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Zoë Wanamaker is a Actor American born on 13 may 1949 at New York City (USA)
Zoë Wanamaker, CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-born British stage, television, and film actress. A four-time Tony Award nominee and nine-time Olivier Award nominee, she won Olivier Awards for Once in a Lifetime in 1979 and Electra in 1998.
Wanamaker has worked extensively with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and received a Tony Award nomination for her 1981 Broadway debut in Piaf. She went on to receive subsequent nominations for Loot (1986), Electra (1998), and Awake and Sing! (2006). Her film appearances include Wilde (1997), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), and My Week with Marilyn (2011), while her television roles have included starring as Tessa Piggott in the drama series Love Hurts (1992–94) and Susan Harper in the long-running sitcom My Family (2000–11).
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 may 1949 (74 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 13 may 1949 (74 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Wanamaker has worked extensively with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and received a Tony Award nomination for her 1981 Broadway debut in Piaf. She went on to receive subsequent nominations for Loot (1986), Electra (1998), and Awake and Sing! (2006). Her film appearances include Wilde (1997), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), and My Week with Marilyn (2011), while her television roles have included starring as Tessa Piggott in the drama series Love Hurts (1992–94) and Susan Harper in the long-running sitcom My Family (2000–11).
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Wanamaker lived for many years with fellow Royal Shakespeare Company actor David Lyon. In November 1994, she married actor/dramatist Gawn Grainger.Usually with
Filmography of Zoë Wanamaker (21 films)
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Elephants Can Remember (2013)
, 1h30Directed by John Strickland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Greta Scacchi, Zoë Wanamaker, Iain Glen, Adrian Lukis, Annabel Mullion
Roles Ariadne Oliver
Rating79%
Les Ravenscroft sont retrouvés tous les deux morts d'une balle dans la tête. La police conclut alors à un double suicide sans trop y croire, le couple étant connu pour filer le parfait amour.
Poirot: Dead Man's Folly (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Tom Vaughan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors David Suchet, Zoë Wanamaker, Martin Jarvis, Sean Pertwee, Sinéad Cusack, Stephanie Leonidas
Roles Ariadne Oliver
Rating78%
Hercule Poirot est appelé d'urgence par son amie l'écrivaine Ariadne Oliver à Nasse House, dans le Devon. Arrivé sur place, elle lui explique être là pour mettre en place une course à l'assassin pour la future kermesse. Mais elle a l'impression d'être manipulée et craint qu'un vrai meurtre n'ait lieu...
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
, 1h39Directed by Simon Curtis, Simon Curtis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, Judi Dench
Roles Paula Strasberg
Rating68%
Following his graduation from university in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier's (Kenneth Branagh) next production. Hugh Perceval (Michael Kitchen) tells Colin that there are no jobs available, but he decides to wait for Olivier, whom he once met at a party. Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh (Julia Ormond), eventually show up and Vivien encourages Olivier to give Colin a job on his upcoming film The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams). Colin's first task is to find a suitable place for Marilyn and her husband, Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott), to stay at while they are in England. The press find out about the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn's publicist, Arthur P. Jacobs (Toby Jones).
It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
, 1h40Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Goldy Notay, Shabana Azmi, Sally Hawkins, Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Zoë Wanamaker
Roles Mrs. Goldman
Rating54%
Mrs. Sethi (Shabana Azmi) is a widow living in Southall who wants to marry off her only daughter, for she is alone and unhappy. Her daughter, Roopi, (Goldy Notay) is a little plump and opinionated. Mrs. Sethi finds that all her matchmaking efforts are rudely rejected. She avenges this behaviour toward her daughter by murdering the failed dates using her culinary skills. A police hunt begins for a serial murderer using a killer curry.
Hallowe'en Party (2010)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Zoë Wanamaker, David Yelland, Amelia Bullmore, Sophie Thompson, Georgia King
Roles Ariadne Oliver
Rating77%
Ariadne Oliver prépare Halloween avec une amie et des enfants. L'une d'elles, Joyce, prétend avoir assisté à un meurtre il y a quelques années. Personne ne la croit, sauf qu'elle est retrouvée noyée dans un seau d'eau un peu plus tard. Ariadne fait appel à son ami Poirot pour trouver le meurtrier. Celui-ci est particulièrement intéressé par l'anecdote de la jeune fille...
Third Girl (2008)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Jemima Rooper, David Yelland, Zoë Wanamaker, Clemency Burton-Hill, Tom Mison
Roles Ariadne Oliver
Rating76%
Norma Restarick rend visite à Poirot pour lui demander de l'aide : elle pense avoir commis un meurtre. Mais finalement elle juge Poirot trop vieux pour résoudre l'énigme et s'enfuit. Piqué au vif, celui-ci décide d'enquêter et il a la surprise de voir que la voisine de Norma n'est autre que son amie écrivain Ariadne Oliver. Celle-ci l'aide alors à résoudre le meurtre de l'ancienne nounou de Norma...
