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I leoni di Pietroburgo (1972)
Character: Tamila
Eldar Kan fights alongside the oppressed in 19th-century Russia. However, he is unaware that he descends from an ancient noble family. Kan's actions stand in the way of the expansionist ambitions of two noble families, who seek to eliminate him, even resorting to kidnapping his girlfriend, Tamila.
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Dark Possession (1954)
Character: Emily Bell
A woman is accused by a poison-pen letter of murdering her husband.
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Run Like a Thief (1954)
Character: Madame Pollard
Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive bracelet lost by Pollard and begs to keep. The police are called and Alexander's dreams of his future begin to crumble.
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Character: Duchesse de Praslin
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess as the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow.
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
Character: Ellen O'Hara
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
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Angel Face (1953)
Character: Mrs. Catherine Tremayne
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
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When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Character: Madeleine
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.
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The Toy Wife (1938)
Character: Louise Brigard
A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.
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The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Character: Helen Randolph
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
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I Am the Law (1938)
Character: Jerry Lindsay
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organized crime.
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The Nun's Story (1959)
Character: Mother Didyma
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
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Shining Victory (1941)
Character: Miss Leeming
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
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Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
Character: Sally Painter
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
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Stella Dallas (1937)
Character: Helen Morrison
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
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Flame of the Islands (1955)
Character: Charmaine Duryea
An administrative assistant who may or may not have been the mistress of her firm’s deceased client receives a payout from the dead man’s widow and uses it to buy a stake in a Caribbean casino. In addition to being a neophyte empresario she’s a nightclub singer and several men lust after her.
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Whirlpool (1950)
Character: Theresa "Terry" Randolph
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
Character: Miss Robey
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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I Remember Mama (1948)
Character: Jessie Brown
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
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Tower of London (1939)
Character: Queen Elyzabeth
In the 15th century, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother, King Edward IV of England.
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