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Dilys Laye (11 March 1934 – 13 February 2009) was an English actress and screenwriter, best known for comedy roles. She died of cancer aged 74.
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Dilys Laye
Birth name Dilys Lay
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 march 1934 at Muswell Hill (United-kingdom)
Death 13 february 2009 (at 74 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 march 1934 at Muswell Hill (United-kingdom)
Death 13 february 2009 (at 74 years)
Dilys Laye (11 March 1934 – 13 February 2009) was an English actress and screenwriter, best known for comedy roles. She died of cancer aged 74.
Biography
She was married first, briefly, to stunt man Frank Maher and secondly in 1963, to actor Garfield Morgan; they were subsequently divorced. In 1972, she married her third husband, Alan Downer, who wrote scripts for Coronation Street and Emmerdale Farm on television and Waggoner's Walk on radio. He died in 1995 after years of ill-health following a stroke. They had a son, Andrew, who was an agent for film crews. She outlived her doctors' predictions by six months, having ensured she would be alive to see her son get married.Usually with
Filmography of Dilys Laye (18 films)
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Dog Eat Dog (2001)
, 1h33Genres Crime
Actors Mark Tonderai, Melanie Blatt, Gary Kemp, Nathan Constance, David Oyelowo, John Thomson
Roles Edith Scarman
Rating49%
Four friends, Rooster, CJ, Jess and Chang, dream of making it as DJs but first they need cash — lots of it, and fast. Their lack of funds is compounded by problems ranging from small (cheating girlfriends, mothers in sleazy movies) to large (the towering presence of Tunde, the local porn king). They come up with various schemes, each more harebrained than the last—stealing library books, breaking and entering, dognapping—all with a spectacular lack of success. And into the bargain, they've fallen foul of drugs baron, Jesus (Gary Kemp), whose slogan is "You've gotta have faith in Jesus".
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
, 2h9Directed by Nick Willing
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Simon Russell Beale, Robbie Coltrane
Roles Governess
Rating62%
The film follows the storyline of the book closely, save for adding some scenes from Through the Looking-Glass. It also changes the opening real world scene from Alice and her sister sitting at a riverbank to Alice in her bedroom, reluctantly practicing the song "Cherry Ripe", which she is expected to perform at a garden party. (The party guests are played by the same actors as the Wonderland characters, and are shown as resembling them in appearance and personality, in a similar manner to the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz. The toys in Alice's room also reflect the residents of Wonderland). Thanks to stage fright, and constant nagging from her confident music teacher, Alice runs out of the house and hides herself in the woods nearby until the party has ended. However, an apple floats down from the tree and seems to hover in Alice's face. She is suddenly distracted by a human-sized White Rabbit (voiced by Richard Coombs) rushing by. Curious, Alice follows the White Rabbit, falling down his rabbit hole and ending up in Wonderland.
Voices (1995)
, 1h33Directed by Malcolm Clarke
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Jeremy Northam, Tushka Bergen, Allan Corduner, Hilton McRae, Dilys Laye, Domini Blythe
Roles Mrs. Heseltine
Rating62%
Carry On Camping (1969)
, 1h28Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Hattie Jacques
Roles Anthea Meeks
Rating65%
Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) are partners in a plumbing business. They take their girlfriends, the prudish Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and meek Anthea Meeks (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to see the film Paradise about a nudist camp. Sid has the idea of the foursome holidaying there, reasoning that in the environment their heretofore chaste girlfriends will relax their strict moral standards. Sid easily gains Bernie's co-operation in the scheme, which they bravely attempt to keep secret from the girls. This scene is usually cut drastically in most modern showings, with the Cinema being shown and the part after the film (when Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw are both carrying ice-lollies) and the actual film itself removed completely.
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
, 2hDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Scoular
Roles Saleswoman
Rating60%
Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Ogden Mears (Marlon Brando) sails back to America after touring the world. He meets Natasha, a Russian countess (Sophia Loren, in Hong Kong after she sneaks aboard in evening dress to escape her life at a dance hall for sailors. A refugee, she has no passport and is forced to stay in his cabin during the voyage.
