Doreen Mantle

Doreen Mantle

Nascimento : 1926-06-22, Johannesburg, South Africa

História

Doreen Mantle is a South African-born English actress who played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave. She has appeared in many British television series since the 1960s, including The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek.

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Doreen Mantle

Filmes

O Amor Não Tem Fim
Nora
Adam e Mary são casados há muito tempo e a vida caiu numa rotina. Ele é um arquiteto de sucesso, mas acomodado. Ela, professora aposentada, pensa em fazer filantropia. No fundo, os dois estão cansados um do outro. Os filhos, quando percebem isso, tentam salvar o casamento dos pais.
Scoop: O Grande Furo
Joe's Co-Passenger
Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) é uma estudante de jornalismo que está visitando alguns amigos em Londres. Ela vai ao show de mágica de Sidney Waterman (Woody Allen), que a chama ao palco para fazer o truque de desmaterialização. Sondra entra em uma caixa mas, enquanto o truque acontece, surge para ela o espírito do repórter Joe Strombel (Ian McShane), morto recentemente, que lhe oferece um grande furo: a identidade do assassino do tarô. Ele diz a Sondra que o assassino é Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), um aristocrata inglês. Sondra e Sid decidem investigar Lyman, mas ela acaba se apaixonado por ele.
Antonio's Breakfast
Old Woman
Teenager Antonio's is looking after his disabled father. While he is desperate to escape and be with his friends, Antonio won't let himself leave the flat.
No Amor e na Guerra
Emilia
Apanhados no fogo cruzado de um mundo em guerra, o amor era a última coisa em que eles pensavam. Mas, para uma bela enfermeira e um jovem e heróico soldado à procura de aventura, o amor aconteceu e mudou suas vidas para sempre. A história de amor desesperado e perigo iminente narra a relação entre Hemingway e Agnes von Kurowsky, a enfermeira que cuida dele depois de ferir-se numa devastadora batalha.
One Foot in the Algarve
Jean Warboys
The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal Alfonso. Photographer Martin Trout follows them there, believing they have a roll of film that belongs to him.
The Secret Agent
Mrs Waller
1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act. Verloc reluctantly plans the operation, seeking help from The Professor. Verloc is also an informant for the police and the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Inspector Heat add additional pressure on Verloc and his attempts to carry out his plan. Verloc’s subsequent actions gravely affect his wife who is devoted to her mentally unbalanced brother Stevie.
The Turn of the Screw
A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's isolated estate. When the woman gets there, she finds that the two children are not quite what they seem to be--in fact, they are possessed by the spirits of the evil Quint and his lover.
As Montanhas da Lua
Mrs. Speke
A lendária história real do capitão Richard Francis Burton e da tumultuada expedição do tenente John Hanning Speke para encontrar a nascente do rio Nilo.
Inimigos da Liberdade
Landlady
In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.
Claws
Mrs Venables
A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.
Our Lady Blue
Mother Monica
In a Liverpool convent a touching and unusual friendship is forged between Rachel, a young volunteer, Paul, doing 100 hours of community service, and Sheila, a dying prostitute. It results in a strange and forbidden journey to Lourdes.
St. Ursula's in Danger
Miss Cowley
Play by Peter Glidewell, based on the school stories of Angela Brazil. Sequel to Schoolgirl Chums (1982).
Yentl
Mrs. Shaemen
Após a morte do seu pai, Yentl (Barbra Streisand) só tem uma ambição na vida: ir para a faculdade e estudar. Mas, naquela época, o lugar de uma mulher era em casa, e estudar era coisa para homens. Yentl então arriscava tudo em nome da paixão insaciável pelo estudo: finge que é homem, ingressa na universidade e realiza o seu desejo proibido. Mas, em um lugar onde até a mente mais determinada pode ser traída pelo corpo, por quanto tempo Yentl será capaz de manter seu segredo bem guardado dos seus novos amigos e do rapaz por quem se apaixonou?
A Mulher do Tenente Francês
Lady on the Train
Duas histórias, em épocas diferentes, porém muito semelhantes. Os atores Mike e Ana vivem um conturbado relacionamento, em que a insegurança dela impede que os dois se entendam. Ao mesmo tempo, os personagens que interpretam em um filme se afastam após uma forte consequência social da época.
Black Jack
Mrs Carter
In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the British authorities in Yorkshire and escapes from the grim jaws of "justice." He takes to the countryside in the company of Tolly, a teenaged boy who is able to translate Black Jack's odd speech into something comprehensible. They join up with Belle, an aristocratic teenager who has escaped from the madhouse her family imprisoned her in when she grew troublesome. Together, the three join a carnival. However, as it becomes clear that the girl is far from crazy, love between Tolly and Belle grows. This story, set in the mid-18th century, is based on a novel by Leon Garfield.
Don't Be Silly
Mary Hunter
Play about middle class domestic abuse.
The Country Party
Julia Branston
Comedy drama written by Brian Clark.
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs Seaton
James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous brother Tristan—already have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.
Eleanor
Mother
Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?