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Grazina Frame
Grazina Frame (born Lydia Anna Grazina Obrycha; 6 November 1941, Fylde, Lancashire, England) is an English stage and screen actress, singer and voice double Early life Grazina Frame was born as Lydia Anna Grazina Obrycha to Polish parents Zena Frame (mother) and Karol Jan Obrycki (father). She attended the Aida Foster Drama School and began her career as Grazina Obrycki. Television She first appeared on television as a servant girl in ''A Time to be Born'', a Christmas play, for BBC Television (24 December 1953). On television, she appeared as entertainer ''Gloria Marsh'' in the 19 October 1969 episode of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) " That's How Murder Snowballs", and in series Up Pompeii! (1970), The Fenn Street Gang (1971), Doctor in Charge (1972) and The Morecambe and Wise Show as a regular from 1971 to 1974, playing supporting roles to the legendary comedians. Her latest screen appearance was in the 1996 television movie ''Cuts''. Stage She appeared as ''Mavis'', a ''V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Fylde
The Borough of Fylde is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It covers part of the Fylde plain, after which it is named. The council's headquarters are in St Annes. Some council departments, including Planning and an office of the Registrar, were previously located in Wesham, but in 2007 these offices were transferred to the ownership of the NHS North Lancashire Primary Care Trust and have since been replaced by a new housing development. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 75,757. Fylde borough was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Lytham St Annes, Kirkham Urban District, and Fylde Rural District. It borders the unitary Authority of Blackpool, along with the Preston, South Ribble, West Lancashire and Wyre districts. The armorial arms of the borough bear the motto of the former Fylde RDC "Gaudeat Ager" from Psalm 96: 'Let the field (Fylde) be jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri Peters
Lauri Peters (born Patricia Peterson; July 2, 1943) is an American actress, dancer, singer, drama teacher, and author. Career Peters created the role of Liesl Von Trapp in the original 1959 Broadway production of ''The Sound of Music''. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical, which she shared with her sibling castmates. She was married to actor Jon Voight (1962–67), whom she met when he joined the cast as Nazi messenger boy Rolfe, with whom Liesl shares a song ("Sixteen Going on Seventeen") and an attraction. She can be heard on the show's cast album, which has sold more than three million copies in the US. In Britain, she is probably best known as Cliff Richard's romantic lead in the 1963 film '' Summer Holiday''. On film, she also acted alongside Fabian, James Stewart, and Sidney Poitier. She appeared as Moll in the revival of Marc Blitzstein's ''The Cradle Will Rock'' directed by Howard Da Silva. Although she worked pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Pompeii!
''Up Pompeii!'' is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the ''Carry On'' films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991 and a film adaptation was released in 1971. Background ''Up Pompeii!'' first appeared in the Comedy Playhouse series, after Michael Mills and Tom Sloan from BBC Comedy and Light Entertainment visited the ruins of Pompeii. Since Mills had recently seen Frankie Howerd in the stage musical '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' he casually remarked to Sloan that he half expected Howerd to suddenly appear round the corner. Sloan had replied 'Why not?', and the idea took root. Talbot Rothwell was invited to write a script and the designer Sally Hulke visited Pompeii with a sketch book and camera to ensure realism and authenticity. A slight variation of this is re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV Series) Episodes
This is an episode summary of British TV comedy show '' The Morecambe & Wise Show'', starring Morecambe and Wise. This was the first show of this title to be broadcast, and ran on BBC2 and BBC1 for a total of nine series, plus eight Christmas specials, between 1968 and 1977. Overview The episodes produced for the BBC between 1968 and 1977 by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise are generally considered to be their best output; From series two, all were written by Eddie Braben (save for the 1972 and 1976 Christmas shows which were penned by John Junkin and Barry Cryer) these programmes used a familiar format of opening spot with the duo in front of their familiar "tabs", followed by a musical guest, sketches, another musical guest followed by a scene in the fictional flat, either in bed or in the lounge greeting star guests, usually a play "What Ern Wrote" and the closing song and credits. This format was occasionally not used but was considered the "norm" during the pair's BBC years. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Holiday (album)
''Summer Holiday'' is a soundtrack album by Cliff Richard and The Shadows to the film of the same name. It is their second film soundtrack album and Richard's eighth album overall. The album topped the UK Albums Chart for 14 weeks. Three singles from the album were released. Before the album release both "The Next Time" and "Bachelor Boy" (A- and B-side respectively) had already been hits. This was followed by " Summer Holiday" and lastly "Foot Tapper" (by the Shadows). All three singles topped the UK Singles Chart. Rare Release A "special edition" double-album (limited to 80 copies) was given to the cast and crew of the movie and has since become very collectible, with an original selling for £498 in 2010. Track listing Side one #"Seven Days to a Holiday" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra, The Michael Sammes Singers) # " Summer Holiday" (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Norrie Paramor Strings) #"Let Us Take You for a Ride" (Cliff Richard, A.B.S. Orchestra, The Michael S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Ones (album)
