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Meg Wynn Owen
Margaret Wright ( Shuttleworth, 8 November 1939 – June 2022), better known as Meg Wynn Owen, was a British actress known for her role as Hazel Bellamy in '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. She also appeared in ''Gosford Park'', ''Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice'', ''Irina Palm'', ''The Duellists'' and '' A Woman of Substance''. Early life Wynn Owen was born Margaret Shuttleworth on 8 November 1939 in Lancaster, daughter of Margaret (nee Brinnand) and Miles Shuttleworth. When she was 13, she moved to Hoyland to live with her mother's friend Ruth Wynn Owen, who was a drama coach and actor, and her husband Ian Danby. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1956, she used her professional name, Meg Wynn Owen. Personal life and death Wynn Owen was married to Australian artist William Wright from 1967 to 1987. In later life she suffered from dementia, before dying in June 2022, at the age of 82. In November 2022, it was reported that her friend Brian Malam, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster (, ) is a city and the county town of Lancashire, England, standing on the River Lune. Its population of 52,234 compares with one of 138,375 in the wider City of Lancaster local government district. The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family. The Duchy of Lancaster still holds large estates on behalf of Charles III, who is also Duke of Lancaster. Its long history is marked by Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory Church, Lancaster Cathedral and the Ashton Memorial. It is the seat of Lancaster University and has a campus of the University of Cumbria. The Port of Lancaster played a big role in the city's growth, but for many years the outport of Glasson Dock has become the main shipping facility. History The name of the city first appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086, as ''Loncastre'', where "Lon" refers to the River Lune and "castre" (from the Old English ''cæster'' and Latin ''castrum'' for "fort") to the Roman fort that stood on the site. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Orders (film)
''Last Orders'' is a 2001 British/German drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay is based on the 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel ''Last Orders'' by Graham Swift. Plot The title refers to a pub landlord's last call and the final wishes of a dying man, in this instance Jack Dodds (Michael Caine), a south London butcher who greatly influenced four men over the course of his flawed but decent life. The quartet gathers to scatter Jack's ashes in Margate, where he had hoped to retire to a small seaside cottage with his wife Amy (Helen Mirren), a dream that was never fulfilled. The four are: professional horse race gambler Ray Johnson (Bob Hoskins), aka Lucky, who fought beside Jack during World War II and has been his best friend since; former boxer Lenny (David Hemmings), who is always ready to settle an argument with his fists; undertaker Vic (Tom Courtenay) who acts as a buffer of sorts; and Jack's son Vince (Ray Winstone), a dealer of used luxury car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as the lives of their families and friends. Initially, only 41 episodes of the programme were ordered, but due to the positive reception, the BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera. ''Doctors'' was filmed at the Pebble Mill Studios until 2004; production then relocated to the BBC Drama Village. Episodes are filmed three months prior to transmission. The soap is typically broadcast on weekdays at 1:45 pm on BBC One and takes three annual transmission breaks across the year; at Easter, during the summer and at Christmas. Since its inception, ''Doctors'' has consistently won the share of viewers in its daytime time slot, and as of 2022, it averages at 1.6 million live viewers in its daytime broadcast. The program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Lady (1987 Film)
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, feature length filmed dramas, including ''ScreenPlay''. Various writers and directors were utilized on the series. Writer Jimmy McGovern was hired by producer George Faber to pen a series five episode based upon the Merseyside needle exchange programme of the 1980s. The episode, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, was entitled ''Needle'' and featured Sean McKee, Emma Bird, and Pete Postlethwaite''.'' The last episode of the series was titled "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" and featured Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson, who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie. Some scenes were shot at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of Substance (TV Series)
''A Woman of Substance'' is a British-American three-part television drama serial, produced in 1984. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Plot In 1970, Emma Harte is a wealthy, formidable businesswoman. Just about to turn 80, she has spent her life making a vast business empire, including the world-famous Harte's Department Store in London, as well as extensive holdings in property and oil. While on a business trip to Texas with her grandchild, Paula, Emma informs her that she will be her successor. On their arrival back in London, Emma learns that her two sons (Kit and Robin) are plotting behind her back to force her to retire so that they can break up her business and sell it off. Devastated but determined, Emma changes her will, choosing to leave her business interests to her grandchildren instead. The story then goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, when Emma was a teenager and working as a servant at Fairley Hall in rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travelling Man (TV Series)
''Travelling Man'' is a Granada television series, TV series broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1984 and 1985. Created and written by Roger Marshall (screenwriter), Roger Marshall, one of the original writers of ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', the series starred Leigh Lawson as Lomax and Lindsay Duncan as his girlfriend. Broadcast in the 9pm slot on ITV, the series drew audiences of up to 13.2 million. Each episode had its own story, within an overarching plot of Lomax searching for his missing son and hunting down those who framed him. Series one On his release from prison, Lomax finds his wife has emigrated and is suing him for divorce. His son Steve has gone missing. Returning to his beloved narrowboat, ''Harmony'', Lomax embarks on a long search for his son - and for the man who framed him. He is pursued by the police, who have him under surveillance, various underworld figures, and a journalist named Robinson - all of whom believe that he has a hidden stash of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Razzle (play)
