Acting

Nova Pilbeam

Born November 15, 1919 · Wimbledon, London, England, UK

Died July 17, 2015 · aged 95

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nova Margery Pilbeam (15 November 1919 – 17 July 2015) was an English film and stage actress. Pilbeam gained attention as a child stage actress. This led to much work in her teen years. She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), in which she plays a girl who is abducted, following this with her lead performance as Lady Jane Grey…

Known For

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much · 1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much

MovieThrillerMystery

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent · 1937

Young and Innocent

MovieThrillerRomance

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin · 1942

The Next of Kin

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.

Little Friend

Little Friend · 1934

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

Counterblast

Counterblast · 1948

MovieThrillerDrama

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.

Pastor Hall

Pastor Hall · 1940

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.

Cheer Boys Cheer

Cheer Boys Cheer · 1939

Cheer Boys Cheer

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Yellow Canary

Yellow Canary · 1943

MovieDramaThriller

In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. On the ship to Halifax, Canada, she is courted by Polish aristocrat Jan Orloch and by awkward British navel intelligence officer Jimmy Garrick. She shows herself somewhat more amenable to Orloch's advances, and agrees to meet his mother in Halifax. Once there however, it becomes clear no-one is really who they say they are.

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much · 1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much

MovieThrillerMystery

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

Betty Lawrence

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent · 1937

Young and Innocent

MovieThrillerRomance

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

Erica Burgoyne

The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin · 1942

The Next of Kin

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.

Beppie Leemans

Little Friend

Little Friend · 1934

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

Felicity Hughes

Counterblast

Counterblast · 1948

MovieThrillerDrama

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.

Tracy Heart

Pastor Hall

Pastor Hall · 1940

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.

Christine Hall

Cheer Boys Cheer

Cheer Boys Cheer · 1939

Cheer Boys Cheer

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Margaret Greenleaf

Yellow Canary

Yellow Canary · 1943

MovieDramaThriller

In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. On the ship to Halifax, Canada, she is courted by Polish aristocrat Jan Orloch and by awkward British navel intelligence officer Jimmy Garrick. She shows herself somewhat more amenable to Orloch's advances, and agrees to meet his mother in Halifax. Once there however, it becomes clear no-one is really who they say they are.

Betty Maitland

Spring Meeting

Spring Meeting · 1941

Tiny Fox-Collier and her son, Tony, are broke. A cheery and handsome young man about town, Tony knows he can rely on his mother for a brainwave to save them from utter destitution. This she has: a visit is scheduled to the Irish country estate of her old flame Sir Richard Furze, now a wealthy widower with two daughters. But while Tiny is determined to see her son marry the beautiful but haughty Joan, it seems Tony only has eyes for Joan’s spirited younger sister, Baby.

Baby Furze

Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose · 1936

MovieDramaHistory

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

Lady Jane Grey

Green Fingers

Green Fingers · 1947

A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is believed to have a chronic illness. He seems to cure her, and the case draws a lot of attention, some of it negative because he was unlicensed when he treated her. He still does not have a degree when he marries the daughter and begins practising osteopathy.

Alexandra Baxter

Out of Chaos

Out of Chaos · 1944

MovieDocumentary

Examines the role of art in WWII; featuring Henry Moore's drawings of London Underground during bombing raids, Paul Nash's paintings of aircraft dumps, Stanley Spencer's shipbuilding panels, Evelyn Dunbar's land girls, alongside many amateur artists too.

Narrator (voice)

Banana Ridge

Banana Ridge · 1942

When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.

Cora Pound

The Three Weird Sisters

The Three Weird Sisters · 1948

The Three Weird Sisters

MovieCrimeDrama

Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.

Claire Prentiss

This Man Is Mine

This Man Is Mine · 1946

This Man Is Mine

One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.

Phoebe Ferguson