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The Woman In White (1966 TV Series)
''The Woman in White'' is a British drama television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six 25-minute-long episodes between 2 October and 6 November 1966. It was adapted from the 1860 novel '' The Woman in White'' by Wilkie Collins. As of 2021, none of the six episodes are known to exist in the BBC archives. Plot summary Main cast * Alethea Charlton as Marian Halcombe * Jennifer Hilary as Laura Fairlie * Louis Mansi as Professor Pesca * Nicholas Pennell as Walter Hartright * John Barron as Sir Percival Glyde * Geoffrey Bayldon as Mr. Fairlie * Francis de Wolff as Count Fosco * Alan Collins as Louis * Daphne Heard as Madame Fosco * Anne Dyson as Mrs. Michelson * David Langford as Matthews * Katherine Parr as Mrs Catherick * Elsie Wagstaff Elsie Wagstaff (1 July 1899 – 16 July 1985) was an English actress. Educated at the Guildhall School of Music, her stage work began in the chorus in 1919, and one of her first leading roles was as Sadie Thompson in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In White (novel)
''The Woman in White'' is Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, written in 1859 and set from 1849 to 1850. It is a mystery novel and falls under the genre of "sensation novels". The story can be seen as an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The use of multiple narrators (including nearly all the principal characters) draws on Collins's legal training, and as he points out in his preamble: "the story here presented will be told by more than one pen, as the story of an offence against the laws is told in Court by more than one witness". Collins also drew on memories of his father, the artist William Collins, in the creation of drawing master Walter Hartright, and populates his story with a number of Italian characters, likely inspired by two years spent in Italy during childhood. In 2003, Robert McCrum writing for ''The Observer'' listed ''The Woman in White'' number 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mansi
John Louis Mansi (born John Patrick Adams; 8 November 1926 – 6 August 2010) was a British television and film actor whose career spanned the years from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. Born in London to an Italian father and an Irish mother, he served in the merchant navy and the RAF during World War II. Upon becoming an actor, he chose his father's surname as his stage name, later adopting the name Louis after Louie Dumbrowski, the character played by Bernard Gorcey in The Bowery Boys film series, whom his friends claimed he resembled. He was best known for his role as Engelbert von Smallhausen (although in the BBC books he is named as Bobby Cedric von Smallhausen) in the popular BBC sitcom '' 'Allo 'Allo!'' in seasons 2 to 9. He also appeared in '' Department S'' (as "Maxime" in the episode "The Treasure of the Costa del Sol", 1969), the ''Ripping Yarns'' story "Across the Andes By Frog", and the ''Hammer House of Horror'' story "The Thirteenth Reunion". His film appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 British Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s British Drama Television Series
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Wagstaff
Elsie Wagstaff (1 July 1899 – 16 July 1985) was an English actress. Educated at the Guildhall School of Music, her stage work began in the chorus in 1919, and one of her first leading roles was as Sadie Thompson in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's ''Rain''. In 1928, she appeared on Broadway in John Van Druten's ''Diversion'', and in Arnold Ridley and Bernard Merivale's '' The Wrecker''. She also worked sporadically in films, and with some regularity on television. Selected filmography * ''Cotton Queen'' (1937) as Emily (uncredited) * '' John Halifax'' (1938) as Jael * ''Lassie from Lancashire'' (1938) as Aunt Hetty * '' Trouble Brewing'' (1939) as Mrs. Hopkins * ''Crimes at the Dark House'' (1940) as Mrs. Catherick * '' The Dark Tower'' (1943) as Eve * ''Headline'' (1944) as Mrs Daly * '' Welcome, Mr. Washington'' (1944) as Miss Jones * ''Meet Sexton Blake'' (1945) as Mrs. Baird * ''Old Mother Riley at Home'' (1945) as Mrs. Ginochie * ''Appointment with Crime'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Parr (actress)
Lily Elizabeth Caldwell ( Tindal, 1921 – 20 September 2009), known professionally as Katherine Parr, was a British actress, who played the recurring role of Irene Holloway, commonly known as Auntie Irene, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', between 1986 and 1987, when her character died from lung cancer. Career Parr's television appearances date back to the late-1950s, when she made her screen debut as Joan Stringer on the series '' Emergency – Ward 10''. She went on to appear in several popular television shows including ''Coronation Street'' (1963), appearing for seven episodes as Amy Preston. She also appeared in the 1963 film '' This Sporting Life''. She has also appeared in various other television shows including '' The Wednesday Play'', '' Softly, Softly'', '' Z-Cars'', '' Dixon of Dock Green'' and ''The Sweeney''. In 1986, she was cast in the role of Irene Holloway, commonly known as Auntie Irene, in the soap opera ''EastEnders'', which had been commissioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Heard
