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Betty Ann Davies is a Actor British born on 24 december 1910 at London (United-kingdom)
Betty Ann Davies (24 December 1910 – 14 May 1955) was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1950s. She died young in 1955 aged 44 following an operation. Miss Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Young Ladies in revues such as "One Dam Thing After Another" and "This Year of Grace". Betty Ann Davies enjoyed a long and distinguished West End career which included "The Good Companions" 1934, "Morning Star" 1942, and "Blithe Spirit" 1943. Her outstanding stage triumph was in the role of Blanche du Bois, which she took over from Vivien Leigh, in the original West End production of " A Streetcar Named Desire". Miss Davis appeared in 38 films, and was active in TV at the time of her death. She left one son Brook Blackford.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 december 1910 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 14 may 1955 (at 44 years) at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Birth 24 december 1910 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 14 may 1955 (at 44 years) at Manchester (United-kingdom)
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Children Galore (1955)
, 1hDirected by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Byrne, June Thorburn, Betty Ann Davies, Richard Leech, Marjorie Rhodes, Marjorie Hume
Roles Mrs. Euphemia Ark
Rating54%
Une compétition s'engage dans le village après qu'un lord ait promis un cottage au couple ayant le plus de petits-enfants.
Alias John Preston (1955)
, 1h6Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee, Sandra Dorne, Patrick Holt, Bill Fraser
Roles Mrs. Sandford
Rating56%
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Betty Ann Davies, Beryl Reid
Roles Miss Waters
Rating66%
A new term opens at St Trinian's School for Young Ladies, striking terror into the local residents and police. Headmistress Millicent Fritton (Alastair Sim) has an unorthodox teaching philosophy, letting her students run wild.
Blackout (1954)
, 1h27Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Michael Golden, Jill Melford
Roles Mrs. Alicia Brunner
Rating61%
Casey Morrow, un Américain, est en train de se saouler dans un night-club de Londres, lorsqu'il est approché par une jeune femme qui lui offre un verre. Casey lui dit qu'il n'a plus un sou, et lorsqu'ils quittent le club, elle lui propose de lui donner 500 livres s'il se marie avec elle.
Cosh Boy (1953)
, 1h15Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Naismith
Roles Elsie Walsh
Rating60%
Based on an original play by Bruce Walker, the film tells of the exploits of 16-year-old delinquent youth Roy Walsh (James Kenney) and his gang in post-World War II London.
Grand National Night (1953)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister, Beatrice Campbell, Betty Ann Davies, Michael Hordern, Noel Purcell
Roles Pinkie Collins
Rating66%
Racehorse trainer Gerald Coates (Nigel Patrick) kills his wife Babs (Moira Lister) during an argument.
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Anthology film
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Ted Ray, Valerie Hobson, Kay Walsh, Jessie Royce Landis, Martita Hunt
Roles Doris Gow
Rating61%
In "The Red Peppers", a husband and wife song and dance team (Kay Walsh, Ted Ray) bicker with each other, another performer (Martita Hunt), and the theatre manager (Frank Pettingell). In "Fumed Oak", a middle-aged man (Stanley Holloway) finally has enough of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law (Betty Ann Davies, Dorothy Gordon, and Mary Merrall respectively). Having saved enough money secretly, he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving, never to see them again. In the final segment, "Ways and Means", a husband (Michael Trubshawe) informs his wife (Valerie Hobson) that he has gambled away their money, leaving little to pay their debts, especially to Olive (Jessie Royce Landis). They pawn their last few valuable possessions, hoping to win enough in the casino. However, Olive takes the seat the husband was waiting for and proceeds to win a great deal of money. When she gets up, he takes his rightful place and loses all he has. That night, the couple awake to find Olive's butler, Murdoch (Jack Warner), trying to steal from them. After laughing at him (since they have nothing worth the effort), the wife proposes he rob from his employer and split the money with them. Murdoch takes Olive's winnings, but double crosses the couple, only to end up caught by the police.
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
, 1h42Directed by Carol Reed, Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Robert Morley, Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kerima
Roles Mrs. Williams
Rating68%
Peter Willems, a selfish and ambitious man, is accused of stealing in his position as manager of a shipping port operation near Singapore. After he is terminated for his offense he reacquaints himself with the trading ship captain (Capt. Lingard) who befriended him as a 12-year-old boy. Lingard agrees to help Willems regain his reputation by taking him to a trading village located up a difficult-to-navigate channel near the coast of Batam. Lingard's son-in-law, Elmer Almeyer, operates a trading operation for Capt. Lingard in the village. Lingard asks Almeyer to take Willems under his wing and teach him the business. While Lingard is gone on one of his sea trips, Willems abuses his trust, seduces the village chieftain's daughter, attempts to steal Almeyer's business operation, humiliates Almeyer before the villagers, and shares the navigation secrets of the channel with a trader who competes with Capt. Lingard. Lingard returns to discover the mess Willems has made and confronts Willems — who has now been condemned by the villagers because of the shame he brought to the frail and dying chieftain. He abandons Willems to live in isolation and exile.
