Acting
Gretchen Franklin
Born July 7, 1911 · Covent Garden, London, England, UK
Died July 11, 2005 · aged 94
Born in Covent Garden, West London in 1911, Gretchen Franklin was an English actress and dancer whose showbusiness career spanned over 70 years. She was best known for her role as Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera EastEnders. She appeared in the very first episode in 1985 and was a regular in the series until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently until 2000 when…
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The Three Musketeers · 1973The Three Musketeers
★ 6.71973
MovieActionAdventure
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
The Four Musketeers · 1974The Four Musketeers
★ 6.51974
MovieActionAdventure
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Twisted Nerve · 1968Twisted Nerve
★ 6.81968
MovieThrillerHorror
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
Help! · 1965Help!
★ 6.91965
MovieAdventureComedy
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
Ragtime · 1981Ragtime
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaHistory
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Trottie True · 1949Trottie 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.
The Night Visitor · 1971The Night Visitor
★ 6.51971
MovieThrillerMystery
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
Flame in the Streets · 1961Flame in the Streets
★ 6.31961
MovieDrama
Domestic difficulties develop in a working-class family when their daughter falls in love with a Jamaican man.
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The Four Musketeers · 1974The Four Musketeers
★ 6.51974
MovieActionAdventure
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
D'Artagnan's Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)































