Judy Parfitt
Also Known As: Judith Catherine Claire Parfitt , Judith Parfitt , جودی پَرفیت, جودی پارفیت
Biography: Judith Catherine Claire "Judy" Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is a BAFTA-nominated English theatre, film and television actress who began her career on stage in 1954. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judy Parfitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Birthday: November 07, 1935
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Gender: Female
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Overview: This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-12
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King Ralph
Overview: As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-15
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The Aryan Couple
Overview: A German Jewish industrialist is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-10
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Dolores Claiborne
Overview: Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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Maurice
Overview: After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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Hamlet
Overview: Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-21
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Tomorrow, Just You Wait
Overview: Jimmy is young, earning good money and going out with a smashing girl. What more could a man wish for?
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-24
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Secret Orchards
Overview: The true story of successful and respectable Edwardian businessman Roger Ackerley, who managed to conceal the existence of a secret love and the three daughters she bore, from his society wife and remaining children. Known to the daughters only as 'Uncle Bodger', they remained unaware he was their father until after his death. The film also covers the impact on them of their improvised upbringing - their mother was frequently absent - and the social irony of his closet homosexual son, Joe struggling to unburden his truth onto his reluctant, outwardly respectable father. Joe became the eminent author J R Ackerley on whose book, My Father And Myself, the film is partially based, along with The Secret Orchard Of Roger Ackerley by Diana Petre, one of Roger's 'illegitimate' daughters.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-14
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W.E.
Overview: In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-01
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The Unborn
Overview: A physicist has apocalyptic visions of his unborn baby.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-15
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The Moth Diaries
Overview: Rebecca is a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, her friendship with the popular Lucy is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa, whom Rebecca suspects may be responsible for the rising body count at the school.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-06
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Office Romances
Overview: Angela is insecure and gawky, overawed by her new job at an advertising agency. Her boss, Pam, is poised and sophisticated - the epitome of a successful career woman. Together both women share an emotional vulnerability. For while Angela falls prey to the office Romeo, Pam continues an unsatisfying affair with a married colleague. Office Romances is an engaging look at the many secrets of love and relationships that lead to tormented love. It's an honest, sensitive view of romance and human nature!
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-21
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Heavy Weather
Overview: At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-24
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Element of Doubt
Overview: A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-30
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Dark Obsession
Overview: Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problems and is paranoid that his wife is cheating on him. After a boozy night at a party, Hugo hits and kills a woman with his car -- and at his friends' urging, keeps driving. When Hugo starts receiving letters from someone who knows about the accident, he begins to suspect that he has been set up.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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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.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-08
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The Mind of Mr. Soames
Overview: A 30-year-old man, who has been in a coma since birth, is finally restored to consciousness by a breakthrough brain operation. Although physically an adult, the man is "reborn" in the eye of an infant; the doctors caring for him must teach him to walk, talk and prepare for life in the outside world. Tension builds as he escapes from the hospital, wanders among people who do not realize his identity, and is hunted by the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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Champions
Overview: The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-20
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Galileo
Overview: Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-27
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Covenant
Overview: A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-05
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Mr. Pye
Overview: Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantasy from the author of Gormenghast.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-02
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EverAfter
Overview: Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-31
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Getting It Right
Overview: Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of life and lives in a basement, Joan is an over-sexed millionairess, married to a Greek architect. But Gavin prefers the ugly assistant in the barbershop.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-05
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Death of a Princess
Overview: A journalist investigates a newspaper story of the execution of an Arab princess.
Genres: Drama Mystery Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-09
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Midnight's Child
Overview: Spooky tale of a lawyer who sees Satan in the Swiss au pair she and her artist husband have hired for their young daughter.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-21
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The Blackheath Poisonings
Overview: The investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord among two feuding families tied together in business and marriage, living under the same roof.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-07
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Hello Carter
Overview: Down-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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The Ruby Ring
Overview: A magic ruby ring transports fifteen-year-old Lucy (Emily Hamilton) one hundred years back in time to a castle, where she's a servant girl. Christian Anholt, Emma Cunniffe, Gillian Kearney, Judy Parfitt and Rutger Hauer costar in this enchanting family film.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-26
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Journey to Murder
Overview: Television movie that consists of two episodes from the UK TV series Journey to the Unknown (1968): Do Me a Favor and Kill Me (1968) and The Killing Bottle (1969).
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Post Mortem
Overview: With her boss unexpectedly absent. Helen, his secretary takes charge.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-07
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The Breadwinner
Overview: Charles Battle has been 'hammered' in the London Stock Exchange, to the point where he may be bankrupted.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-07-17
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Time in Advance
Overview: The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new planets that are being colonised. After serving their time, the former prisoners return to their home planet.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-01
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Asylum
Overview: A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Bon Voyage
Overview: Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-08
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Overview: 1973 BBC TV movie adaptation of the book by Lewis Carroll.
Genres: Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-25
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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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"If Only..."
Overview: Micky is dead. Brian was his mate. Brian won't go to school, won't go out and he won't talk - except to Micky.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-20
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Hearts of Gold
Overview: An old-fashioned love story set in the South Wales valleys during the 1930s. Well-to-do doctor Andrew joins his father's infirmary, and in miner's daughter Bethan finds a spirit lacking in his previous girlfriends. The two fall in love, but their differing backgrounds prove a major sticking point.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-05
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Loving
Overview: An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dying butler, maid and other staff's life becomes a bit hectic and some love affairs start to bloom.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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Wilde
Overview: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-01
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Dean Spanley
Overview: Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Overview: One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage are in ruins.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Well Thank You, Thursday
Overview: Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-25
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Edward G: Like the Filmstar
Overview: Edward G is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-11
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Stones
Overview: From BBC2 Playhouse's The Mind Beyond series. Professor Reeve wonders about strange events that seem to be connected to Stonehenge (Source: BBC).
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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Falling Through
Overview: A newly hired security expert on the American Embassy in Paris questions who to trust, as he investigates an elaborate passport faking scheme.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Deceptions
Overview: Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-26
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Rosamunde Pilcher: September
Overview: Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all their guilty secrets...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-07
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The Bloody Chamber
Overview: A beautiful teenage girl, marries an older, wealthy French Marquis, whom she does not love. He gifts her a choker made of rubies, warning her against taking it off.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-01
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