Brenda De Banzie

Brenda De Banzie

Рождение : 1909-07-28, Manchester, England, UK

Смерть : 1981-03-05

История

Brenda D. M. De Banzie was a British actress of stage and screen. She was the daughter of Edward De Banzie and his second wife Dorothy, whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the family lived in Salford. She appeared as Maggie Hobson in the David Lean film version of Hobson's Choice (1954) with John Mills and Charles Laughton. Her most notable film role was as Phoebe Rice, the hapless wife of comedian Archie Rice (played by Laurence Olivier), in the 1960 film version of The Entertainer. She had also appeared on Broadway in John Osborne's original play, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Other memorable film roles were in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Pink Panther (1963) directed by Blake Edwards.

Профиль

Brenda De Banzie

Фильмы

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Pretty Polly
Mrs. Innes-Hook
Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in India her aunt's demise leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arm's length romance with a local boy.
Розовая пантера
Angela Dunning
Гигантский бриллиант «Розовая пантера», подаренный индийским шейхом своей дочери Дале, станет той наживкой, на которую должен клюнуть грабитель.Расставляя свои хитроумные сети, полицейский и не подозревает, что сам в них попадет, ведь у его жены есть любовник, как раз тот самый «Фантом», которого инспектор безуспешно старается поймать.
I Thank a Fool
Nurse Drew
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
A Pair of Briefs
Gladys Rose Hanley
She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what 'is' the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds find the answer?
Flame in the Streets
Nell Palmer
Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.
The Mark
Gertrude Cartwright
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Приходи в сентябре
Margaret Allison
Каждый год в сентябре нью-йоркский бизнесмен приезжает на свою виллу в Италии, чтобы отдохнуть и провести время со своей римской подругой. Но однажды в июле, когда он появляется без предупреждения, его ждет огромный сюрприз! За время его отсутствия роскошная вилла превратилась в гостиницу. Более того, в списке гостей, проживающих в ней, значится компания юных американок и настойчиво ухаживающих за ними парней. Отчаянно пытаясь взять ситуацию под контроль, Хадсон в результате теряет свое право на частную жизнь, свою подружку и едва ли не рассудок. До тех пор, пока ему не удается выработать собственный план.
Комедиант
Phoebe Rice
В жизни Арчи Райса, вышедшего в тираж эстрадного комика, нет ничего веселого: он по уши в долгах и вынужден развлекать непритязательную публику на морском курорте. Арчи постоянно пьет, с трудом придумывает второсортные шутки и терроризирует свою безответную жену. Но однажды ему удается уговорить своего отца вложить деньги в особое представление, которое вернет Арчи деньги и, возможно, былую славу.
The 39 Steps
Nellie Lumsden
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
Сплошное вранье
Lucy Gordon
Четверо придурков в масках решают ограбить одного богача, но вместо этого они выкрадывают его строптивую и желчную женушку, которая тут же решает отомстить «за все хорошее» своему муженьку руками бестолковых киднэпперов. На кон поставлены слава, честное имя и большие деньги…
Passport to Shame
Aggie
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
House of Secrets
Mme. Isabella Ballu
Police in Paris recruit an English ship's officer (Michael Craig) to help trap counterfeiters by joining them.
Человек, который знал слишком много
Lucy Drayton
Доктор Бен и Джо МакКенна, простые, ничего не подозревающие туристы, едут провести отпуск в Марокко. Вместе с ними их сын Хэнк, они наслаждаются отпуском, когда встречают мистера и миссис Дрэйтон, супружескую пару из Англии, и подозрительного, но дружелюбного француза Луи Бернара. Позже, когда Бен и Джо ходят по базару, к ним подбегает араб с ножом в спине. Бен буквально подхватывает падающего араба и, к своему ужасу, узнает, что это переодетый Луи Бернар. Француз успевает прошептать что-то Бену, и тот оказывается втянутым в самый центр международного заговора, участники которого ставят своей целью покушение на высокопоставленную особу, остановить ход событий может только Бен. Хичкок сам появляется в фильме в эпизодической роли, как и его композитор, Бернард Херрманн.
Козлёнок за два гроша
Lady Ruby
Мама маленького Джо работает в ателье господина Кандинского швеёй, и Джо иногда бывает у неё на работе. Они кое-как сводят концы с концами на мамину зарплату, но в их бедном квартале есть соседи, которые даже голодают. Джо не знает, как помочь всем этим людям и маме, но очень хочет этого. Кандинский однажды говорил ему, что любое желание человека может исполнить только единорог из сказки. Джо покупает на свои сбережения маленького козлёнка, у которого по-особенному растут рожки. Он решил вырастить собственного единорога…
Доктор на море
Muriel Mallet
Саймон Спэрроу устраивается работать судовым врачом. Он предполагает, что его ждет спокойное плавание. Однако на борт корабля поднимаются дочь судовладельца и певичка-француженка. Говорят, что женщина на корабле - к несчастью, а тут их сразу две...
As Long as They're Happy
Stella Bentley
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
The Purple Plain
Miss McNab
A RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.
What Every Woman Wants
Sarah Brown
Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile, Jane’s cousin, Jim - back from the war in Korea - and Mark’s involvement in left-wing politics place further strain on the relationship. Can grandfather help?
Hobson's Choice
Maggie Hobson
Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.
The Happiness of Three Women
Jane Price
Three women staying at a remote Welsh inn toss coins into a well wishing to improve their miserable lives. Along comes postman Evans (who also wrote the original play and collaborated on the screenplay) to help them out and set them straight.
Don't Blame the Stork
Evelyn Steele
When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced to take it in. Katie O'Connor, an actress who has auditioned unsuccessfully for a part in a production featuring Redway, pretends to be the child's mother in order to be near the actor. Complications develop involving Lillian Angel, Redway's fiancée, her admirer Captain Fluffy Faversham, and Katie's father, who suspects the worst of Sir George and his daughter. Eventually, the real mother of the baby returns to collect her child, all is resolved, and romance blossoms between Katie and Sir George.
A Day to Remember
Mrs. Collins
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Yellow Balloon
Fruit and Veg Stall Customer (uncredited)
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
Private Information
Dolly Carson
A woman suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.
I Believe in You
Mrs. Hooker
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
The Long Dark Hall
Mrs Rogers
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.