Acting
Virginia Maskell
Born February 28, 1936 · Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
Died January 25, 1968 · aged 31
Virginia Elizabeth Maskell (1936–1968) was an English actress, poet and artist. After attending drama school she featured in several television roles. Her film debut was a minor role for director Roy Boulting in Happy Is the Bride (1957), after which she began switching between the theatre and the screen. She gained a British Lion contract and appeared in The Man Upstairs (1958) and as an air ho…
Known For
Only Two Can Play · 1962Only Two Can Play
★ 5.91962
MovieComedy
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
The Wild and the Willing · 1962The Wild and the Willing
★ 5.81962
MovieRomanceDrama
Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
Doctor in Love · 1960Doctor in Love
★ 5.51960
MovieComedy
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
Happy Is the Bride · 1958Happy Is the Bride
★ 7.01958
MovieComedy
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.
Suspect · 1960Suspect
★ 6.91960
MovieThriller
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.
Jet Storm · 1959Jet Storm
★ 7.01959
MovieThriller
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
Virgin Island · 1959Virgin Island
★ 6.31959
MovieDramaRomance
A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.
The Man Upstairs · 1958The Man Upstairs
★ 6.51958
MovieDrama
The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.
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