Carry On Doctor (1967)
, 1h34Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Barbara Windsor
Roles Mavis Winkle
Rating64%
Francis Bigger (Howerd) is a charlatan faith healer, convinced that "mind over matter" is more effective than medical treatment. During a lecture, he stumbles offstage and is admitted to the local hospital. In hospital, he incessantly groans and whines about being "maltreated", demanding better treatment than the other, eccentric patients. These include: bedridden layabout Charlie Roper (James) who shams illnesses to stay in hospital; Ken Biddle (Bresslaw) who makes frequent trips to the ladies' ward to flirt with his love interest, Mavis Winkle (Dilys Laye); and Mr Barron (Hawtrey) who seems to be suffering sympathy pains while his wife awaits the birth of their baby. While being treated, Bigger meets two very different doctors. Clumsy yet charming Dr Kilmore (Dale) is popular with the patients and loved from afar by the beautiful Nurse Clark (Harris) while hospital registrar Dr Tinkle (Kenneth Williams) is universally detested, as is his battleaxe Matron (Jacques), who harbours an unrequited love for him.
Carry On Spying (1964)
, 1h27Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey, Eric Barker, Dilys Laye
Roles Lila
Rating62%
A top secret chemical formula has been stolen by STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans). Fearful of what would happen if that formula fell into the wrong hands, the Chief of the Secret Service reluctantly sends the only agent he has left, the bumbling and snide Agent Desmond Simpkins, (Kenneth Williams), and his three trainees, Agent Harold Crump, (Bernard Cribbins), Agent Daphne Honeybutt, (Barbara Windsor), and Agent Charlie Bind (Charles Hawtrey), to find the formula.
Carry On Cruising (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Ralph Thomas, Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser, Dilys Laye, Esma Cannon
Roles Florence 'Flo' Castle
Rating60%
Captain Crowther (Sid James) has five of his crew replaced at short notice before a new cruise voyage begins. Not only does he get the five most incompetent crew men ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too.
On the Beat (1962)
, 1h46Directed by Robert Asher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Esma Cannon, Raymond Huntley, Eric Barker, Wanda Ventham
Roles American Lady
Rating68%
Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) works at Scotland Yard as a car cleaner but dreams of becoming a policeman like his late father. The police reject his request to join the force but recruit him to work undercover in disguise as the double of a suspected jewel thief, an Italian crime boss who looks just like him. In addition to his criminal activities this man is a ladies' hairdresser. Norman disguises himself as the suspect and gains entry to his salon. Once inside, after some mishaps, he manages to find the stolen goods, knock out the suspect, wrap him up in a curtain/wall rug, and bring him to justice. As a reward, he is offered a permanent place in the police and marries his love, the ex-girlfriend of the man he brought to justice (whom had he rescued earlier in the film when she was attempting to commit suicide by jumping in the river).
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
, 1h27Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Roles Sue
Rating51%
The Bridal Path (1959)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Bill Travers, George Cole, Annette Crosbie, Dilys Laye, Eddie Byrne, Terry Scott
Roles Isobel
Rating66%
Ewan McEwan, an easy-going sheep and corn farmer on a remote Scottish island, is unable to marry his childhood sweetheart Katie as her hell-raising preacher father is opposed to consanguinity - all the islanders are related to each other. When Katie leaves for Glasgow to train as a nurse, he decides to find a wife on the mainland (which he has never visited).
Idol on Parade (1959)
Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Anthony Newley, William Bendix, Lionel Jeffries, Anne Aubrey, David Lodge, Percy Herbert
Roles Renee
Rating56%
Please Turn Over (1959)
, 1h27Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ted Ray, Leslie Phillips, Jean Kent, Julia Lockwood, Joan Sims, Tim Seely
Roles Millicent Jones
Rating62%
In the quiet suburbs of an English town, seventeen-year-old Jo Halliday lives a fairly boring life working as a hairdresser and living at home, with her nagging mother, pompous father, and fitness obsessed Aunt. Her father, an accountant, continually wishes that his dreamy, untidy daughter could be more like his secretary Miss Jones.
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, James Robertson Justice, Claudia Cardinale, Sid James
Roles Agency Girl
Rating61%
Richard Barry marries Kate, daughter of his boss, Mansfield. Mansfield tells Richard he needs to take over the entertaining for their film so Richard decides to hire a servant.
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
, 1h26Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, Richard Wattis
Roles Bridget Strong
Rating63%
Spiv "Flash Harry" has set up a marriage agency for the Sixth Form and an Italian Prince is interested in meeting the girls. Meanwhile, the father of one of the Sixth Formers is involved in a diamond theft and recklessly decides to hide out at the school.