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Arthur Blake

Born February 24, 1914

Died March 24, 1985 · aged 71

Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt. He performed in nightclubs in cities throughout the United States and United Kingdom in the 1940s and the 1950s. Although he achieved fame for playing women, he impersonated men as w…

Known For

GaslightGaslight · 1944
Gaslight
★ 7.51944
MovieThrillerDrama
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
FothergillFothergill · 1981
Fothergill
1981
Movie
John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.
Diplomatic CourierDiplomatic Courier · 1952
Diplomatic Courier
★ 6.21952
MovieMysteryThriller
During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge, sabotage and spies in his search for the documents.
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac · 1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
★ 6.91950
MovieRomanceDrama
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.
Ministry of FearMinistry of Fear · 1944
Ministry of Fear
★ 6.91944
MovieCrimeMystery
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.
Madame XMadame X · 1937
Madame X
★ 6.11937
MovieDrama
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
Port of New YorkPort of New York · 1949
Port of New York
★ 4.91949
MovieCrimeDrama
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
The Lion ManThe Lion Man · 1936
The Lion Man
★ 5.21936
MovieAdventure
A young British boy whose father was murdered by a treacherous Aran sheik finds himself in a position to exact revenge as an adult.

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