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Alison Leggatt is a Actor British born on 7 february 1904 at Kensington (United-kingdom)

Alison Leggatt

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Birth name Alison Joy Leggatt
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 february 1904 at Kensington (United-kingdom)
Death 15 july 1990 (at 86 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Alison Leggatt (7 February 1904 – 15 July 1990) was an English character actress.

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Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg
(3 films)
Amy Veness
Amy Veness
(3 films)
Ronald Neame
Ronald Neame
(1 films)
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Filmography of Alison Leggatt (21 films)

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, 1h53
Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Sherlock Holmes films, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse, Buddy films, Tennis films
Actors Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Georgia Brown, Samantha Eggar, Charles Gray
Roles Mrs. Hudson
Rating65% 3.2959453.2959453.2959453.2959453.295945
Dr. John H. Watson (Robert Duvall) becomes convinced that his friend Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) is delusional—particularly in his belief that Professor James Moriarty (Laurence Olivier) is a criminal mastermind—as a result of his addiction to cocaine. Indeed, Moriarty visits Watson to complain about being harassed by Holmes. Watson enlists the aid of Sherlock's brother, Mycroft (Charles Gray), to trick Holmes into traveling to Vienna, where he will be treated by Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin). During the course of his treatment, Holmes investigates a kidnapping case with international implications, and Freud uncovers a dark personal secret suppressed in Holmes's subconscious.
The Hireling, 1h48
Directed by Alan Bridges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer, Elizabeth Sellars, Alison Leggatt
Roles Passenger with Dog
Rating65% 3.287993.287993.287993.287993.28799
Set in and around Bath, Somerset, immediately after the First World War, the story opens at an expensive mental clinic in the country where the young and recently widowed Lady Franklin is being discharged. The owner of a smart hire car, former sergeant-major Ledbetter, chauffeurs her to her unsympathetic mother in Bath. Hired to take her on outings, he becomes the only person she can talk to as she slowly lifts out of deep depression.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 2h35
Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Siân Phillips, Alison Leggatt, Michael Bryant
Roles Headmaster's Wife
Rating67% 3.3979253.3979253.3979253.3979253.397925
Terence Rattigan's screenplay is a major departure from the simple plot of Hilton's novella. The time frame of the original story was advanced by several decades, starting in the 1920s, continuing through the Second World war, and ending in the late 1960s. Also, it does not show Chipping's first arrival at the Brookfield School, but starts with him already an established member of the teaching staff.
Far from the Madding Crowd, 2h48
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker, Prunella Ransome
Roles Mrs. Hurst
Rating71% 3.5966153.5966153.5966153.5966153.596615
Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm and decides to manage it herself. This engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; rejected by her as a suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when one of his dogs drove them over a steep cliff. Ignoring Gabriel's love, Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a nearby gentleman farmer. When he misinterprets her capriciousness and proposes to her, Bathsheba promises to consider his offer. But she becomes enamoured of Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a dashing cavalry sergeant.
One Way Pendulum, 1h30
Directed by Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, George Cole, Julia Foster, Peggy Mount, Alison Leggatt, Mona Washbourne
Roles Mrs. Groomkirby
Rating58% 2.904772.904772.904772.904772.90477
Study of absurdity in a suburban family: father rebuilds the Old Bailey in the living room, and the son teaches weighing machines to sing in the bathroom.
Nothing But the Best, 1h39
Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Alan Bates, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin, Denholm Elliott, Godfrey Quigley, Alison Leggatt
Roles Mrs. Brewster
Rating66% 3.3361553.3361553.3361553.3361553.336155
James, a young man starting with a large West End firm of estate agents and auctioneers, is ambitious to get to the top. In a cheap café he meets Charles, a drunken layabout who has everything James wants: effortless upper-class arrogance and impeccable tailoring. In return for a room to live in and loans for drink and betting, Charles agrees to tutor James in the life skills he needs to succeed. By bluff and sabotage James rises in his firm, catching the eye of the owner and of his only daughter Ann. Disaster threatens when Charles has a big win and decides to end the deal. James hastily strangles him and his landlady agrees to hide the corpse in her cellar in return for continuing sexual comfort. After long courtship, Ann agrees to marry James and her father makes him a partner in the business. Having conveniently sent his lower middle-class parents to Australia, his success will be crowned by a grand society wedding. Ann's father then confesses that he has a totally disreputable son they never see called Charles and developers who have bought the house of James's former landlady find a corpse in the cellar.
The Day of the Triffids, 1h33
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey, Mervyn Johns, Carole Ann Ford
Roles Miss Coker
Rating60% 3.0499753.0499753.0499753.0499753.049975
