Mary Clare

Mary Clare

Nacimiento : 1892-07-17, Lambeth, London, England, UK

Muerte : 1970-08-29

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Clare (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. In films, she was mainly a character actress, in later life often portraying mature ladies who had strength of character or were autocratic. She appeared in two of the British-made Alfred Hitchcock films, Young and Innocent (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).

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Mary Clare

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The Price of Silence
Mrs. West
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
Mambo
La contessa Luisa Marisoni
A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.
The Beggar's Opera
Mrs. Peachum
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Moulin Rouge
Madame Loubet
París, finales del siglo XIX. El pintor impresionista Toulouse-Lautrec, miembro de una familia aristocrática francesa, se apasiona por la vida de los bajos fondos parisinos y visita con frecuencia los cabarets, el Moulin Rouge, el Lapin Agile, el Chat Noir, etc. Para muchos de ellos pintará carteles; también pintará cuadros con bailarinas de cabaret como modelos.
Hindle Wakes
Mrs. Martha Jeffcote
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.
Penny Princess
Maria
A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.
Portrait of Clare
Lady Hingston
The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
La rosa negra
Countess Eleanor of Lessford
En el siglo XIII, un noble inglés (Tyrone Power) se ve forzado a abandonar su país, después de encabezar una fallida rebelión contra el rey. Acompañado de un amigo (Jack Hawkins) decide viajar a Mongolia, donde conocerá a un poderoso "señor de la guerra" (Orson Welles).
Cardboard Cavalier
Milady Doverhouse
Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
Esther Waters
Mrs. Latch
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
Oliver Twist
Mrs. Corney
Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Famosa adaptación de la novela homónima de Charles Dickens. Oliver es un niño huérfano al que su madre, una joven soltera, abandonó a las puertas de un orfanato. Para librarse de él, el malvado director de la institución, decide venderlo a un empresario como aprendiz de su taller. Cansado de los malos tratos que recibe, huye y acaba uniéndose a un grupo de pequeños rateros que viven bajo la férula de un viejo tiránico.
The Three Weird Sisters
Maude Morgan-Vaughan
Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.
My Brother Jonathan
Mrs. Dakers
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.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Duchess of Devonshire
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
London Town
Mrs. Gates
Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
One Exciting Night
Mrs. Trout
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
Fiddlers Three
Volumnia
Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.
The Hundred Pound Window
Millie Draper
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
The Next of Kin
Mrs. Webster
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
La noche tiene ojos
Mrs. Ranger
Un joven vive con su ama de llaves en una mansión de Yorkshire que está rodeada por un tétrico páramo. Una noche de tormenta, dos amigas que recorren la zona se ven obligadas a buscar refugio en la casa. A la mañana siguiente, una de ellas ha desaparecido.
The Patient Vanishes
Matron
Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
Old Bill and Son
Maggie
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
The Briggs Family
Mrs. Briggs
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
Caroline
Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Mrs Pym
An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.
Mientras arde el fuego
Lizzie Crane
A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
A Girl Must Live
Mrs. Wallis
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
There Ain't No Justice
Ma Mutch
A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
Climbing High
Lady Emily Westaker
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result.
La ciudadela
Mrs. Orlando
Andrew Manson, un joven médico que consigue su primer empleo en una población minera de Gales, se entrega al cuidado de trabajadores enfermos y gentes oprimidas. Las circunstancias, sin embargo, acabarán poniendo a pruebo sus principios morales.
Alarma en el expreso
Baroness Isabel Nisatona
En un país centroeuropeo, el tren Transcontinental Express sufre un gran retraso a causa del mal tiempo. Los pasajeros pernoctan en un pequeño hotel, donde Iris Henderson entabla conversación con una vieja institutriz inglesa, la señora Froy. Poco después de reanudar el viaje, Iris se da cuenta de la desaparición de la anciana, pero los demás pasajeros afirman que su amiga no existe y que ella ha sufrido una alucinación.
The Challenge
His Mother
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
The Rat
Mere Colline
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
Inocencia y juventud
Erica's Aunt Margaret
Robert Tisdall encuentra en la playa el cuerpo sin vida de una joven. Corre en busca de ayuda, pero dos muchachas lo ven y, creyendo que es el asesino, lo denuncian a la policía. Robert se ve obligado a huir, a pesar de su inocencia. En su desesperado intento de probar que no es el culpable, sólo contará con la ayuda de una chica.
The Mill on the Floss
Mrs. Moss
Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
The Guv'nor
Mme. Barsac
The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Mrs. Sharpe
The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
The Clairvoyant
Mother
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
Lorna Doone
Mistress Sara Ridd
En 1673, Exmoor está bajo el poder de una familia de nobles terratenientes, los Doone. Pero, tras la muerte de Cromwell, caen en desgracia, sus tierras son expropiadas y se les declara proscritos. Sin embargo, los Doone se sienten lo bastante fuertes como para desafiar al rey. La primera víctima es un campesino, cuyo hijo, John, decidido a vengar la muerte de su padre, consigue entrar al castillo de los Doone. Una vez allí, conoce a Lorna, la nieta de Lord Doone. Años después, tras servir en el ejército, John regresa a Exmoor. El conflicto con los Doone continúa y también Lorna sigue allí. (1951)
Say It with Flowers
Kate Bishop
Warm-hearted Cockneys stage a show to help a sick flower-seller.
The Constant Nymph
Linda Sanger
Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.
Keepers of Youth
Mrs. Venner
The arrival of Mr. Knox, the new sports instructor at a British public school, heralds trouble. He imposes his dominant personality to influence colleagues and the headmaster alike, and then attempts to force himself on Millicent, the assistant matron.
Many Waters
Mrs. Rosel
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Bill's Legacy
Mrs. Smithers
A comedy film directed by Harry Revier.
Gipsy Blood
Factory Girl
In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizet’s opera, Gipsy Blood features celebrated American soprano Marguerite Namara as the capricious gypsy girl from the cigarette factory; her co-performers include Thomas Burke as Carmen’s tormented lover, Don José, and New Zealand-born baritone Lance Fairfax as his rival, the toreador Escamillo.
Hindle Wakes
Mrs. Jeffcote
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
The Outsider
Mrs. Coates
An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
Shadows
Lily
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
The Feather
Mrs Dalton
'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)
The Constant Nymph
Linda Sanger
Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the girls back to England. But little Tessa Sanger is in love with Lewis herself, and when she runs away from school and comes to live with Florence and her husband, their already-shaky marriage is further undermined
Becket
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.
The Skin Game
Chloe Hornblower
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.