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Acting
Edith MacArthur
Born March 8, 1926 · Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Died April 25, 2018 · aged 92
No biography available.
Known For
Some Women · 1969Some Women
1969
MovieTV Movie
A film about four women who have been in prison.
An Enemy of the People · 1980An Enemy of the People
★ 7.01980
MovieDrama
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests, Ibsen had no qualms remarking on the irrational nature of the masses and the corrupt political systems which encourage them.
Joanna · 1968Joanna
★ 5.61968
MovieComedyMusic
When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.
The Long Roads · 1993The Long Roads
★ 7.01993
MovieDramaRomance
An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.
New Town · 2009New Town
2009
Movie
Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but when the head of Scottish Heritage falls from the church tower in a mysterious accident, it becomes a question of whether he fell or was pushed.
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It · 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
★ 10.01968
MovieTV Movie
When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.
Degree of Uncertainty · 1979Degree of Uncertainty
★ 8.01979
MovieDramaTV Movie
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.
When the Bough Breaks · 1971When the Bough Breaks
★ 10.01971
MovieDramaTV Movie
NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.
Movies
Some Women · 1969Some Women
1969
MovieTV Movie
A film about four women who have been in prison.
An Enemy of the People · 1980An Enemy of the People
★ 7.01980
MovieDrama
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests, Ibsen had no qualms remarking on the irrational nature of the masses and the corrupt political systems which encourage them.
Joanna · 1968Joanna
★ 5.61968
MovieComedyMusic
When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.
The Long Roads · 1993The Long Roads
★ 7.01993
MovieDramaRomance
An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.
New Town · 2009New Town
2009
Movie
Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but when the head of Scottish Heritage falls from the church tower in a mysterious accident, it becomes a question of whether he fell or was pushed.
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It · 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
★ 10.01968
MovieTV Movie
When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.
Degree of Uncertainty · 1979Degree of Uncertainty
★ 8.01979
MovieDramaTV Movie
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.
When the Bough Breaks · 1971When the Bough Breaks
★ 10.01971
MovieDramaTV Movie
NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.
TV Shows
Screen Two · 1985Screen Two
★ 7.11985
SeriesDrama
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Hamish Macbeth · 1995Hamish Macbeth
★ 7.71995
SeriesDrama
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
French Fields · 1989French Fields
★ 6.91989
SeriesComedy
French Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8 October 1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced by Thames Television for ITV.
The series starred Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie as husband and wife William and Hester Fields and followed the series Fresh Fields, which ran from 7 March 1984 to 23 October 1986. At the end of the last series of Fresh Fields, William accepted a position with a French company. French Fields follows Hester and William after they make the move to Calais.
Other regular cast included their French real estate agent Chantal, who was also the Fields' neighbour to the left. On the right, were the horrible and snobbish English couple the Trendles. Hester and William also coped with Madame Remoleux, an unintelligible and ancient French woman who lived in and cared for the estate — called Les Hirondelles — where they all lived. Also, popping in on a regular basis, were local farmer and mayor Monsieur Dax and his daughter Marie-Christine, to whom Hester did her best to teach English. Nicholas Courtney also appeared frequently as the Marquis.
Theatre Night · 1957Theatre Night
1957
SeriesDrama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
The Sandbaggers · 1978The Sandbaggers
★ 8.31978
SeriesDrama
The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original broadcast on ITV in 1978 and 1980, The Sandbaggers examines the effect of the espionage game on the personal and professional lives of British and American intelligence specialists.
City Lights · 1986City Lights
★ 7.01986
SeriesComedy
Hapless bank clerk Willie Melvin dreams of being a successful writer but is held back by his own incompetence, the dodgy dealings of his best friend Chancer, and lack of support from his mother, the bank's manager Adam McLelland and his obsequious fellow teller, Brian.
Life Support · 1999Life Support
1999
SeriesDrama
Life Support is a 1999 British medical drama series aired across six episodes on BBC Scotland. Katherine Doone works as a clinical ethicist at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital. Her job is to make the big decisions about what's best for the patient's long-term treatment.
Weir of Hermiston · 1973Weir of Hermiston
1973
SeriesDrama
The old Lord Adam Weir of the Hermiston estate on the Scots borders is a gruff, boozy, hanging judge - the terror of Edinburgh law courts. His wife is a tremulous and pious Christian. Weir spends his time putting his wife down, even in the company of her only son, Archie. His mother dead of depression and stress, Archie grow to hate his father, but then goes into law studies, though his more modern and tolerant values clash with those of his father. Attending the hanging of yet another of his father's victims, Archie can no longer stand it and denounces his father publicly. As punishment he is rusticated to manage the family estate, Hermiston.