Tessie O'Shea
Also Known As: Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea, Teresa Mary O'Shea
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: March 13, 1913
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 21, 1995
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Overview: When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-25
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Overview: Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-07
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The Way Ahead
Overview: A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-09
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The Blue Lamp
Overview: P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-19
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London Town
Overview: Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-30
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The Best House in London
Overview: In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Mr. Scrooge
Overview: A Christmas Carol retelling
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Somewhere in Politics
Overview: Joe Smart (Frank Randle) is a radio repairman who enters the political arena competing in an upcoming election against his own boss. Joe wins the election, but encounters loads of trouble in the process.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-19
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Holidays with Pay
Overview: The Rogers family head off by car to Blackpool where, after a musical interlude and fun on the prom, they have an adventure in a haunted house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-20
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The Shiralee
Overview: An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-11
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Funny Up North
Overview: Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more. The North of England has always enjoyed its own very particular brand of comedy, best seen today in Coronation Street. 80 years ago however Mancunian Studios produced feature films for the northern masses. Funny Up North tells the story of the Mancunian Studios, its eccentric owner John E Blakeley and its cavalcade of stars including such household names as Arthur Askey, Jimmy Jewell, George Formby and the legendary Frank Randle. Hosted by Professor Chris Lee, the authority on northern cinema, Funny Up North takes you on a journey from its humble beginnings to its sad demise in the 1960s.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-23
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Tonight in Britain
Overview: A short survey of British entertainment and London attractions photographed at Edinburgh, Stratford and in London.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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