Cicely Courtneidge

Cicely Courtneidge

Nascimento : 1893-04-01, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Morte : 1980-04-26

Perfil

Cicely Courtneidge

Filmes

Not Now Darling
Mrs. Harriet Frencham
A married British furrier gives a mobster's mistress a cheap mink coat.
A Loteria da Vida
Major Martha
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Esses Maravilhosos Homens e suas Máquinas Voadoras
Colonel's Wife
Uma corrida aérea internacional é sinônimo de aventura nas alturas e fantástica diversão! Esta versão extraordinariamente hilária da histórica corrida aérea Londres-Paris de 1910 apresenta os maiores aviadores de todo o mundo. Eles se reúnem quando um editor jornalístico pedante, mas muito rico, decide patrocinar uma corrida aérea através do Canal da Mancha, oferecendo o prêmio de 10 mil libras ao vencedor. As proezas das equipes americana, britânica, francesa, alemã, italiana e japonesa dão origem às mais ousadas e hilárias acrobacias aéreas já registradas em filme.
The L-Shaped Room
Mavis
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.
The Spider's Web
Miss Peake
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.
Miss Tulip Stays the Night
Millicent Tulip
Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.
Under Your Hat
Kay Millett
In pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.
Everybody Dance
Katharine 'Lady Kate' Levering
When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.
The Perfect Gentleman
April Maye
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
Me and Marlborough
Kit Ross
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Things Are Looking Up
Cicely Fytte / Bertha Fytte
Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.
Aunt Sally
Sally Bird / Mademoiselle Zaza
An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of American gangsters bent on taking over the club. To put pressure on Kelly, the gangsters kidnap "Zaza".
Falling for You
Minnie Tucker
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
Soldiers of the King
Jenny Marvello / Maisie Marvello
When Cicely Courtneidge's mother (also played by Miss Courtneidge, albeit in heavy makeup), retires, Cicely succeeds as Queen of the Marvellos, a family of music-hall performers. However, when young Dorothy Hyson begins an affair with a young soldier, Miss Courtneidge is trapped between her responsibilities and memories of her affair years ago with another young soldier.
Happy Ever After
Illustrated Ida
Two window cleaners help a girl who is trying to get to Hollywood.
Jack's the Boy
Mrs. Bobday
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.
The Ghost Train
Miss Bourne
The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd. It is based on the play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley. The film's art direction is by Walter Murton. Only five reels of picture and two reels of soundtrack survive.
Elstree Calling
Herself
O filme é uma série de 19 cenas em formato de comédias musicais, apresentadas durante um programa de rádio ao vivo, encabeçado por Tommy Handley. Em uma das cenas, um ator deseja interpretar Shakespeare, mas é continuamente interrompido. Já em outra parte, outro comediante cria um aparelho no qual pensa que é possível assistir ao programa de rádio pela TV. Apesar de o filme ser em preto e branco, quatro cenas são coloridas (em tons de amarelo ou marrom). Elstree Calling foi dirigido pelos quatro maiores diretores ingleses da época, que incubiu de inserir o cinema britânico no gênero musical.