The Woman with No Name (1950)
, 1h24Directed by Ladislao Vajda
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Edward Underdown, Patrick Troughton, Helen Cherry, Leslie Phillips, Richard Burton
Rating64%
Yvonne Winter is an amnesiac, a victim of the wartime bombing of the London hotel where she's staying. At a country hospital she meets the pilot, Lake Chamerd, who saved her life. They fall in love and plan to marry, but he's killed on active duty. Yvonne's real husband hires detectives to find her, and she's brought home and starts to piece together her past. But not everything she finds there brings her happiness.
The Blue Lamp (1950)
, 1h24Directed by Basil Dearden, Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Jack Warner, Bernard Lee
Roles Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)
Rating67%
The action mostly takes place in the Paddington area of London, and is set in July 1949, a few years after the end of the Second World War. PC George Dixon (Warner) a long-serving traditional "copper" who is due to retire shortly, takes a new recruit, Andy Mitchell (Hanley), under his aegis, introducing him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic Ealing "ordinary" hero, but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of Tom Riley (Bogarde). Called to the scene of a robbery at a local cinema, Dixon finds himself face-to-face with Riley, a desperate youth armed with a revolver. Dixon initially tries to talk Riley into surrendering the weapon, but Riley panics and fires. Dixon is taken to hospital, but dies some hours later. The ending is another Ealing quirk, with ordinary, decent society banding together with professional criminals and dog-track identities to track down and catch the murderer, who tries to hide in the crowd at White City greyhound track in West London. To Andy Mitchell falls the honour of arresting Riley.
Trio (1950)
, 1h31Directed by Ken Annakin, Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie
Roles Mrs. Helen Chester
Rating70%
The new vicar (Michael Hordern) of St. Peter's Church is astonished to learn that the long-serving verger, Albert Foreman (James Hayter), is illiterate. When Foreman refuses to learn to read, the vicar feels he has no choice but to fire him.
The Man in Black (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sid James, Anthony Forwood, Valentine Dyall
Roles Bertha Clavering
Rating59%
After the death of her yogi father during a freak "yoga accident", Joan Clavering returns home to her widowed and suddenly very wealthy step-mother Bertha. The latter conspires with her daughter Janice to drive Joan insane and deprive her of her rightful inheritance.
The Man in Black (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sid James, Anthony Forwood, Valentine Dyall
Roles Bertha Clavering
Rating59%
Henry Clavering utilise ses capacités extraordinaires afin d'exposer au monde sa seconde femme Bertha. Cette dernière essaye de faire passer pour folle sa fille issue d'un premier mariage pour hériter de sa fortune.
The Passionate Friends (1949)
, 1h35Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean
Roles Joan Layton
Rating72%
The story is told through episodes of memories by the woman (Mary, played by Ann Todd) while on holiday in Switzerland waiting for her banker husband Howard (Claude Rains) to join her from his business. It has been nine years since they have been on holiday, but also nine years since she last talked to the man she is in love with (Steven, played by Trevor Howard), who unknowing to her has been booked into the adjoining room.
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie, Diana Churchill, Shelagh Fraser
Roles Miriam Larkins Polly
Rating65%
Following his dismissal from a draper's shop, where his father had placed him as an apprentice, protagonist Alfred Polly (John Mills) finds it hard to find another position. When a telegram arrives informing him of his father's death, he returns to the family home. With a bequest of £500, Polly starts to consider his future; and a friend of his father's, Mr Johnsen (Edward Chapman), urges him to invest it in a shop - an idea that Polly hates. Whilst dawdling in the country on a newly-bought bicycle, Polly has a brief dalliance with a schoolgirl, Christabel (Sally Ann Howes); but later marries a cousin, Miriam Larkins (Betty Ann Davies). 15 years later, Polly and his wife are running a drapery in Fishbourne, and the marriage has descended to incessant arguments and bickering. Whilst walking in the country, Polly decides to commit suicide but also sets his shop ablaze in the hope the insurance will assure Miriam's prosperity; but botches the arson job and instead of killing himself, rescues an elderly neighbour and becomes a minor local celebrity. Still unhappy, Polly leaves Miriam and is hired by a rural innkeeper (Megs Jenkins) as handyman and ferryman; but soon realises that the position was open because the innkeeper's brother-in-law Jim (Finlay Currie) is a drunkard who chases any other man away from the inn. Polly clashes with Jim until the latter accidentally drowns in a weir when he is chasing Polly. Several years later, Polly returns to Fishbourne to find Miriam operating a tea-shop with her sister, in the belief that Polly had drowned, and returns to his happier life at the inn.