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Meriel Forbes is a Actor born on 13 september 1913 at Fulham (United-kingdom)

Meriel Forbes

Meriel Forbes
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Birth 13 september 1913 at Fulham (United-kingdom)
Death 7 april 2000 (at 86 years)

Meriel Forbes, Lady Richardson (1913–2000) was a British actress. She was married to the actor Ralph Richardson. She was a granddaughter of Norman Forbes-Robertson and great-niece of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.
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Filmography of Meriel Forbes (13 films)

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Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
, 2h24
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Colin Farrell, John Clements, John Gielgud
Roles Lady Pamela Grey
Rating69% 3.495173.495173.495173.495173.49517
Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
The Captive Heart
The Captive Heart (1946)
, 1h44
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Mervyn Johns, Frederick Leister, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson
Roles Beryl Curtiss
Rating69% 3.4881953.4881953.4881953.4881953.488195
In the summer of 1940, Captain Karel Hasek (Michael Redgrave) of the Czech army escapes from Dachau concentration camp and assumes the identity of a dead British officer, Captain Geoffrey Mitchell. When he is caught, he joins thousands of British prisoners of war, captured during the Fall of France, on a march to a prison camp.
The Bells Go Down
The Bells Go Down (1943)
, 1h30
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films
Actors James Mason, Tommy Trinder, Philip Friend, Mervyn Johns, William Hartnell, Finlay Currie
Roles Susie
Rating66% 3.3370653.3370653.3370653.3370653.337065
On 3 September 1939, at the start of World War II, several East End Londoners join the London County Council Auxiliary Fire Service. Tommy Turk (Trinder) is a light-hearted gambler who avoids work, living with his mother (Varley) who runs a local fish and chips shop. Tommy has bought a greyhound pup he names "Short Head" and hopes to race. Bob Matthews (Friend) is a newcomer to the East End who just lost his job and has to postpone his wedding to Nan Harper (Hiatt) as a result. Tommy and Bob meet in The Hopvine, a pub run by Ma and Pa Robbins (Muriel George and Pierce), whose son Ted (Mason) is a fireman with the London Fire Brigade. Ted's girl Susie has just joined the brigade as a dispatcher, but Ma Robbins' cannot hide her thinly disguised disapproval of Susie's love of dance halls. The Army won't accept new enlistments, so Tommy persuades Bob to join the AFS with him. Sam, a small-time thief of Guinness, inadvertently joins the service trying to avoid the clutches of Eastchapel Police Constable O'Brien (Richard George), who dogs him with the persistence of Javert. The three are assigned immediately to the "Q" sub-station of the East End's District 21, set up in a school to train under Ted.
The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex (1943)
, 1h32
Directed by Leslie Howard, Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Rosamund John, Lilli Palmer, John Justin
Roles Junior Commander Davis
Rating62% 3.1021353.1021353.1021353.1021353.102135
The documentary-drama follows seven women from different backgrounds who meet at an Auxiliary Territorial Service training camp. "Gentle" British girls, now doing their bit to help out in WW II: drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries. Leslie Howard provides narration through the course of the film.
The Day Will Dawn
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
, 1h40
Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan, Roland Culver
Roles Milly, the Barmaid
Rating60% 3.0489753.0489753.0489753.0489753.048975
As the Germans invade Poland in September 1939, the former horse racing-correspondent Metcalfe is placed as a foreign correspondent in neutral Norway. Eight months later, he meets a Norwegian fisherman called Alstad in a sailors' bar, where a scuffle breaks out between British and Norwegian sailors (singing "Rule Britannia", egged on by Metcalfe) and German ones (singing the Nazi Party anthem the Horst-Wessel-Lied). Alstad takes him aboard his boat during a sea voyage in Norway's territorial waters, during which they sight the Altmark and are fired upon by a German U boat, despite Norway's neutrality. They then come back to his home port of Langedal, and Metcalfe goes to Oslo to report this to the British embassy there, despite the best efforts of the German Kommandant and the German-sympathising local police chief Gunter. There Metcalfe meets Lockwood en route back to England from the Winter War in Finland. It was Lockwood who had got him the foreign correspondent job at the outbreak of war, but he now passes on the news to Metcalfe that he has been fired from it for sailing out with the fisherman rather than staying on dry land where the paper can contact him. Metcalfe informs the embassy, and also warns his paper of signs that a German war on Norway is imminent. Alstad's daughter Kari (who had accompanied them on their voyage) also meets him to tell him of suspicious German merchant ships at Bergen which her father suspects have troops on board.
Over the Moon
Over the Moon (1939)
, 1h25
Directed by William K. Howard, Thornton Freeland
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans, Robert Douglas, Louis Borel, Carl Jaffe
Roles Miss Fortescue (uncredited)
Rating55% 2.7615652.7615652.7615652.7615652.761565
Jane Benson (Merle Oberon) is a lowly Yorkshire girl who lives simply, caring for her elderly, ailing uncle and not wishing for anything more. She does take a fancy, however, to the local doctor, Freddie Jarvis (Rex Harrison), and she persuades him to marry her. Soon she finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds.
Come on George!
Come on George! (1939)
, 1h28
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Horse sports in film
Actors George Formby, Dirk Bogarde, Pat Kirkwood, Joss Ambler, Meriel Forbes, George Carney
Roles Monica Bailey
Rating62% 3.13883.13883.13883.13883.1388
This farce stars comedian George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins.
The Belles of St. Clements
The Belles of St. Clements (1936)
, 1h8
Directed by Ivar Campbell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Meriel Forbes, Basil Langton, Donald Gray
Roles Natalie de Mailliere

Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, Chili Bouchier, Barry Livesey, Ralph Truman, Kenneth Villiers
Roles Sally O'Connor
Rating69% 3.4682953.4682953.4682953.4682953.468295
Jake Cohen, the owner of a department store (Graetz), goes on the road, and leaves it under the control of his children, only to have to return when they fight with each other on the eve of a worker's strike.