''On the Razzle'' is a play by Tom Stoppard which premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London in 1981. It is an adaptation of the 1842 Viennese play ''Einen Jux will er sich machen'' by Johann Nestroy, which had been adapted twice by Thornton Wilder. The first Wilder version, 1938, entitled ''The Merchant of Yonkers'', was faithful to the original material, but the second Wilder version, 1955, renamed ''The Matchmaker'', expanded the previously secondary role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, who later became the heroine of the Jerry Herman musical hit, '' Hello, Dolly!''. Stoppard's adaptation eliminates the Dolly character. The play's title is a euphemism, often used by the British press, to describe the actions of a celebrity who has drunk, or is about to drink, a considerable amount of alcohol. Plot Stoppard's farce consists of two hours of slapstick shenanigans, mistaken identities, misdirected orders, malapropisms, double entendres, and romantic complications. Herr Zangler, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Shakespeare (TV Series)
''Will Shakespeare'', also known as ''Life of Shakespeare'' and ''William Shakespeare: His Life & Times'', was a 1978 historical drama series created and written by John Mortimer. Broadcast in six parts, the series is a dramatisation of the life and times of the great poet William Shakespeare, played by Tim Curry, and was co-produced by Lew Grade's ATV and RAI and distributed internationally by ITC. The two production companies had collaborated the previous year on ''Jesus of Nazareth''. Cast * Tim Curry as William Shakespeare * Ian McShane as Christopher Marlowe * Nicholas Clay as the Earl of Southampton * Lynette Davies as the Countess of Southampton * Paul Freeman as Richard Burbage * John Normington as Alex Cooke * Ron Cook as Jack Rice * Richard Cordery as Henry Condell * Ronald Herdman as Sam Crosse * Roger Lloyd-Pack as Jack Heminge * Patience Collier as Elizabeth I * Meg Wynn Owen as Anne Shakespeare Writing Each episode was based around the creation of a play and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Waters (1964 TV Series)
''Esther Waters'' is a British period television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in four episodes from 14 November to 5 December 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel of the same title by George Moore.Baskin p.71 Like the novel it focuses on the struggle of Esther Waters who, in Victorian England, is abandoned by her lover when pregnant. Despite the social stigma of being a fallen woman she chooses to raise the child as a single mother. The novel had previously been made into a 1948 film ''Esther Waters''. A further television adaptation ''Esther Waters'' followed in 1977. Main cast * Meg Wynn Owen as Esther Waters * John Bennett as William Latch * Pauline Letts as Mrs. Barfield * Gwendolyn Watts as Margaret Gale * Daphne Heard as Mrs. Latch * Gordon Gostelow as Fred Parsons * Anne Ridler as Miss Rice * Carl Bernard as Mr. Randall * Blake Butler as Mr. Ward * Elizabeth Bell as Sarah * John Dearth as Esther's father * Ruth Porcher as Esther's mother * Tracy R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Doone (1963 TV Series)
''Lorna Doone'' is a 1963 British TV adaptation of the 1869 romance novel ''Lorna Doone'' by R. D. Blackmore. It aired on the BBC and ran for 11 episodes of 30 minutes each. It starred Bill Travers and Jane Merrow. Cast *Bill Travers as John Ridd *Jean Anderson as Mrs. Ridd *Andrew Faulds as Carver Doone *Janet Pate as Lizzie Ridd *Meg Wynn Owen as Annie Ridd *Norman Tyrrell as John Fry *Jane Merrow as Lorna Doone * John Bennett as Tom Faggus *Mark Burns as Charlesworth Doone * Nigel Stock as Jeremy Stickles *Terence de Marneyas Counsellor Doone *Daphne Heard as Betty Muxworthy *Brian Hankins as Marwood de Whichelhalse *Patricia Brake as Gwenny Carfax Production In the early 1960s there were rival plans to film ''Lorna Doone'' for British TV by the BBC and British Granada. Granada claimed they registered their claim in 1961. Both approached Bill Travers to play the lead. As of 2021, this was one of only two serialised adaptations made by the BBC (it was remade in 1976 starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hereafter (film)
''Hereafter'' is a 2010 American drama film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood, who also produced with Kathleen Kennedy and Robert Lorenz. The screenplay written by Peter Morgan. The film tells three parallel stories about three people affected by death in similar waysall three have issues of communicating with the dead; Matt Damon plays American factory worker George, who is able to communicate with the dead and who has worked professionally as a clairvoyant, but no longer wants to communicate with the dead; Cécile de France plays French television journalist Marie, who survives a near-death experience during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; and British schoolboy Marcus (played by Frankie and George McLaren), who loses the person closest to him. Bryce Dallas Howard, Lyndsey Marshal, Jay Mohr, and Thierry Neuvic have supporting roles. Morgan sold the script on spec to DreamWorks in 2008, but it transferred to Warner Bros. by the time Eastwood (who has a long-standing relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoop (2006 Film)
''Scoop'' is a 2006 romantic crime comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane and Allen himself. It was released in the United States by Focus Features on July 28, 2006. The film follows an American journalist and a magician being guided by the spirit of a reporter to investigate a British aristocrat who might be a serial killer. ''Scoop'' received mixed reviews from critics regarding its humor, but was a box-office success, grossing $39.2 million against a $4 million budget. Plot Following the memorial service for investigative reporter Joe Strombel, Strombel's spirit finds himself on the barge of death with several others, including a young woman named Jane Cook who believes she was poisoned by her employer, Peter Lyman. Jane tells Strombel she thinks Lyman, a handsome British aristocrat with political ambitions, may be the Tarot Card Killer, a notorious serial killer of prostitutes, and that he killed her when she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
