Barbara Couper

Acting

Barbara Couper

Born January 6, 1903 · London, England, UK

Died January 10, 1992 · aged 89

No biography available.

Known For

Goodbye, Mr. ChipsGoodbye, Mr. Chips · 1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
6.81969
MovieDramaMusic
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
The Amorous Adventures of Moll FlandersThe Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders · 1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.71965
MovieComedyRomance
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
Happy Go LovelyHappy Go Lovely · 1951
Happy Go Lovely
6.11951
MovieRomanceComedy
Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting financiers. Bruno meets several leading ladies; through a misunderstanding, he doesn't correct their impression that he's a newspaper reporter.
The Weak and the WickedThe Weak and the Wicked · 1954
The Weak and the Wicked
6.51954
MovieDrama
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
The Lady with a LampThe Lady with a Lamp · 1951
The Lady with a Lamp
6.61951
MovieDrama
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
The Great St Trinian's Train RobberyThe Great St Trinian's Train Robbery · 1966
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
6.21966
MovieComedyCrime
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover £2.5 million hidden in their school.
The Last Days of DolwynThe Last Days of Dolwyn · 1949
The Last Days of Dolwyn
6.91949
MovieDrama
An old woman fights a group of industrialists who are planning to build a dam and flood the valley where she grew up.
Macready's GalaMacready's Gala · 1966
Macready's Gala
7.01966
MovieTV Movie
The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial room with the convicted Great Train Robbers.

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Gideon's WayGideon's Way · 1965
Gideon's Way
7.01965
SeriesDrama
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.

Jean Henderson

Victoria ReginaVictoria Regina · 1964
Victoria Regina
10.01964
SeriesDrama
Patricia Routledge gives a career-best performance as Queen Victoria in this 1964 series of plays based on the celebrated collection of dramas by playwright Laurence Housman. Self-willed, obstinate, imperious and passionate... a now-familiar description of one of history's longest-serving female monarchs – but Housman's satirical tribute marked a decisive break with the tradition of the uncritical historical portrait. A Broadway hit deemed too disrespectful for public performance in Britain until the late 1930s, Victoria Regina is a frank portrayal of an extraordinarily complex woman, tracing her development from royal teenager to inconsolable widow at the helm of a vast empire, with all her contradictions, prejudices and unconstitutional behavior.

Duchess