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Margaretta Scott is a Actor British born on 13 february 1912 at London (United-kingdom)

Margaretta Scott

Margaretta Scott
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 february 1912 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 15 april 2005 (at 93 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Margaretta Scott (13 February 1912 – 15 April 2005) was an English stage, screen and television actress whose career spanned over seventy years. She is best remembered for playing the eccentric widow Mrs. Pumphrey in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990).

Biography

Scott was married to the English composer John Wooldridge, who was killed in a car accident in 1958. Their daughter, Susan Wooldridge, is also an actress and their son, Hugh Wooldridge is a theatre director and producer. Scott died in 2005, aged 93, from natural causes and is buried with her husband, John, at St Lawrence's Church, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire. A devout Roman Catholic, she belonged to the British Catholic Stage Guild.

Usually with

Derek Farr
Derek Farr
(4 films)
Roddy Hughes
Roddy Hughes
(4 films)
Basil Emmott
Basil Emmott
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Margaretta Scott (29 films)

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Actress

The Woman He Loved, 1h40
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Actors Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Olivia de Havilland, Tom Wilkinson, Lucy Gutteridge, Robert Hardy
Roles Lady Wigram
Rating61% 3.0984453.0984453.0984453.0984453.098445
28 mai 1972, le duc de Windsor, ex-roi Édouard VII, décède d'un cancer de la gorge un mois avant ses 78 ans dans sa résidence du Bois de Boulogne à Paris. Seule, ayant perdu son mari et son titre de duchesse, sa femme Wallis qui commence à être gagnée par la sénilité à 76 ans, se souvient des 35 années passées avec nostalgie et regret.
Crescendo
Crescendo (1970)
, 1h36
Directed by Alan Gibson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Joss Ackland, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire
Roles Danielle Ryman
Rating52% 2.609142.609142.609142.609142.60914
Drawn to the spectacular south of France to research the late composer Henry Ryman, music student Susan Roberts (Stefanie Powers) encounters his son, drug-addicted Georges (James Olson) and his eccentric family. Investigating the haunting strains of an unfinished Ryman concerto leads Susan to discover an empty piano… and a brutally savaged mannequin! Georges tells her she’s the lookalike of his lost love. But Susan may not be the only one at the villa with an eerie doppelgänger.
A Woman Possessed, 1h8
Directed by Max Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Margaretta Scott, Francis Matthews, Kay Callard, Alison Leggatt, Jan Holden, Ian Fleming
Roles Katharine
Rating55% 2.7728052.7728052.7728052.7728052.772805
John Winthrop, an English doctor, returns from a trip to America with his new fiancee, Ann. He is met with disapproval from his wealthy, domineering mother, Katherine, who is vocal in her dislike of Ann. On discovering Ann has a heart condition, Katherine insists the couple move in with her. One day the mother accidentally gives her daughter-in-law the wrong medication and Ann nearly dies. Fortunately, the doctor saves his wife; but then accuses his mother of attempted murder. In the end, it turns out Emma the maid was responsible for accidentally switching the pills, and with the crisis over, mother, son and daughter-in-law realise they must settle the differences between them.
Town on Trial, 1h35
Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton
Roles Helen Dixon
Rating64% 3.2486953.2486953.2486953.2486953.248695
While playing tennis at a posh club in a town near London called Oakley Park, young and flirty Molly Stevens attracts considerable interest. The men ogle her and the women detest her. She is later found dead, strangled with a stocking. The local police chief requests the help of Scotland Yard, so Detective Superintendent Mike Halloran is sent to investigate. The locals, however, resent having an outsider poking into their affairs.
The Scamp
The Scamp (1957)
, 1h27
Directed by Wolf Rilla
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen, Terence Morgan, Jill Adams, Maureen Delany
Roles Mrs. Marjorie Blundell
Rating65% 3.2772153.2772153.2772153.2772153.277215
A schoolteacher and his wife take in the tempestuous child of an abusive drifter. When the father returns their lives become complicated by issues of corporal punishment, physical abuse, strained relations and various crimes.
The Last Man to Hang, 1h15
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Eunyce Gayson, Freda Jackson, Victor Maddern, Ronald Simpson
Roles Mrs. Cranshaw
Rating59% 2.9560452.9560452.9560452.9560452.956045
Un jury doit décider si Sir Roderick Strood a empoisonné sa femme Daphné, ou si sa mort est accidentelle.
Landfall
Landfall (1949)
, 1h26
Directed by Ken Annakin, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Michael Denison, Edith Sharpe, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, Kathleen Harrison, Denis O'Dea, David Tomlinson
Roles Mrs Burnaby
Rating65% 3.2867353.2867353.2867353.2867353.286735
A British coastal command pilot sinks what he believes [correctly] to be a German submarine, which had sunk a British submarine, for which sinking the pilot is blamed. He is charged with neglect, and volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent, and did sink a German U-boat rather than a British one.
Counterblast, 1h39
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns, Nova Pilbeam, Margaretta Scott, Sybille Binder, Marie Lohr
Roles Sister 'Johnnie' Johnson
Rating60% 3.001963.001963.001963.001963.00196
A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders a leading Professor and takes his place at a research laboratory where he experiments with biological warfare with which he intends to wage the next war against Britain.
The First Gentleman, 1h51
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Cecil Parker, Margaretta Scott, Jack Livesey, Ronald Squire, Athene Seyler
Roles Lady Hartford
Rating58% 2.9247752.9247752.9247752.9247752.924775
The film traces the reign of the Prince Regent following the Napoleonic wars, and the Prince's attempts to marry off his unruly daughter Charlotte to a number of acceptable nobles, but to no avail because she falls for Leopold, a poverty-stricken German prince. Charlotte's marriage to Leopold is a happy one until the birth of their child.