Jane Bertish
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Biography: Jane Bertish has worked as an actress extensively in theatre, film, television and radio for more than 30 years. She has also directed many productions and projects at RADA, and other leading drama schools and universities. She has also taught on the RADA summer schools. Jane is a founding member and associate of The Wrestling School, a unique company that for 23 years has been dedicated to performing the work of one living author, Howard Barker, under his direction, and which has a worldwide reputation for the high aesthetic distinctiveness of its work.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK
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Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Overview: When Julie Bottomley discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian by faking her own death and framing him for murder. But can she resist the temptation to let her jailed husband know just how "Dead Clever" she's been?
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Dance with a Stranger
Overview: Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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The Quatermass Conclusion
Overview: Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-24
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Sword of Honour
Overview: Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. Instead he finds himself in the middle of an army full of cowards, incompetents and a few outright evil men. They of course reap the fortunes of war, promotions and fame, but never Crouchback. His war is just an endless list of transfers and an hopeless but noble quest for righteousness.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-02
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Overview: An aging actress' husband dies of a heart attack en route to Rome, where they'd planned to holiday. There, she rents an apartment and, through the Contessa, she meets a young man, with whom she begins an affair.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-04
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Wonka
Overview: Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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Seeing in the Dark
Overview: Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day, he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes haunted by a growing premonition of catastrophe.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-13
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The Cicerones
Overview: A tourist encounters some strange characters in a foreign cathedral.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Bodywork
Overview: Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, unorthodox police procedure and some clever body work of his own, he sets out to clear his name.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-04
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Paperhouse
Overview: A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-10
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