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Elizabeth Sellars is a Actor British born on 6 may 1921 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Elizabeth Sellars (born 6 May 1923) is a British actress.
Sellars was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She appeared on the stage from age 15 and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her first London appearance in 1946 in The Brothers Karamazov and later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Elizabeth in Richard III, Helen in Troilus and Cressida, Gertrude in Hamlet and Hermione in The Winter's Tale.
She entered films in 1949 with Floodtide. She appeared in a string of British films in the 1950s and 1960s and a few Hollywood films, usually in secondary roles, including The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Désirée (1954), Prince of Players (1955), The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960), 55 Days at Peking (1963) and The Chalk Garden (1964). She also appeared frequently on television, most notably in A Voyage Round My Father (1982) with Laurence Olivier.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 may 1921 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 30 december 2019 (at 98 years)
Birth 6 may 1921 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 30 december 2019 (at 98 years)
Sellars was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She appeared on the stage from age 15 and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her first London appearance in 1946 in The Brothers Karamazov and later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Elizabeth in Richard III, Helen in Troilus and Cressida, Gertrude in Hamlet and Hermione in The Winter's Tale.
She entered films in 1949 with Floodtide. She appeared in a string of British films in the 1950s and 1960s and a few Hollywood films, usually in secondary roles, including The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Désirée (1954), Prince of Players (1955), The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960), 55 Days at Peking (1963) and The Chalk Garden (1964). She also appeared frequently on television, most notably in A Voyage Round My Father (1982) with Laurence Olivier.
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The Hireling (1973)
, 1h48Directed by Alan Bridges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer, Elizabeth Sellars, Alison Leggatt
Roles Lady Franklin's mother
Rating65%
Set in and around Bath, Somerset, immediately after the First World War, the story opens at an expensive mental clinic in the country where the young and recently widowed Lady Franklin is being discharged. The owner of a smart hire car, former sergeant-major Ledbetter, chauffeurs her to her unsympathetic mother in Bath. Hired to take her on outings, he becomes the only person she can talk to as she slowly lifts out of deep depression.
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
, 1h30Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Peter Cushing, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Ripper
Roles Barbara Preston
Rating55%
The Mummy's Shroud is set in 1920 and tells the story of a team of archaeologists who come across the lost tomb of the boy Pharaoh Kah-To-Bey (Toolsie Persaud). The story begins with a flash back sequence to Ancient Egypt and we see the story of how Prem (Dickie Owen), a manservant of Kah-To-Bey, spirited away the boy when his father (Bruno Barnabe) was killed in a palace coup and took him into the desert for protection. Unfortunately, the boy dies and is buried.
The Chalk Garden (1964)
, 1h46Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans, Elizabeth Sellars, Felix Aylmer
Roles Olivia
Rating71%
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed teenage granddaughter, who has seen off many previous governesses and who feels intense sexual jealousy and resentment of her beautiful mother.
55 Days at Peking (1963)
, 2h34Directed by Nicholas Ray, Andrew Marton, Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, Burt Kwouk, John Ireland
Roles Lady Sarah Robertson
Rating67%
55 Days in Peking is a dramatization of the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion which took place from 1898-1900 in China. It is based on the book by Noel Gerson.
The Webster Boy (1962)
, 1h23Directed by Don Chaffey
Genres Drama
Actors Richard O'Sullivan, John Cassavetes, Elizabeth Sellars, David Farrar, Geoffrey Bayldon, Niall MacGinnis
Roles Margaret Webster
Rating66%
À sa sortie de prison, Vance Miller entreprend de retrouver la femme qu'il a aimée mais celle-ci est maintenant mariée et mère d'un adolescent.
