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Edie Martin is a Actor British born on 1 january 1880 at London (United-kingdom)
Edie Martin (1 January 1880 – 22 February 1964) was a British actress. She appeared in several Ealing Comedies.
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Edie Martin
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1880 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 22 february 1964 (at 84 years)
Birth 1 january 1880 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 22 february 1964 (at 84 years)
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Add to a movie listBright Star (2009)
, 2hDirected by Jane Campion
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Poésie
Actors Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Edie Martin
Roles Toots, Fanny's younger sister.
Rating68%
In 1818 Hampstead, the fashionable Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is introduced to poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) through the Dilke family. The Dilkes occupy one half of a double house, with Charles Brown (Paul Schneider)—Keats' friend, roommate, and associate in writing—occupying the other side.
Kidnapped (1960)
, 1h37Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, Finlay Currie, John Laurie, Peter O'Toole
Roles Woman on the bridge
Rating65%
In 18th century Scotland, young David Balfour (James MacArthur) is directed by his recently deceased father's letter to go to the House of Shaws, where he is greeted without much enthusiasm by his miserly uncle Ebenezer (John Laurie). An attempt to arrange a fatal accident makes it clear that Ebenezer has no affection for his nephew. Since David is not sufficiently on his guard, he accompanies Ebenezer to a meeting with a seafaring business associate, Captain Hoseason (Bernard Lee). The captain lures David aboard his ship and shanghais him, at Ebenezer's instigation.
Too Many Crooks (1959)
, 1h27Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sid James, Vera Day
Roles Gordon's Mother
Rating68%
The members of a gang, especially Sid (Sid James), grow impatient as their incompetent leader, Fingers (George Cole), botches the robbery of a fur store, the latest in a series of disasters. Fingers then comes up with the idea of robbing businessman William Gordon (Terry-Thomas). Gordon bluffs them into believing the police are on their way. Fingers refuses to give up, plotting to kidnap Gordon's daughter. However, he errs yet again and ends up with Gordon's meek wife Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) instead.
The Naked Truth (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Joan Sims
Roles Lady in Autograph Crowd (uncredited)
Rating67%
Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) is a blackmailer who threatens to publish embarrassing secrets in his magazine The Naked Truth. After attempting to blackmail a famous scientist (who commits suicide), and an MP (who suffers a heart attack in parliament, and probably succumbs), his latest targets are Lord Henry Mayley (Terry-Thomas), television host Sonny MacGregor (Peter Sellers), writer Flora Ransom (Peggy Mount), and model Melissa Right (Shirley Eaton).
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
, 1h40Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Genres Drama
Actors Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms, Norman Wooland, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kenneth Haigh, Julia Lockwood
Roles Miss Ellis
Rating57%
Sailor Beware (1956)
, 1h21Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis, Esma Cannon, Gordon Jackson, Cyril Smith
Roles Little Woman In Church
Rating62%
Un marin hésite à épouser sa fiancée, sa future belle-mère ayant tendance à régenter la vie des futurs mariés.
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
, 1h28Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Stanley Holloway, Roland Culver
Roles Wheelchair Pusher (uncredited)
Rating51%
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston, an Englishman, is left a pet alligator by another passenger who abandons it to him. He is horrified and his first instinct is to get rid of it as soon as possible. However, he soon develops a bond with a young Irishwoman which appears to be centred almost entirely around the animal. He soon discovers that Daisy is very tame and domesticated, and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
The Ladykillers (1955)
, 1h31Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson
Roles Lettice (uncredited)
Rating75%
Mrs. Louisa Alexandra Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) is a sweet and eccentric old widow who lives alone with her raucous parrots in a gradually subsiding "lopsided" house, built over the entrance to a railway tunnel in Kings Cross, London. With nothing to occupy her time and an active imagination, she is a frequent visitor to the local police station where she reports fanciful suspicions regarding neighbourhood activities. Having led wild-goose chases in the past, she is humoured by the officers there who give her reports no credence whatever.
