Iris Hoey

Acting

Iris Hoey

Born July 17, 1885

Died May 13, 1979 · aged 93

No biography available.

Known For

PygmalionPygmalion · 1938
Pygmalion
7.01938
MovieComedyDrama
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Poet's PubPoet's Pub · 1949
Poet's Pub
7.21949
MovieComedyThriller
A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.
The Tenth ManThe Tenth Man · 1936
The Tenth Man
7.51936
MovieDrama
George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.
Those Were the DaysThose Were the Days · 1934
Those Were the Days
8.31934
MovieMusicComedy
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
A Star Fell from HeavenA Star Fell from Heaven · 1936
A Star Fell from Heaven
10.01936
MovieComedy
In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs slips out and suddenly he finds that he himself has become a star. Unfortunately he soon encounters unanticipated problems. He is especially concerned about his girl friend who dumped him in favor of the voiceless star.
Jane Steps OutJane Steps Out · 1938
Jane Steps Out
10.01938
MovieComedy
Wallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatrice sets her cap for Jane's erstwhile boy friend Basil Gilbert, she goes a shade too far. For once, the worm turns, and Jane fights tooth and nail to win her man back. A retelling of the Cinderella story.
The Girl Who Couldn't QuiteThe Girl Who Couldn't Quite · 1950
The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
6.81950
MovieDrama
A tramp is invited to stay with the family of a teenage girl who has been unable to smile since childhood in a bid to cure her.
Let's Make a Night of ItLet's Make a Night of It · 1937
Let's Make a Night of It
6.01937
MovieComedyMusic
Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.

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