Elsie Wagstaff

Elsie Wagstaff

Nacimiento : 1899-07-01, Leytonstone, Essex, England, UK

Muerte : 1985-07-16

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Elsie Wagstaff

Películas

Frankenstein y el monstruo del infierno
Wild One
El barón Victor Frankenstein, recluido en un sanatorio mental con el nombre de Carl Victor, sigue haciendo experimentos. Cuenta con la ayuda de Simon Heider, un joven médico, para llevar a cabo un nuevo proyecto en el que utiliza como cobaya el cuerpo de un interno violento. Con ellos colabora también la hermosa Sarah. Las manos de un artesano y el cerebro de un brillante profesor completan el organismo de la criatura. Éste es el último de los numerosos films de la Hammer sobre Frankenstein.
Amor es mi vida
Wedding Guest
Bruce Pritchard queda paralítico jugando al fútbol y debe vivir el resto de su vida en una silla de ruedas. Cuando conoce a Jill, debe plantearse los efectos que tiene en su vida su discapacidad.
La máscara del Dr. Syn
Mrs. Ransley
Emitida originalmente como una serie de tres capítulos para TV. Narra la historia de la doble vida de un vicario. Aparentemente, es un ciudadano ejemplar y leal al opresivo gobierno británico, pero en realidad es un notorio bandolero que utiliza sus botines para beneficiar a los pobres de su aldea.
Cuando el viento silba
Auntie Dorothy
Kathy, una niña de quince años que vive en una granja de Lancashire, al norte de Inglaterra, encuentra a un fugitivo acusado de asesinato escondido en el pajar. Cuando le pregunta su nombre, el hombre, antes de desmayarse, sólo acierta a decir “Jesucristo”. Kathy, convencida de que es realmente Cristo, se lo cuenta a su hermano pequeño y a sus amigos, y entre todos deciden cuidarlo y evitar que los vecinos lo capturen.
The Snake Woman
Aggie Harker
A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the villagers call "The Devil's Baby" and in a fit of fear they end up burning the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite.
Sábado noche, domingo mañana
Mrs. Seaton
Arthur Seaton es un joven inglés de carácter agrio y rebelde que trabaja en una fábrica. Trata de huir de su rutinaria y aburrida vida bebiendo y divirtiéndose cuanto puede los fines de semana. Ésa es la única meta de su vida: pasarlo lo mejor posible. Al mismo tiempo, mantiene una relación con la mujer de un compañero, y todo se complica cuando se queda embarazada. Mientras tanto, se enamora de una joven de estrictos principios morales que le exige un compromiso serio.
You Pay Your Money
Ada Seymour
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
Vivir un gran amor
Bendrix Landlady
Inglaterra, II Guerra Mundial. Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr) es la aburrida esposa de un funcionario británico. Cuando, durante una fiesta, su marido le presenta al escritor americano Maurice Bendrix (Van Jonson), Sarah no puede evitar sentirse atraída por él. Entre ambos nace un amor apasionado que los lleva a soñar con un futuro común, pero, inexplicablemente, Sarah pone fin a la relación. Con la ayuda de un detective privado (Albert Parks), Maurice intenta averiguar por qué.
Puerto
Mrs. Simon (voice) (uncredited)
Un marinero deja a su familia abandonada en las calles de Liverpool. Su hija crece y se convierte en una mujer, pero vive con la esperanza de que su padre regrese.
A mitad de camino
Wilding's maid
Un hombre casado se fuga con su amante. Pero cuando ella muere en un accidente ferroviario, él se convierte en el principal sospechoso.
Trottie True
Dependant Relative (uncredited)
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
Adán y ella
Theatre Barmaid (uncredited)
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.
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
Aunt Nora
A private detective (Bruce Lester) and an aspiring actress (Hy Hazell) join forces to thwart a man's scheme to murder his wealthy--and much older--wife. British thriller, directed by Francis Searle.
Emma
Mrs. Ford
My Brother Jonathan
Factory Worker
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.
Appointment with Crime
Mrs. Wilkins
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
Old Mother Riley at Home
Mrs. Ginochie
Old Mother Riley and her daughter's true love, Dan, go in search of Kitty who has run off with her new boyfriend to a gambling den.
Meet Sexton Blake
Mrs. Baird
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
The Dark Tower
Eve Wainwright (as Elsie Wagstaffe)
While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.
The Balloon Goes Up
The Welfare Officer
Balloon unit WAAFs catch German spies.
Crimes at the Dark House
Mrs. Catherick
In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.
Trouble Brewing
Mrs. Hopkins
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
Lassie from Lancashire
Aunt Hetty
Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty overworks them, but Jenny is lucky enough to find love in the form of aspiring songwriter Tom (Hal Thompson). But their romance is threatened and nearly destroyed by the jealous star actress of the local pantomime company. However, the young lovers move on to bigger and better things after winning a London West End theatre contract.
John Halifax
Jael
Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.
Cotton Queen
Emily
The daughter of a mill-owner is sent undercover to the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.