Freda Dowie

Рождение : 1928-07-22, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, UK

Смерть : 2019-08-10

История

Freda Dowie was an English film and television actress best known for Distant Voices, Still Lives and Our Friends in the North.

Фильмы

Cider with Rosie
Granny Wallon
Made by Carlton Television for ITV (UK) , this adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World War I. As young Laurie (Dashiell Reece) comes of age under the protective eye of his mother (Juliet Stevenson), he learns to live with an eccentric collection of friends, neighbours, and relatives. As he enters his teenage years, Laurie (now played by Joe Roberts) discovers women, specifically Rosie Burdock (Lia Barrow). Veteran screenwriter John Mortimer adapted Lee's book, with Lee narrating.
Джуд
Elderly Landlady
Следуя примеру своего школьного учителя, каменщик Джуд изучает древние языки и мечтает о карьере университетского преподавателя. Однако его амбиции натыкаются на риф романтической страсти. Сперва Джуд терпит неудачу в браке, а затем влюбляется в свою кузину, которая замужем за его бывшим учителем.
Butterfly Kiss
Elsie
Deeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.
Thacker
Edith Folland
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.
The Monk
Sister Ursula
In Madrid at the time of the Inquisition, the monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. But when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show themselves, and he is soon using the girl, and her powers, in his lust for more innocent prey.
Goldeneye
Harley Street Doctor
Fact-based biography of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime exploits and romantic adventures which ultimately led to his creation of the super-spy.
Далекие голоса, застывшие жизни
Mother
Ливерпуль 40—50-х. В день свадьбы невеста сожалеет, что отец не дожил до этого дня. Папа был алкоголиком-психопатом с необъяснимыми приступами нежности мог избить детей, а потом трепетно оберегать их сон. Простая и недоступная пониманию жизнь, просеянная через старые фотографии. Все становится загадочным без нажима красноречиво немые вещи и пустяковые песни о главном.
Омен
Nun (uncredited)
Он был рожден в 6 часов 6-го дня 6-го месяца. Как предсказано в Книге Откровений, настанет Конец света, последнее противостояние сил добра и зла, и началом его будет рождение сына Сатаны в облике человеческом..У жены американского дипломата Роберта Торна рождается мертвый ребенок, и ее муж неспособный сообщить ей эту трагическую новость, усыновляет младенца с непонятным родимым пятном в виде трех шестерок — числа зверя. Подробности рождения ребенка остаются в секрете, но со временем становится ясно, что это необычный ребенок.
Cider with Rosie
Crabby
An enchanting tale of childhood in a sleepy Cotswold village during and immediately after the First World War.
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Maid
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during a vacation to a remote coastal village in Norfolk, he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on a beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding.
Alice in Wonderland
Nurse
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe.