Claire Davenport

Nacimiento : 1933-04-24, Sale, Cheshire, England, UK

Muerte : 2002-03-04

Historia

Claire Davenport (24 April 1933 – 4 March 2002) was an English actress well known for her "junoesque" form and who was often cast in character roles which highlighted her large physique.

Películas

Camping
Engelsktalende tysker
War Requiem
Ward Sister/Britannia
Como en la mayoría de sus películas, Derek Jarman introduce en War Requiem elementos de diferentes artes: la música de War Requiem de Britten, la poesía de guerra de Wilfred Owen y las referencias pictóricas de cuadros de John Martin, William Blake y Piero della Francesca. Además, la película integra elementos de teatro, iconografía religiosa, alusiones del cine mudo y bélico, la poesía de John Keats y fragmentos de documentales y de telediarios.
El retorno del Jedi
Fat Dancer
Luke Skywalker y la princesa Leia deben viajar a Tatooine para liberar a Han Solo. Para conseguirlo, deben infiltrarse en la peligrosa guarida de Jabba the Hutt, el gángster más temido de la galaxia. Una vez reunidos, el equipo recluta a tribus de Ewoks para combatir a las fuerzas imperiales en los bosques de la luna de Endor. Mientras tanto, el Emperador y Darth Vader conspiran para convertir a Luke al lado oscuro, pero el joven Skywalker, por su parte, está decidido a reavivar el espíritu del Jedi en su padre. La guerra civil galáctica culmina en un último enfrentamiento entre las fuerzas rebeldes unificadas y una segunda Estrella de la Muerte, indefensa e incompleta, en una batalla que decidirá el destino de la galaxia.
El hombre elefante
Fat lady
A finales del siglo XIX, el doctor Frederick Treves descubre en un circo a un hombre llamado John Merrick. Se trata de un ciudadano británico con la cabeza monstruosamente deformada, que vive en una situación de constante humillación y sufrimiento al ser exhibido diariamente como una atracción de feria.
Birth of the Beatles
Nude Model
The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
The Tempest
Sycorax
Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
Belinda
Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Mrs Buchanan
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off her.
Jubilee
Customs Lady
Coincidiendo con el jubileo de la Reina Isabel II, Derek Jarman rueda esta película en la que la Reina Isabel I invoca con ayuda del ocultista John Dee a un espíritu guía llamado Ariel, que les transportará en el tiempo a la Inglaterra de los 70. En esta Inglaterra figurada tomada por el caos, la Reina Isabel II ha sido asesinada, y las pandillas, como la de Amyl Nitrate, Bod, Chaos, Crabs, y Mad, hacen de las suyas por doquier. Jubilee es quizás la película más emblemática del punk, apareciendo en ella iconos de este movimiento como Adam Ant, las Slits o Wayne County.
Juegos sexuales para jóvenes viciosos
Fat stripper
Un profesor de psicología asigna a su clase de la universidad un proyecto sobre fantasías personales.
El regreso de la pantera rosa
Masseuse
Un valioso diamante conocido como la "Pantera Rosa" ha sido robado, y sólo hay una pista: un guante blanco, la inconfundible firma del mundialmente famoso ladrón apodado "El Fantasma" (Christopher Plummer). Aunque se creía que se había retirado, para el inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) es el primer sospechoso. Decidido a limpiar su nombre, "El Fantasma" se lanza a la búsqueda del verdadero ladrón y engaña a Clouseau con una serie de pistas falsas.
Malachi's Cove
Lady in Store
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides to help her with the work.
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Eating Lady
Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of stardom in this mid-seventies comedy feature. Also starring fellow sitcom favourite Diana Coupland and Lee Montague, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business was adapted from an individual ITV Playhouse drama and scripted by Emmerdale Farm creator Kevin Laffan. 'Sherry' Sheridan, a middle-aged compère and drag artiste currently stationed at a caravan site, is low on talent but high on ambition. Convinced he just needs one decent break to launch himself into the big time, he's relentlessly optimistic - but sadly unaware that his family life is crumbling around him. Can Sherry manage to secure both his job, and his marriage?
Carry On Again Doctor
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Complot
Wedding Guest
Un ex ejecutivo londinense contrata a una hermosa chica húngara para un pase de modelos, sin saber que la joven se ha enterado de un complot para asesinar a alguien y la persiguen peligrosos criminales. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
Megs
A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip, he encounters a series of curious characters.
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Empress
The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.