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Beatrix Lehmann

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Birth name Beatrix Alice Lehmann
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 july 1903 at Bourne End, Buckinghamshire (United-kingdom)
Death 31 july 1979 (at 76 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director and author.

Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She trained at the RADA and made her stage debut as Peggy in a 1924 production The Way of the World at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. As well as her extensive theatrical career she appeared in films and on television. She also wrote short stories and two novels including Rumour of Heaven, first published in 1934 (ISBN 014016166X).
In 1946 Lehmann became director and producer of the Arts Council Midland Theatre Company.

In 1978 she appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Stones of Blood as Professor Emilia Rumford. She also played Susan Calvin in two episodes of the British science fiction series Out of the Unknown. In 1979 she played Mrs Pleasant in a film version of The Cat and The Canary. Other roles include parts in Z-Cars, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, War and Peace, Love for Lydia, Staircase, and Crime and Punishment.

She came from a family of notable achievers: the third of four children of author and publisher Rudolph Chambers Lehmann. Her great-uncle was Henri Lehmann the artist. Her brother was publisher John Lehmann and one of her two older sisters was the novelist Rosamond Lehmann. Beatrix Lehmann died in Camden, London, aged 76.

There are 12 portraits of Beatrix Lehmann in the British National Portrait Gallery Collection (see link below).

Usually with

Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
(2 films)
Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman
(1 films)
Paul Dehn
Paul Dehn
(1 films)
Irene Handl
Irene Handl
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Beatrix Lehmann (12 films)

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Actress

The Cat and the Canary, 1h38
Directed by Radley Metzger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Mrs. Pleasant
Rating56% 2.804632.804632.804632.804632.80463
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the remaining relatives of Cyrus West (Wilfred Hyde-White) are called to his mansion to view the filmed reading of his will. Cyrus lets it be known how much he despised and loathed his kin by setting up a dogfight for the fortune and revealing that Annabelle West (Carol Lynley) is to be the sole beneficiary. However, to claim the inheritance, Annabelle must spend the night in the house with the rest of the family and be deemed sane the next morning. A doctor from the asylum up the road, Dr Hendricks (Edward Fox), arrives and informs the guests that a homicidal maniac, has escaped and is hiding out in the area. With a history of insanity in the family, a mansion replete with secret rooms and corridors and "The Cat" murderer on the loose, the night becomes a tale of gruesome murders, suspense, and, ultimately, revelations.
Staircase
Staircase (1969)
, 1h40
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt, Beatrix Lehmann, Stephen Lewis, Shelagh Fraser
Roles Charlie's Mother
Rating53% 2.659792.659792.659792.659792.65979
Charlie et Harry, 2 homosexuels, vivent en couple. Harry se fait des cheveux blancs parce qu'il en perd tout en dorlotant cette vieille rosse frustrée de Charlie. Ce dernier est en outre d'humeur massacrante car il est menacé de comparaître devant le tribunal pour délit de travesti et incitation à la débauche. Harry et Charlie finiront pourtant par comprendre qu'ils ne peuvent pas vivre l'un sans l'autre.
Wonderwall
Wonderwall (1968)
, 1h25
Directed by Joe Massot
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Irene Handl, Richard Wattis, Iain Quarrier, Beatrix Lehmann
Roles Mother
Rating56% 2.801082.801082.801082.801082.80108
The reclusive, eccentric scientist Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran) has for next-door neighbours a pop photographer (Iain Quarrier) and his girlfriend/model Penny Lane (Jane Birkin). Discovering a beam of light streaming through a hole in the wall between them, Collins follows the light and spots Penny modelling for a photo shoot. Intrigued, he begins to make more holes as days go by and they do more photo sessions. Oscar gradually becomes infatuated with the girl, and feels a part of the couple's lives, even forsaking work to observe them. When they quarrel and the couple splits, Penny takes an overdose of pills and passes out, but Oscar comes to her rescue.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1h39
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Annette Andre
Roles Domina's Mother
Rating67% 3.3963453.3963453.3963453.3963453.396345
In the city of Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero, Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) is "the lyingest, cheatingest, sloppiest slave in all of Rome", whose only wish is to buy his freedom from his master's parents, the henpecked Senex (Michael Hordern) and his dominating wife Domina (Patricia Jessel). When he finds out that his master, Senex's handsome but dim son Hero (Michael Crawford), has fallen in love with Philia (Annette Andre), a beautiful virgin courtesan from the house of Marcus Lycus (Phil Silvers), buyer and seller of beautiful women next door, Pseudolus makes a deal: he will get the girl for Hero in return for his freedom. Unfortunately, the virgin has been sold to the great Roman soldier, Captain Miles Gloriosus (Leon Greene), who even now is on his way from conquering Crete to claim her as his bride. Pseudolus blackmails his overseer, Hysterium (Jack Gilford) into masquerading as the corpse of Philia to fool the captain, but things go wrong at every turn.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1h47
Directed by Martin Ritt, Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Peter van Eyck, Sam Wanamaker, Robert Hardy
Roles Tribunal President
Rating74% 3.7462353.7462353.7462353.7462353.746235
The West Berlin office of the Circus, under administrator Alec Leamas (Richard Burton), has not been doing well. He is recalled to London shortly after the death of one of his operatives. Leamas is seemingly demoted to the banking section of the agency. In reality, a carefully staged transformation of Leamas has been arranged by Control (Cyril Cusack), the agency's chief. Now depressed and disgruntled, alcoholic and low on funds, he is quickly spotted by the East German Intelligence Service as a potential defector.
On the Fiddle, 1h26
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Alan King, Eric Barker
Roles Lady Edith
Rating58% 2.903792.903792.903792.903792.90379
During the Second World War, spiv Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation he tells the judge he is only working in the black market while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up.
The Key
The Key (1958)
, 2h14
Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Oskar Homolka, Bernard Lee, Kieron Moore
Roles Housekeeper
Rating66% 3.3424553.3424553.3424553.3424553.342455
American David Ross (William Holden), a former tugboat captain now in the Canadian army, is hastily commissioned in the Royal Navy and assigned to rotating command of W88, a double-crewed rescue tug then in dry dock due to battle damage. His predecessor was a suicide. The slow, poorly armed tugboats bring in "lame ducks," freighters crippled near England by German attacks. The main danger is from U-boats and aircraft.
Candles at Nine
Directed by John Harlow
Actors Eliot Makeham, Beatrix Lehmann, Joss Ambler, Vera Bogetti, André van Gyseghem, Winifred Shotter
Roles Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
Rating56% 2.8164252.8164252.8164252.8164252.816425
The Passing of the Third Floor Back, 1h30
Directed by Berthold Viertel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Conrad Veidt, Rene Ray, Anna Lee, Ronald Ward, Mary Clare, John Turnbull
Roles Miss Kite
Rating68% 3.436343.436343.436343.436343.43634
The film focuses on a run-down boarding house in London, home to an assorted group of residents. Many of them cling precariously to their social positions with only one figure, the wealthy self-made businessman Mr Wright, being truly successful. The house is owned by the grasping Mrs Sharpe, who mistreats the maid, Stasia, a rehabilitated juvenile delinquent. The various members of the household are miserable and openly sneering and rude towards each other, the one exception being the respect shown by all to the powerful Mr Wright. In the case of one couple, Major Tomkin and his wife, this involves pressuring their daughter Vivian to marry Wright in spite of her obvious horror at the idea.