The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
, 2hDirected by Brian Percival
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Derek Jacobi, Adrian Rawlins, Sophie Vavasseur, Toby Jones, Anna Madeley, Adam Godley
Roles Mrs. Jarley
Rating64%
Mrs McGinty est morte (2007)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Zoë Wanamaker, David Yelland, Sarah Smart, Raquel Cassidy, Richard Dillane
Roles Ariadne Oliver
Rating76%
James Bentley est jugé coupable du meurtre de sa logeuse Mrs McGinty et est condamné à mort. Mais le Superintendant Spence a des doutes sur sa culpabilité et par précaution il appelle Poirot. Celui-ci, aidé de son amie écrivain Ariadne Oliver, part approfondir l'enquête, ce qui ne semble pas plaire à tout le monde…
Poirot: Cards on the Table (2005)
, 1h40Directed by Sarah Harding
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Lesley Manville, Lyndsey Marshal, Honeysuckle Weeks, Tristan Gemmill, Alex Jennings
Roles Ariadne Oliver
Rating74%
Un riche et étrange collectionneur moyen-oriental invite à dîner quatre personnes qu'il soupçonne chacune d'un meurtre, ainsi que quatre fins limiers : un policier, un colonel des services secrets, la romancière Ariadne Oliver et le détective belge Hercule Poirot. Au cours du repas, l'hôte lance des allusions qui peuvent inquiéter l'un ou l'autre et annonce une révélation pour la fin de la soirée, mais pendant la partie de bridge qui s'ensuit, il est assassiné. Assisté de ses collègues d'un soir et surtout de ses « petites cellules grises », Hercule Poirot enquête...
Five Children and It (2004)
, 1h29Directed by John Stephenson, John Stephenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Tara Fitzgerald, Alex Jennings, Jonathan Bailey, Zoë Wanamaker, Kenneth Branagh
Roles Martha
Rating55%
The film begins with five children (Robert, Cyril, Jane, Anthea and The Lamb), that let their father go to the fight in World War I. That's in 1914, but the children are asked to stay at their uncle's house with his son, Horace. While exploring the house, Robert finds a locked door in the Greenhouse and brings the other children. They manage to open the door and discover a creature called It, a sand fairy. They wish to make the house tidy without having to do the work. When they come back, they see dozens of copies of themselves doing the chores and wrecking the house in the attempt.
, 2h32Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith
Roles Madame Bibine
Rating76%
Harry Potter is a seemingly ordinary boy, living with his hostile relatives, the Dursleys in Surrey. On his eleventh birthday, Harry learns from a mysterious stranger, Rubeus Hagrid, that he is actually a wizard, famous in the Wizarding World for surviving an attack by the evil Lord Voldemort when Harry was only a baby. Voldemort killed Harry's parents, but his attack on Harry rebounded, leaving only a lightning-bolt scar on Harry's forehead and rendering Voldemort powerless. Hagrid reveals to Harry that he has been invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After buying his school supplies from the hidden London street, Diagon Alley, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts via the concealed Platform 9¾ in King's Cross Station.
, 2h50Directed by John Henderson
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney, Kieran Culkin, Caroline Carver
Roles Mary Muldoon
Rating75%
An American businessman, Jack Woods (Randy Quaid), ostensibly wants to spend a calm holiday in the sleepy Irish town Kerry and rents a cottage there. During a hike, he sees Irish beauty Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Orla Brady) swimming naked. Kathleen catches him and chases him off, but Jack is smitten with her beauty. That evening, Jack tries to drown his sorrows in Irish poitín, when he has an encounter with an invisible leprechaun. They struggle for the bottle of poitín, and Jack falls, knocking himself unconscious. The next morning, he sees the little man again and chases him to a nearby river, where the leprechaun falls in. Jack jumps in after him, saving his life (because water is the only thing that can kill the immortal leprechauns), then Seamus Muldoon (Colm Meaney), the saved leprechaun, becomes Jack's new friend. Seamus introduces Jack to his wife Mary (Zoë Wanamaker) and his son, Mickey (Daniel Betts), and shows him the mystical world of the leprechauns.
David Copperfield (1999)
Directed by Simon Curtis
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Ciarán McMenamin, Emilia Fox, Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe, Pauline Quirke, Michael Elphick
Roles Miss Murdstone
Rating76%
Angleterre, XIX siècle. David Copperfield est venu au monde après la mort de son père. Sa mère décide de se remarier à Murdstone, un homme vil et cruel. De nouveau enceinte, celle-ci décède en couches laissant David seul face à son beau-père qui le persécute et l'envoie travailler dans un entrepôt. Le petit garçon est mis en pension chez la famille Micawber dont il se fera des amis. Mais quand ceux-ci quittent Londres, il décide de partir pour Douvres, seul endroit où il lui reste un membre de sa famille, sa tante Betsey Trotwood. Murdstone est averti de la fuite du jeune Copperfield et tente de le récupérer auprès de Mrs. Trotwood mais elle décidera de le garder et de l'élever. Reprenant ses études, il va alors loger chez Mr. Wickfield qui a une fille, Agnès, amoureuse de David.
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
Roles Mary Foster
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.
Wilde (1997)
, 1h58Directed by Brian Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Poésie, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Sheen, Judy Parfitt
Roles Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'
Rating68%
The film opens with Oscar Wilde's 1882 visit to Leadville, Colorado during his lecture tour of the United States. Despite his flamboyant personality and urbane wit, he proves to be a success with the local silver miners as he regales them with tales of Renaissance silversmith Benvenuto Cellini.