Margaretta Scott

Margaretta Scott

Nacimiento : 1912-02-13, Westminster, London, England

Muerte : 2005-04-15

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Margaretta Scott was born on February 13, 1912 in Westminster, London, England as Margaretta Mary Winifred Scott. She was an actress and writer, known for All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Things to Come (1936) and Where's Charley? (1952). She was married to John Wooldridge. She died on April 15, 2005 in Marylebone, London.

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Margaretta Scott

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Changing Step
Countess of Ardarroch
Spring 1917: the privileged world of Sorn Castle is upside down, its stately rooms full of amputees from the Western Front. While the local aristocracy makes a first attempt at nursing, a romance blossoms.
The Woman He Loved
Lady Wigram
Narra la romántica historia de amor entre Edward, Príncipe de Gales, y la divorciada americana Wallis Warfield Simpson, una relación por la que el heredero renunció a sus derechos al trono británico.
Paying Guests (Part 2)
Countess Appledore
Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her selfish old father. Miss Howard has some momentous news, and the Colonel must make a very brisk about-turn.
Paying Guests (Part 1)
Countess Appledore
Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?
Murder Rap
Magistrate Ferris
An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wallie aims to prove it.
Percy
Rita's Mother
Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many, many girlfriends...
Concierto inacabado
Danielle Ryman
Una joven estudiante norteamericana llega a Francia para escribir una tesis sobre un famoso compositor ya fallecido. Tras conseguir alojamiento junto a la familia del músico en la casa donde éste vivía, una aislada villa en el campo, la chica se da cuenta de que hay algo raro en el ambiente, como si la casa o sus habitantes ocultaran algún oscuro secreto.
Adventure Story
The Queen Mother
The story of Alexander the Great.
An Honourable Murder
Claudia Caesar
A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar.
A Woman Possessed
Katharine
English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Katherine (Margaretta Scott), who has some strong opinions about her son's new union. But things go too far when John accuses Katherine of trying to kill Ann with medication. Could she do such a thing -- and will these three ever have a good relationship?
The Scamp
Mrs. Marjorie Blundell
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.
Town on Trial
Helen Dixon
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
The Last Man to Hang
Mrs. Cranshaw
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
Where's Charley?
Dona Lucia
Musical version of the comedy by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.
Landfall
Mrs Burnaby
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
The Story of Shirley Yorke
Alison Gwynne
Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman dies and the finger is very strongly pointed at Sister Shirley because she and the Lord were former lovers.
Calling Paul Temple
Mrs. Barbara Trevellyan
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
Idol of Paris
Empress Euginie
The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa. Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon. But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz around and about.
The First Gentleman
Lady Hartford
The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.
Counterblast
Sister 'Johnnie' Johnson
An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Lady Jersey
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.
The Man from Morocco
Manuela
With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier, the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners. Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies.
Fanny by Gaslight
Alicia
Al regresar a Londres tras acabar el internado, Fanny presencia la muerte de su padre en una pelea, y descubre que su familia ha regentado un burdel durante años. No será el único descubrimiento importante en su vida, mientras se enamora del joven asesor y político Harry Sommerford, debiendo luchar por su amor contra la familia de éste.
Sabotage at Sea
Jane Dighton
The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.
Atlantic Ferry
Susan Donaldson
The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
Quiet Wedding
Marcia
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Girl in the News
Judith Bentley
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
El retorno de la Pimpinela Escarlata
Theresa Cobarrus
Sir Percy se ve obligado a volver a Francia por última vez para rescatar a su mujer de las garras del siniestro Robespierre. Está claro que le han tendido una trampa, pero nada impedirá a la vieja Pimpinela cumplir su misión. Como siempre, tendrá que luchar contra los tontos y los malvados.
Action for Slander
Josie Bradford
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
The Conquest of the Air
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
La vida futura
Roxana / Rowena
A mitad de los años treinta, la Segunda Guerra Mundial no ha estallado todavía, pero parece sentirse en el aire que se respira. Cuando llegue, acontecimiento inexorable para los futurólogos, supondrá una conmoción que dará origen a un futuro de desastres en el que se impondrá como única forma de gobierno la más feroz de las dictaduras
Peg of Old Drury
Kitty Clive
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Dirty Work
Leonora Stafford
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
La vida privada de Don Juan
Pepilla
Con el paso de los años, Don Juan, el mayor seductor de todos los tiempos, vive más de su leyenda que de sus encantos. Prueba de ello es que, cuando se difunde la noticia de su muerte, desaparecen sus dotes de seducción. Finalmente, empujado por un sentimiento de fracaso, decide pasar por la vicaría.