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Carla Lehmann is a Actor Canadienne born on 26 february 1917 at Winnipeg (Canada)
Carla Lehmann (26 February 1917 – 1 December 1990) was a Canadian film and television actress. She played "Lady Mary Hannay" in the 1952 BBC television series, The Three Hostages.
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Birth name Carla Hillerns Lehmann
Nationality Canada
Birth 26 february 1917 at Winnipeg (Canada)
Death 1 december 1990 (at 73 years) at Berkshire (United-kingdom)
Nationality Canada
Birth 26 february 1917 at Winnipeg (Canada)
Death 1 december 1990 (at 73 years) at Berkshire (United-kingdom)
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Filmography of Carla Lehmann (11 films)
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Fame Is the Spur (1947)
, 1h56Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson, Carla Lehmann, Hugh Burden
Roles Lady Lettice
Rating66%
When a young man from a North country mill town (Michael Redgrave) commits to help the poverty stricken workers in his area, he takes as his Excalibur a sword passed down to him by his grandfather from the Battle of Peterloo, where it had been used against workers. As an idealistic champion of the oppressed, he rises to power as a Labour M.P., but is seduced by the trappings of power, and finds himself the type of politician he originally despised.
29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
, 1h23Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Jimmy Hanley, Henry Kendall, Carla Lehmann, Dinah Sheridan
Roles Fay Jones
Rating65%
Peter Robinson falls in love with the naïve country girl Fay and the worldly, wealthy and already-married Joan, and lives with them both (and Joan's husband) at his parents' house. However, one day Peter's parents unexpectedly return from holiday, and all hell breaks loose.
Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
, 1h25Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Political films
Actors James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp Taylor, Walter Rilla, Sybille Binder
Roles Susan Foster
Rating61%
The story is loosely based on the secret conference in Cherchell, Algeria, in October 1942, between American General Mark W. Clark and a group of high-ranking French Vichy commanders, where they agreed not to resist the Operation Torch landings in Vichy controlled French North Africa a month later.
Secret Mission (1942)
, 1h34Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Hugh Williams, James Mason, Michael Wilding, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Karel Štěpánek
Roles Michele de Carnot
Rating54%
During the Second World War, two British army officers, Garnett and Gowan, together with Private Clark, who used to live in France and ran a café with his French wife, and Raoul, a member of the Free French forces, are dropped off on the coast of occupied France. Their mission is to collect intelligence on German military strength in the area, prior to an airborne raid. They rendezvous at the chateau used as German headquarters, which is Raoul's ancestral home. His sister Michele still lives there, but is resigned to cooperation with the occupiers, and is too frightened to assist in the men's mission.
Flying Fortress (1942)
, 1h8Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Richard Greene, Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld, Donald Stewart, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby
Roles Sydney Kelly
Rating53%
Pilot William "Sky" Kelly (Donald Stewart) is held responsible for an aircraft crash in which a passenger is killed; however, his friend, wealthy playboy James "Jim" Spence (Richard Greene), was actually piloting the aircraft. Kelly's sister Sydney (Carla Lehmann), a newspaper reporter, vows to clear her brother and name Kelly as the culprit. Spence and Sydney later meet amicably, but when a scandal photographer reveals Sydney's profession, Spence suspects her motives and ends their budding relationship.
Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
Directed by Paul L. Stein, Harold French
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Joyce Howard, Mary Jerrold, Guy Middleton
Roles Jacqueline Marlow
Rating65%
A drama about two sisters, Jacqueline and June, who are very close and stand by each other, even though their stories separates them. The older sister, Jacqueline (Carla Lehmann), has a sexually liberal backstory, and the younger is quite unspolied by life. The story picks up when Jacqueline travels to the French Riviera to change scenery, look for new adventures and search for an eligible bachelor who has no prir knwledge about her frivolous past. Soon she finds a suitable man, Doctor Michael Thomas (Hugh Williams), and they get married. Eventually Jacqueline is haunted by her past, as her picture turns up in a tabloid newspaper, and her husband catches a glimpse of his new bride's flamboyant previous mistakes. Jacqueline's younger sister, June (Joyce Howard), decides to help her older sister out to save her marriage from falling apart. She takes the blame and tells Michael that she is the one who has fooled around in the recent past. However, this information gives her problems of her own, as it finds its way to her own romantic interests, and threatens to destroy her own love life. The story ends with the older sister ultimately confessing her past to her husband and the other parties to the conflict, saving her sister with the truth.
Cottage to Let (1941)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Anderson, Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Théâtre, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Films based on plays, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills, George Cole, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding
Roles Helen Barrington (as Carla Lehman)
Rating66%
Upper class Mrs. Barrington (Jeanne de Casalis) takes in two child evacuees from London, including cocky teenager Ronald (George Cole), lodging them in a cottage she owns. However, it has already been let to annoyingly inquisitive Charles Dimble (Alastair Sim). To compound the confusion, Mrs. Barrington had also agreed to allow it to be converted into a military hospital. Spitfire pilot Flight Lieutenant Perry (John Mills) parachutes into the nearby loch and becomes the first patient, tended by Mrs. Barrington's pretty daughter Helen (Carla Lehmann). Mrs. Barrington moves Ronald to the main house, while Dimble and Perry remain in the cottage.
Once a Crook (1941)
, 1h18Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Gordon Harker, Kathleen Harrison, Carla Lehmann, Bernard Lee, Cyril Cusack, Diana King
Roles Estelle
Charlie Hopkins (Gordon Harker) is a retired burglar with an expertise in safecracking. His ex-partner The Duke (Bernard Lee) holds a grudge against Charlie, since he believes he ratted him out and sent him to jail. The Duke is out for revenge against Charlie, and hires Bill Hopkins (Cyril Cusack), Charlie's son, to help him perform a hit, with an intention to frame the kid. The Duke's plan doesn't work out, since Bill turns out to be an even better safecracker than his old man. After many complications along the road, the hit is a success, and The Duke is bereaved of his revenge, ultimately stopped by his good-hearted sweetheart, Estelle (Carla Lehmann).
Sailors Three (1940)
, 1h26Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding, James Hayter, Henry Hewitt
Roles Jane
Rating54%
Three WWII British sailors on a drunken spree in a Brazilian neutral port mistake a German ship for their own and climb aboard. It turns out to be a pocket battleship, the Ludendorff, and to the credit of the Royal Navy, the trio manages to capture the ship and all the Germans on board.
So This Is London (1939)
, 1h10Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alfred Drayton, George Sanders, Berton Churchill, Fay Compton, Carla Lehmann, Stewart Granger
Roles Elinor Draper
Rating69%
Luck of the Navy (1938)
Directed by Norman Lee
Genres Drama
Actors Geoffrey Toone, Judy Kelly, Clifford Evans, John Wood, Alf Goddard, Henry Oscar
Rating56%
With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.