Margaret Lacey
Also Known As: Margaret Lacy
Biography: Margaret Lacey was born on October 25, 1911 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England as Margaret Brackenbury Lacey.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 25, 1911
Age: 113 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: October 04, 1988
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Overview: Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-19
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Black Beauty
Overview: Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, the story sheds light on the details surrounding the colt's birth and his perception of humans (he has various owners throughout his life). While some owners are compassionate -- none more than Joe Evans (Mark Lester), the boy who first owns the colt.
Genres: Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Overview: Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-10
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The Deadly Affair
Overview: Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-26
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An Englishman Abroad
Overview: Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-29
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Suspect
Overview: A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-15
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I'm All Right Jack
Overview: Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-18
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Diamonds Are Forever
Overview: Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-14
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Island of Terror
Overview: A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-20
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There's a Girl in My Soup
Overview: TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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The Ruling Class
Overview: When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-13
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A French Mistress
Overview: The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the teacher in revealing shorts and bikinis. As discipline crumbles, a scandal explodes when the Head discovers the mademoiselle's mother was an old flame. Madeline must be dismissed to save further embarrassments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-25
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The Family Way
Overview: Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-18
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Only Two Can Play
Overview: John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-19
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Richard's Things
Overview: Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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Billy Liar
Overview: A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-15
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Rotten to the Core
Overview: Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-14
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Terminus
Overview: This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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