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Together (2018 Film)
''Together'' is a British drama film written and directed by Paul Duddridge. It starred Peter Bowles, Sylvia Syms and Amanda Barrie. It was released on 12 January 2018. Cast * Peter Bowles as Philip * Sylvia Syms as Rosemary * Nina Wadia as Mrs Justice Reid * Cathy Tyson as Linda Burns * Juliet Cowan as Sheila Porter * Amanda Barrie as Margaret * Rufus Wright as Dr Ellis * Carla Mendonça as Rachel * Dominic Carter as DI Saunders * Mihai Arsene as Nicolae * Katie Sheridan as Carol * Natey Jones as Stuart Marshall * David Hargreaves as Sidney Release The film was released on 12 January 2018. Reception Critics generally praised the film and the actors' performances calling it a "touching film", but some felt it was under-directed. The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Duddridge
Paul Duddridge (born 30 November 1966) is a writer, comedy agent, producer and director. Biography Born in Cardiff, Wales Duddridge attended Radyr Comprehensive School. Duddridge started his career at the BBC as writer on the children's game show Run the Risk. As an agent Duddridge represented Phill Jupitus, Rob Brydon, Alistair Mcgowan, Paul McKenna and Michael McIntyre. Duddridge founded the London-based production company "Jones The Film" in 2003. He directed, produced and wrote critically acclaimed television shows " Annually Retentive" for the BBC and "Director's Commentary" for ITV1. Other credit includes " The Keith Barret Show." He is the author of ''Ever Dated a Psycho?'' (2006) Retiring from representation in 2007 he moved to the US to write and produce TV and film. Duddridge wrote and fronted award-winning documentary "A Film About Races." He made his feature directing debut in 2016 with '' Mothers and Daughters''. In 2018, Duddridge's second feature film ''To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles (16 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an English television and stage actor. He gained prominence for television dramas such as '' Callan: A Magnum for Schneider'' and ''I, Claudius''. He is however, best remembered for his roles in sitcoms and television dramadies, including: ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' Only When I Laugh'', ''To the Manor Born'', ''The Bounder'', ''The Irish R.M.'', ''Lytton's Diary'', ''Executive Stress'' and ''Perfect Scoundrels''. Early life and education Bowles was born in London, England. His father, Herbert Reginald Bowles, was a valet-companion and chauffeur to Drogo Montagu, son of the George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich, and later butler to Montagu’s widow, a daughter of Lord Beaverbrook. His mother, Sarah Jane (née Harrison), was from Scotland, and served as a nanny to the family of the Duke of Argyll, before working for Beaverbrook's family in England, which is how they met. In October 1939, the family lived in Brackley, Northa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Syms
Sylvia May Laura Syms (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' (1957), ''Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958), ''No Trees in the Street'' (1959), ''Victim'' (1961), and ''The Tamarind Seed'' (1974). In 2006 she portrayed The Queen Mother in the Stephen Frears movie ''The Queen'', about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and days leading up to Diana's funeral. She remains active in films, television and theatre. Personal life Syms was born in Woolwich, London, England, the daughter of Daisy (''née'' Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She grew up in Well Hall, Eltham"Well Hall" entry of ''London Gazetteer'' by Russ Willey, (Chambers 2006) (online extrac and was educated at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, on whose council she later served. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress, and she is the aunt of musicians Nick and Alex Webb. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Barrie
Amanda Barrie (born Shirley Anne Broadbent; 14 September 1935) is an English actress. She appeared in two of the ''Carry On'' films before being cast as Alma Halliwell in ITV soap opera, '' Coronation Street'', which she played on and off for 20 years. Between 2003 and 2006, she played the role of Bev Tull in the ITV prison drama, '' Bad Girls''. She has since enjoyed a varied stage and television career. Early life and education Barrie was born Shirley Anne Broadbent in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, to Hubert Broadbent and his wife Connie ('' née'' Pyke). Barrie attended St Anne's College, Lytham St Annes, then trained at the Arts Educational School in London and later at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Barrie appeared in pantomime as a child and was a dancer before working for many years as a chorus girl in the West End until her first break as an actress came along. At sixteen she danced at the Windsor Club with Danny La Rue and Barbara Windsor, changing her nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Wadia
Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is a British actress and comedian. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Aunty Noor in Citizen Khan Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy ''Still Open All Hours'', and for starring in the BBC Two sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me''. Additionally, Wadia appeared in the Hindi-language romantic comedy ''Namaste London'' in 2007. She also appeared in the series ''Origin'' in 2018. Early life Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 in Bombay, India and is of Parsi ancestry. She has an older brother and older sister; both of her parents have died. When Wadia was nine years old she moved to Hong Kong and was a student at Island School, Hong Kong. Career Television and film Wadia first came to prominence in BBC sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me'', playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of ''The Competitive Mothers''. She took over from her '' Goodness Gracious Me'' co-star, Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Tyson
