#thora hird

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Christopher Beeny and Thora Hird in "In Loving Memory"

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Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1.1, LWT, 1978)

"She's not one of these lesbians, is she?"

"What do you know about lesbians?"

"You'd be surprised at what I know. There's more in my head than nits. Oh, there was a talk about them on Woman's Hour. Cos I can't see what folks make all the fuss about. It's only women and other women. Like me and Mrs. Goodall."

"You and Mrs. Goodall?"

"Friends! Doing things together."

"Doing what together?"

"Having tea at Marshall and Snelgrove's."

"Having tea at Marshall and Snelgrove's isn't lesbianism."

"It's only liking being with other women."

"Not in Marshall and Snelgrove's."

"Well, where, then?"

"Bed. You brought the subject up."

"Well. So. Anyway, I've been in bed with other women."

"Who?"

"Your Aunty Phyllis, for a start."

"Aunty Phyllis isn't women!"

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Dame Thora Hird.

British Actress & Icon.

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[georgefairbrother]

Remembering British actress and comedienne, Patsy Rowlands, who passed away January 22nd, 2005, aged 74.

Having won a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, her career spanned more than fifty years. She appeared in nine Carry On films, including the most profitable of all, Carry on Loving, and left an impressive body of work in British television and on stage, in comedy, musicals and quality drama.

She created an enduring comic persona of a slightly desperate, middle-aged single woman on the make, generally working as a secretary or housekeeper, or as in the Please Sir movie, a fellow teacher at Fenn Street in love with Mr Hedges (John Alderton).

She starred opposite Thora Hird in a sitcom based on the Salvation Army, Hallelujah (1983-84), appeared in The Bill, and in 1992 had a memorable cameo as Spudgun's mum, Mrs Potato, in the Rik Mayall/ Ade Edmondson comedy Bottom.

Her final screen credit was for a dramatic role in the family saga, The Cazalets (2001).

She had a great moment with Kenneth Williams in Carry on at Your Convenience (1971). After the WC Boggs and Son works outing, Mr Boggs himself (Kenneth Williams) finds himself unclothed and in the bed of his secretary, Miss Withering. She was given possibly one of the great Carry On lines;

"Don't worry, I know what a man looks like, you know...and you're not all that much different..."

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Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer (Tony Richardson, 1960)

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Daniel Massey, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Thora Hird. Screenplay: John Osborne, Nigel Kneale, based on a play by Osborne. Cinematography: Oswald Morris.  Art direction: Ralph W. Brinton. Film editing: Alan Orbiston. Music: John Addison.

Sleazy old Archie Rice was one of Laurence Olivier's theatrical triumphs, proof that a classical actor, renowned for his Hamlet and Oedipus and Coriolanus, could take on the "kitchen-sink realism" of an Angry Young Man, John Osborne, and add glory to his already celebrated name. But the film version is an example of the difficulties that have to be overcome when a play is translated into a movie. For even though Tony Richardson, who directed the 1957 Royal Court Theatre version, also directed the film, and the play's author did the screenplay as well (in collaboration with Nigel Kneale), the movie lacks energy. The play alternates between what's going on in Archie Rice's house and his performances on stage, whereas the film "opens up" to show the English seaside resort town where Archie's music-hall is located, and some of the events that are merely narrated in the play, such as Archie's affair with a young woman whose family he tries to persuade to back him in a new show, are dramatized in the movie. Olivier's creation of the "dead behind the eyes" Archie is superb, and his music-hall turns in the film manage to suggest that even though he was a hack as a performer Archie could have held an audience's attention, though it's clear that seeing Olivier on an actual stage would have had a stronger impact from sheer immediacy. The cast is uniformly fine: Brenda de Banzie as Archie's second wife, Roger Livesey as his father (Livesey was in fact only a year older than Olivier), Joan Plowright as his daughter, and making their film debuts, Alan Bates and Albert Finney as his sons. But in the end it's a collection of impressive performances in service of a not very involving story of a self-destructive man and his dysfunctional family.

