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Acting
Betty Jardine
Born April 17, 1903 · Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
Died February 28, 1945 · aged 41
Betty Jardine was an English actress, born Elizabeth Kittrick Jardine, and best known for The Ghost Train and A Canterbury Tale. Married to the eminent psychoanalyst, Wilfred Bion, she died on Wednesday, February 28th, 1945, soon after giving birth to her daughter, Parthenope.
Known For
The Ghost Train · 1941The Ghost Train
★ 6.11941
MovieComedyHorror
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
A Canterbury Tale · 1944A Canterbury Tale
★ 6.91944
MovieMysteryWar
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Girl in the News · 1940Girl in the News
★ 6.51940
MovieCrimeThriller
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.
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.
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It · 1941Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
★ 7.41941
MovieCrime
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
Rhythm Serenade · 1943Rhythm Serenade
★ 7.71943
MovieRomanceDrama
Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.
We'll Meet Again · 1943We'll Meet Again
★ 7.01943
MovieDramaMusic
A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical music and turns his nose up at this vulgar "popular" music, but she believes he can be a success at it and sets out to turn him around.