Celia Johnson
Nacimiento : 1908-12-18, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Muerte : 1982-04-26
Historia
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Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress.
She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973.
Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke.
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Countess of Rousillon
Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure him and win her the right to marry Bertram. But does Bertram want to marry her?
Lucy Smalley
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.
Mrs. Wheeler
A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
Sister Simplice
Es una película británica para la televisión del año 1978 basada en la famosa novela de Víctor Hugo "Les Misérables". Esta protagonizada por Richard Jordan como Jean Valjean, y Anthony Perkins interpreta al policía Javert. Narra la historia de Jean Valjean quien es enviado a prisión por robar pan para su familia, al salir sólo un obispo se compadece de él y lo trata con caridad pero Valjean necesitado de dinero le roba unos cubiertos de plata, cuando es capturado y llevado frente al obispo este declara que se los regaló y conmovido por esta acción, Valjean decide ayudar a los demás convirtiéndose en el alcalde de un pueblo, sin embargo será perseguido constantemente por el inspector Javert quien lo busca por el robo que cometió hace años.
Nurse
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Sybil Hathaway
1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.
Lady Sheila Boothroyd
When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to kill herself at the precise moment that the bulldozers start on their shameful work. As the hour strikes and the bulldozers' roar is heard, her husband General Sir William Boothroyd enters in full regimental regalia, while his old ex-army servant sounds the Last Post. Then, as the whole family stands stricken, the door opens...
Mrs. Palfrey
Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friendship begins.
The Countess lives in her East European palace, oblivious to the new regime that has moved in. After the war Volubin, a Marxist writer, is instructed to obtain from her the keys to her wine-cellar, which are needed for a celebration dinner. First shown in 1970, this play charts the transition of dictatorial power in the 20th century.
Miss McKay
Años 30. Jean Brodie es una joven y polémica profesora que da clase en un colegio femenino, donde instruye a las alumnas sobre política, amor y arte. Sus ideas liberales acerca de la enseñanza dividirán tanto a profesores como a alumnas.
Miss Trant
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
Joanna
En un barrio londinense de clase baja, el pequeño Joe vive con su madre en un piso situado sobre la sastrería del señor Kandinsky. Joe sueña con ayudar a los pobres a cumplir sus deseos. Un día el sastre le cuenta un cuento según el cual quien capture a un unicornio podrá obtener cualquier deseo. Joe decide entonces gastar sus ahorros en la compra de un cabritillo con un cuerno emergente, creyendo que se trata de un unicornio. Sus esfuerzos para hacer realidad los sueños demuestran el poder de la esperanza y la voluntad en medio de la adversidad.
Maud St. James
Henry St. James, capitán de un ferry transmediterráneo, tiene su vida sentimental perfectamente organizada. Tiene una esposa inglesa en Gibraltar y otra más exótica en Tánger. Pero, cuando ambas deciden, cada una por su cuenta, ir a esperarlo al puerto de destino del barco, su idílica vida correrá un grave peligro.
Jenny Gregory
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
Matty Matheson
Ofrece una mirada sobre el funcionamiento del servicio de libertad condicional a través de los ojos de Phipps, un hombre de mediana edad en busca de mérito y una nueva ocupación.
Barbara Faber
Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.
Laura Jesson
La casualidad hace que un hombre y una mujer ambos de edad madura y casados coincidan en una estación de tren. Su inicial amistad pronto se convertirá en un amor tan intenso como prohibido.
Ethel Gibbons
Retrato de la clase media británica narrado a través del discurrir de la vida de los miembros de una familia londinense, Frank y Ethel Gibbons y sus tres hijos, cuyas historias ejemplifican los cambios sociales que tienen lugar a lo largo del periodo entreguerras.
Cynthia
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
Cuenta la historia del destructor HMS Torrin, desde su construcción hasta su hundimiento por aviones alemanes en la batalla de Creta, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El único capitán que tuvo fue E.V. Kinross, experimentado marino que entrena a sus hombres, no sólo para que le sean leales, sino para que lo sean a su país y a ellos mismos. Se enfrentarán a retos en el mar y en casa, perderán a compañeros en el mar y seres queridos en casa, pero cumplirán su misión con heroísmo y valentía.
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
Mrs Taylor
Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London. Glimpses of the events of Mrs Taylor's typical day, including ration shopping and fire warden training, belie the letter's innocuous statements.
