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Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to Britain.
Born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, she often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including Cathy Come Home (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and My Son Reuben (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found movie success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, Nuns on the Run (1990) as a formidable nun, and Dragonworld (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove.
She appeared as a nurse in a notable Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Vanbrugh's play, The Relapse, at the Aldwych Theatre in London in 1967, alongside, among others, Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart and Ben Kingsley. She debuted the role of Serafima Ilinitchna in Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide (1979). She was part of the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's epic stage production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway in 1981.
Kaye starred in the title role of the short-lived U.S. television series Mama Malone a year later, which showcased the uncanny American accent, that she could adopt at will, which caused most viewers to believe she was American. She made guest appearances on several U.S. television series, such as Murder, She Wrote, Cheers, and Dear John (reuniting her with An American Werewolf In London co-star Jenny Agutter). She resided in Florida before returning to Britain. Her last role was in the British television serial Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde in 1998, in which she appeared as "Granny Jekyll". After this role she announced her retirement.
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Birth name Lila Kaye
Birth 7 november 1929
Death 10 january 2012 (at 82 years)
Birth 7 november 1929
Death 10 january 2012 (at 82 years)
Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to Britain.
Born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, she often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including Cathy Come Home (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and My Son Reuben (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found movie success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, Nuns on the Run (1990) as a formidable nun, and Dragonworld (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove.
She appeared as a nurse in a notable Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Vanbrugh's play, The Relapse, at the Aldwych Theatre in London in 1967, alongside, among others, Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart and Ben Kingsley. She debuted the role of Serafima Ilinitchna in Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide (1979). She was part of the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's epic stage production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway in 1981.
Kaye starred in the title role of the short-lived U.S. television series Mama Malone a year later, which showcased the uncanny American accent, that she could adopt at will, which caused most viewers to believe she was American. She made guest appearances on several U.S. television series, such as Murder, She Wrote, Cheers, and Dear John (reuniting her with An American Werewolf In London co-star Jenny Agutter). She resided in Florida before returning to Britain. Her last role was in the British television serial Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde in 1998, in which she appeared as "Granny Jekyll". After this role she announced her retirement.
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Dragonworld (1994)
, 1h26Directed by Ted Nicolaou
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons
Actors Alastair Mackenzie, Courtland Mead, Courtland Mead, Janet Henfrey, John Woodvine, Brittney Powell
Roles Mrs. Cosgrove
Rating54%
Set in the modern times, a young five-year-old boy named "Johnny McGowan" travels to Scotland to live at his grandfather's castle after he loses both his parents in a traffic accident. At the magical wishing tree on his grandfather's estate, he conjures up a friend which is an infant dragon whom he nicknames "Yowler". They grow up together as 15 years go by. One day after the years go by, a documentary film maker Bob Armstrong, his daughter Beth, and his pilot Brownie McGee stumble upon Yowler. Eager for fame and money, Bob convinces John to "rent" Yowler to local corrupt businessman, Lester McIntyre. John, who is coerced in part by the offer to have the mounting taxes on the castle paid off, allows Lester to take Yowler in. He does so also partly because of his growing interest in Beth. Yowler is miserable and harassed in the new theme park built for him, and when it becomes clear that McIntyre has duped them in order to exploit the dragon, John and his new friends take action.
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw
Genres Drama
Actors Angela Lansbury, Omar Sharif, Diana Rigg, Lothaire Bluteau, Lila Kaye, Tamara Gorski
Roles Vi BUtterfield
Rating71%
Londres en 1950. Ada Arris, femme de chambre dans une riche famille de la capitale, décide de s'acheter une robe de chez Christian Dior pour assister au prochain couronnement de la reine. Elle va économiser sur son maigre salaire pendant des mois et parvenir enfin à réunir la somme nécessaire pour acheter cette robe tant rêvée…
Nuns on the Run (1990)
, 1h29Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman, Doris Hare, Lila Kaye
Roles Sister Mary of the Annunciation
Rating59%
Two common thugs, Brian Hope (Eric Idle) and Charlie McManus (Robbie Coltrane) pull off a bank heist with their mob, but their boss is killed and replaced with a young, brash one, Mr. "Case" Casey. Disapproving of Casey's methods, Brian and Charlie wish to leave, and a corrupt auto dealer, Norm, on Casey's payroll, desiring the same, tells Casey of this. Casey has Norm killed to make an example of him, apparently intending to spare Brian and Charlie. Meanwhile, Brian meets and begins a romantic relationship with Casey's waitress Faith Thomas (Camille Coduri), a short sighted aspiring psychology student.
