Jean Cadell

Jean Cadell

Nacimiento : 1884-09-13, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 1967-09-24

Perfil

Jean Cadell

Películas

A Taste of Money
An elderly spinster plans a perfect robbery in Soho.
Las pícaras doncellas
1st Old Lady
Comedia picarona sobre las peripecias de Michael Craig y la hija de su jefe.
Serious Charge
Almshouse Matron
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?
Rockets Galore
Mrs Campbell
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
The Surgeon's Knife
Henrietta Stevens
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.
Soñar no cuesta nada
Mrs. Cathie (uncredited)
Una chica pobre de Vermont recibe una herencia de su abuelo y se dispone a cumplir el sueño de su vida, viajar a Escocia. Conoce a un inventor, que la ayuda a encontrar alojamiento en Edimburgo, y a un noble local, que la confunde con una millonaria norteamericana...
La cabaña
Mrs. Hermione Brittingham-Brett
Un matrimonio y un amigo común son víctimas de un naufragio. Afortunadamente consiguen llegar hasta una isla desierta, pero allí tendrán que hacer frente a un nuevo modo de vida.
Keep It Clean
A man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mrs. Macdonald
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
I'm A Stranger
Hannah Mackenzie
When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?
The Late Edwina Black
Ellen
When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... over a cup of tea.
Madeleine
Mrs. Jenkins
Siglo XIX. Los Smith, una poderosa y rica familia de Glasgow, se trasladan a una nueva casa. Una de las hijas, Madeleine, es la niña de los ojos de su padre. Él desea que su hija se case con cierto caballero de notable posición, pero el corazón de Madeleine pertenece a un joven humilde... (FILMAFFINITY)
No Place for Jennifer
Aunt Jacqueline
A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
Whisky a gogó
Mrs. Campbell
Durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un barco cargado de whisky naufraga en una isla de Escocia. Los isleños, que no han podido beber alcohol desde hace tiempo, empiezan a idear toda clase de estratagemas para burlar a las autoridades y apoderarse del cargamento.
Marry Me
Hester Parsons
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
La edad peligrosa
Nannie
La esposa solitaria de un marido adicto al trabajo conoce a un joven atractivo y encantador en Capri. Su apasionada relación ha de llegar a su fin cuando el marido se entera y enferma. Entonces, la hija entra en escena...
Jassy la adivina
Meggie
Drama ambientado en el siglo XIX, acerca de una joven gitana muy atractiva a la que acusan del asesinato de su marido.
Sé a dónde voy
Postmistress
Joan siempre supo lo que quería desde que era una niña. Ahora está a punto de casarse con un millonario, pero las fuerzas de la naturaleza parecerán conspirar para que cambie de idea. (FILMAFFINITY)
Soldier, Sailor
Mrs. Church
Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.
Dear Octopus
Vicar's Wife
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.
The Young Mr. Pitt
Mrs. Sparry
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Quiet Wedding
Aunt Florence
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Confidential Lady
Amy Boswell
Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
Pygmalion
Mrs. Pearce
El profesor Higgins, especialista en fonética, conoce casuamente a Elisa, una vendedora de flores, y la vulgaridad e incorrección de su lenguaje despierta extraordinariamente su interés. Toma entonces la decisión de realizar un experimento con ella: la convertirá en una respetable dama de la alta sociedad. Pero el trato que Higgins dispensa a Elisa no es muy considerado: al profesor sólo le preocupa la dicción, el perfeccionamiento de la voz y los exquisitos modales adquiridos por Elisa. Adaptación de la obra de teatro homónima de Bernard Shaw, en la que también se inspiró "My Fair Lady"
South Riding
Miss Dry
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
Love from a Stranger
Aunt Lou
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basil Rathbone, Harding finds herself married before she is fully able to grasp the situation. Slowly but surely, Rathbone's loving veneer crumbles; when he casually asks Harding to sign a document turning her entire fortune over to him, she deduces that her days are numbered.
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Frau Mozart
Mozart biopic.
David Copperfield
Emma Micawber
Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Cuando el padre del joven David muere, su madre se vuelve a casar. Su padrastro es un hombre cruel que, después de enviudar, manda a David a Londres para que viva de su trabajo. Adaptación de la famosa novela de Charles Dickens. Obtuvo tres nominaciones a los Oscar, incluyendo la de mejor película.
Little Friend
Miss Drew
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
The Luck of a Sailor
Princess Rosanna
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
Timbuctoo
Wilhelmina
'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)
Fires of Fate
Miss Byrne
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
Two White Arms
Mrs. Drury
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
Escape!
The Picnic Woman
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
The Loves of Robert Burns
Mrs. Burns
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Anna the Adventuress
Nellie Bates
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.