Margaret Yarde (2 April 1878 – 11 March 1944) was a British
actress
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. Initially training to be an opera singer, she made her London stage debut in 1907. She often played domestics, landladies and mothers.
London
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'' (1926) - Eliza Critten
* '' Night Birds'' (1930) - Mrs. Hallick
* '' The Woman Between'' (1931) - Mrs. Robinson
* ''
Uneasy Virtue
''Uneasy Virtue'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Fay Compton, Edmund Breon, Francis Lister, Donald Calthrop, and Garry Marsh. It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's El ...
'' (1931) - Mrs. Robinson
* '' Third Time Lucky'' (1931) - Mrs. Clutterbuck
* ''
Let's Love and Laugh
''Let's Love and Laugh'' is a 1931 British-German comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus and Dennis Wyndham.Michael and Mary'' (1931) - Mrs. Tullivant
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The Sign of Four
''The Sign of the Four'' (1890), also called ''The Sign of Four'', is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
Pl ...
'' (1932) - Mrs. Smith
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The Good Companions
''The Good Companions'' is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley.
Written in 1929, it follows the fortunes of a concert party on a tour of England. It is Priestley's most famous novel and established him as a national figure. It won ...
'' (1933) - Mrs. Mounder
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Enemy of the Police
''Enemy of the Police'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by George King and starring John Stuart, Viola Keats and A. Bromley Davenport. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by Warner Brothers.Chibnall p.271
Cast
* John St ...
Trouble in Store
''Trouble in Store'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom as a department store clerk in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana ...
'' (1934, Short) - Landlady
* '' Guest of Honour'' (1934) - Emma Tidmarsh
* ''
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay ( cy, Bae Teigr) was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks. Following the building of the Cardiff Barrage, which dams the tidal rivers, Ely and Taff, to create a body of water, it is re ...
'' (1934) - Fay
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Nine Forty-Five
''Nine Forty-Five'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George King and starring Binnie Barnes, Donald Calthrop and Violet Farebrother. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.79 A quota quicki ...
'' (1934) - Margaret Clancy
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Sing As We Go
''Sing As We Go'' is a 1934 British musical film starring Gracie Fields, John Loder and Stanley Holloway. The script was written by Gordon Wellesley and J. B. Priestley.
Considered by many to be British music hall star Gracie Fields' finest ve ...
'' (1934) - Mrs. Clotty
* ''
Father and Son Father and Son or Fathers and Sons may refer to:
Literature
* ''Father and Son'' (book), a 1907 memoir by Edmund Gosse
*Father and Son (comics), cartoon characters created by E. O. Plauen
* ''Fathers and Sons'' (novel), an 1862 novel by Ivan Tur ...
The Broken Rosary
''The Broken Rosary'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Derek Oldham, Margaret Yarde and Vesta Victoria. It was made at Isleworth Studios.Wood p.81
Cast
* Derek Oldham as Giovanni
* Jean Adrienne as Maria ...
'' (1934) - Nanny
* ''
Widow's Might
''Widow's Might'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Cyril Gardner and starring Laura La Plante, Yvonne Arnaud and Garry Marsh. at the B.F.I. Produced by Irving Asher, it is based on a play by Frederick J. Jackson, adapted by Rowland B ...
That's My Uncle
''That's My Uncle'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Mark Daly, Richard Cooper and Betty Astell. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by Universal Pictures.Wood p.88
Cast
* Mark ...
'' (1935) - Mrs. Frisbee
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18 Minutes
''18 Minutes'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gregory Ratoff, John Loder and Benita Hume. It was shot at Walton Studios near London.
Plot
A lion tamer adopts an orphaned girl and marries her, only to find ...
'' (1935) - Marie
* '' Full Circle'' (1935) - Agatha
* ''
Jubilee Window
''Jubilee Window'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Sebastian Shaw, Ralph Truman and Olive Melville.Wood p.86
Cast
* Sebastian Shaw as Peter Ward
* Ralph Truman as Dan Stevens
* Olive Melville as Marge ...
'' (1935) - Mrs. Holroyd
* '' It Happened in Paris'' (1935) - Marthe
* '' Squibs'' (1935) - Mrs. Lee
* ''
The Crouching Beast
''The Crouching Beast'' is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.Wood p.85 B ...
'' (1935) - Bar owner
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The Deputy Drummer
''The Deputy Drummer'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Lane, Jean Denis and Kathleen Kelly.
The film was based on a stage musical. It was shot at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by the America ...
'' (1935) - Lady Sylvester
* '' Man of the Moment'' (1935) - Landlady
* '' Scrooge'' (1935) - Scrooge's Laundress
* ''
Queen of Hearts
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Queen of Hearts or The Queen of Hearts may refer to:
Books
* "The Queen of Hearts" (poem), anonymous nursery rhyme published 1782
* ''The Queen of Hearts'', an 1859 novel by ...
In the Soup
''In the Soup'' is a 1992 independent comedy directed by Alexandre Rockwell, and written by Rockwell and Sollace Mitchell (credited as Tim Kissell). It stars Steve Buscemi as Aldolfo Rollo, a self-conscious screenwriter who has written an unfi ...
The Compulsory Wife
''The Compulsory Wife'' is a 1937 British comedy film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Henry Kendall (actor), Henry Kendall and Joyce Kirby.
The film was a quota quickie production with a plot dealing with the farcical complications ari ...
'' (1937) - Mrs. Thackery
* ''
Merry Comes to Town
''Merry Comes to Town'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Guy Newall and Betty Ann Davies. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.95
Cast
* Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield
* Guy Newall as Prof. Joh ...
Calling All Ma's
''Calling All Ma's'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Billy Caryll, Hilda Mundy and Margaret Yarde. A henpecked husband attempts to escape from his domineering wife. The film was made at Wembley Studios by 20th C ...
You're the Doctor
''You're the Doctor'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Barry K. Barnes, Googie Withers and Norma Varden. The screenplay concerns a young woman who pretends to be ill to avoid going on a cruise with her paren ...
French Without Tears
''French Without Tears'' is a comic play written by a 25-year-old Terence Rattigan in 1936.
Setting
It takes place in a cram school for adults needing to acquire French for business reasons. Scattered throughout are Franglais phrases and sch ...
'' (1940) - Marianne
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Crimes at the Dark House
''Crimes at the Dark House'' (originally titled ''The Woman in White'') is a (1940) British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the 1860 novel '' The Woman in White'' by ...
'' (1940) - Mrs. Bullen
* ''
The Second Mr. Bush
''The Second Mr. Bush'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Wallace Evennett, Evelyn Roberts and Kay Walsh. It was made at Welwyn Studios by British National Films.Wood p.99
Cast
* Wallace Evennett as ...
'' (1940) - (uncredited)
* '' Henry Steps Out'' (1940) - Cynthia Smith
* ''
George and Margaret
''George and Margaret'' is a comedy play by British writer Gerald Savory, which was first staged in 1937. It had a very successful run in the West End, beginning at Wyndham's Theatre before transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre, lasting for ove ...
'' (1940) - Cook
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Two Smart Men
''Two Smart Men'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Widgey R. Newman and starring Leslie Fuller, Wally Patch and Margaret Yarde. The film's producer-director Newman had specialized in quota quickies during the previous decade and this pr ...