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Janine Duvitski is a Actor British born on 28 june 1952 at Lancaster (United-kingdom)
Janine Duvitski (born Christine Janine Drzewicki; June 1952) is an English actress, known for her roles as Jane Edwards in Waiting for God, Pippa Trench in One Foot in the Grave and Jacqueline Stewart in Benidorm. Duvitski first came to national attention in the play Abigail's Party, written and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh.
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Janine Duvitski
Birth name Christine Janine Drzewicki
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 june 1952 (71 years) at Lancaster (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 june 1952 (71 years) at Lancaster (United-kingdom)
Janine Duvitski (born Christine Janine Drzewicki; June 1952) is an English actress, known for her roles as Jane Edwards in Waiting for God, Pippa Trench in One Foot in the Grave and Jacqueline Stewart in Benidorm. Duvitski first came to national attention in the play Abigail's Party, written and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh.
Biography
Duvitski was born in Lancaster, Lancashire. Her father was Polish. She trained at the East 15 Acting School in London. She has four children, including actress Ruby Bentall, with her actor husband Paul Bentall. Her youngest daughter Edith is the singer 'Edith Violet'.Usually with
Filmography of Janine Duvitski (18 films)
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Little Joe (2019)
, 1h40Directed by Jessica Hausner
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Lindsay Duncan, Leanne Best, Goran Kostić
Roles Lady
Rating57%
Alice est une scientifique qui a développé une nouvelle espèce de fleur dont les effets thérapeutiques sont hors du commun, elle en offre une à son fils Joe mais découvre alors des effets secondaires inattendus.
Angel (2007)
, 2h14Directed by François Ozon
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Fassbender, Lucy Russell, Jacqueline Tong
Roles Aunt Lottie
Rating57%
Angel Deverell (Romola Garai) is considered an outsider in the town of Norley. She has a fanciful imagination and prefers to be alone, writing. Her mother, a shopkeeper, and her aunt, who works for the family that lives in the grand house called Paradise, don't understand her.
The New World (2006)
, 2h52Directed by Terrence Malick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, Ben Chaplin, August Schellenberg
Roles Mary
Rating66%
In 1607, Pocahontas, the spirited and adventurous twelve-year-old daughter of Chief Powhatan, and others from her tribe witness the arrival of three ships sent by English royal charter to found a colony in the New World. Aboard one of the ships is Captain John Smith, below decks, in chains. While initially sentenced to death by hanging for his mutinous remarks, once ashore, Smith is pardoned by Captain Christopher Newport, the leader of the expedition.
About a Boy (2002)
, 1h41Directed by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about school violence
Actors Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena, Sharon Small
Roles Caroline / SPAT
Rating70%
Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) lives a serene and luxurious lifestyle devoid of responsibility in London thanks to substantial royalties left to him from a successful Christmas song composed by his father. Will begins attending a support group for single parents as a way to meet women and as part of his ploy, invents a two-year-old son named Ned. His plan succeeds and he meets Suzie (Victoria Smurfit). Will brings Suzie on a picnic where he meets Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), the 12-year-old son of Suzie's friend, Fiona (Toni Collette). Will gains Marcus' interest and trust after he lies to a park ranger to cover up for Marcus killing a duck. Afterward, when Will and Suzie take Marcus home, they find Fiona in the living room, overdosed on pills in a suicide attempt.
Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) (1998)
, 5hGenres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Natasha Little, Philip Glenister, Nathaniel Parker, Jeremy Swift, Miriam Margolyes, Tom Ward
Rating76%
For a full length summary of the book see: Vanity Fair plot summary.
Swept from the Sea (1998)
, 1h55Directed by Beeban Kidron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vincent Pérez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Joss Ackland, Tony Haygarth
Rating66%
Yanko Góral (Vincent Perez), a Ukrainian peasant, is swept ashore on the coast of Cornwall, England, after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America in 1888. The bodies of his fellow passengers wash ashore and are soon buried in a mass grave. Yanko makes his way to the Swaffer farm, where his dishevelled appearance frightens the family. Amy Foster (Rachel Weisz), however, is not frightened by the stranger. Amy is a loner who visits her parents, Mary and Isaac Foster, every Sunday, despite receiving very little love from them. Her father calls her a "queer sort" who collects things that wash ashore, and blames her for his scandalous marriage—Mary was already pregnant before they were married. In the coming days, Amy attends to Yanko—washing, feeding, and caring for him. When he regains his health, Yanko is taken away by the townspeople to work as slave labour.
Giorgino (1994)
, 3h3Directed by Laurent Boutonnat
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure, Horror
Actors Mylène Farmer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joss Ackland, Louise Fletcher, Frances Barber, Albert Dupontel
Roles Josette
Rating73%
Octobre 1918. Sitôt rendu à la vie civile, le jeune docteur Giorgio Volli part à la recherche du groupe d'enfants dont il s'occupait avant la guerre. Il arrive dans une région perdue aux habitants hostiles et ne trouve qu'un vieil orphelinat vide : les enfants ont disparu dans des conditions mystérieuses. Sa quête prend alors l'allure d'une partie de cache-cache avec la mort : Giorgio se retrouve dans un vieil orphelinat bordé de marais inquiétants et de hordes de loups... Un cauchemar d'enfant où l'amour a les traits de Catherine, une jeune fille fragile qu'on ne peut embrasser sans embrasser la folie...
