Angharad Rees
Also Known As: Angharad Mary Rees, Lady McAlpine
Biography: Angharad Rees was a London-born Welsh actress and, later, jewellery designer, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama "Poldark". Her father was a prominent Welsh psychiatrist Linford Rees (William Linford Llewellyn Rees) and mother Catherine Thomas. When she was two, in 1946, her family returned to Wales to live into Cardiff. Rees studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for two terms and the Rose Bruford Drama College in Kent, England. She also studied at the University of Madrid and taught English in Spain before acting in repertory theatre in England. On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove. They had two sons: Linford James and Rhys William. Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had been awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy. Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994 but remained close. Cazenove died from the effects of septicaemia in 2010. Rees later married David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company, at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. She remained married to McAlpine until her death. Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
Birthday: July 16, 1944
Deathday: July 21, 2012
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Gender: Female
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Dear Brutus
Overview: "They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for – a second chance." J. M. Barrie's fantasy play, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-27
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Under Milk Wood
Overview: The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious characters (and ghosts) through the 'eyes' of Blind Captain Cat.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-27
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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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Dylan on Dylan
Overview: The life of the greatest poet of his age is unraveled by biographer and filmmaker Andrew Sinclair – the visionary who transformed Thomas’ Under Milk Wood into a motion picture in 1972. Dylan on Dylan traces Thomas’ journey from fascinated child to fêted, weary adult via classic acting performances from Burton, Hemmings et al, all the while analysed by Sinclair in his own unique, microscopic style. A major addition to the Thomas canon. Cambridge Film Festival 2014: http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2014/dylan-on-dylan
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Moments
Overview: A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-21
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The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
Overview: The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be taken under their wing. Then she accepts their invitation to join them for a week's holiday in London ...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-03
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The Wolves of Kromer
Overview: Once upon a time in the village of Kromer lived two beautiful young wolves. Cocksure Gabriel takes newcomer Seth under his paw and helps reconcile him to the vilification associated with being a wolf. They fall head-over-heels in puppy love, playing together around picturesque waterfalls, secluded woodlands, and moonlit lakes. One day a wicked old crone and her goofy sidekick kill their mistress, frame the wolves, and incite a torch-bearing mob of religious zealots to seek vengeance on the hapless pair. But who will live happily ever after?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Overview: An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-23
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Once the Killing Starts
Overview: Married college professor Michael Lane falls in love with one of his students and hatches an elaborate scheme to dispose of his wife, Elizabeth. His murder plot goes as planned. However, he soon receives an anonymous note: "I know what you did, murderer!" Prof. Lane frantically tries to discover who knows his secret...
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-07
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Pygmalion
Overview: Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-08
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The Love Ban
Overview: In this 1970s comedy, a Catholic man contemplates going against his priest's guidance on contraceptives when his wife wants to stop having children.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Joe's Ark
Overview: The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at possibilities which can comprehend pain, or disgust, or the implacable presence of death itself."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-14
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Catch Me a Spy
Overview: While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and trade in exchange for her husband, but she develops an attraction to the one she thinks is a good candidate.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-06
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Overview: Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure that the valuable artifacts in its chambers never leave the country.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-08
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Awkward Customers
Overview: Shows John Cleese learning how to deal with "difficult customers" in a professional yet friendly manner and turn them into clients.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-09
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More Awkward Customers
Overview: Emphasises the importance of professional knowledge of an organisation’s stocks or services in dealing with difficult customers. Highlights the customer who parades their knowledge, the silent customer who cannot communicate his needs and the finicky customer who requires every detail. Features John Cleese, Anghared Rees, Patricia Routledge, Bernard Cribbins and Lynn Redgrave.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-10
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Baffled!
Overview: Tom Kovack is a hard-nosed race car driver until a sudden supernatural vision causes a near-fatal crash while he's hurtling down the backstretch at 140 miles per hour. Michele Brent is the woman who convinces Kovack that his visions are significant. She leads him to the manor house that appeared in his vision, which in turn leads him into a world of revenge and murder from beyond the grave. Kovack must tap into his newfound power to conquer the evil forces at work.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-11
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As You Like It
Overview: Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-17
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Hell's Angel
Overview: Dick Foster is adopted as a child, but has grown into a youth who causes problems and upsets.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-21
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Jane Eyre
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-01
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Office Party
Overview: Men behave in a beastly, chauvinistic manner at an office party, turning what should be a fun break from work into an exercise in bad taste.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-17
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