Elspet Gray

Acting

Elspet Gray

Born February 18, 1929 · Inverness, Inverness Shire, Scotland, UK

Died February 18, 2013 · aged 84

Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. She played Lady Collingford in the television series Catweazle and Mrs. Palmer in the television series Solo, alongside Felicity Kendal. Gray had a long stage …

Known For

Four Weddings and a FuneralFour Weddings and a Funeral · 1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
★ 6.81994
MovieComedyDrama
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
The Girl in a SwingThe Girl in a Swing · 1988
The Girl in a Swing
★ 4.91988
MovieDramaThriller
A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they are married, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and he must find the best way to deal with them without destroying their relationship.
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 Blind GoddessThe Blind Goddess · 1948
The Blind Goddess
★ 5.81948
MovieDrama
Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.
Trottie TrueTrottie True · 1949
Trottie True
★ 7.01949
MovieMusicDrama
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
Blackadder: The Lost PilotBlackadder: The Lost Pilot · 2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
★ 7.12023
MovieDocumentaryComedy
Sir Tony Robinson takes a journey back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to uncover the story of the previously-unseen pilot episode.
The Night We Got the BirdThe Night We Got the Bird · 1960
The Night We Got the Bird
★ 6.31960
MovieComedy
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.
Johnny-on-the-SpotJohnny-on-the-Spot · 1954
Johnny-on-the-Spot
★ 5.51954
MovieCrime
An ex-convict, who was framed, struggles to clear his name.

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