Wendy Hiller

AKA: Dame Wendy Hiller, Уэнди Хиллер
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1912-08-15

Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK

Biography

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Separate Tables (1958).

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {58}

Alice More

1966-12-13 7.339

A Man for All Seasons

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in Englan ...
Genre :Drama, History

Self - Interviewee

1994-02-22 6.2

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

Nancy Franklin was so overwhelmed by the film 'I Know Where I'm Going!' (1945) that she traveled from New York to the Western Isles of Scotland to see the places where it was made and to find out more ...
Genre :Documentary

Mothershead

1980-10-09 8.05

The Elephant Man

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity ...
Genre :Drama, History

Prinzessin Dragomiroff

1974-11-22 7.1

Murder on the Orient Express

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Janet Mackenzie

1982-12-04 6.3

Witness for the Prosecution

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Le ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Herself

1960-04-01 0

Mining Review 13th Year No. 8

The 152nd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: '35 Years After', 'Stormy Genius' ( documenting the filming of 'Sons and Lovers'), 'East Wemyss' and 'Lot 150'. ...
Genre :Documentary

Eliza Doolittle

1938-10-06 6.98

Pygmalion

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Attracta

1983-06-01 0

Attracta

An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past. ...
Genre :

Aunt D'Arcy

1987-12-23 6.483

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she ha ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Pat Cooper

1958-12-18 6.967

Separate Tables

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Lucinda Bentley

1953-06-11 6.8

Sailor of the King

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, War

Major Barbara Undershaft

1941-05-14 6.7

Major Barbara

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolp ...
Genre :Comedy

Gertrude Morel

1960-06-23 6.4

Sons and Lovers

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mo ...
Genre :Drama

Joan Webster

1945-11-16 7

I Know Where I'm Going!

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to contin ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Comedy

Alison Crosby

1978-11-01 5.667

The Cat and the Canary

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose. ...
Genre :Horror, Comedy, Mystery

Mrs. Almayer

1951-11-15 5.8

Outcast of the Islands

After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure

Anna Berniers

1963-07-31 5.905

Toys in the Attic

Julian Berniers returns from Illinois with his young bride Lily Prine to the family in New Orleans. His spinster sisters Carrie and Anna welcome the couple, who arrive with expensive gifts. The sister ...
Genre :Drama

Elizabeth Newton

1957-05-08 5.4

Something of Value

As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the s ...
Genre :Drama, War

Lady Slane

1986-12-09 8.5

All Passion Spent

his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged French maid Genoux (Eileen Way), who has served he ...
Genre :Drama

Edith Clitterbern

1957-06-01 6.7

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

A broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Mrs. Micawber

1969-12-01 5.4

David Copperfield

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Lady Bracknell

1981-01-01 0

The Importance of Being Earnest

Adaptation from Oscar Wilde's play. ...
Genre :

Laurentia McLachlan

1991-01-01 1

The Best of Friends

Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Sir Sydney Cockerell (museum curator), and George Be ...
Genre :

Countess Alice von Holzendorf

1993-01-24 0

The Countess Alice

A reporter is assigned a then-and-now piece on a 50-year old photospread of three society beauties. One of them, Lady Alice Munroe, now the widowed Grafin von Holzendorf, has agreed to be interviewed. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Miss Elizabeth Morison

1981-05-10 4

Miss Morison's Ghosts

Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles Palace in France. After they tell their story to a ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller, TV Movie

Mrs Margaret Harris

1987-05-19 7.9

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and finds herself at Kingsp ...
Genre :Family, Drama, Romance

Daisy - Lady Carlion

1981-10-20 7

Country

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present head of the bu ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Winnie Bates

1982-02-12 6.8

Making Love

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mrs. Abercrombie

1978-02-08 0

Last Wishes

An elderly recluse dies in the process of changing her will. The change would have meant that the servants would continue to live in her house - now it seems they will be homeless. ...
Genre :

Adela

1989-01-01 0

Ending Up

A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wro ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Evelyn

1983-01-01 8

The Kingfisher

An elderly couple are reunited after fifty years. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy

Princess Vilma

1980-05-08 4.3

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure that the valuable artifacts in its chambers never le ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Aemilla

1983-12-24 6

The Comedy of Errors

Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Rebecca Lara Weiler

1976-12-22 6

Voyage of the Damned

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Narrator (voice)

1951-01-02 0

To Be a Woman

Documentary arguing the case for equal pay for women. Women are seen employed in their homes, in factories, teaching, nursing, in politics and in the professions. There are also some newsreel shots of ...
Genre :Documentary

Duchess of York

1978-12-10 7.5

Richard II

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in h ...
Genre :Drama, History, TV Movie

Matchett

1987-05-03 8

The Death of the Heart

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentio ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1957-01-01 0

Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners. ...
Genre :Documentary

Betty Lovejoy

1938-05-30 0

Lancashire Luck

Genre :Comedy

Mme. Avilova

1968-02-11 0

From Chekhov with Love

Based on Anton Chekhov's short story, "About Love". Starring John Gielgud as Chekhov. ...
Genre :Drama

Louisa

1979-03-24 6.7

Tales of the Unexpected

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plet ...
Genre :Drama

Margaret Rose

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Janet Mackenzie

1951-12-24 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of tel ...
Genre :Drama

Laura Siddons

1955-10-02 7.768

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Anne Hutchinson

1964-11-08 5

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pu ...
Genre :War & Politics, Drama

1955-10-31 5

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was prod ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1953-03-19 6.961

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is ...
Genre :

Lady Slane

1986-12-09 7

All Passion Spent

With the death of her husband, elderly Lady Slane deals with a succession of advice from her large flock of middle-aged children. The family is chagrined by, but honors, her choice to live a modest co ...
Genre :

Princess Victoria

1986-01-26 5

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy was a British television series which first aired on ITV in 1986. It depicts Lord Mountbatten's time as Viceroy of India shortly after the Second World War in the da ...
Genre :Drama

Daisy - Lady Carlion

1970-10-15 6.3

Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original tel ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs Margaret Harris

1987-05-19 8.5

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and finds herself at Kingsp ...
Genre :Drama, Family

1988-10-14 4.833

A Taste for Death

Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulter ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

1955-09-25 0

Lilli Palmer Theatre

A half-hour anthology series. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Lady Bracknell

1971-01-28 5.762

Great Performances

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performan ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Harriet

1965-10-19 5

BBC Play of the Month

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stag ...
Genre :Drama

Lily Moffat

1965-10-19 5

BBC Play of the Month

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stag ...
Genre :Drama

Justine Putet

1972-02-18 5

Clochemerle

Clochemerle is a 1972 British–West German television comedy based on Gabriel Chevallier's 1934 novel of the same name, with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson adapting the text. Filmed on location in France, ...
Genre :Comedy

Great Aunt Dymphna/Great-Aunt Dymphna

1968-09-01 0

The Growing Summer

“The Growing Summer,” on the ITV network, tomorrow (8.15) features Wendy Hiller. “The Growing Summer,” a novel for children by Noel Streatfeild, has been dramatised for television by Eric Thompson. Th ...
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