''The Young Ones'' is a soundtrack album by Cliff Richard and the Shadows to the '' film of the same name''. It is their first soundtrack album and Richard's sixth album overall. It was produced by Norrie Paramor, with music by Ronald Cass and Stanley Black. The album topped the UK Albums Chart for six weeks (with another eleven weeks at number two) and charted for 42 weeks in total when the chart was a top twenty. The album became the first UK soundtrack to sell more than one million copies in total, combining UK and international sales. Three singles were released from the album, the first two prior to the album release. " When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart" was released in October 1961 and reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. The Shadows' instrumental, " The Savage", was released in November and reached number 10. Lastly, " The Young Ones" was released in January 1962 and, with half a million pre-orders, debuted at number 1. It spent 6 weeks at the sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Monkhouse
Robert Alan Monkhouse (1 June 1928 – 29 December 2003) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was the host of television game shows including ''The Golden Shot'', ''Celebrity Squares'', ''Family Fortunes'' and '' ''Wipeout''''. Early life and career Monkhouse was born on 1 June 1928 at 168 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, the son of chartered accountant Wilfred Adrian Monkhouse (1894–1957) and Dorothy Muriel Monkhouse (''née'' Hansard, 1895–1971). Monkhouse had an elder brother, John, who was born in 1922. Monkhouse's grandfather John Monkhouse (1862–1938) was a prosperous Methodist businessman who co-founded Monk and Glass, which made custard powder and jelly. In a 2015 documentary, it was revealed that Monkhouse and his older brother suffered from physical and verbal abuse by their mother. Bob Monkhouse was educated at Goring Hall School in Worthing, Sussex, and Dulwich College in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower. While st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alphabet Murders
''The Alphabet Murders'' is a 1965 British detective film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot. It is based on the 1936 novel ''The A.B.C. Murders'' by Agatha Christie. Plot Albert Aachen, a clown with a unique diving act, is found dead, the murder weapon happens to be a poison dart. When a woman named Betty Barnard becomes the next victim, detective Hercule Poirot suspects that Sir Carmichael Clarke could be in grave danger. As Poirot and Captain Hastings look into the crimes, a beautiful woman with an interesting monogram named Amanda Beatrice Cross becomes the focus of their investigation, at least until she leaps into the Thames. Cast * Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot * Anita Ekberg as Amanda * Robert Morley as Captain Hastings * Maurice Denham as Inspector Japp * Guy Rolfe as Duncan Doncaster * Sheila Allen as Lady Diane * James Villiers as Franklin * Julian Glover as Don Fortune * Grazina Frame as Betty Barnard * Clive Morton as 'X' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Day's A Holiday (1965 Film)
''Every Day's a Holiday '' is a 1965 British musical comedy film directed by James Hill and starring John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Ron Moody, Grazina Frame, and Freddie and the Dreamers. Its plot involves a group of teenagers who take up jobs working in a seaside resort for the summer. It was released in the U.S. as ''Seaside Swingers''. It was filmed in and around Butlin's Clacton at Clacton-on-Sea. Cast * John Leyton ... Gerry Pullman * Mike Sarne ... The Hon. Timothy Gilpin * Freddie and the Dreamers ... The Chefs * Freddie Garrity ... Chef Freddie (as Freddie and the Dreamers) * Derek Quinn ... Chef Danny (as Freddie and the Dreamers) * Roy Crewdson ... Chef Gustav (as Freddie and the Dreamers) * Pete Birrell ... Chef Sigmund (as Freddie and the Dreamers) * Bernie Dwyer ... Chef Henri (as Freddie and the Dreamers) * Ron Moody ... Glen Basto * Liz Fraser ... Miss Slightly * Grazina Frame ... Christina Barrington de Witt * Nicholas Parsons ... Julian Goddard * Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bargee
''The Bargee'' is a 1964 British comedy film shot in Techniscope directed by Duncan Wood, and starring Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith, Eric Sykes and Ronnie Barker. The screenplay was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Plot Hemel Pike and his cousin Ronnie are two boatmen operating a canal-boat and its butty for British Waterways on the Grand Union Canal. Although the canals are struggling due to declining traffic, Hemel refuses to give up his traditional lifestyle. He also enjoys his reputation as a Don Juan, with girlfriends all across the canal network, something of which Ronnie is envious. Hemel and Ronnie set out from Brentford to Boxmoor, repeatedly encountering an inept "mariner" (Eric Sykes) in a small pleasure craft. At Rickmansworth, Hemel visits one of his lovers, a barmaid called Nellie, but he has to make a quick exit when she accidentally learns about his other girlfriends. Hemel and Ronnie reach Boxmoor where they deliver their cargo before travelling on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
