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Winifred Shotter

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Birth 5 november 1904
Death 4 april 1996 (at 91 years) at Redhill (United-kingdom)

Winifred Florence Shotter (5 November 1904 – 4 April 1996) was an English actress best known for her appearances in the Aldwych farces of the 1920s and early 30s.

Initially a singer and dancer in the ensembles of musical comedies, Shotter was spotted by the comedian and producer Leslie Henson. He recommended her to his colleague Tom Walls, who was in search of a leading lady to succeed Yvonne Arnaud in his series of farces at the Aldwych Theatre, London. From 1926 to 1932, Shotter played in eight of the farces, in a regular company headed by Walls and Ralph Lynn. She appeared in several films during the 1930s, including adaptations of four of the Aldwych plays.

After the Aldwych series ended, Shotter appeared in numerous West End shows, worked briefly in Hollywood, and continued to appear in British films. During the Second World War she joined the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), performing for troops in Europe and Asia. After the war she joined the BBC as an announcer on the relaunched television service. During the 1950s she gradually withdrew from performing and retired to Switzerland with her second husband.

Usually with

Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
(10 films)
Freddie Young
Freddie Young
(7 films)
Tom Walls
Tom Walls
(3 films)
W.P. Lipscomb
W.P. Lipscomb
(6 films)
Ben Travers
Ben Travers
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Winifred Shotter (20 films)

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Actress

John and Julie
John and Julie (1955)
, 1h22
Directed by William Fairchild
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Moira Lister, Colin Gibson, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Sid James, Megs Jenkins, Joseph Tomelty
Roles Mrs. Swayne
Rating65% 3.2806753.2806753.2806753.2806753.280675
John (Gibson) and Julie (Dudley) are two children who are eager to see the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in spite of the fact that their parents have no intention of going. So the two run off to London when left alone. Along their way, they encounter different quirky and eccentric people.
The Body Said No!
The Body Said No! (1950)
, 1h15
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Valentine Dyall, Reginald Beckwith, Arthur Hill
Roles TV Announcer
Rating44% 2.2237652.2237652.2237652.2237652.223765
In a British TV studio, Michael Rennie (as himself) is performing in a live dramatic broadcast. On a neighbouring set, cabaret singer Mikki Brent thinks she sees a coded plot being discussed to murder Rennie. Her friends are sceptical, but she warns Rennie, and adventures and investigations ensue.
Petticoat Fever
Petticoat Fever (1936)
, 1h20
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen, Winifred Shotter, George Hassell, Forrester Harvey
Roles Clara Wilson
Rating61% 3.097163.097163.097163.097163.09716
Telegraph operator Dascom Dinsmore, who has been living in an isolated cabin in Labrador for two years, has a bad case of "cabin fever," caused by his many months without seeing any women. His Eskimo servant Kimo tries to interest him in two native women, but Dascom wants nothing to do with them. His near desperate fever is abated when aviator Sir James Felton's plane makes an emergency landing nearby and Dascom discovers that Jim's companion is the beautiful Irene Campion. Though Jim warns Irene that Dascom is a bit crazy and unkempt, when she arrives at the cabin, Dascom has transformed himself into a well groomed English gentleman. Later, to impress her, he wears a tuxedo and prepares a formal dinner party for her. Though Jim is increasingly worried about Dascom's enthusiastic attentions toward Irene, he doesn't realize that she is becoming attracted to Dascom as well. After Jim and Irene learn via a radio broadcast that Dascom has sent a wireless message confirming their safety but not asking for the rescue ship they requested, Jim secretly arranges to take a dog sled to the supply post with Irene. Dascom suspects something, however, and has one of the Eskimo women, "Little Seal," take Irene's place in the sled. After Jim has left, Dascom tells Irene he loves her and she finally admits she loves him, too. However, because she is fond of Jim, who once saved her life, she convinces Dascom to bring him back so that she can tell him face-to-face that she isn't going to marry him. While Dascom goes after Jim, Clara Wilson, Dascom's English fiancée, from whom he has heard nothing for two years, shows up and professes her love. When Dascom and Jim return, Irene wants Dascom to break off with Clara immediately, but because he says he can't just "leave her out in the snow," Clara angrily tells him she doesn't want to see him again and goes off with Jim. The next day, just as the rector whom Clara telegraphed to marry them is about to perform the ceremony, an unhappy Dascom decides to delay the ceremony by opening a piece of mail that arrived for him a few days previously. When he learns that his uncle, a duke, has died and left his title and entire estate to him, Dascom realizes why Clara suddenly showed up and rushes off to stop Irene and Jim. On the boat that brought Clara, the captain is in the middle of Jim and Irene's wedding ceremony when Dascom arrives and tells her that he and Clara are finished. As Jim and the captain look on incredulously, Irene then goes off happily with Dascom in the dogsled.
The Rocks of Valpre
The Rocks of Valpre (1935)
, 1h13
Directed by Henry Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors John Garrick, Winifred Shotter, Michael Shepley, Athene Seyler
Roles Christine Wyndham
Rating52% 2.638122.638122.638122.638122.63812
Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son (1934)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors H. B. Warner, Margot Grahame, Hugh Williams, Winifred Shotter, Evelyn Roberts, Donald Calthrop
Roles Molly Pentreath

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Just My Luck
Just My Luck (1933)
, 1h17
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Winifred Shotter, Davy Burnaby, Frederick Burtwell
Roles Peggy Croft

A shy teacher takes over the running of a hotel.