Beatrice Varley

Beatrice Varley

Nacimiento : 1896-07-11, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

Muerte : 1964-07-04

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Beatrice Varley

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Hedda Gabler
Berte
Hedda Gabler has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the young couple, However, the arrival of cleaned up ex-lover Eilert threatens to destroy everything.
Echo of Barbara
Mrs. Roscoe
Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.
Identity Unknown
Matron
Two reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of passengers in an ill-fated airliner.
Horror en el museo negro
Aggie
Cuando el sol se esconde y los cielos se tornan oscuros, detrás de las puertas del MUSEO NEGRO se desata el horror. Las calles de Londres se visten con colores tétricros y se llenan de cadaveres, un asesino desconocido está sembrando el pánico y mantiene en jaque a Scotland Yard.
Un lugar en la cumbre
Aunt
Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) acepta un trabajo de contable en un pequeña ciudad del norte de Inglaterra. Movido por la ambición, intenta conquistar a Susan (Heather Sears), la hija del hombre más rico y poderoso del lugar, pero éste se interpone en su camino y envía a su hija de vacaciones. Entonces, Joe se lía con Alice (Simone Signoret), una mujer madura cuya experiencia y sofisticación lo fascinan hasta tal punto que llega a pedirle que deje a su marido. Sin embargo, ciertas circunstancias hacen que los planes de Joe den un giro radical.
Hazard
Syd's mother
A BAFTA award nominated dramatised documentary telling the story of two steelworkers who attempt to climb a rock in the Dolomites.
Bachelor of Hearts
Mrs. Upcott
A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
La esposa del mar
Elderly Nun
Singapur, 1942. Un submarino japonés lanza un torpedo contra un buque. Cuatro de los pasajeros (dos hombres blancos, un hombre negro y una mujer que decide ocultar el hecho de que es monja) suben a una balsa y quedan a la deriva en alta mar. Después de varios días de sufrimiento, la balsa llega hasta una isla desierta, donde el náufrago negro, al que uno de los blancos trata con desprecio, encuentra un machete muy útil que se niega a dejar a los demás.
The Surgeon's Knife
Mrs. Waring
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.
Now Let Him Go
Mrs. Beeston
A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound which plays throughout.
Ruta infernal
Tom's Mother
Intentando olvidar su pasado, Tom (Stanley Baker) acepta un trabajo en una compañía de camiones. Pronto entabla amistad con Gino (Herbert Lom) y Lucy (Peggy Cummings), la secretaria de la compañía. Por el contrario, su relación con Red (Patrick McGoohan), un camionero que ostenta el record de viajes, es de rivalidad. Los intentos de Tom por superarlo provocarán un conflicto.
The Good Companions
Mrs Carrie Nunn
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
Tigre en la niebla
Lucy Cash
El cabecilla de una peligrosa banda escapa de prisión para buscar un misterioso tesoro que se encuentra enterrado en la mansión de una viuda, que se prepara para casarse con un hombre. De repente, ella comienza a recibir misteriosas fotos de su difunto cónyuge, quien fue dado por desaparecido, por lo que podría estar vivo. Asustada, entrega las fotos a la policía, que iniciará una investigación a fin de esclarecer el misterio.
A Man from the Sun
Miss Prior
A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.
The Feminine Touch
Sister Snow
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
The Black Rider
Mrs. Marsh
When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...
Bang! You're Dead
Mrs. Moxted
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist. Both boys are unaware of the tragic consequences of their game. The body and the gun are found by Bob Carter, who had recently quarreled with the victim in the presence of their workmates, and both men had uttered threats. The evidence is strong, and Bob is arrested for murder...
El hechizo de Melba
Aunt Catherine
La vida de la cantante de ópera Nellie Melba, una soprano nacida en Australia.
Death Goes to School
Miss Hopkinson
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.
Hindle Wakes
Mrs. Hollins
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
She Shall Have Murder
Mrs. Hawthorne
A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.
No Trace
Landlady
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Paul Temple's Triumph
Mrs. Weston
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
Marry Me
Mrs. Perrins
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Adán y ella
Mrs. Parker
El padre de Evelyn, una niña internada en un orfanato, ha estado escribiendo a su hija, que no lo recuerda, cartas fantasiosas sobre su éxito en los negocios. En realidad, se ha hecho pasar por un amigo, Adam, un apuesto jugador. Cuando el padre muere, Adam se lleva a la chica del orfanato y le dicen la verdad. Pero la niña se ha convertido en una mujer de extraordinaria belleza y surgen complicaciones, incluyendo las que crea Roddy, hermano de Adam, una auténtica oveja negra.
