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Save a Little Sunshine (1938)
Character: Mrs. Melworthy
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.
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Stolen Life (1939)
Character: Cook
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
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The Outsider (1931)
Character: Pritchard
An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
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Ebb Tide (1932)
Character: Landlady
A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.
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Let the People Sing (1942)
Character: Lady Foxfield
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
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To Oblige a Lady (1931)
Character: Mrs. Higgins
A couple rent a luxury flat and try to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative.
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The Improper Duchess (1936)
Character: Baroness Kamp
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
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His Lordship Regrets (1938)
Character: Lady Kentford
The impoverished Lord Cavender woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan, only to find that his secretary Mary, whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.
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Murder in the Family (1938)
Character: Aunt Octavia
After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
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The Jewel (1933)
Character: Mme. Vanheim
A family heirloom is stolen and the family attempts to recover it.
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The Yellow Claw (1921)
Character: Denise Ryland
A frightened woman is murdered in the London apartment of a well-known novelist named Henry Leroux. The police arrest Leroux's butler, but he escapes and runs off to a mysterious opium den, the lair of a drug dealer named Mister King. Gaston Max, a detective from Paris, arrives in London to investigate the drug trafficking. Although the police take down the gang, Mr. King escapes and manages to keep his true identity a secret.
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Prince of Arcadia (1933)
Character: The Queen
A Ruritanian Prince is due to marry a princess with acting ambitions, but he has fallen in love with another woman.
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The Sins Ye Do (1924)
Character: Governess
A divorced knight nearly becomes the lover of his married daughter.
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All Hands (1940)
Character: Café Manageress
From a series of films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators. This Ealing Studios production features well-known 1940s actor John Mills, playing a sailor who then divulges his sailing details to his girlfriend aloud.. The consequences prove disastrous when his boat next leaves to cross the English Channel.
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East of Ludgate Hill (1937)
Character: Gladys Monkton
When the City stockbroker firm of Macintyre & Son records a substantial yearly profit, its senior staff are each promised a £50 bonus. But their hasty plans for spending their windfalls are put in jeopardy the following morning, as a set of negotiable bonds are discovered missing.
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Love, Life and Laughter (1923)
Character: His Wife
Love, Life and Laughter tells the story of a pair of working class youngsters with big dreams – a cheery chorus girl and a serious writer. The film toys with our expectations, blurring the boundaries of reverie and reality; tragedy and comedy. Directed by George Pearson, the film was considered lost for many years until in March 2014 when a copy was discovered in an old Dutch cinema.
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Sally Bishop (1932)
Character: Landlady
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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The Man Who Won (1918)
Character: Mrs. Cooper
A proud architect learns his vicar's daughter is adopted, so she weds a workman who inherits a fortune.
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Alf's Button (1930)
Character: Mrs.Gaskins
A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
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Pearls Bring Tears (1937)
Character: Mrs. Vane
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
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All That Glitters (1936)
Character: Mrs. Payne-Coade
A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.
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The Silent Passenger (1935)
Character: Old Lady Passenger
A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)
Character: Lady Caroline Claydon
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.
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Saloon Bar (1940)
Character: Mrs. Truscott
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
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The Good Companions (1933)
Character: Mrs. James Tarvin
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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Abdul the Damned (1935)
Character: Therese's Train Companion
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
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The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Character: The Cook's Wife (uncredited)
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
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Gert and Daisy's Weekend (1942)
Character: Lady Plumtree
Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in the country.
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Stamboul (1931)
Character: Nurse
In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul in the Ottoman Empire.
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Lend Me Your Husband (1935)
Character: Mother
A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
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Innocent (1921)
Character: Housekeeper
An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. Subsequently, she has an affair with a painter named Amadis de Jocelyn, who later dumps her.
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Men of Tomorrow (1932)
Character: Mrs. Oliphant
In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex roles, Shepherd leaves Jane when she accepts a teaching post at Oxford. He later changes his views, and the couple is reunited.
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Cottage to Let (1941)
Character: Lady Wrapping Parcels For The Bazaar (uncredited)
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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Thunder in the City (1937)
Character: Lady Challoner
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
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Tiptoes (1927)
Character: Aunt
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
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Service for Ladies (1932)
Character: Duchess (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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Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
Character: Mrs. Caldwell
Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
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