Lana Morris

Acting

Lana Morris

Born March 11, 1930 · Ruislip, London, England, UK

Died May 28, 1998 · aged 68

From Wikipedia Lana Morris, born Averil Maureen Anita Morris (11 March 1930 – 28 May 1998) was a British film, stage and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s. She played the role of Helene in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with Roger Moore in The Saint, appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting o…

Known For

GraceGrace · 1975
Grace
7.01975
Movie
A disillusioned antiques dealer takes tap dancing lessons.
Passport to ShamePassport to Shame · 1958
Passport to Shame
6.11958
MovieDramaCrime
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
The Weaker SexThe Weaker Sex · 1948
The Weaker Sex
6.71948
MovieDrama
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
Home and AwayHome and Away · 1956
Home and Away
7.01956
MovieDrama
When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.
The Good BeginningThe Good Beginning · 1953
The Good Beginning
10.01953
MovieDrama
After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.
Jet StormJet Storm · 1959
Jet Storm
7.01959
MovieThriller
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
Morning DepartureMorning Departure · 1950
Morning Departure
6.91950
MovieDrama
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
The Red BeretThe Red Beret · 1953
The Red Beret
6.71953
MovieWarDrama
Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.

Movies

GraceGrace · 1975
Grace
7.01975
Movie
A disillusioned antiques dealer takes tap dancing lessons.
Passport to ShamePassport to Shame · 1958
Passport to Shame
6.11958
MovieDramaCrime
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
The Weaker SexThe Weaker Sex · 1948
The Weaker Sex
6.71948
MovieDrama
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
Home and AwayHome and Away · 1956
Home and Away
7.01956
MovieDrama
When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.
The Good BeginningThe Good Beginning · 1953
The Good Beginning
10.01953
MovieDrama
After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.
Jet StormJet Storm · 1959
Jet Storm
7.01959
MovieThriller
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
Morning DepartureMorning Departure · 1950
Morning Departure
6.91950
MovieDrama
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
The Red BeretThe Red Beret · 1953
The Red Beret
6.71953
MovieWarDrama
Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.
Trouble in StoreTrouble in Store · 1953
Trouble in Store
6.11953
MovieComedyFamily
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.
A Tale of Five CitiesA Tale of Five Cities · 1951
A Tale of Five Cities
5.01951
MovieDramaMystery
An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory
I Start CountingI Start Counting · 1970
I Start Counting
6.51970
MovieThrillerDrama
An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is a serial killer.
Guilt Is My ShadowGuilt Is My Shadow · 1950
Guilt Is My Shadow
5.71950
MovieCrimeDrama
A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the novel 'You're Best Alone' by Norah Lofts.
The Chiltern HundredsThe Chiltern Hundreds · 1949
The Chiltern Hundreds
6.01949
MovieComedy
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
October MothOctober Moth · 1960
October Moth
6.61960
MovieDrama
A mentally ill farm worker comes to believe that an injured car crash victim is his mother and becomes so unhinged that he turns to murder.
Radio Cab MurderRadio Cab Murder · 1954
Radio Cab Murder
5.61954
MovieCrimeDrama
Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.
Trottie TrueTrottie True · 1949
Trottie 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.
No Trees in the StreetNo Trees in the Street · 1959
No Trees in the Street
5.81959
MovieDramaCrime
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
The Woman in QuestionThe Woman in Question · 1950
The Woman in Question
6.31950
MovieMysteryCrime
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
Black 13Black 13 · 1953
Black 13
7.01953
MovieCrime
The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.
It's Hard to be GoodIt's Hard to be Good · 1948
It's Hard to be Good
6.01948
MovieComedy
A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.
Spring in Park LaneSpring in Park Lane · 1948
Spring in Park Lane
7.11948
MovieComedy
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy, is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
TrioTrio · 1950
Trio
6.41950
MovieDrama
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Ragazze da maritoRagazze da marito · 1952
Ragazze da marito
7.11952
MovieComedy
Oreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he needs money to send his 3 girls off to Capri to find rich suitors, he is tempted to take bribes to put a license through more quickly.
Man of the MomentMan of the Moment · 1955
Man of the Moment
6.61955
MovieComedy
Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress

TV Shows

The SaintThe Saint · 1962
The Saint
7.41962
SeriesCrime
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
ITV PlayhouseITV Playhouse · 1967
ITV Playhouse
7.01967
SeriesDrama
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
Howards' WayHowards' Way · 1985
Howards' Way
5.91985
SeriesDrama
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
Centre PlayCentre Play · 1973
Centre Play
7.01973
SeriesDrama
Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
The Forsyte SagaThe Forsyte Saga · 1967
The Forsyte Saga
8.51967
SeriesDrama
The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.