Acting
Rachel Gurney
Born March 5, 1920 · Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Died November 24, 2001 · aged 81
No biography available.
Known For
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill · 1985Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
★ 7.31985
MovieDrama
Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?
Funeral in Berlin · 1966Funeral in Berlin
★ 6.41966
MovieThriller
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
A Touch of Larceny · 1960A Touch of Larceny
★ 6.01960
MovieComedyCrime
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
The Four Feathers · 1978The Four Feathers
★ 6.81978
MovieAdventureDrama
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.
I Want What I Want · 1972I Want What I Want
★ 4.31972
MovieDrama
Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences of being a woman.
Tom Brown's Schooldays · 1951Tom Brown's Schooldays
★ 7.01951
MovieDrama
In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.
Port Afrique · 1956Port Afrique
★ 5.91956
MovieRomanceDrama
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
Room in the House · 1955Room in the House
★ 10.01955
Movie
Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.
Movies
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill · 1985Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
★ 7.31985
MovieDrama
Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?
Funeral in Berlin · 1966Funeral in Berlin
★ 6.41966
MovieThriller
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
A Touch of Larceny · 1960A Touch of Larceny
★ 6.01960
MovieComedyCrime
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
The Four Feathers · 1978The Four Feathers
★ 6.81978
MovieAdventureDrama
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.
I Want What I Want · 1972I Want What I Want
★ 4.31972
MovieDrama
Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences of being a woman.
Tom Brown's Schooldays · 1951Tom Brown's Schooldays
★ 7.01951
MovieDrama
In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.
Port Afrique · 1956Port Afrique
★ 5.91956
MovieRomanceDrama
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
Room in the House · 1955Room in the House
★ 10.01955
Movie
Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.
Game for Three Losers · 1965Game for Three Losers
1965
MovieCrime
A politician is set up by his secretary and blackmailed by her brother.
The Open Door · 1966The Open Door
★ 7.01966
MovieHorrorTV Movie
Colonel Mortimer returns to his family after a long spell in India to find his young son in bed ill, and tormented by a wailing voice... but is it in the boy's imagination or not?
The Blakes Slept Here · 1953The Blakes Slept Here
1953
Movie
The story of a family house through four generations
TV Shows
The Saint · 1962The Saint
★ 7.31962
SeriesCrime
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Upstairs, Downstairs · 1971Upstairs, Downstairs
★ 7.81971
SeriesDrama
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Thirty-Minute Theatre · 1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
★ 4.21965
SeriesDrama
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
Compact · 1962Compact
★ 5.01962
SeriesDrama
Compact was a British television soap opera shown by the BBC between 1962 and 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who together went on to devise Crossroads. In contrast to the kitchen sink realism of Coronation Street, Compact was a distinctly middle-class serial, set in the more "sophisticated" arena of magazine publishing. An early "avarice" soap, it took the viewer into the business workplace, and aligned the professional lives of the characters with more personal storylines. The show was scheduled for broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, thus avoiding a clash with ITV's Coronation Street on Mondays and Wednesdays.
When Compact began, the editor was a woman, Joanne Minster, yet it was not long before she was replaced by Ian Harmon, the son of the magazine's owner.
Despite being largely criticised by reviewers, Compact was popular with the general public, and in 1964 a regular omnibus edition was introduced, broadcast on Sundays. Morris Barry, a some-time actor and BBC director – he directed several Doctor Who stories in the 1960s – took over as producer and was given a brief to spice the series up in view of the criticism it had received from the national press. But the BBC, never comfortable with the concept of soap opera, quietly dropped the series in 1965.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre · 1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
★ 7.01969
Series
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Father Brown · 1974Father Brown
★ 6.81974
SeriesMysteryCrime
Based on the short stories by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown is a Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective.
Mystery and Imagination · 1966Mystery and Imagination
★ 5.81966
SeriesDramaMystery
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.
Fall of Eagles · 1974Fall of Eagles
★ 7.01974
SeriesDrama
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · 1955The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
★ 8.01955
SeriesDrama
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard · 1956Colonel March of Scotland Yard
★ 7.51956
SeriesDrama
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Armchair Theatre · 1956Armchair Theatre
★ 6.01956
SeriesDrama
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna · 1986Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
★ 6.71986
SeriesDramaMystery
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna is a 1986 TV movie, starring Amy Irving, Rex Harrison, Olivia de Havilland, Omar Sharif, and Jan Niklas. The film was loosely based on the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the book The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth. It was Christian Bale's first film and Rex Harrison's last film. It was originally broadcast in two parts.
Six Days of Justice · 1972Six Days of Justice
★ 10.01972
SeriesDrama
Six Days of Justice is a British television drama anthology series of single plays created by Thames Television and shown on ITV from 1972 to 1975, over four seasons of six episodes apiece.
Our Mutual Friend · 1958Our Mutual Friend
★ 5.01958
SeriesDrama
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.