Phyllis Logan
Also Known As: Филлис Логан, Філліс Логан, فیلیس لوگان
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the 1983 film Another Time, Another Place. Her other film appearances include Secrets & Lies (1996), Shooting Fish (1997), Downton Abbey (2019) and Misbehaviour (2020).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Birthday: January 11, 1956
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Gender: Female
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Secrets & Lies
Overview: After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-24
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No Way Up
Overview: Characters from different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. A nightmare fight for survival ensues with the air supply running out and dangers creeping in from all sides.
Genres: Thriller Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-18
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You Really Got Me
Overview: It's 1964. James and Linda are young and in love, until one day she disappears. 43 years later he finds her, but James has to find out: is it always best to know the truth?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-02
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Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: Franz Kafka has been stricken with a serious case of writer's block on Christmas Eve. He's trying to get started on his latest short story, "The Metamorphosis", but he isn't sure what his protagonist Gregor Samsa should become. As Kafka struggles with indecision, he has to contend with a loud holiday party downstairs, several unexpected guests, and a sinister knife salesman who has a bone to pick with him.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Effie's Burning
Overview: An elderly lady suffers from the mysterious condition of spontaneous combustion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-29
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And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon
Overview: In the women's cancer ward of a large Glaswegian hospital, a group of patients share their hopes and dreams for the future
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-15
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The Doctor and the Devils
Overview: In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.
Genres: Horror History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-04
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Alibi
Overview: A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as a waitress at a party thrown by Greg for he and his wife's wedding anniversary. Marcey sets about organizing the slightly neurotic Greg in his attempts to cover up the accident.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-25
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Another Time, Another Place
Overview: Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian POWs to work on their farm. Soon, Janie falls in love with one of them...
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-13
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The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Overview: Collection of highlights from the first and second series of British comic Sarah Millican's show about television. The programme includes stand-up routines, sketches and interviews with stars. In this collection Sarah has a makeover à la 'Geordie Shore', bakes scones with chef Paul Hollywood and attempts to do a forward roll with help from gymnast Beth Tweddle and commentary from sports presenter Clare Balding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-11
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Goldeneye
Overview: British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-26
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End of the Line
Overview: Life in a Scottish New Town
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-11
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Silent Cries
Overview: In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. This is the story of a group of women who band together to face brutal treatment, harsh conditions, and ruthless captors to survive their internment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-08
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The Game
Overview: A play about three Scottish football fans (and one of their long suffering football widow wives!) enduring the trials of their team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, often finding that life entwines with their football.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-06
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Day of the Flowers
Overview: Two young, strong-willed Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a most-popular-girl-in-school type, take their late father's ashes to Cuba, the site of many family legends of his services to the Revolution. Arriving in Havana, the two women promptly lose the ashes and go through a series of misadventrues - both romantic and dangerous - to try to retrieve them. A colourful and wryly humourous tale of cross-cultural misunderstandings and lost illusions.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-29
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The Inquiry
Overview: A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-26
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The Chain
Overview: Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Sitting Targets
Overview: Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to look hopeless. But the tenants begin to fight back...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-19
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Defrosting the Fridge
Overview: The Lowesthorpe Trawlers an English, American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and persuade local firm Salty Sea Fish Foods to be their sponsors, in an attempt to improve their game.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-26
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The Real Jane Austen
Overview: Drama-documentary exploring the life of Jane Austen. Actor Anna Chancellor, a distant relative of Jane Austen, discovers the woman behind the acclaimed novels through readings and reconstructions. Location shots of her homes in Steventon and Chawton and extracts from adaptations of her work are also featured.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-30
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Surprised by Oxford
Overview: Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD, but through a turbulent friendship with a charming young man she starts to open herself up to mystery, vulnerability, and love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-27
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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Overview: The story of the great Indian rocket scientist, Shri Nambi Narayanan's life, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye after being falsely accused of treason.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2022-07-01
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Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
Overview: Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-29
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The Kitchen Toto
Overview: The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-29
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Time and the Conways
Overview: 1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-07
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Harold & Mary
Overview: Harold and Mary are in their fiftieth year of marriage, unfortunately the cracks in their relationship start to show as a disease takes hold of Harold and tests the very foundations of their love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-15
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Off Peak
Overview: Because of her cheating husband, Elizabeth elicits patronizing "pity" from her so-called friends, but they (and he) don't suspect her plans.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Last Train to Christmas
Overview: When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage of his life and the actions he takes in one carriage directly affect his life in the next. Can Tony change his life – and the lives of the people he loves – for the better, or will he just make things worse?