The Madness of King George (1994)
, 1h47Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Amanda Donohoe, Rupert Graves, Anthony Calf
Roles Margaret Nicholson
Rating71%
The film depicts the relatively primitive medical practices of the time and the suppositions that physicians made in their efforts to understand the human body. After King George III begins to go mad, his doctors attempt cures such as blistering and purges, led on particularly by the Prince of Wales' personal physician, Dr. Warren. Meanwhile, another of the King's physicians, Dr. Pepys, analyses the King's stool and urine believing that body wastes may contain some clue to the Royal malady; of course, none of these attempts to cure the King actually works. Finally, Lady Pembroke, attendant to the Queen, recommends Dr. Willis, an ex-minister who attempts to cure the insane through behaviour modification, and who begins his restoration of the King's mental state by enforcing a strict regime of strapping the King into a waistcoat and restraining him whenever he misbehaves.
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
, 1h58Directed by Peter Greenaway
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson, Bernard Hill, Bryan Pringle, Trevor Cooper
Roles Marina Bellamy
Rating71%
The film's plot centres on three married women — a grandmother, her daughter, and her niece — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses, each woman successively drowns her husband. The three Cissie Colpittses are played by Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson and Joely Richardson, while Bernard Hill plays the coroner, Madgett, who is cajoled into covering up the three crimes.
The Bride (1985)
, 1h54Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, Geraldine Page, Anthony Higgins, David Rappaport
Roles Serving Girl
Rating54%
The film begins with Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting), his monster (Clancy Brown), Dr. Zalhus (Quentin Crisp), and his assistant Paulus (Timothy Spall) creating a female mate named Eva (Jennifer Beals) for the monster. Eva is physically identical to a human and lacking the deformities of the monster. As such, she is revolted by the monster and rejects him. This causes the monster to fly into a rage and destroy Frankenstein's laboratory. Frankenstein, believing himself and Eva to be the only survivors, flees with her back to Castle Frankenstein. He tells everyone, including Eva, that she was an amnesiac he found in the woods. There he decides to take Eva for himself and pursues the goal of making her a perfect human mate.
The Missionary (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Graham Crowden
Roles Millicent
Rating61%
Church of England Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin) works as a missionary in Africa for ten years, then returns to England in the spring of 1906. As the ship docks, a fellow passenger, later identified as Lady Isabel Ames (Smith), bumps into him by accident.
Breaking Glass (1980)
, 1h44Directed by Brian Gibson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Hazel O'Connor, Phil Daniels, Jon Finch, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Wingett, Gary Tibbs
Roles Jackie
Rating67%
The film depicts the rise and fall of Kate (Hazel O'Connor), an angry but creative young singer and songwriter. At the beginning of the film, she is discovered by Danny (Phil Daniels), a young man who desperately wants to become a promoter of music bands but is stuck working for another agent (who forces him to buy hundreds of copies of the singles of one of his artists, Suzie Sapphire, to fix the music charts). Danny takes an active part in controlling Kate's career, impressed with her talent if not her band, whom he promptly fires. He arranges auditions and reaches out to former friends, and in doing so Kate's new band, Breaking Glass is formed. Breaking Glass consists of Kate on vocals and keyboard, best friends Tony (Mark Wingett) and Dave (Gary Tibbs) on lead and bass guitar respectively, the drug-addicted and partially deaf Ken (Jonathan Pryce) on saxophone and the 'mental' Mick (Peter-Hugo Daly) on drums.
Grown-Ups (1980)
, 1h35Directed by Mike Leigh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Phil Davis, Brenda Blethyn, Lindsay Duncan, Janine Duvitski, Sam Kelly, Lesley Manville
Roles Sharon
Rating50%
Dick and Mandy (Philip Davis and Lesley Manville), friends at school, sweethearts, and now newlyweds, are moving into their first home. Their new council-owned house turns out to be next door to their Religious Knowledge teacher at school, 'old Butcher' (Sam Kelly). He is married to fellow teacher Christine (Lindsay Duncan), 'earnest, in specs and angora cardigans.' They have a somewhat joyless marriage. Dick and Mandy are locked in disagreement over whether to have children. They are visited by another friend from school, Sharon (Janine Duvitski), and also, consistently throughout their settling-in period, by Mandy's older sister, the fussing Gloria (Brenda Blethyn), who seeks escape from being stuck at home with her tyrannical mother.
Afternoon Off (1979)
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Benjamin Whitrow, Philip Jackson, Pete Postlethwaite, Stan Richards, Peter Butterworth, Alan Bennett
Roles Doreen
Rating72%
Lee, a Chinese waiter in a large hotel in Hartlepool, England, has various adventures in trying to locate the elusive Iris, whom he has been led to believe will have sex with him. His inability to speak fluent English and the varying degrees of assistance or confusion several individuals offer lead him on a wild goose chase. He finally encounters Iris in bed with one of his waiting staff colleagues at the very hotel at which he started off.
The Knowledge (1979)
, 1h29Directed by Bob Brooks
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nigel Hawthorne, Kim Taylforth, Jonathan Lynn, David Ryall, Michael Elphick, Maureen Lipman
Roles Receptionist
Rating75%
Four out of work Londoners apply to do "The Knowledge" to become London taxi drivers. They have to contend with learning 20,000 streets and 500 set routes as well as Mr Burgess, a notoriously sadistic examiner from the Public Carriage Office.