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Astrological Outlook and Personality Analysis for Individuals with a May 28th Birthday

They are individuals with an honorable disposition, who take a stab at fulfillment throughout everyday life and complete satisfaction. They are delicate in their disposition, spellbinding and sensitive, by and large getting it. His attitude is cordial, frequently smooth. They like to dress richly, they are described by a decent memory. They appreciate thinking and reflecting in isolation. All things considered, his creative mind isn't especially evolved. As a rule, they show specific scholarly and logical interests. They readily offer guidance. They are together as one and harmony. At the point when they figure out how to effectively utilize their abilities, they can accomplish an elevated degree of mental and profound turn of events. They are enamored with affection, with which they will feel blissful. They additionally prefer to play cupid with their companions. In a relationship, they take a stab at progress, a wide viewpoint, and freedom. Ladies can have various professions. With age, they become increasingly imperious, anxious and fretful, with a propensity to limits. You can have two relationships or involved acquaintances. Astrological Outlook and Personality Analysis for Individuals with a May 28th Birthday 

 On the off chance that your birthday is May 28, your zodiac sign is Gemini May 28 - character and character character: characterized, ready, sensitive, miserable, inactive, dubious; calling: classicist, undertaker, chief; colors: orange, blue, sky blue; stone: orthoclase; creature: dolphin; plant: Jacaranda tree; fortunate numbers: 9,12,14,40,43,59 very fortunate number: 33 Occasions and observances - May 28 Venezuela: Jacinto Lara's Birthday Day. Spain: Public Sustenance Day: Almazul (Soria): gala of the Virgin. Global: World Orienteering Sports Day. Latin America and the Caribbean: Global Day of Activity for Ladies' Wellbeing. Mexico: Optional Understudy Day US: Remembrance Day (public occasion). Argentina: Kindergarten Day. Argentina: Public Stylized Day, laid out by Declaration No. 1574/93. May 28 Superstar Birthday celebrations. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1902: Luis Cდ©sar Amadori, Argentine producer (d. 1977). 1908: Ian Fleming, English essayist and entertainer, maker of James Bond (d. 1964). 1909: Israel Roa, Chilean expressionist painter (d. 2002). 1910: T-Bone Walker, American artist (d. 1975). 1910: Rachel Kempson, English entertainer (d. 2003). 1911: Thora Hird, English entertainer (d. 2003). 1912: Patrick White, Australian essayist, 1973 Nobel Prize Victor (d. 1990). 1915: Joseph Greenberg, American etymologist. 1916: Walker Percy, American creator (d. 1990). 1917: Barry Ordinary citizen, American researcher and lawmaker (d. 2012). 1921: Luis Jaime Cisneros Vizquerra, Peruvian etymologist and teacher (d. 2011). 1921: Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999). 1922: Agustდ­n Piru Gaდ­nza, Spanish footballer (d. 1995). 1923: Gyდ¶rgy Lდ­gueti, Hungarian writer (d. 2006). 1925: Bდ¼lent Ecevit, Turkish government official (d. 2006). 1925: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone, guide and musicologist. 1926: Russ Freeman, American musician and author (d. 2002). 1928: Nemesio Fernდ¡ndez-Cuesta Illana, Spanish government official, market analyst and money manager (f. 2009). 1931: Carroll Bread cook, American entertainer. 1931: Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (d. 2014). 1932: Chiquito de la Calzada (Gregorio Esteban Sდ¡nchez Fernდ¡ndez), Spanish comedian (f. 2017). 1938: Leonardo Favio, Argentine artist, author, entertainer and producer (d. 2012). 1938: Jerry West, American ball player. 1940: Maeve Binchy, Irish author (d. 2012). 1941: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American student of history (d. 2007). 1941: Diego Puerta, Spanish matador (d. 2011). 1942 - Stanley B. Prusiner, American natural chemist and nervous system specialist. 1943: Elena Suliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004). 1944: Gladys Knight, American artist. 1944: Carlos Solchaga, Spanish government official and financial expert. 1944: Rudolph Giuliani, American lawmaker, previous city hall leader of New York. 1944: Jean-Pierre Lდ©aud, French entertainer. 1945: John Fogerty, American artist, of the band Creedence Clearwater Recovery. 