Barbara Shelley
Nacimiento : 1932-02-13, London, England, UK
Muerte : 2021-01-03
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Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress.
She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer.
She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire.
In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.
She died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 88.
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Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series.
Helen Kent
Through the years, Hammer's depiction of female vampires was consistently groundbreaking and always controversial, exploring the fine line between forbidden desire and the curse of the undead. This TV production contains only recycled clips with the only new addition being narration from Oliver Reed.
Helen Kent
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Charlotte Darton
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Louise Maigret
Jules Maigret, a meticulous Parisian police detective, is a famous literary character. In this film adaptation of his stories, he's trying to solve a murder of a friend, a P.I. who was looking into an industrialist and his family.
Cousin Monica
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(archive footage)
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Sorasta
The Master re-establishes psychic control of his robot slave Kamelion. He wants to hijack the Doctor's TARDIS to reach the planet Sarn, where he seeks the healing power of Numismaton Gas to restore himself. Once on Sarn, Turlough comes face to face with his destiny.
Sorasta
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Courtesan
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.
Matron
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.
Danielle
Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. The reluctant spy discovers that he can't completely trust anyone in this endeavor--not even his former chief
Barbara Judd
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Sonia
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Helen Kent
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Elaine
Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all the POW's as the Japanese embark on a policy of ruthless terror to extract her and the focus shifts to the conflicts of the group' s collective concerns against the necessities of personal survival.
Carla Hoffman
Una serie de asesinatos han tenido lugar en el pueblo de Yandorf y, en todos los casos, la víctima se ha convertido en piedra. Después de que Sacha, una joven del lugar, aparezca muerta de la misma manera, las sospechas recaerán sobre su amante. Cuando el grupo que le busca encuentra su cuerpo sin vida colgando de un árbol, piensa que él es la mente maligna que está detrás de los crímenes.
Anne Gregory
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A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. Namely, was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death.
Jean
Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.
Chris Morrison
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Beth Venable
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Abigail
Saúl, Rey de Israel, se enfada cuando David es recibido entre grandes muestras de júbilo, al regresar victorioso de vencer a sus enemigos: los filisteos. Saúl está celoso de la popularidad de David, máxime cuando su hijo Jonathan también se decanta a favor de David.
Anthea Zellaby
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Valerie
Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult.
Susan Webb
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A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.
Madeleine Duval
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Kate Keiller
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Susan
Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.
Liliane Crawford
The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.
Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
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Baronessa
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
Bettina
The wife of a conductor with a stormy past agrees to meet a blackmailer in a small hotel.
El emperador Nerón pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en una villa de la costa en compañía de Séneca y rodeado de cortesanos, dedicado a componer obras musicales. Estas situaciones de total relajo sólo son interrumpidas por las visitas de su madre Agripina.
Barbara
While working as a restaurant singer to make ends meet, a young man is pushed to pursuing a musical career in spite of his girlfriend's disapproval.
A young man leaves the countryside and falls for the owner of a nightclub.
A sailor is accused of the murder of his girlfriend's father.
