Acting
Dulcie Gray
Born November 20, 1919 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
Died November 15, 2011 · aged 91
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dulcie Gray, CBE (born Dulcie Winifred Catherine Bailey, 20 November 1915 – 15 November 2011) was a British singer and actress of stage, screen and television, a mystery writer and lepidopterist. Gray was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1915, although she would later shave four years off her age, and attended school in Wallingford, Oxf…
Known For
They Were Sisters · 1945They Were Sisters
★ 5.51945
MovieDrama
The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
My Brother Jonathan · 1948My Brother Jonathan
★ 6.81948
MovieDrama
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Angels One Five · 1952Angels One Five
★ 6.11952
MovieDramaWar
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
A Man Could Get Killed · 1966A Man Could Get Killed
★ 4.41966
MovieActionComedy
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
Madonna of the Seven Moons · 1945Madonna of the Seven Moons
★ 6.31945
MovieDramaMystery
In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and her daughter vows to find her.
A Man About the House · 1947A Man About the House
★ 7.11947
MovieDrama
Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie Gray. Johnston is swept off her feet by the raffishly charming Moore, and before long they are wed.
Mine Own Executioner · 1947Mine Own Executioner
★ 7.01947
MovieThrillerDrama
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Wanted for Murder · 1946Wanted for Murder
★ 6.41946
MovieCrimeDrama
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Movies
They Were Sisters · 1945They Were Sisters
★ 5.51945
MovieDrama
The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
My Brother Jonathan · 1948My Brother Jonathan
★ 6.81948
MovieDrama
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Angels One Five · 1952Angels One Five
★ 6.11952
MovieDramaWar
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
A Man Could Get Killed · 1966A Man Could Get Killed
★ 4.41966
MovieActionComedy
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
Madonna of the Seven Moons · 1945Madonna of the Seven Moons
★ 6.31945
MovieDramaMystery
In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and her daughter vows to find her.
A Man About the House · 1947A Man About the House
★ 7.11947
MovieDrama
Handsome Italian laborer Kieron Moore works as caretaker of the Neopolitan villa inherited by plain-Jane Englishwomen Margaret Johnston and Dulcie Gray. Johnston is swept off her feet by the raffishly charming Moore, and before long they are wed.
Mine Own Executioner · 1947Mine Own Executioner
★ 7.01947
MovieThrillerDrama
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Wanted for Murder · 1946Wanted for Murder
★ 6.41946
MovieCrimeDrama
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
The Franchise Affair · 1951The Franchise Affair
★ 7.31951
MovieMysteryCrime
An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
The Years Between · 1946The Years Between
★ 6.71946
MovieDramaRomance
After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
Two Thousand Women · 1944Two Thousand Women
★ 6.91944
MovieWarComedy
During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.
Life After Death · 1982Life After Death
1982
MovieDramaTV Movie
"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles with the sudden death of her husband.
A Place of One's Own · 1945A Place of One's Own
★ 5.81945
MovieDramaHorror
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
The Glass Mountain · 1949The Glass Mountain
★ 6.81949
MovieDrama
An aspiring composer, in the British Air Force for WWII, is downed in Italy and rescued by an Italian girl. He returns home to his wife, inspired to write an opera and aware that he's fallen in love with his rescuer.
There Was a Young Lady · 1953There Was a Young Lady
★ 7.01953
MovieComedy
A super-efficient secretary circumvents the schemes of smash-and grab gangsters.
The Voysey Inheritance · 2014The Voysey Inheritance
2014
MovieDrama
Young Edward discovers that the family business he is due to inherit has been defrauding clients for decades.
TV Shows
Crown Court · 1972Crown Court
★ 5.71972
SeriesDrama
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
BBC Play of the Month · 1965BBC Play of the Month
★ 5.31965
SeriesDrama
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Tales from the Crypt · 1989Tales from the Crypt
★ 8.01989
SeriesComedyMystery
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Rumpole of the Bailey · 1975Rumpole of the Bailey
★ 7.11975
SeriesDramaComedy
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
ITV Playhouse · 1967ITV Playhouse
★ 7.01967
SeriesDrama
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
Howards' Way · 1985Howards' Way
★ 5.91985
SeriesDrama
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime · 1983Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
★ 6.41983
SeriesMysteryComedy
Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
Three Up, Two Down · 1985Three Up, Two Down
★ 6.31985
SeriesComedy
Comedy series about Nick and Angie, a young married couple, Angie's snobbish mother Daphne, and Nick's cockney father Sam. Much of the humour arises from the fact that the mismatched Daphne and Sam are forced by circumstances to share the flat below that occupied by their children.