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Fabia Drake is a Actor born on 20 january 1904

Fabia Drake

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Birth name Ethel McGlinchy
Birth 20 january 1904
Death 28 february 1990 (at 86 years)

Fabia Drake OBE (20 January 1904 – 28 February 1990) was a British actress whose professional career spanned almost 73 years during the 20th century.

Drake was born in Herne Bay, Kent. Her first professional role, in a film, was in Fred Paul's Masks and Faces (1917), and her last role was as the inimitable, irresistible Madame de Rosemonde in Miloš Forman's Valmont (1989).

Drake was a lifelong friend of Laurence Olivier.

Biography

She married Maxwell Turner, a barrister-at-law and brother of John Hastings Turner the dramatist of her two plays with Marie Tempest, in December 1938. Their only child, a daughter Deirdre, was born in March 1940.




Selected filmography
London Belongs to Me (1948)
White Corridors (1951)
Young Wives' Tale (1951)
Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
Fast and Loose (1954)
Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
The Good Companions (1957)
Girls at Sea (1958)
Operation Bullshine (1959)
Seven Keys (1961)
What a Whopper (1961)
A Nice Girl Like Me (1969)
Tam-Lin (1970)
Got It Made (1974)
A Room with a View (1985)
Valmont (1989)
Selected television
Persuasion (1960)
Doctor At Large (1971) Episode 10, Upton Sells Out?
The Pallisers (1977)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
Inspector Morse episode Last Bus to Woodstock (1988)
Autobiography
Blind Fortune published by William Kimber (1978)
References


External links
Selected performances in the Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
Fabia Drake on Internet Movie Database

Usually with

Gilbert Taylor
Gilbert Taylor
(2 films)
Ronald Shiner
Ronald Shiner
(4 films)
Eleanor Summerfield
Eleanor Summerfield
(3 films)
Carole Lesley
Carole Lesley
(3 films)
Sidney Gilliat
Sidney Gilliat
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fabia Drake (23 films)

