Edna Doré
Also Known As: Born Edna Lillian Gorring
Biography: Born Edna Lillian Gorring on May 31, 1921 in Bromely, Kent Edna Doré was an actress, best known for playing the battleaxe Mo Butcher in EastEnders from 1988 to 1990 and for the films Les Misérables (1998), and the Mike Leigh films Another Year, All or Nothing and High Hopes, the latter saw her receive the award for Best Supporting Player at the 1989 European Film Awards. She was married to Alexander Doré. She died on April 11, 2014 in Sussex, England at the age of 92.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bromley, Kent, England
Adult: No
Birthday: May 31, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 11, 2014
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Nil by Mouth
Overview: The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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Weak at Denise
Overview: Colin (Bill Thomas) flies remote-controlled model aeroplanes and plods away as a bureaucrat in a local benefit office. A confirmed failure in all romantic matters, woefully under the thumb of his elderly mother, Colin's latent sexual passions are suddenly set ablaze when the gorgeous Denise (Chrissie Cotterill) appears on the scene. Except that Denise and her boyfriend Roy (Craig Fairbrass) have evil plans for the naive Colin which draw him into a web of sexual intrigue, bizarre life-threatening experiences and a very incompetent murder plot. An off-beat comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-31
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All or Nothing
Overview: Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Trust Me
Overview: Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a publisher, things start to go seriously wrong.
Genres: Comedy Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-25
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Skellig
Overview: An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across something mysterious, a strange creature huddled in the corner; weak of body but strong of will. This is Skellig.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-27
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High Hopes
Overview: Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-13
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Lena, O My Lena
Overview: Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He's smitten with a girl named Lena who works in a machine shop next door and takes her out despite a bullying driver claiming her for himself.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-25
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Jungle Street
Overview: In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes by double crossing the blackmailer by stealing the money and his girlfriend to boot. Unfortunately the police are in hot pursuit.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-07
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Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Crime Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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44 Inch Chest
Overview: Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-08
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Tube Tales
Overview: Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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The Canterville Ghost
Overview: 'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the popularity. It is a witty spoof about a ghost and the 'haunted' mansion where a rich American family start to live. In this story, the family are not annoyed by the presence of the ghost; no, it is the ghost who is annoyed by the family who just refuse to be terrified. After all, why should we be scared by an old man wearing rusty coat of mail, whose best trick is to walk in the middle of night making big noises?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-31
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More Deadly than the Male
Overview: An American in London kills the husband of a woman he covets. She returns the favor by killing his fiancée.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-19
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The Wind of Change
Overview: Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decolonisation in Africa, The Wind of Change showed the other side of the coin: the impact of colonial immigration at 'home'. The film deals with the 'colour problem' within the context of Teddy boy violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-03-01
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King of the Ghetto
Overview: An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run down area of London's east end
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-01
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Stuart: A Life Backwards
Overview: Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-23
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Gas and Candles
Overview: Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-01
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Brazen Hussies
Overview: After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner Maureen Hardcastle decides to spice up her flagging business by turning it into a male stripper club, with the help of untrustworthy businessman Billy Bowman.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-30
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Another Year
Overview: During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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Goodbye Charlie Bright
Overview: Following Charlie Bright and his friends over one hot summer on the South London housing estate where they live. With Tommy about to join the army and Francis having fallen in love, friendships and loyalties are tested as the friends drift in their own directions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-11
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Pasmore
Overview: Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-21
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Under the Skin
Overview: "When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins." - Kipling. Polly writes for a magazine producing glamorous makeovers for young women. Befriending a member of the women's movement prompts her to re-examine her own feminist values.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-19
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