My Brother's Keeper
Mrs. Martin
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Good-Time Girl
Mrs. Rawlings
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
My Brother Jonathan
Mrs. Hodgkiss
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
The Master of Bankdam
Mrs. Pickersgill
Two brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th century Yorkshire.
Jassy la adivina
Mrs. Wicks
Drama ambientado en el siglo XIX, acerca de una joven gitana muy atractiva a la que acusan del asesinato de su marido.
Holiday Camp
Valerie's Aunt
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
So Well Remembered
Annie
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
The Upturned Glass
Injured Girl's Mother
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
Send for Paul Temple
Miss Amelia Marchment
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
Bedelia
Mary
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
La mujer bandido
Aunt Moll
La bella y ambiciosa Barbara Worth, una aventurera del siglo XVII, comienza su carrera de bandido robándole el novio a Caroline, su mejor amiga. Pero pronto descubre que la existencia junto a él, de nombre, Ralph Skelton, es demasiado aburrida y decide comenzar una nueva y emocionante vida ocultándose tras una máscara y lanzándose a los caminos para asaltar a los viajeros.
Johnny Frenchman
Mrs. Tremayne
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
Great Day
Miss Tracy
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Waterloo Road
Mrs. Colter
Londres (1940). Tillie Colter se encuentra sola en la ciudad. Mientras su marido está en el frente luchando, la joven se acabará enamorando de Ted Purvis, quien ha podido evitar alistarse en el ejército. Cuando el marido de Tillie, Jim, se entera de la relación, abandona el ejército para regresar a casa.
The Agitator
Mrs. Shackleton
A socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.
Historia de amor
Miss Rossiter
Una concertista de piano descubre que sufre graves problemas cardíacos, y decide disfrutar de la vida mientras pueda. Conoce a un piloto de permiso, que tal vez se quede ciego a consecuencia de una explosión que le alcanzó en el pasado. Ha de afrontar una operación que le impida quedar ciego, pero las probabilidades de e´xito son escasas...
Welcome, Mr Washington
Martha
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.
Bees in Paradise
Moagga
Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. Askey plays a pilot who bales out over Paradise Island, not knowing that he is about to land in a bee-worshipping colony of women and that he is about to become a drone for the queen bee. When he finds out that, as custom demands, he is due to be sacrificed two months after the honeymoon, he soon starts thinking about escape. The women of course have other ideas.
I'll Walk Beside You
Miss McKenzie
John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?
Perfidia
Gypsy Fortune Teller
Un marqués se casa con una joven sólo por el título, a la vez que ama a otra. La joven acabará enamorándose de un amigo menos afortunado, pero todo se complica más aún por las insidias de su cruel marido y la pérfida amante.
Millones como nosotros
Miss Wells
Cuando Celia Crowson es llamada al servicio militar, espera obtener un puesto de trabajo glamuroso, pero al ser una chica soltera es enviada a una fábrica donde se producen partes de aviones. Ahí encuentra otras chicas de diversa procedencia social y empieza una relación con un joven piloto.
The Bells Go Down
Ma Turk
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
Squadron Leader X
Mrs. Krohn
Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
A Welcome to Britain
Vi (uncredited)
An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.
Secret Mission
Mrs. Donkin
Tres espías británicos y un miembro de la Resistencia se infiltran en la Francia ocupada para reunir información sobre las fuerzas alemanas, en vistas a una invasión.
Hatter's Castle
Mrs. Brodie
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embraced with thick stone walls. The townsfolk nickname the fortress "Hatter's Castle", for James Brodie, the man who built it. Brodie is a hatter who keeps the members of the family in fear and submission; he is brutal, arrogant, selfish and cruel. His wife, who has long been ailing, and his daughter Mary, are in awe of him. His son Angus, aged 15, alone dear to his heart, suffers under his love as the others suffer under his sternness.
Poison Pen
Mrs. Jenkins
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
When We Are Married
Mrs. Northrop
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
Tomorrow We Live
Patricia's Mother
Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to invite twelve similarly desperate individuals to dinner so they can all discuss their problems. Will his generosity change the course of their lives?