Mary Morris
Biography: From Wikipedia Mary Lilian Agnes Morris (13 December 1915 – 14 October 1988) was a British actress Morris made her stage debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre, London, in 1935. In 1943, she played Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war movie Undercover as the wife of a Serbian guerrilla leader, and appeared in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. On television, she played Professor Madeleine Dawnay in the science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (and its sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough), and Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (as part of the BBC's adaptation of Shakespeare's Roman plays, The Spread of the Eagle, 1963). As a Number Two in The Prisoner episode "Dance of the Dead" she dressed as Peter Pan during a masquerade ball. After a 25-year absence she reappeared in films as the mother of the murdered boy in the 1977 horror film Full Circle. She also appeared on television in Doctor Who in the story Kinda (1982), playing the pivotal role of the shaman Panna opposite Peter Davison.[citation needed] Other television appearances included the Countess Vronsky in the BBC's Anna Karenina (1977), the macabre, ancient relative in the Walter de la Mare story, Seaton's Aunt (1983) in Granada Television's Shades of Darkness series and the formidable matriarch in Police at the Funeral, an adaptation of one of Margery Allingham's Albert Campion stories for the BBC's Campion (1989).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 13, 1915
Deathday: October 14, 1988
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'Pimpernel' Smith
1941-07-28
'Pimpernel' Smith
Overview: Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-28
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Sometime in August
1990-02-25
Sometime in August
Overview: Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is resolved by an old woman and a cat.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-25
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High Treason
1951-11-13
High Treason
Overview: Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-13
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Undercover
1943-07-26
Undercover
Overview: Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-26
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The Man from Morocco
1945-04-17
The Man from Morocco
Overview: With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier, the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners. Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-17
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Who Killed Jack Robins?
1940-01-01
Who Killed Jack Robins?
Overview: Directed by Jirí Weiss
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-01
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The Thief of Bagdad
1940-02-19
The Thief of Bagdad
Overview: When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-19
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The Spy in Black
1939-08-03
The Spy in Black
Overview: A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-03
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Victoria the Great
1937-09-01
Victoria the Great
Overview: The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-01
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The Agitator
1945-01-24
The Agitator
Overview: The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-24
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Full Circle
1978-02-09
Full Circle
Overview: After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-09
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The Moon Over Soho
1985-08-18
The Moon Over Soho
Overview: A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-18
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The Life and Death of King John
1984-11-24
The Life and Death of King John
Overview: The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-24
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Major Barbara
1941-05-14
Major Barbara
Overview: Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-14
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Claws
1987-10-04
Claws
Overview: A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-04
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Prison Without Bars
1938-09-20
Prison Without Bars
Overview: Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. When Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for misbehaving girls, and asks them to tell her their complaints, they don't believe her at first. Yvonne is in love and about to marry the establishment's doctor, and it does not help that one teenage girl falls for him - and is corresponded. It's a hard life for the girls, and for the new female warden.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-20
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Train of Events
1949-01-18
Train of Events
Overview: A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-18
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Richard II
1978-12-10
Richard II
Overview: Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-10
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Doctor Who: Kinda
1982-02-09
Doctor Who: Kinda
Overview: The TARDIS lands on the idyllic jungle world of Deva Loka, which is being surveyed for possible Earth colonisation. Deva Loka is already home to a race of apparent savages, however: a mysterious people with strange powers which have mentally unbalanced the members of the expedition. To make matters worse, an ancient enemy of the natives known as the Mara is intent upon revenge, and latches onto Tegan's mind as its bridgehead to victory.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-09
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Seaton’s Aunt
1983-07-01
Seaton’s Aunt
Overview: A young boy forced to live with his aunt after his parents die is convinced that she is old hag in league with the devil.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-01
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