As Long as They're Happy (1955)
, 1h31Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott, Norman Wisdom, Jeannie Carson, Brenda De Banzie, Susan Stephen
Roles Elderly fan
Rating52%
The film is about an US singer named Bobby Denver, who is known as the "Crying Crooner" (a la Johnnie Ray), who stays with a stockbroker's family by mistake when he comes to England. The stockbroker, played by Jack Buchanan, has three very pretty daughters with the youngest Gwen (played by Janette Scott) madly in love with him so much she wants to marry him. Eventually, the stodgy stockbroker deals with his wife and daughter as well as his maid Linda (played by Joan Sims, who keeps fainting every time Bobby sings) being so infatuated.
Room in the House (1955)
, 1h14Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Patrick Barr, Marjorie Rhodes, Leslie Dwyer, Rachel Gurney, Billie Whitelaw, Edie Martin
Roles Mrs. Potter
Ageing widow Betsy Richards stays with each of her three sons in turn, to find out who she'd prefer to spend the rest of her days with. When her favorite, Hugh, leaves for America, she becomes distressed. Finally, the sons rally round and buy Betsy her own cottage in the village.
Hobson's Choice (1954)
, 1h47Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis
Roles Old Lady Buying Shoelaces (uncredited)
Rating76%
Willie Mossop (John Mills) is a gifted but unappreciated bootmaker employed by the tyrannical Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) in his moderately upmarket shop in 1880s Salford in Lancashire. Hard-drinking widower Hobson has three daughters. Maggie (Brenda De Banzie) and her younger sisters Alice (Daphne Anderson) and Vicky (Prunella Scales) have worked in their father's establishment without wages and are eager to be married and free of the shop. Alice has been seeing Albert Prosser (Richard Wattis), a young up-and-coming solicitor, while Vicky prefers Freddy Beenstock (Derek Blomfield), the son of a respectable corn merchant. Hobson does not object to losing Alice and Vicky, but Maggie is far too useful to part with. To his friends, he mocks the plain, severe Maggie as a spinster "a bit on the ripe side" at 30 years of age.
Lease of Life (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Donat, Adrienne Corri, Kay Walsh, Denholm Elliott, Walter Fitzgerald, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Miss Calthorp's Friend
Rating67%
William Thorne (Robert Donat) is the vicar of the village of Hinton St. John, living with wife Vera (Kay Walsh) and daughter Susan (Adrienne Corri), an exceptionally gifted pianist. Although the focus of the local community, the Thornes live a life of having to struggle and scrimp to make ends meet financially. Vera is a typical clergy wife, having to sublimate her own needs and desires to the exigencies of her husband's career, as a result tending to live life vicariously through her daughter, whose musical gifts she is determined must not be wasted.
The Black Rider (1954)
, 1h5Directed by Wolf Rilla
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Jimmy Hanley, Rona Anderson, Leslie Dwyer, Lionel Jeffries, Beatrice Varley, Michael Golden
Roles Elderly Lady
Rating54%
Young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates sightings of a hooded black figure on a motorbike. It turns out a gang of smugglers use a haunted castle as their base, deterring curious locals by pretending to be ghosts.
Genevieve (1953)
, 1h26Directed by Henry Cornelius
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More, Geoffrey Keen, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Guest (Uncredited)
Rating70%
Two veteran cars and their crews participating in the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Alan McKim (John Gregson), a young barrister, and his wife, Wendy (Dinah Sheridan), drive Genevieve, a 1904 Darracq. Their friend Ambrose Claverhouse (Kenneth More), a brash advertising salesman, his latest girlfriend, fashion model Rosalind Peters (Kay Kendall) and her pet St. Bernard ride in a 1905 Spyker.
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
, 1h24Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Hugh Griffith, Godfrey Tearle
Roles Emily
Rating69%
The residents of the (fictional) rural village of Titfield rely on the railway branch line to commute to work and transport their produce to market. So they are shocked when the government announces that the line is to be closed. Particularly hard hit is the local vicar, railway enthusiast Rev. Sam Weech (George Relph); he comes up with the idea to run it locally. He and the local squire, Gordon Chesterford (John Gregson), persuade wealthy Walter Valentine (Stanley Holloway) to provide the financial backing by telling him they can legally operate a bar while the train is running, so he will not have to wait all morning for the local pub to open.