Kitty Aldridge
Biography: From Wikipedia Kitty Aldridge (born 1962) is a British actress and writer. Aldridge was born in Bahrain. After training as an actress at the Drama Centre London, Aldridge worked in film, theatre and television as an actress. Her first novel, Pop, published by Cape (Vintage) in 2001, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002 and shortlisted for the Pendleton May First Novel Award 2002. Her second novel, Cryers Hill, was published by Cape (Vintage) on 1 March 2007. Aldridge's short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011. Her third novel, A Trick I Learned from Dead Men, was published by Cape (Vintage) in 2012. It was longlisted for the 2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and The Guardian newspaper's Not The Booker Prize 2012. Aldridge married the former Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler on Valentine's Day 1997 on the Caribbean island of Barbados.
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Birthday: January 01, 1962
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Slipstream
1989-06-22
Slipstream
Overview: In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-22
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Divorcing Jack
1998-10-01
Divorcing Jack
Overview: He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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American Roulette
1988-01-01
American Roulette
Overview: Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and reputation, in love with Kate, his assistant, who has a secret of her own and keeps Carlos at a distance. The generals have a team of professionals in London bent on kidnap and assassination. Hovering around Carlos are two Russians, who may be KGB, an American book publisher, who may be CIA, an elusive Brit, probably from her majesty's secret service, and his own few supporters. Is Carlos doomed? Whom can he trust?
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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An African Dream
1987-01-01
An African Dream
Overview: An Englishwoman travels to South Africa in 1906.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Maurice
1987-09-18
Maurice
Overview: After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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A Room with a View
1986-03-07
A Room with a View
Overview: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-07
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A Little Piece of Sunshine
1990-11-17
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Overview: Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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The World of Eddie Weary
1990-01-01
The World of Eddie Weary
Overview: Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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