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Geraldine McEwan
Actress 1932 - 2015

Geraldine McEwan

Old Windsor, England, UK

Geraldine McEwan (9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress, who had a long career in theatre, television and film. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a forthright, sparkling manner".

Filmography

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A Matter of Loaf and Death

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Nick Park 2008 30m

Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.

The Lazarus Child

The Lazarus Child

Graham Theakston 2005 1h 33m 5.0

A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Nick Park, Steve Box 2005 1h 25m 8.0

Nick Parks feature film debut of this Academy Award winning characters Wallace and Gromit. The film also won an Academy Award for best stop-motion animated film as the characters go on a horror film adventure.

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Mira Nair 2004 2h 21m 6.4

In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend.

The Magdalene Sisters

The Magdalene Sisters

Peter Mullan 2002 1h 59m 8.0

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Pure

Pure

Gillies MacKinnon 2002 1h 36m

A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.

Food of Love

Food of Love

Ventura Pons 2002 1h 45m

Young aspiring pianist attracts attention of famous musicians. Chance encounters bring them together but expectations must be managed by all.

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

Kenneth Branagh 2000 1h 33m

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.

Contaminated Man

Contaminated Man

Anthony Hickox 2000 1h 40m

David Whitman is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild his life on his own. While doing research, Whitman discovers a series of mysterious deaths that seem to follow in the path of Joseph Mueller, a seemingly ordinary man who works as a security guard.

Titus

Titus

Julie Taymor 1999 2h 42m 6.9

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

The Love Letter

The Love Letter

Peter Chan Ho-Sun 1999 1h 28m 4.5

A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy new england town upside down.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Kevin Reynolds 1991 2h 23m 7.3

When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.

Henry V

Henry V

Kenneth Branagh 1989 2h 17m 7.6
Foreign Body

Foreign Body

Ronald Neame 1986 1h 51m

Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

Cliff Owen 1976 1h 34m

Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963 version, starring Albert Finney as the lusty hero, won four Oscars. Joan Collins does a great job as a Wicked Lady style highwaywoman.

The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death

David Giles 1969 2h 29m

An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century.

No Kidding

No Kidding

Gerald Thomas 1960 1h 26m 6.0

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home.

There Was a Young Lady

There Was a Young Lady

Lawrence Huntington 1953 1h 24m

A super-efficient secretary circumvents the schemes of smash-and grab gangsters.

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