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Actress

Valmont
Valmont (1989)
, 2h17
Directed by Miloš Forman, Thomas Vincent, Philippe Bérenger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Siân Phillips, Jeffrey Jones
Roles Madame de Rosemonde
Rating69% 3.4968853.4968853.4968853.4968853.496885
In eighteenth century France, the Marquise de Merteuil (Annette Bening), a beautiful wealthy widow, learns from her cousin Madame de Volanges (Siân Phillips) that Volanges' 15-year-old daughter Cecile (Fairuza Balk) has been betrothed to a middle-age man named Gercourt (Jeffrey Jones)—Merteuil's own secret lover. Volanges confides in Merteuil that the arranged marriage required that Cecile be raised in a convent to ensure her chastity. Unaware that Merteuil is Gercourt's paramour, Volanges reveals that according to Gercourt, he is having trouble breaking off relations with his "former" mistress who is mentally unbalanced.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View (1986)
, 1h57
Directed by James Ivory
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Daniel Day-Lewis
Roles Miss Catharine Alan
Rating71% 3.5983253.5983253.5983253.5983253.598325
Miss Lucy Honeychurch is from an English village in Surrey and is on holiday in Italy with her much older cousin and chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett. Charlotte is conventionally English, with an extremely restrictive personality and tends to get her way by expressing her emotions to manipulate others. Lucy has been brought up in an upper-middle class but loving and easygoing household, and had fewer inhibitions, which creates a strong tension between herself and Charlotte. They are in contrast with the more free-thinking and free-spirited backdrop of Italy. At a small pensione Lucy meets such people as Reverend Beebe, the two Miss Alans, and the author Miss Eleanor Lavish, but most importantly, the nonconformist Mr. Emerson and his handsome, philosophical son, George, who becomes friends with Charlotte. These men, although also English, represent the forward-thinking ideals of the turn-of-the-century, seeking to leave behind the repression and caution that was the norm in Victorian times. At first, the Emersons seem strange and unfamiliar to Lucy and Charlotte. They seem sincere but unaware of finer upper class Victorian manners. Mr. Emerson offers to switch rooms with the women, who desire a room with a view. Charlotte is offended, believing him to be rude and tactless for what she perceives to be indebting them with his offer. As Lucy begins her journey to maturity, she finds herself drawn to George due to his mysterious thinking and readily expressed emotions.
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Dragon (1985)
, 2h14
Directed by Michael Cimino, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane Koizumi, Raymond J. Barry, Victor Wong, Caroline Kava
Roles Nun
Rating68% 3.4006553.4006553.4006553.4006553.400655
Stanley White (Rourke) is a decorated police captain and Vietnam War veteran assigned to New York City's Chinatown, where he makes it his personal mission to come down hard on Chinese organized crime.
Tam Lin
Tam Lin (1970)
, 1h46
Directed by Roddy McDowall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Fabia Drake
Roles Miss Gibson
Rating57% 2.8540252.8540252.8540252.8540252.854025
La richissime Michaela a peur de la vieillesse, aussi vit-elle entourée d'un groupe de jeunes gens devant se soumettre à ses moindres caprices. Son amant , Tom, lassé de jouer le rôle d'un gigolo, l'abandonne pour la jeune Janet. Elroy, le fondé de pouvoir de Michaela, met en garde le jeune homme: tous ceux qui ont tenté de rompre ont disparu dans de mystérieux accidents. Tom ne veut pas prendre cette révélation au sérieux...
Seven Keys
Seven Keys (1961)
, 57minutes
Directed by Pat Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Jeannie Carson, Delphi Lawrence, Jack Carson, John Carson, John Lee, Anthony Nicholls
Roles Mrs. Piggott
Rating68% 3.4064153.4064153.4064153.4064153.406415
Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discovering that the deceased was an embezzler who stole £20,000 that was never recovered; he sets out to find the cash after finishing the last three months of his sentence. However he must first solve the mystery of which locks the keys fit, and run the gauntlet of the police and a number of gangsters who are after him and the money.
What a Whopper
What a Whopper (1961)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Adam Faith, Sid James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon, Clive Dunn, Freddie Frinton
Roles Mrs Pinner
Rating53% 2.681282.681282.681282.681282.68128
Un écrivain tente d'obtenir de l'argent en écrivant un livre sur le monstre du Loch Ness. Aucun éditeur ne le prendra parce qu'ils pensent tous qu'il n'y a pas vraiment de monstre. L'écrivain et certains de ses amis font un faux monstre et prennent des photos avant de se rendre en Écosse pour voir s'ils peuvent convaincre les locaux.
Operation Bullshine
Operation Bullshine (1959)
, 1h24
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner, Naunton Wayne, Dora Bryan
Roles Junior Commander Maddox ATS
Rating56% 2.8117552.8117552.8117552.8117552.811755
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as his paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
My Wife's Family
My Wife's Family (1956)
, 1h16
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Ronald Shiner, Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Fabia Drake, Diane Hart, Zena Marshall

Jack Gay, a newlywed with a dominating mother-in-law attempts to surprise his wife Stella with a baby grand piano, but when she overhears him discussing it, she mistakes it for an illegitimate child, particularly with the arrival of his ex girlfriend, the blonde and glamourous Gloria Marsh.
All for Mary
All for Mary (1955)
, 1h19
Directed by Wendy Toye
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson, David Hurst, Leo McKern, Nicholas Phipps
Roles Opulent Lady
Rating55% 2.7772952.7772952.7772952.7772952.777295
Filmed on location in Switzerland the story concerns two young bachelors taking separate skiing holidays at the same resort. Clive Morton (Nigel Patrick) and "Humpy" Miller (David Tomlinson) have nothing whatsoever in common—except for one thing, both men fall for the hotel proprietor's daughter Mary (Jill Day). As the story progresses Clive, a debonair soldier and sportsman gets quickly into his stride as poor "Humpy" a clumsy, incongruous fellow looks on dumbly.