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Avril Elgar is a Actor British born on 1 april 1932 at Halifax (United-kingdom)

Avril Elgar

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Birth name Avril Elgar
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 april 1932 at Halifax (United-kingdom)
Death 17 september 2021 (at 89 years)

Avril Elgar (born 1 April 1932) is an English stage, radio and television actress.

Biography

She was married to the American actor/director James Maxwell, (two sons), and he directed her in a production of The Corn is Green at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.

Usually with

Jack Gold
Jack Gold
(2 films)
Wilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson
(2 films)
Geoffrey Faithfull
Geoffrey Faithfull
(1 films)
Miriam Karlin
Miriam Karlin
(2 films)
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Cuthbertson
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Avril Elgar (10 films)

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Actress

Goodnight, Mister Tom
Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998)
, 1h41
Directed by Jack Gold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, John Cater, Avril Elgar, Geoffrey Beevers
Roles Mrs. Ford
Rating77% 3.8914153.8914153.8914153.8914153.891415
In September 1939, the United Kingdom enters World War II and children are evacuated from London to the countryside for their safety. Tom Oakley, a lonely and bitter old man living in the countryside village of Little Weirwold, is forced to look after one of the evacuees, William "Willie" Beech. Tom has long since withdrawn from life after losing his wife and child to scarlet fever many years ago, while Willie is a quiet young boy who comes from an abusive home and is apprehensive of Tom.
Wilde
Wilde (1997)
, 1h58
Directed by Brian Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Poésie, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Sheen, Judy Parfitt
Roles Lady Bracknell
Rating68% 3.4474553.4474553.4474553.4474553.447455
The film opens with Oscar Wilde's 1882 visit to Leadville, Colorado during his lecture tour of the United States. Despite his flamboyant personality and urbane wit, he proves to be a success with the local silver miners as he regales them with tales of Renaissance silversmith Benvenuto Cellini.
Thirteen at Dinner
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
, 1h27
Directed by Lou Antonio
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Diane Keen, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Cecil, David Suchet
Roles Miss Carroll
Rating61% 3.0918053.0918053.0918053.0918053.091805
Hercule Poirot fait la connaissance sur un plateau de télévision de l'acteur Bryan Martin et de sa future partenaire à l'écran Jane Wilkinson, qui s'avère être en réalité Carlotta Adams, une imitatrice. Ils sont tous invités chez la véritable actrice qui apprécie le talent de Carlotta. Jane demande à Poirot d'intercéder en sa faveur auprès de son mari, Lord Edgware, pour obtenir son consentement en vue d'un divorce. Ce dernier assure à Poirot avoir pourtant déjà donné son consentement par écrit quelques mois plus tôt. Peu après, Lord Edgware est retrouvé mort.
Betrayal
Betrayal (1983)
, 1h35
Directed by David Hugh Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar
Roles Mrs. Banks
Rating68% 3.442683.442683.442683.442683.44268
Betrayal follows significant moments in the seven-year extramarital affair of art gallery owner Emma (Patricia Hodge) with literary agent Jerry (Jeremy Irons), the best friend of her husband Robert (Ben Kingsley), a London publisher. With titles such as "Two years earlier" and "One year earlier," nine sequences are shown in reverse chronological order with Emma and Jerry meeting for the first time at the conclusion of the film.
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch (1978)
, 1h45
Directed by Jack Gold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about writers
Actors Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Marie-Christine Barrault, Alan Badel
Roles Mrs. Pennington
Rating68% 3.4479453.4479453.4479453.4479453.447945
Monsieur Brunel, a French detective on an exchange scheme in London, is assigned to investigate the murder of novelist John Morlar. As they examine the crime scene, Brunel discovers the victim is still alive in spite of his severe injuries and has him rushed to hospital.
Ladies Who Do
Ladies Who Do (1963)
, 1h25
Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peggy Mount, Robert Morley, Harry H. Corbett, Dandy Nichols, Miriam Karlin, Avril Elgar
Roles Emily Parish
Rating67% 3.391133.391133.391133.391133.39113
Mrs. Cragg (Peggy Mount) works as a charwoman (part-time domestic servant) for retired Colonel Whitforth (Robert Morley) and as a cleaner at an office block in London. It is whilst doing her office cleaning that she retrieves a unsmoked cigar as a gift for the Colonel and unwittingly wraps it in a scrap of paper discarded by a property financier named James Ryder (Harry H. Corbett).
Room at the Top
Room at the Top (1959)
, 1h55
Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Baddeley, Donald Houston
Roles Miss Gilchrist
Rating74% 3.743183.743183.743183.743183.74318
In late 1940s Yorkshire, England, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), an ambitious young man who has just moved from the dreary factory town of Dufton, arrives in Warnley, to assume a secure, but poorly paid, post in the Borough Treasurer's Department. Determined to succeed, and ignoring the warnings of a colleague, Soames (Donald Houston), he is drawn to Susan Brown (Heather Sears), daughter of the local industrial magnate, Mr. Brown (Donald Wolfit). He deals with Joe's social climbing by sending Susan abroad; Joe turns for solace to Alice Aisgill (Simone Signoret), an unhappily married older woman who falls in love with him.