, 1h25Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Kieron Moore, Albert Sharpe, Joseph Tomelty
Roles Iris Muldoon
Rating65%
The film is set in London at the turn of the 20th century, in 1901. While Ireland struggles for independence, Charles Norgate (Aldo Ray), an Irish-American, arrives in London after being recruited by Irish revolutionaries to undertake a robbery of the Bank of England. Iris Muldoon, the widow of a martyr in the Irish independence movement, had previously travelled to New York to hire Norgate on behalf of the movement. The Irish revolutionaries, led by O'Shea (Hugh Griffith), plan to rob a million pounds worth of gold bullion from the bank vaults as a political offensive. At first, the other revolutionaries are wary of Norgate but he gains their confidence by acknowledging his Irish lineage. Informed that the bank is considered impregnable, Norgate seeks a weakness in the Bank Picquet provided by the Brigade of Guards, which keeps watch on the gold.
Never Let Go (1960)
, 1h30Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Sellers, Richard Todd, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith, Carol White (actrice anglaise), Mervyn Johns
Roles Anne Cummings
Rating70%
Lionel Meadows (Peter Sellers) a London garage owner who makes extra cash dealing stolen cars, asks young petty thief Tommy Towers (Adam Faith) to steal a 1959 Ford Anglia. The car Tommy steals belongs to struggling cosmetics salesman John Cummings (Richard Todd).
Jet Storm (1959)
, 1h28Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Attenborough, Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley, Harry Secombe, Bernard Braden, George Rose
Roles Inez Barrington
Rating64%
Ernest Tilley (Richard Attenborough), a former scientist who lost his daughter two years earlier in a hit-and-run accident, tracks down James Brock (George Rose), the man he believes is responsible for the accident and boards the same airliner on a transatlantic flight, flying from London to New York.
Law and Disorder (1958)
, 1h16Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Elizabeth Sellars, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries
Roles Gina Laselle
Rating63%
Percy Brand is a crook and a veteran of various cons and schemes. His success is tempered by the fact that he is regularly sent away
The Man in the Sky (1957)
, 1h26Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Walter Fitzgerald, John Stratton, Eddie Byrne, Victor Maddern
Roles Mary Mitchell
Rating66%
Test pilot John Mitchell (Jack Hawkins) disappoints his wife Mary (Elizabeth Sellars) by refusing to increase their unsuccessful bid for a house. What she does not know is that the aircraft manufacturing company he works for is in desperate financial straits. Owner Reginald Conway (Walter Fitzgerald) needs to convince Ashmore (Eddie Byrne) to place an order soon or the firm will go bankrupt.
The Shiralee (1957)
, 1h39Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter Finch, Elizabeth Sellars, Rebecca Smart, George Rose, Bryan Brown, Rosemary Harris
Roles Marge
Rating66%
An itinerant rural worker named Macauley —sometimes described as a "swagman" or "swaggie"—suddenly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. Having returned from "walkabout", he finds his wife entwined in the arms of another, and so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. The child is the "shiralee", an Irish or Aboriginal word meaning "swag", or metaphorically, a "burden."[1]
The Last Man to Hang (1956)
, 1h15Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Eunyce Gayson, Freda Jackson, Victor Maddern, Ronald Simpson
Roles Daphne Strood
Rating59%
Un jury doit décider si Sir Roderick Strood a empoisonné sa femme Daphné, ou si sa mort est accidentelle.
Prince of Players (1955)
, 1h42Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Sellars
Roles Asia Booth
Rating66%
Edwin "Ned" Booth (Richard Burton) is the son of the noted thespian Junius Brutus Booth and the older brother of another actor, John Wilkes Booth. Beginning In 1848, as a boy, and into early manhood, he travels with and assists Junius, who is often drunk and seems at times on the brink of madness.
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
, 1h39Directed by Orson Welles, Wendy Toye, George More O'Ferrall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Alan Badel, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Sellars, John Gregson, Emrys Jones, André Morell
Roles Elizabeth ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment)
Rating64%
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
, 2h8Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about films, La provence, Films about television
Actors Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O'Brien, Olga San Juan, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi
Roles Jerry
Rating68%
Down on his luck, veteran movie director and writer Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart) is reduced to working for abusive, emotionally stunted business tycoon Kirk Edwards (Warren Stevens), who has decided he wants to produce a film to stroke his monumental ego. Looking for a fresh leading lady, they discover, in a Madrid night club, stunning dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner), a blithe but proud spirit who likes to go barefoot and has a troubled home life.