Antonia and Jane (1990)
Directed by Beeban Kidron
Genres Drama
Actors Imelda Staunton, Saskia Reeves, John Bennett, Maria Charles, Brenda Bruce, Alfred Marks
Roles Jane's Mother
Rating17%
Les rapports au quotidien, alternant chamaillerie et copinerie, de deux amies d'enfance, la belle Antonia et la boulotte Jane, leurs déboires sentimentaux et professionnels, le tout ponctué de séances de psychanalyse…
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
, 1h34Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Bruno Kirby, Cathryn Bradshaw, Corbin Bernsen, Anne Bancroft
Roles Mrs. Pennington
Rating58%
Bert Rigby is a miner in a small dying town of Langmore in northern England, with aspirations to show business. He tells the story in flashback, while sitting in a bar. He lives with his mother, a musical fan, and next door to his sweetheart, Laurel Pennington. She lives above the pub where she works, and they have a bomb shelter straddling their back yards where they have secret meetings. While his fellows are on strike once again, Bert decides to try his luck in show-biz. He gets his chance when he performs in an amateur show, singing "Isn't It Romantic?", and his first appearance on stage goes all wrong, when his nose starts bleeding after an injury sustained playing football - but the audience loves him anyway. So he starts as a comedian in a traveling amateur show for £50 a night, touring around the country with his manager, Sid Trample, and Sid's wife Tess. Bert repeats the act he did in his first appearance, until he tires of it and starts doing a Buster Keaton imitation. During the tour they come across a crew filming a contraceptives commercial.
, 1h40Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Margaret Colin, Michael Pennington, Connie Booth, Nicholas Guest, Lila Kaye, William Hootkins
Roles Ms. Houston
Rating60%
In the beginning sequence, a former FBI agent named Carter Morstan (Barry Morse) receives an unwelcome visit by a man named Small. In the ensuing struggle, a gunshot rings. Subsequently, a body is wrapped into a carpet and set alight.
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
, 1h35Directed by Paul Bogart
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Ghost films
Actors John Gielgud, Alyssa Milano, Ted Wass, Andrea Marcovicci, Harold Innocent, Lila Kaye
Roles Mrs. Umney
Rating65%
Harry Canterville (Wass), who has spent most of his life in Cleveland, Ohio, returns with his new wife Lucy (Marcovicci) and his daughter from a previous marriage, Jennifer (Milano), to take up his inheritance of Canterville Castle in a small village in England. They find that the castle is haunted by the ghost of a disgraced ancestor, Sir Simon de Canterville (Gielgud). Despite the eccentric relatives who will not enter the castle and the gloomy predictions of Mr. and Mrs. Umney, Harry and Lucy do not believe that there actually is a ghost, and that they are merely being hoaxed through wires. Harry is determined to stay for at least three months, after which he can take full possession. He also decides to then sell the castle to a property developer who wants to turn the castle into a hotel.
Camille (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Desmond Davis
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Ryecart, Denholm Elliott
Roles Nanine
Rating61%
Camille is a courtesan in 19th Century Paris: she falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover, leading the two lovers to other relationships and to tragedy.
Ellis Island (miniseries) (1984)
, 7hDirected by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Peter Riegert, Gregory Paul Martin, Claire Bloom, Judi Bowker, Kate Burton, Joan Greenwood
Rating70%
, 9hActors Roger Rees, Alun Armstrong, Emily Richard, John Woodvine, David Threlfall, Edward Petherbridge
Rating90%
For a detailed plot see The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
, 1h37Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Michael Carter, Frank Oz
Roles Barmaid
Rating74%
Two American college students, David Kessler (David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne), backpack across the North York Moors. As darkness falls, they stop for the night at a pub called "The Slaughtered Lamb". Jack notices a five-pointed star on the wall. When he asks about it, the pubgoers stop talking and become hostile, telling them to keep to the road and beware of the full moon. The pair decide to leave, but while talking they wander off the road onto the moors.
Quincy's Quest (1979)
Directed by Robert Reed
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Tommy Steele, Mel Martin, Lila Kaye, Tony Aitken, Lance Percival, Aubrey Woods
Roles Mrs Clause
Rating71%
The Black Panther (1977)
, 1h42Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Donald Sumpter, Marjorie Yates, Andrew Burt, David Swift, David Swift, Lila Kaye
Rating66%
L'histoire vraie du braqueur et meurtrier Donald Neilson qui, dans le milieu des années 1970, choqua l'Angleterre en kidnappant une jeune fille de 17 ans, Lesley Whittle, issue d'une riche famille et qu'il assassina sauvagement. Surnommé "la panthère noire" en raison de sa cagoule noire, cet ancien militaire, tyrannique avec ses proches, braqua méthodiquement plusieurs bureaux de postes se soldant par les meurtres de ses propriétaires. Ennemi public numéro 1, Neilson fut arrêté en 1975 et condamné à la prison à perpétuité.
See No Evil (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas, Michael Elphick
Roles Gypsy Mother
Rating65%
After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle's home. Out on a date with her boyfriend Steve (Norman Eshley), she escapes the fate of her relatives (Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, and Diane Grayson), who are murdered at their home by a psychotic killer. Sarah returns from her date and spends the night in the house, unaware that three of her family members' corpses are strewn about the house.