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Petra Davies is a Actor British born on 24 july 1930 at Eltham (United-kingdom)
Petra Davies (born 24 July 1930) is a British actress. She trained at RADA between 1947 - 1949. She has had many television appearances and has worked in films and theatre. Her TV roles included appearances in Vanity Fair, Precious Bane, Destination Downing Street, Emma, ITV Play of the Week, Dolly, Z-Cars, Crown Court and General Hospital. Her films have included Four Days (1951), Operation Amsterdam (1959) and The Silent Invasion (1962).
She married the actor, the late Jack May in 1957 and has two children, Henrietta and David.
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Petra Davies
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 july 1930 at Eltham (United-kingdom)
Death 22 march 2016 (at 85 years)
Birth 24 july 1930 at Eltham (United-kingdom)
Death 22 march 2016 (at 85 years)
She married the actor, the late Jack May in 1957 and has two children, Henrietta and David.
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The Silent Invasion (1962)
, 1h10Directed by Max Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Eric Flynn, Petra Davies, Francis De Wolff, Martin Benson, Noël Dyson, André Maranne
Rating47%
During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with Nazi captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed. Maria now vows to exact revenge and to help the French Resistance any way she can.
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
, 1h44Directed by Michael McCarthy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Alfred Burke, Tim Turner
Roles Menschi
Rating63%
In May 1940, as the German invasion of the Netherlands is under way, the British government decides to send a team to the Netherlands on board HMS Walpole to secure stocks of industrial diamonds before the invaders can get to them. Accordingly, two Dutch diamond experts, Jan Smit (Peter Finch) and Walter Keyser (Alexander Knox) with a British Army Intelligence officer, Major Dillon (Tony Britton), are dropped by ship off the Dutch coast. Dodging German bombs and suspicious Dutch police and soldiers, they commandeer a car driven by Anna (Eva Bartok), whom they have just saved from trying to commit suicide. The four of them drive to Amsterdam.
They Can't Hang Me (1955)
, 1h15Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan, André Morell, Anthony Oliver, Reginald Beckwith, Ursula Howells
Roles Pitt's Maid (uncredited)
Rating58%
A senior civil servant, Pitt (Morell) has been convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Days before his execution, Pitt reveals that he has been passing on top secret information to an agent of a foreign power and offers to reveal the identity of his handler in exchange for a reprieve. With only five days before Pitt's execution, debonair Special Branch Inspector Ralph Brown (Morgan) takes on the task of identifying the spy before he flees the country.
Four Days (1951)
, 55minutesDirected by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Hugh McDermott, Kathleen Byron, Gordon McLeod, John Harvey, Petra Davies
Roles Helen
Rating57%
Stage Fright (1950)
, 1h50Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about television
Actors Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike
Roles RADA Girl (uncredited)
Rating69%
Eve Gill (Jane Wyman) is an aspiring actress at RADA. She is interrupted in rehearsal by her friend (and crush), actor Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd), the secret lover of flamboyant stage actress/singer, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich). Via a flashback he says Charlotte visited him after killing her husband; she was wearing a bloodstained dress. Jonathan claims he went back to her house for another dress, but was seen by Charlotte's cockney dresser, Nellie Goode (Kay Walsh). He escaped the police and needs help.