Gemma Craven

Gemma Craven

Nacimiento : 1950-06-01, Dublin, Ireland

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Her father, Gabriel, was a bus conductor and her mother, Lillian, was a dancer and comedienne on the music halls, Gemma made her debut at the age of 3 singing 'Out of my Heart' at the Marymont Hall in Dublin and won 1st prize. The family eventually moved to Westcliff on Sea when she was 9 and her father worked on Ford's production line. Gemma's first professional part was in 'The Flower Drum Song'at the Little Theatre then became ASM at the Palace Theatre, Westcliffwhich was her first full time job while her first professional stage role was in 'Cinderella' in 1960.

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Gemma Craven

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
The Hole
Mrs. Dunn
Cuatro jóvenes estudiantes, dos chicas y dos chicos, desaparecen de un exclusivo internado británico. Dos semanas más tarde aparece una de las chicas, Liz, pero está tan traumatizada que no lo logra distinguir lo real de lo imaginario. Lo único que recuerda es que para librarse de una excursión, se encerró con sus compañeros en un bunker subterráneo. Junto con la doctora Horwood, psicóloga de la policía, intentará descubrir qué pasó en el bunker, y qué ha sido de sus amigos.
The Last Bus Home
Reena's Mother
Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawness of the era, this drama follows their tumultuous and ill-fated journey on the rocky road to success. It takes three long years of unpaid performing for Reena, her lover Jessop, bassist Joe and drummer Petie to make a name for The Dead Patriots. Just as they are about to find real success, internal difficulties arise that leave each of them suspicious and mistrustful of the other.
Words Upon the Window Pane
Mrs. Mallet
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
Double X: The Name of the Game
Jenny Eskridge
Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion being meted out by gang leader, Ignatius Smith Clutten decides to quit. But he realizes the gang would sooner see him killed than quitting. After stealing some documents incriminating Smith and his boss, Edward Ross, Clutten then puts his family in hiding and goes on the run...but his daughter has been kidnapped by the gang and a hitman has been hired and is close to finding Clutten.
East Lynne
Barbara Hare
Adaptation of the novel by Mrs Henry Wood.
Why Not Stay For Breakfast?
Louise Hamilton
The peaceful existence of a New York post-office clerk is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a heavily pregnant girl on his doorstep
She Loves Me
Amalia Balash
BBC production of the 1963 Broadway musical which was based on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 film "The Shop Around The Corner."
La zapatilla y la rosa: La historia de Cenicienta
Cinderella
En el pequeño reino de Euphrania, el Rey y su corte esperan ansiosos que el príncipe Eduard se case. Pero el joven quiere casarse por amor y no por obligación. Tras la muerte de su padre, Cenicienta se convierte, en su propia casa, en la criada de su madrastra y de sus hermanastras. Pero su hada madrina le ayudará en sus duras tareas domésticas y, además, conseguirá que asista a una fiesta en palacio y conozca al príncipe. Sin embargo, cuando la magia desaparece, la única prueba que Eduard tiene de la existencia de Cenicienta es un pequeño zapato de cristal con el que intentará localizarla.