1945: Fix Adams, American specialist and dissident. 1946: Marcelino Hernდ¡ndez Rodrდ­guez, Mexican priest. 1947: Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist. 1947: Sondra Locke, American entertainer. 1947: Leland Sklar, American writer and bassist, of the band The Part and Time. 1948: Pierre Rapsat, Belgian artist musician (d. 2002). 1949: Wendy O. Williams, American artist, of the band Plasmatics (d. 1998). 1950: Kamala, American grappler. 1954: Yuri Yegდ³rov, Russian musician (d. 1988). 1955: John McGeoch, Scottish artist, of the groups Magazine and Appearance. 1956: Sayuri, Japanese voice entertainer (d. 2012). 1957: Kirk Gibson, American baseball player. 1959: Juan Luis Gimდ©nez, Spanish guitarist, of the band Presuntos implicados. 1960: Pastora Vega, Spanish entertainer. 1960: Pacho Rodrდ­guez, Colombian cyclist. 1960: Imprint Sanford, American government official. 1962: James Michael Tyler, American entertainer. 1963: Marc Antoine, French jazz guitarist and writer. 1963: Gavin Harrison, English artist, of the groups Porcupine Tree and Ruler Dark red. 1963: Ramდ³n Salazar, Spanish producer. 1964: Christa Mill operator, American entertainer. 1964: Phil Vassar, American artist and musician. 1964: Armen Gilliam, previous American NBA ball player (d. 2011). 1964: Zsa Padilla, Filipino artist and entertainer. 1966: Maiamar Abrodos, Argentine trans entertainer and educator. 1966: Ashley Laurence, American entertainer. 1967: Glen Rice, American ball player. 1968: Kylie Minogue, Australian artist. 1969: Justin Kirk, American entertainer. 1970: Glenn Quinn, Irish entertainer (f. 2002). 1971: Marco Rubio, American government official. 1972: Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist. 1972: Antal Kovდ¡cs, Hungarian judoka. 1972: Chiara Mastroianni, Italian entertainer. 1972: Doriva, Brazilian soccer player. 1974: Hans-Jდ¶rg Butt, German footballer. 1974: Romain Duris, French entertainer. 1976: Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnastic specialist. 1976: Denisse Malebrდ¡n, Chilean artist and musician, entertainer of the band Saiko. 1979: Jesse Bradford, American entertainer. 1979: Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi psychological oppressor who partook in 9/11 (d. 2001). 1980: Imprint Feehily, Irish artist, of the band Westlife. 1980: Miguel Pდ©rez Aracil, Spanish footballer. 1981: Adam Green, American artist and vocalist. 1981: Gდ¡bor Talmდ¡csi, Hungarian cruiser racer. 1981: Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player. 1981: Adam Green, artist, lyricist and American producer, of the band The Rotten Peaches. 1982: Alexa Davalos, American entertainer. 1982: Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player. 1983: Toby Hemingway, English entertainer. 1983: Humberto Sდ¡nchez, Dominican baseball player 1984: Beth Allen, New Zealand entertainer. 1985: Colbie Caillat, American artist of pop and country. 1985: Pablo Andrდ©s Gonzდ¡lez, Argentine footballer. 1985: Carey Mulligan, English entertainer. 1986: Seth Rollins, American grappler. 1986: Jaslene Gonzდ¡lez, Puerto Rican model. 1986: Charles N'Zogbia, French soccer player. 1988: Craig Kimbrel, American baseball player. 1988: Meisa Kuroki, entertainer, vocalist and Japanese model. 1990: Rohan Dennis, Australian cyclist. 1990: June Valverde, Spanish entertainer. 1990: Kyle Walker, English footballer. 1999: Cameron Boyce, American entertainer, artist and model.

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Thora Hird (1911-2003)

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Conspirator (1949) Victor Saville

May 9th 2021

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In Loving Memory - ITV - November 4, 1969 - March 27, 1986

Sitcom (37 episodes)

Running Time: 30 minutes

Stars:

Thora Hird as Ivy Unsworth

Christopher Beeny as Billy Henshaw

Sherrie Hewson as Doreen Nesbitt (1979–1980) / Mary Henshaw (née Braithwaite) (1984–1986)

Colin Farrell as Ernie Hadfield

Avis Bunnage as Amy Jenkinson (series 1-3)

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Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Afternoon Off (1.4, LWT, 1979)

"We have a black vicar comes here. He's black, yet he's Church of England. Beautifully spoken. And he's got lovely hands. Course, it's all in the melting pot now, isn't it? Foreign doctors, black vicars, the physio's Hungarian, and Muriel over there, she has a home help that comes from Poland!"

