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The Confession (1967)
Character: Mrs. Hamilton
What is the mystery behind the murder of an apparently innocent man? Who was so afraid of the secrets he knew that they would kill him?
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They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
Character: Agnes
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
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Madonna and Child (1980)
Character: Robert's mother
A middle-aged British man struggles to reconcile his homosexuality and his Catholic upbringing.
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Room at the Top (1958)
Character: Vera (uncredited)
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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Dulcima (1971)
Character: Mrs Gaskain
Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...
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The Omen (1976)
Character: Mrs. Horton
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
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Man in the Wilderness (1971)
Character: Grace's Mother
In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.
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Violent Playground (1958)
Character: Mrs. Catlin
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
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Madness of the Heart (1949)
Character: Nun
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.
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Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Character: Miss Bailey
A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
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Lease of Life (1954)
Character: Mistress of Ceremonies
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Character: Mother of Young Patient (uncredited)
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Character: Mum
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?
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Demons of the Mind (1972)
Character: Old Crone
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.
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October Moth (1960)
Character: The Woman
A mentally ill farm worker comes to believe that an injured car crash victim is his mother and becomes so unhinged that he turns to murder.
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Value for Money (1955)
Character: Mrs. Hall (uncredited)
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
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The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
Character: Broadbents' Maid (uncredited)
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."
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The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
Character: Robert's Mother
In stark black and white, Terence Davies excavates the life of his fictional alter ego, Robert Tucker, in a narrative that slips between childhood, middle age and death, shaping the raw materials of his own life into a rich tapestry of experiences and impressions.
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Flame (1975)
Character: Charlie's Mum
Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This build-up from rags to riches is a parody of realism and grit, with double-dealings and harsh unforgiving dog eat dog mentalities, and the golden rule; if you play with matches then you're going to get burnt, in the flames of the music industry.
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