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The Winter's Tale (1968)
Character: Paulina
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.
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Foreign Affaires (1935)
Character: Sophie
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!
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Jane Steps Out (1938)
Character: Jane Wilton
Wallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatrice sets her cap for Jane's erstwhile boy friend Basil Gilbert, she goes a shade too far. For once, the worm turns, and Jane fights tooth and nail to win her man back. A retelling of the Cinderella story.
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Sally Bishop (1932)
Character: Typist
Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness.
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Pot Luck (1936)
Character: N/A
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
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Dishonour Bright (1936)
Character: Ivy Lamb Champion
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.
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Law and Disorder (1940)
Character: Janet Preston
On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by a satisfactory cast.
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The Dominant Sex (1937)
Character: Angela Shale
A mature comedy based on the hit stage play in which a loving but strained marriage is put to the test!
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Sensation (1936)
Character: Maisie Turnpit
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
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Yes, Madam? (1938)
Character: Sally Galt
The hilarious tale of two cousins who must complete a period in domestic service in order to receive an inheritance.
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Castle of Crimes (1940)
Character: Betty Harlowe
A wealthy French widow is poisoned in her home, Inspector Hanaud investigates..
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The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
Character: Annie Larkins
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he eventually resorts to desperate measures to break free. His random wanderings in the countryside lead him to a new opportunity that just might be what he's been looking for all along.
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Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Character: Kathleen Scott
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
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Winston Churchill : Un géant dans le siècle (2014)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.
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School for Husbands (1937)
Character: Marion Carter
A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter and Morgan Cheswick, off to Paris so they can be free for one night of fun and frolic. The husbands are all for this as they think it will cure their wives of being infatuated with this man-about-town. And they might run into some fun in Paris. Actually, the philanderer is the one who put the idea in their heads to go away so the coast will be clear for his marauding raid party, with no intentions of curing anybody of anything.
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Housemaster (1938)
Character: Rosemary Faringdon
Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils.
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Service for Ladies (1932)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
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