Acting

Barbara Leake

Born May 14, 1903 · Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, UK

Died August 18, 1991 · aged 88

No biography available.

Known For

Kind Hearts and CoronetsKind Hearts and Coronets · 1949
Kind 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.
Dead of NightDead of Night · 1945
Dead of Night
7.21945
MovieHorrorThriller
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
Murder She SaidMurder She Said · 1961
Murder She Said
7.31961
MovieComedyCrime
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
A Study in TerrorA Study in Terror · 1965
A Study in Terror
6.21965
MovieCrimeDrama
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.
Saraband for Dead LoversSaraband for Dead Lovers · 1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
6.61948
MovieRomanceHistory
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
Out of the CloudsOut of the Clouds · 1955
Out of the Clouds
6.11955
MovieDrama
Multiple stories unfold over the course of twenty-four hours in and around a bustling central airport.
His ExcellencyHis Excellency · 1952
His Excellency
7.01952
MovieComedy
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony.
The Eyes of Annie JonesThe Eyes of Annie Jones · 1964
The Eyes of Annie Jones
6.31964
MovieMystery
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.

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Sergeant CorkSergeant Cork · 1963
Sergeant Cork
7.21963
SeriesDrama
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

Mrs. Bainbridge