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-18
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The McGuffin
Overview: Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into deep trouble. Hatcher is a movie critic, and for awhile it looks like his main problem is keeping reality and the silver screen separate. But then a double murder occurs across the street after some mobsters cannot find an incriminating negative. After Hatcher discovers where the negative is hidden, he is bumped to the top on the assassins' hit list.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-12
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All the King's Men
Overview: Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen again.
Genres: Drama War Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-14
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The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Overview: Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the famous writer's life from childhood to his suicide at age 61. Haunted by various inner demons -- including his father's suicide -- Hemingway serves in World War I, marries four times, and finds creative support from Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and other expatriates living in 1920s Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Nativity!
Overview: Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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Downton Abbey 3
Overview: Plot details under wraps.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-09-10
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The Dark Sun
Overview: After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to get hold of the legacy. Once there he is forced to participate in various crimes commited by the mafia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-02-04
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Fields of Gold
Overview: A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital. But why is the new environment minister keeping tabs on their every move? The TV movie tackles controversial topics like genetically modified plants, the role of large pharmaceutical companies and the question of control of state and government
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-08
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Beneath the Skin
Overview: A stalker tackles three women in London. First 23-year old likable schoolteacher Zoe Haratounian, who beats off a thief and gets declared a local heroine by the press, gets scary anonymous letters, but because she runs off from the police station when the desk officer cheerfully calls her 'our poster girl' to a colleague when recognizing her on a press cutting, it takes days before the police can even send over PC Andrew Stadden, a detective in training. She breaks up with her 'not sensitively supportive' hunky boyfriend, gardener Fred, who even gets investigated as a suspect and only has his soccer mates Maurice 'Moz' 'Hack' ...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-03
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And a Nightingale Sang
Overview: Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a serviceman from London. In contrast, her younger sister Joyce has quite a way with men, and finds herself a little too popular with the troops, especially when her husband pops up on leave from his regiment.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-17
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Shooting Fish
Overview: Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
Genres: Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-22
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Every Picture Tells a Story
Overview: James Scott's biopic of his father William Scott, his childhood and his origins as a painter.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-01
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-09
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Downton Abbey
Overview: The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-12
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Misbehaviour
Overview: A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-12
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Missing
Overview: A tense two-part psychological thriller about a troubled, homeless girl who gets caught up in the hunt for a violent killer.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-13
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Downton Abbey Live!
Overview: A live celebration of the hit TV series, including cast interviews and sneak peeks at the 2019 film.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-18
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The Last Bus
Overview: Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-18
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The Dress
Overview: A BAFTA award winning drama about a mistake when buying a dress for his mistress leads Howard to look again at his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-03
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Our Queen at War
Overview: Learn how the longest reigning monarch in British history was shaped by World War II. Princess Elizabeth’s experiences during the war mirrored those of the public and helped shape her into the Queen she is today.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-22
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The Good Time Girls
Overview: The oil rigs provide rich pickings for those who work on them, but for wives isolated from husbands affluence is not enough.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-07
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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Overview: Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children's books. Now, frustrated and broke, his Uncle Sal appears with an offer. Gavin's father has sold the family business and to get his share of the proceeds, Gavin must return home for his father's birthday party. Swayed by the money, he sets off north and picks up a hitchhiker with a secret. Their journey is difficult but ultimately rewarding.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
Overview: The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.
Genres: Drama Romance History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-27
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The Angry Earth
Overview: About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Happy Feet
Overview: The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Overview: The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve the mysterious disappearances of some of Britain's greatest monuments. Several hundred years later, Freddie is now living in modern day Paris -- a six-foot-tall amphibian with the moniker Secret Agent F.R.O.7. Messina, too, is still around causing mischief, joining forces with an arch-villain named El Supremo in a scheme to shrink Big Ben. Freddie, alerted to Messina's nefarious plans, gathers his fellow agents Daffers and Scottie together, planning to hide out in Big Ben and surprise the evil doers when they are set to strike at the much-loved British landmark.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-14
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