Delia Phyllis Daphne Heard (21 August 1904 – 22 June 1983) was an English actress and acting teacher. She was born in Plymouth, Devon. She appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and TV series. But was perhaps best known in latter years as Richard's elderly mother Mrs. Polouvicka in ''To the Manor Born''. Film Her film credits include roles in ''Goodbye Gemini'' (1970), the film version of ''Please Sir!'' (1971) as an old gypsy, ''Jude the Obscure'' (1971) as Drusilla Fawley, and '' The Triple Echo'' (1972). She also appeared as the nanny in Laurence Olivier's film '' Three Sisters'' (1970) based on the Anton Chekhov play, with Joan Plowright, Alan Bates and Olivier himself as Chebutikin. Television and radio She performed in many other television serials, including ''Wild, Wild Women'', '' Doctor Who'' (in a story-stealing turn in the serial ''Image of the Fendahl'' as white witch 'Granny' Tyler), the sitcom '' Don't Forget to Write!'' as Mrs Field the cleaner, ''Z- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis De Wolff
Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television. Life and career Born in Essex, he made his film debut in '' Flame in the Heather'' (1935), and made many other appearances in such films as ''Fire Over England'' (1937), ''Treasure Island'' (1950), '' Scrooge'' (1951), as the Ghost of Christmas Present, ''Ivanhoe'' (1952), ''Moby Dick'' (1956), '' Saint Joan'' (1957), '' From Russia with Love'' (1963), and ''Carry On Cleo'' (1964). He is perhaps best remembered, however, as a supporting player in horror movies of the 1950s and 1960s, many of them for Hammer Films. These include ''Corridors of Blood'' (1958), ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1959), ''The Man Who Could Cheat Death'' (1959), ''The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll'' (1960), '' Devil Doll'' (1964), and ''The Black Torment'' (1964). His last film appearance was in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1973). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Bayldon
Albert Geoffrey Bayldon (7 January 1924 – 10 May 2017) was an English actor. After playing roles in many stage productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series ''Catweazle'' (1969–70). Bayldon's other long-running parts include the Crowman in ''Worzel Gummidge (TV series), Worzel Gummidge'' (1979–81) and Magic Grandad in the BBC television series ''Watch'' (1995). Early life Bayldon was born in Leeds and attended Bridlington School and Kingston upon Hull, Hull College of Architecture. Following service in the Royal Air Force during World War II, he appeared in amateur theatricals and then trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Old Vic Theatre School. Career Bayldon enjoyed a substantial stage career, including work in the West End theatre, West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC. He made several film appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, including ''King Rat (1965 film), King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barron (actor)
John Barron (24 December 1920 – 3 July 2004) was an English actor. Although Barron was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s, he is best remembered for his role in the BBC comedy ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' (1976–79) playing C J, Perrin's overbearing boss, later employee. The show also gave Barron the memorable catchphrase, "I didn't get where I am today by...". Biography Born in Marylebone, London, Barron was interested in acting from an early age. For his 18th birthday, his godfather paid his entry fee to RADA. After serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he returned to stage acting. In the 1950s, he moved into a directorial role, during which time he came to know Leonard Rossiter. From the mid-1950s, he became more involved in television, and then film. His movies including ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' (1961), ''Jigsaw'' (1962), ''Incense for the Damned'' (1970), '' Hitler: The Last Ten Days'' (1973), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC 1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for ''The Moonstone'' (1868), which has been proposed as the first modern English detective novel. Born to the London painter William Collins (painter), William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved with them to Italy when he was twelve, living there and in France for two years, learning both Italian language, Italian and French language, French. He worked initially as a tea merchant. After ''Antonina'', his first novel, appeared in 1850, Collins met Charles Dickens, who became a friend and mentor. Some of his work appeared in Dickens's journals ''Household Words'' and ''All the Year Round''. They also collaborated on drama and fiction. Collins gained financial stability and an international following by the 1860s, but became addicted to the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