Catherine Tyson (born 12 June 1965) is an English actress. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film ''Mona Lisa'' (1986), which also earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards. She has starred in '' The Serpent and the Rainbow'' (1988), ''Priest'' (1994), and '' Band of Gold'' (1995–1997). She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for her performance in the film ''Help''. Early life Tyson was born in Kingston-upon-Thames on 12 June 1965, the daughter of an English social worker mother and a Trinidadian barrister father. She grew up in Liverpool, having moved there with her parents when she was two years old. She was a pupil at St Winefrides school in Dingle. She attended Liverpool's Everyman Youth Theatre in her teens, and dropped out of college at 17 to pursue an acting career there. Career Tyson joined the Royal Shakesp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Cowan
Juliet Cowan (born 21 May 1974 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British television, film and stage actress. Cowan has had various TV guest star roles in long-running shows such as ''EastEnders'', ''Silent Witness'' and ''Casualty''. Cowan has also had a recurring role in the CBBC show ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''This Life'' and BBC comedy '' Back to Life''. Career Cowan's first aired acting role was in the 1993 live performance video Raising Hell, by Iron Maiden, which was broadcast live on pay-per-view television in the United Kingdom and on MTV in North America. She was not credited for this performance, however. Cowan guest-starred in over 20 episodes of ''The Bill'' as Julie Saunders, the mother of the boy who accused PC Tony Stamp of sexual assault. She also starred in "The Wench Is Dead", the penultimate episode of the ''Inspector Morse'' series, as Joanna Franks, a Victorian woman who is murdered on board a canal boat. She played recurring characters Nicki in ''This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Wright
Rufus Gerrard-Wright, known as Rufus Wright, is an English film, stage and television actor. Personal life Wright is the son of Major-General Richard Gerrard-Wright and his wife, Susan (née Young). He is the younger brother of Lance Gerrard-Wright, who was the second husband of television presenter Ulrika Jonsson. Both brothers attended Lambrook Lambrook is an independent preparatory school for 615 boys and girls, aged 3–13, set in of Berkshire countryside. History The school was founded in 1860 by Robert Burnside, in a large country house built in 1853 by William Budd. Burnside ini ... Preparatory School at Winkfield Row in Berkshire. Wright is married to actress Melanie Gutteridge. Filmography References English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Mendonça
Carla Mendonça (born 1961) in Coventry, Warwickshire is a British actress. She is known for playing Orla Crawshaw in ''Coronation Street'', Sophie Johnson in the CITV children's sitcom ''My Parents Are Aliens'' (2001–2006) and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the CBBC series ''So Awkward'' (2015–2018). She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick. Personal life Mendonça was born in Coventry, West Midlands. Her parents were ballet dancers, her mother from England and her father from Portugal. Her brother, Jorge, was a colonel in the British Army, who served with the First Battalion in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Mendonça attended Bishopshalt School, Royal Lane, Hillingdon, Middlesex. She has been married to actor Clive Mantle since 24 February 2016. Carla was in the band The Maisonettes The Maisonettes were an English pop band formed by Laurence "Lol" Mason (formerly of City Boy (band), City Boy) with Mark Tibenham and drummer Nick Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Carter (actor)
Dominic Carter is an English actor. Career Carter has appeared in several British television and film projects, including ''Going off Big Time'', '' Dockers'', ''The Bill'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''Doctors'', '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' and '' The Case''. He played the recurring role of DC Hooch in ''Coronation Street'' and he portrayed Janos Slynt in four seasons of the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...''. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Dominic 21st-century English male actors Living people English male television actors English male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Sheridan
Katie Teresa Sheridan is an English actress. She has appeared in feature films such as '' Heretiks'' (2018) and ''Together'' (2018), and her television roles include appearances in the BBC series ''Doctors'', '' Waking the Dead'' and ''Love Soup''. Sheridan first became known for her role as Sophie Norton in the Nickelodeon comedy series ''Genie in the House''. In 2015 Sheridan created and starred in her own online series, romantic comedy ''Match Not Found''. She was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a web series at the Raindance Film Festival 2016 for this role. Personal life Sheridan attended East Berkshire College and Middlesex University. During an appearance on Reel Geek Girls, she talks about her love for Game of Thrones and Harry Potter. Career Katie Sheridan made her first television appearance in ITV's real crime series ''Cracking the Killer's Code'', and appeared in a number of BBC productions including '' Powers'', '' Waking the Dead'', ''In2minds'', ''Casualty'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hargreaves (actor)
David Hargreaves (born 2 February 1940) is an English actor, commonly seen on television dramas in the 1970s and 1980s set in the north of England, and BBC children's television of the same period. Early life Hargreaves was born in New Mills, Derbyshire, and attended Glossop Grammar School (became Glossopdale School in 1965). He trained as a science teacher, at City of Leeds Training College, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Hargreaves worked as a supply teacher at Rising Hill Comprehensive School in Islington, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company to play in the first ''The Wars of the Roses'' Cycle of plays in 1963/65. He played Hotspur in ''Henry IV part 1'' and Leontes in ''A Winters Tale'' for the North East Shakespeare Festival run by Joseph O'Connor in 1965, before joining Olivier's National Theatre, appearing in ''Much Ado about Nothing'', ''Mother Courage'', ''The Crucible'', ''Royal Hunt of the Sun'', ''Love for Love'', ''Othello'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |