Rice (played by Laurence Olivier), in the 1960 film version of John Osborne's The Entertainer. She had also appeared on Broadway in the original play, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.
Other memorable film roles included The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Pink Panther (1963), directed by Blake Edwards.
Biography
Au cinéma, entre 1951 et 1967, Brenda De Banzie participe à ving-sept films, majoritairement britanniques, à l'exception de deux films américains (dont L'Homme qui en savait trop en 1956, l'un de ses plus connus, où elle interprète Lucy Drayton, face à James Stewart et Doris Day) et d'un film américano-britannique en 1963 (La Panthère rose, également bien connu, avec Peter Sellers). Parmi ses films britanniques, citons Chaussure à son pied (1954), aux côtés de Charles Laughton et John Mills, qui lui vaut l'année suivante une nomination au British Academy Film Award de la meilleure actrice dans un rôle principal, et Le Cabotin (1960), avec Laurence Olivier et Joan Plowright.Notons que ce dernier film, réalisé par Tony Richardson, est l'adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre (titre original : The Entertainer), créée à Londres en 1957 puis reprise à Broadway (New York) en 1958, par la même équipe (Richardson à la mise en scène, et dans les rôles principaux, Olivier, Plowright et De Banzie — cette dernière aura d'ailleurs une nomination au Tony Award de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle —). Observons aussi qu'au théâtre, en dehors du Royaume-Uni, Brenda De Banzie s'était déjà produite à Broadway les deux années précédentes (1956-1957).
Enfin, à la télévision, elle contribue à neuf séries britanniques, la première en 1956, la dernière en 1971.
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Pretty Polly (1967)
Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Hayley Mills, Shashi Kapoor, Trevor Howard, Brenda De Banzie, Patricia Routledge, Dorothy Alison
Roles Mrs. Innes-Hook
Rating60%
Miss Polly Barlow (Hayley Mills) decides to leave England and "spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion." While in Singapore, the sudden demise of her aunt (Brenda De Banzie) "leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms length romance with a local" Indian Singaporean tour guide, Amaz (Shashi Kapoor). "Tender, fun loving, and poetic representation of that transition from youth to young womanhood."
The Pink Panther (1963)
, 1h55Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, William Conrad, Claudia Cardinale
Roles Angela Dunning
Rating69%
As a child, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Shah of Lugash--"the Pink Panther," the largest diamond in the world. This huge pink gem has an unusual flaw: looking deeply into the stone, one perceives a tiny discoloration resembling a leaping panther. (As the camera moves in, this image comes to life and participates in the opening credits.) When Dala is a young woman, rebels seize power in Lugash and then demand possession of the jewel, but the exiled princess refuses to hand it over.
I Thank a Fool (1962)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento, Clive Morton, Cyril Cusack, Kieron Moore
Roles Nurse Drew
Rating60%
200px Dr. Christine Allison (Susan Hayward) is convicted of manslaughter for the mercy killing of her terminally ill, married lover. After serving two years in prison, she is unable to find work.
A Pair of Briefs (1962)
, 1h30Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda De Banzie, James Robertson Justice, Roland Culver, Liz Fraser
Roles Gladys Rose Hanley
Rating59%
The "Brief" of the title refers to the document which a solicitor in the UK court system writes to instruct a barrister who will plead the solicitor's case in court. Unfortunately barristers Tony Stevens and Frances Pilbright, as juniors, receive nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers. When a juicy brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" appears, they take opposite sides in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by World War II. Stevens advocates for the other side, a man who denies that he was ever married to the plaintiff, although all records have been destroyed during bombing raids. For her part, the woman claims that her husband left her after she temporarily lost her memory. The two barristers squabble in court, inevitably becoming attracted to each other in the process.
Flame in the Streets (1961)
, 1h33Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Théâtre, La précarité, Films based on plays
Actors John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie, Earl Cameron, Wilfrid Brambell, Ann Lynn
Roles Nell Palmer
Rating65%
Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of post-war Britain. Trades Union leader Jacko Palmer fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter, Kathie, is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the hysterical prejudice of his wife Nell.
The Mark (1961)
, 2h7Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Maria Schell, Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, Brenda De Banzie, Donald Houston, Donald Wolfit
Roles Gertrude Cartwright
Rating71%
Jim Fuller is released from prison after serving time for intent to commit child molestation. He attempts to return to society while dealing with his psychological demons with the help of a psychiatrist, Dr. McNally.
Come September (1961)
, 1h52Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Joel Grey, Bobby Darin, Walter Slezak
Roles Margaret Allison
Rating68%
Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he and his Roman mistress Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida) spend September of each year. When Robert moves up his annual visit to July and calls her en route from Milano, she cancels her wedding to Englishman Spencer (Ronald Howard) and rushes to meet him. Upon his arrival at the villa, Robert discovers that, in his absence, his major domo, Maurice Clavell (Walter Slezak), has turned the villa into a hotel, currently hosting a group of teenage girls, including Sandy (Sandra Dee), and their chaperone, Margaret Allison (Brenda De Banzie). Their departure is delayed when Margaret slips on a champagne bottle cork dropped by Robert and is forced to spend a day in the hospital. Four teenage boys who irritated Robert on the drive to his villa, including Tony (Bobby Darin), set up camp right outside of the villa and begin courting the girls.
The Entertainer (1960)
, 1h36Directed by Tony Richardson, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Daniel Massey
Roles Phoebe Rice
Rating70%
Jean Rice, a young London art teacher, travels to a seaside resort (not specified but partly filmed in Morecambe) to visit her family. She is emotionally confused, having had a row with her fiancé, who wants her to emigrate with him to Africa. She is also deeply concerned about the Suez Crisis, having seen her soldier brother off to the war. She has attended a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, directed against prime minister Anthony Eden.
Too Many Crooks (1959)
, 1h27Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sid James, Vera Day
Roles Lucy Gordon
Rating68%
The members of a gang, especially Sid (Sid James), grow impatient as their incompetent leader, Fingers (George Cole), botches the robbery of a fur store, the latest in a series of disasters. Fingers then comes up with the idea of robbing businessman William Gordon (Terry-Thomas). Gordon bluffs them into believing the police are on their way. Fingers refuses to give up, plotting to kidnap Gordon's daughter. However, he errs yet again and ends up with Gordon's meek wife Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) instead.
The 39 Steps (1959)
, 1h33Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda De Banzie, Barbara Steele, James Hayter, Barry Jones
Roles Nellie Lumsden
Rating64%
Coming to the assistance of a nanny who is almost killed during a bungled hit-and-run assassination attempt, Richard Hannay (More) is surprised to find that there is no baby in her pram. Curious, he meets her at the Palace Music Hall where she has gone to see the act of Mr Memory (James Hayter). Afterwards, she goes back to Hannay's flat with him, where she reveals that she is a spy working for British Intelligence following a group called "The Thirty-Nine Steps"; all they know about their elusive leader is that he is missing the tip of a finger. The Thirty-Nine Steps are in possession of a set of top-secret plans for "Boomerang", a British ballistic missile project that could tip the balance of power in Europe. She tells Hannay that she must leave for Scotland immediately, but while Hannay is out of the room, she is killed by two hitmen.
Passport to Shame (1958)
, 1h26Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Diana Dors, Herbert Lom, Eddie Constantine, Odile Versois, Brenda De Banzie, Robert Brown
Roles Aggie
Rating64%
A French girl gets mixed up in a life of prostitution.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
, 2hDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about families, Political films
Actors James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Truman
Roles Lucy Drayton
Rating74%
An American family—Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna (James Stewart), his wife, popular singer Josephine Conway "Jo" McKenna (Doris Day), and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olsen)--are vacationing in Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin), who seems friendly, but Jo is suspicious of his many questions and evasive answers and thinks that he is hiding something. Louis offers to take the McKennas out to dinner but cancels when a sinister-looking man knocks at the McKennas' hotel-room door claiming to be looking for another guest's room. Later, at a local restaurant, the McKennas meet English couple Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) and Edward Drayton (Bernard Miles), who strike up a conversation with the McKennas, who are surprised to see Bernard arrive and sit at another table apparently ignoring them.
House of Secrets (1956)
, 1h37Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Michael Craig, Anton Diffring, Gérard Oury, Brenda De Banzie, Geoffrey Keen, David Kossoff
Roles Mme. Isabella Ballu
Rating60%
The film, based on the novel Storm Over Paris by Sterling Noel, follows a man who is sent undercover to infiltrate an international crime organisation.
The Dam Busters (1955)
, 2h4Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Raymond Huntley
Roles Waitress (uncredited)
Rating73%
In the early years of the Second World War, aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis is struggling to develop a means of attacking Germany's dams in the hope of crippling German heavy industry. Working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as well as doing his own job at Vickers, he works feverishly to make practical his theory of a bouncing bomb which would skip over the water to avoid protective torpedo nets. When it came into contact with the dam, it would sink before exploding, making it much more destructive. Wallis calculates that the aircraft will have to fly extremely low (150 feet (46 m)) to enable the bombs to skip over the water correctly, but when he takes his conclusions to the Ministry, he is told that lack of production capacity means they cannot go ahead with his proposals.
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
, 1h36Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson, Brenda De Banzie, Lou Jacobi
Roles Lady Ruby
Rating63%
In the busy wholesale-retail world of London's East End everyone, it seems, has unattainable dreams. Then a small boy - Joe - buys a unicorn, in fact a sickly little goat, with just one twisted horn in the middle of its forehead. This, he has been led to believe by a local tailor, Kandinsky, will bring everyone good fortune.