Brenda Forbes
Biography: Born as Dorothy Brenda Taylor, Brenda adopted the last name Forbes as did her two notable acting relatives: mother Mary (born Ethel Louise) and brother Ralph. Like her relatives, she moved to the United States to further pursue her acting career. While her film roles were limited, she worked on stage for decades. Shortly before her death, she published her memoirs, "Five Minutes, Miss Forbes."
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 14, 1909
Deathday: September 11, 1996
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Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
Mrs. Miniver
Overview: Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-03
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
1986-03-30
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Overview: A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-30
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Vigil in the Night
1940-02-05
Vigil in the Night
Overview: A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-05
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The Man Upstairs
1992-12-06
The Man Upstairs
Overview: Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-06
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Laura Lansing Slept Here
1988-03-06
Laura Lansing Slept Here
Overview: With a glittering cast that includes Katharine Hepburn and Karen Austin in lead roles, Laura Lansing Slept Here is a humorous family movie. Hepburn plays Laura Lansing, a novelist who undergoes an identity crisis as, despite her fame and fortune, she feels something is missing from her life. Entering into a quest to return a degree of normalcy to her life, Lansing's attempts provide many comedic moments, as well as a salient lesson for the famous author.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-06
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Miss Polly
1941-11-14
Miss Polly
Overview: A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-14
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The Perfect Gentleman
1935-11-22
The Perfect Gentleman
Overview: A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-22
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1956-04-02
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Overview: Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-02
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The Jerky Boys
1995-02-03
The Jerky Boys
Overview: When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-03
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
The White Cliffs of Dover
Overview: American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-11
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This Above All
1942-05-12
This Above All
Overview: In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-12
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Blithe Spirit
1956-01-14
Blithe Spirit
Overview: Television adaptation of Noël Coward's famous play about an unhappily married man plagued by the spirit of his dead previous wife.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-14
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