Triffids are tall plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behaviour. They are able to move about by "walking" on their roots, appear to communicate with each other, and possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting that enables them to kill their victims and feed on their rotting carcasses. Their appearance is vaguely similar to gigantic asparagus shoots topped with a flower-like 'head' that somewhat resemble a Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid and houses their deadly stinger.
Goodbye Again, 2h
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand, Jessie Royce Landis, Pierre Dux, Jocelyn Lane
Roles Alice
Rating69% 3.4973.4973.4973.4973.497
Paula Tessier (Bergman) is a 40-year-old interior designer who for the past five years has been the mistress of Roger Demarest (Montand), a "philandering business executive" who refuses to stop seeing other women. When Paula meets Philip (Perkins), the 25-year-old son of one of her wealthy clients, he falls in love with her and insists that the age difference will not matter. Paula resists the young man's advances, but finally succumbs when Roger initiates yet another affair with one of his young "Maisies". While she is initially happy with Philip, her friends and business associates disapprove of the May–December romance.
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, 1h21
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Niall MacGinnis, Alison Leggatt
Roles Martha
Rating73% 3.692473.692473.692473.692473.69247
The film is set in a small Canadian town to which the British Carter family (Peter, Sally and 9-year-old daughter Jean) have just moved, following Peter's appointment as school principal. One night Jean appears restless and disturbed, and confides to her parents that earlier that day while playing in a local wood, she and her friend, Lucille, went into the house of an elderly man who asked them to remove their clothes and dance naked before him in return for some candy, which they did and Jean doesn't believe they did anything wrong. But her parents are appalled by what they hear and decide to file a complaint. The accused man, Clarence Olderberry Sr., is however the doyen of the wealthiest, most highly regarded and influential family in town and matters conspire to turn against the Carters as the townspeople start to close rank against the newcomers. The police chief casts doubt on Jean's story, while Olderberry's son warns the Carters that if they pursue the matter through the legal system, he will ensure that Jean's evidence and trustworthiness will be torn to shreds in court.
A Woman Possessed, 1h8
Directed by Max Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Margaretta Scott, Francis Matthews, Kay Callard, Alison Leggatt, Jan Holden, Ian Fleming
Roles Emma
Rating55% 2.772742.772742.772742.772742.77274
John Winthrop, an English doctor, returns from a trip to America with his new fiancee, Ann. He is met with disapproval from his wealthy, domineering mother, Katherine, who is vocal in her dislike of Ann. On discovering Ann has a heart condition, Katherine insists the couple move in with her. One day the mother accidentally gives her daughter-in-law the wrong medication and Ann nearly dies. Fortunately, the doctor saves his wife; but then accuses his mother of attempted murder. In the end, it turns out Emma the maid was responsible for accidentally switching the pills, and with the crisis over, mother, son and daughter-in-law realise they must settle the differences between them.
Touch and Go, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, June Thorburn, Heather Sears, John Fraser, Roland Culver
Roles Alice Fairbright
Rating61% 3.0510853.0510853.0510853.0510853.051085
Following an argument with a work superior, furniture designer Jim Fletcher quits his job in a fit of pique. He decides that England has nothing to offer him and the future for his family is in Australia. He eagerly sets about making emigration plans, and despite the fact that his wife and family are less than enthusiastic about moving to the other side of the world, he disregards their reservations and presses ahead. Practical and bureaucratic hitches continually threaten to derail the project. Jim must also deal with the opposition of his in-laws, finds himself missing his job, and starts to have doubts himself about the wisdom of the move. However the snags and pitfalls are finally sorted out and a firm departure date is set. Then two days before they are due to leave, the Fletchers' daughter meets, and instantly falls in love with, her ideal man after he rescues the family cat, Heathcliff. A good deal of heart-searching ensues before the Fletchers decide whether or not to go ahead with emigration during a delay caused by a missing Heathcliffe.
Encore
Encore (1951)
, 1h25
Directed by Harold French, Anthony Pelissier, Pat Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film
Actors Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Charles Victor, Alison Leggatt, Noel Purcell, Glynis Johns
Roles Freda Ramsay
Rating68% 3.436413.436413.436413.436413.43641
Idle Tom Ramsay (Nigel Patrick) continually borrows from his hard-working brother George (Roland Culver). George later puts up the Ramsay estate for sale so he can buy out his business partner, despite Tom's protests. Shortly afterwards, George is approached by car dealer Philip Cronshaw (Peter Graves), who notifies him that Tom has stolen one of his automobiles. To avoid a scandal, George pays for it. However, it was a fraud; Cronshaw and Tom split George's money.
Marry Me
Marry Me (1949)
, 1h37
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt, Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Zena Marshall
Roles Miss Beamish
Rating61% 3.093873.093873.093873.093873.09387
David Haig (David Tomlinson) is a newspaper journalist who is instructed by his editor to go undercover at a popular matchmaking service in order to get the scoop on whether they are true cupids or not.