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Anne Valery
Born February 24, 1926 · Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom
Died April 29, 2013 · aged 87
No biography available.
Known For
Kind Hearts and Coronets · 1949Kind Hearts and Coronets
★ 7.61949
MovieComedyCrime
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
The Angry Earth · 1989The Angry Earth
★ 4.71989
MovieDrama
About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woman.
Stop Press Girl · 1949Stop Press Girl
★ 5.91949
MovieComedy
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
Marry Me · 1949Marry Me
★ 5.81949
MovieRomanceComedy
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Cardboard Cavalier · 1949Cardboard Cavalier
★ 6.01949
MovieComedy
A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.
One Way Out · 1955One Way Out
★ 7.01955
MovieCrimeDrama
A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped by an ever more complex web of lies and intrigue. A lifetime of personal honour is at stake and we wonder if redemption is possible.
Tenko · 1981Tenko
★ 8.31981
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.
Ladies in Charge · 1986Ladies in Charge
★ 6.51986
SeriesMysteryComedy
Ladies in Charge is a 1986 British television drama, an expansion from a 1985 pilot in the Storyboard anthology programme. Produced by Thames Television for ITV, the six-episode programme stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills, and Julia Swift.
After serving as World War I ambulance drivers, three women start a private agency in London to solve problems for clients, blending mystery and drama with a lighthearted tone. They take on various cases, from finding lost items to uncovering secrets, often challenging societal expectations for women of the era.
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