Jane Merrow
Also Known As: Jane Josephine Meirowsky
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jane Merrow (born 26 August 1941) is a British actress, born in London to an English mother and German refugee, who was active in the 1960s and 1970s in England and the US. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her most notable role was as Alais, the mistress of Henry II (played by Peter O'Toole) in The Lion in Winter (1968), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in the category of actress in a supporting role, losing to Ruth Gordon who won for Rosemary's Baby. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Merrow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: August 26, 1941
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Female
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The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Overview: A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being shipped overseas.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-13
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A Time for Love
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Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-07-19
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The Lion in Winter
Overview: Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-20
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Hands of the Ripper
Overview: A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-17
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Night of the Big Heat
Overview: While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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The Appointment
Overview: Prophetic nightmares precede a family's confrontation with an evil, unseen force.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-15
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The System
Overview: In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the leader of the group, Tinker, a strolling photographer, aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. The tables thus turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it's not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-12
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Overview: Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-26
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The Patricia Neal Story
Overview: The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-08
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Diagnosis: Murder
Overview: A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife so he can be with his mistress, but his wife mysteriously disappears before he can carry out his plan.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Catacombs
Overview: A rich woman who uses meditation to deal with pain is visited by her niece who returns from Paris. The woman can be a handful and one of her employees suggests to her husband that he kill her freeing them both. When an affair starts between the husband and the niece murder becomes a real possibility. However some people won't stay dead.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-09
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The World of George Orwell: 1984
Overview: Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
Genres: Romance Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-28
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Adam's Woman
Overview: Adam is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-19
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Assignment K
Overview: Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-16
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New Chilling Tales: The Anthology
Overview: A quarter of classic horror stories presented by actor Martin Jarvis.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-01
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Get Lost
Overview: A modern-day reimagining of Alice-in-Wonderland with the beloved creatures turned into human characters and follows Alicia on a wildly magical trip into the Wonderland that is Budapest. Having recently lost her beloved mother, Alicia backpacks through Europe to fulfill her mother's last wish. A chance encounter with a strange girl forces Alicia on a mind-bending overnight adventure, where she meets not only a mysterious young man, but a whole menagerie of individuals that take her on an odyssey that will open her heart and mind.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
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The Spiritualist
Overview: To free this house from spirits and ghosts, let the spiritualist be your host.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-26
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Beware of What You Wish For
Overview: When a couple lose their son in a factory accident, they use a magical monkey's paw to bring him back to life with horrific results...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Overview: A woman slowly goes insane while confined to a room covered in hideous yellow wallpaper.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Don't Bother to Knock
Overview: An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a joke. She gives them to him as he leaves for a holiday. He gives the keys to several women he romances across the continent. He gets engaged again by phone and arranges to meet his fiancé at his flat, but the flat isn't empty...
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-28
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The Haunting of Margam Castle
Overview: A team of American parapsychologists travel to Wales to conduct a study of Margam Castle, one of the UK's most haunted buildings.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-01
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: Holmes and Dr. Watson tackle the case of a curse on the Baskerville bloodline in this ABC Movie of the Week adaptation.
Genres: Mystery Crime Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-12
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In the Grip of Terror
Overview: With a central theme of the medical macabre, Amicus Productions' new anthology will draw inspiration from the iconic British horror label's 1960s and '70s classics “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Asylum,” and will spotlight four tales rooted in the works of revered authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce and E.F. Benson.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
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UFO From Earth to the Moon
Overview: Interviewing cast and crew behind the scenes on UFO, this documentary lifts the lid on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first venture into live action science fiction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-14
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