Beatie Edney
Nacimiento : 1962-10-23, London, England, UK
Historia
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Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress.
Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms, and sister of Benjamin Edney and a cousin of musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first film in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame. In 1987 Edney performed the title role in the TV production of 'The Dark Angel' with Peter O'Toole. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford directed film Mister Johnson alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward.
Her many television appearances include a leading role in the TV series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J.B. Priestley, with Colin Firth in 1986. She has also appeared in episodes of Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Lewis (TV series), Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Wallander (2009). In 1994, she played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. In 1995, she had a starring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast. In 2012 she played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George III, in a revival at the Apollo Theatre.
Mrs. Griffiths (Beehive Woman)
La verdadera historia de Liz Evans, peluquera y directora de un teatro juvenil en Carmarthen, Gales, que inició una campaña en 1993 para evitar el cierre del teatro Lyric. Junto con el entonces alcalde de Carmarthen, Richard Goodridge, solicitaron la ayuda de Steven Spielberg, asegurando un estreno especial de Jurassic Park.
Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.
Liz
When Boris and Olga arrive at the port of Dover with precious cargo, the border authorities, headed by the formidable Mrs. Pyke, uncover truths hidden – quite literally – within our protagonists.
Mrs. Brummegan
Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, una institutriz londinense de mediana edad, es despedida injustamente de su trabajo. Su nuevo empleo la catapulta dentro del glamouroso mundo de la alta sociedad y de la vertiginosa vida social de la actriz y cantante Delysia Lafosse.
Joan Sims
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he kept
Lynne Morton
Dramatisation of the events leading to Andrew Morton writing his biography of Princess Diana.
Heather MacLeod
Connor MacLeod está cansado de su condición de inmortal y de ver cómo sobrevive a todos los que ama. Se recluye en un santuario en el que los inmortales pueden reposar en paz, sin tener que luchar. Pero el santuario es atacado por un viejo enemigo, Jacob Kell, que, después de asesinar a todos los que se encontraban retirados, excepto Connor, se ha convertido en el inmortal más poderoso. Ahora, Connor y su hermano Duncan tendrán que detenerlo y evitar así que sea el malvado Kell el último inmortal que quede.
Aspiring songstress Holly Moon admires the famous diva "Samantha" and attempts to sneak her own act on stage, in the same elite futuristic techno club. With a weird stroke of luck, Holly succeeds, but is unaware that "Samantha" really appears only with the help of an illegal, secret military computer program. The program uses the imagination of a real person to create a total virtual reality environment. At the club, the MC introduces Holly with the line, "Welcome to the Imagination of Holly Moon." A fantastic environment and performance unfolds from within the subject's own lofty aspirations. Holly also doesn't know that a "glitch" in the program has murdered the real "Samantha," and that she, Holly Moon is slated as its next victim.
Kate Manning
Follows the discoveries of reporters after the disappearance of the 7th Earl of Lucan, Richard John Bingham after the murder of his children's nanny.
Esther
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Natalia
Un amigo íntimo de MacGyver es asesinado. MacGyver decide comenzar las indagaciones por su propia cuenta, no tardando en descubrir una fábrica de armas nucleares en suelo británico
Marie Antoinette
En el siglo XVIII, en Viena, la sociedad médica conoció el escándalo por los radicales métodos de curación del doctor Franz Anton Mesmer (Alan Rickman), basados en el "magnetismo animal", la hipnosis, la sugestión... Su principal éxito es la curación de una pianista ciega con la que el doctor inicia una relación; pero la comunidad médica utilizará esa relación para expulsar a Mesmer del país y destruir su polémica carrera.
Louisa Gradgrind
Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cinematography.
Carole Richardson
Belfast, años 70. Gerry es un gamberro que sólo sabe beber e ir de juerga, para disgusto de su padre Giuseppe, un hombre tranquilo y educado. Cuando Gerry se enfrenta al IRA, su padre lo manda a Inglaterra. Una vez allí, por caprichos del azar, es acusado de participar en un atentado terrorista y condenado a cadena perpetua junto con los "cuatro de Guildford". También su padre es arrestado y encarcelado. En la cárcel Gerry descubre que la aparente fragilidad de su padre esconde en realidad una gran fuerza interior. Con la ayuda de una abogada entregada a la causa, Gerry se propone demostrar su inocencia, limpiar el nombre de su padre y hacer pública la verdad sobre uno de los más lamentables errores legales de la historia reciente de Irlanda.
Celia Rudbeck
África, 1923. Un joven de color, al que todos llaman mister Johnson, está inmerso en la sociedad de Nigeria, colonia del imperio británico. Su elevado nivel de educación y su interés por integrarse en la sociedad blanca le traerán más de un problema. (FILMAFFINITY)
Sadie
At her daughter's funeral, a woman remembers her family's shame when she fell in love with another woman.
Dee
The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.
Ann Kusters
In the harbor of Rotterdam, an action group called "Redpeace" discovers illegal weapon transports. Those are executed by shipping-trade Kusters Shipping Company. The discovery is annoying for Ann Kusters, the wife of Erik Kusters. She functions as a translator with the European parliament. It gets even worse when Ann is discovered and photographed while she's having an intimate rendez-vous with a french politician, whose investigating the illegal weapon transports. Short after, the man is found dead...
Anneliese
An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.
Marjorie
Tras siete años de matrimonio, Brenda, hastiada de su vida en la mansión Hetton, que es el orgullo y la alegría de su marido, entabla relación con un solicitado joven londinense. Lo que empezó siendo una simple vía de escape, está a punto de derrumbar los pilares de su tradicional modo de vida. Adaptación de "A Handful of Dust", de Evelyn Waugh, un retrato de la alta sociedad inglesa del periodo de entreguerras que muestra el carácter artificioso y frío de unas relaciones sociales no exentas de cinismo y crueldad.
Tina
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.
In this erotic drama, Marcel (Ralph Michael) fantasizes about being with his daughter-in-law Simone (Beatie Edney) after the death of his wife. The woman pretends to be surprised over his attention but does nothing to discourage his advances. He promises to build her a swimming pool in order to further his fantasies. The story is taken from the novel by Junichiro Tamizaki.
Maud Ruthyn
The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.
In this award-winning documentary, directors Masri and Chamoun focus on the women who played a crucial role in fighting the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon. Preserving their stories on camera, Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon is a poignant documentary about courage, resistance, and hope.
Heather MacLeod
Son Inmortales, destinados a vivir eternamente. Deben retarse a duelos a través de los tiempos hasta que sólo quede uno. Sólo decapitados por la hoja de una espada pueden liberarse de su eterna lucha y conseguir el Premio: un poder inimaginable. Desde las tierras altas de Escocia del siglo XVI hasta el Nueva York de nuestros días, los Inmortales luchan por su recompensa, mientras el destino de los mortales se sostiene en un frágil equilibrio.
Winnie
Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to dust as he drinks his way through a seaside resort community, trailing his little niece Winnie.