"Not every week?"

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A Kind of Loving (1961) dir. John Schlesinger

Starring: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, James Bolam, Thora Hird

"How dare you, how dare you say such filthy disgusting things. You filthy upstart. You come into the house drunk, filthy drunk. You're filthy. You talk filth, you are filth. You're filth. You filthy pig. You filthy disgusting pig."

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The Nightcomers will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 7 via Kino Lorber Studio Classics. The 1971 movie serves as a prequel to Henry James' influential 1898 gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw.

Directed by Michael Winner (Death Wish, The Sentinel), the British horror film stars Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews and Anna Palk. 

Special features are below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Michael Winner

Audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger (new)

Introduction by director Michael Winner

Theatrical teaser

Theatrical trailer

Captivating and disturbing, this highly intense psychological drama with its haunting, twisted notion of sexuality puts a new spin on the characters from Henry James’ celebrated ghost story, The Turn of the Screw.

Marlon Brando stars as Quint, a gardener who powerfully impacts the lives of young orphans Miles and Flora, who are left in the care of their governess (Stephanie Beacham) and housekeeper (Thora Hird). Obsessed with the charismatic Quint, the children are mesmerized by his warped views of love and life and soon pattern their own lives after his crude, secret courtship with their governess. When the housekeeper finds out about the lovers’ relationship, she decides to fire them, leaving the bereft children to take matters into their own chilling hands.

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Nightcomers - Kauhujen yö / Nightcomers, The (1971) Nordic Video https://www.videospace.fi/release/nightcomers_kauhujen_yo_vhs_nordic_video_finland

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June Ritchie and Alan Bates in A Kind of Loving (John Schlesinger, 1962) Cast: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird, Bert Palmer, Pat Keen, James Bolam, Jack Smethurst, Gwen Nelson, John Ronane, David Mahlowe, Patsy Rowlands. Screenplay: Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse, based on a novel by Stan Barstow. Cinematography: Denys N. Coop. Art direction: Ray Simm. Film editing: Roger Cherrill. Music: Ron Grainer. What we call "the Fifties" -- including the sexual naïveté and conformity to societal norms -- lasted well into the 1960s, as John Schlesinger's first feature film, A Kind of Loving, demonstrates. It also features Alan Bates in his first starring role as Vic Brown, a young man who lets his hormones and adherence to the values of his working-class family and dreary factory town trap him into a marriage to Ingrid Rothwell, a young woman he quickly falls out of love with. Bates is still a bit green as a film actor -- he hasn't yet developed the sexy bravura that would make him a star in films like Philippe de Broca's King of Hearts (1966), Ken Russell's Women in Love (1969), Joseph Losey's The Go-Between (1971), or Paul Mazursky's An Unmarried Woman (1968) -- but he gives a convincing performance. June Ritchie, who plays the tempting but essentially innocent Ingrid in what was also her debut film, never made it as a big star in an era dominated by the likes of Julie Christie, Vanessa Redgrave, and Glenda Jackson. The film's villain is Thora Hird as Ingrid's sour, shrewish, widowed mother, who dooms whatever chances the marriage had. The film is a bit slow to start -- it spends too much time on establishing Vic's family and work milieu before settling down to the business of the ill-fated relationship of Vic and Ingrid -- and it's less successful in its portrayal of the postwar British working class than such films as Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and Tony Richardson's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962).

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Consuming Passions

Dir: Giles Foster, 1988

Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones, are incredibly gifted in their wit and imagination regarding all things dark. Adding their own secret ingredient to a rather fragile formula, Jones and Palin can make comedy out of the absurd and grotesque.

Their 1973 BBC teleplay, Secrets, is here updated and expanded upon; guided by the constraints of cinema etiquette…