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Emma (1972 TV Serial)
''Emma'' was a six-part TV serial adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel '' Emma'' by BBC Television that was broadcast in 1972. It was directed by John Glenister. This dramatisation brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's novel ''Emma'', recreating the female character of whom she wrote, "no one but myself could like." Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she finds that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. Often insensitive, well-meaning and incorrigible, having engineered the marriage of her governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, she now turns her attention towards making a match for the local vicar Mr Elton and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement but sometimes with real anger. Alongside, the lives of other characters proceed in ways not always u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma (novel)
''Emma'' is a novel written by English author Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families. The novel was first published in December 1815, although the title page is dated 1816. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian era, Georgian–Regency era, Regency England. ''Emma'' is a comedy of manners. Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the first sentence, she introduces the title character by stating "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." Emma is spoiled, headstrong, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Adamson
Raymond John Adamson (7 July 1920 – 25 March 2002) was a British actor often on television. Born in Beckenham, then in Kent, he made his TV debut in 1956, playing a constable in ''David Copperfield''. He became typecast playing policemen or lawmen, also playing policeman in series such as ''Oliver Twist'' (1962), '' Out of This World'' (1962), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1964), '' The Baron'' (1966), and ''New Scotland Yard'' (1972) and he also played a senator in '' Bergerac'' in the early 1980s. Other appearances include '' The Saint'' (1966), ''The Avengers'' (in the episodes ''The Decapod'' (1962), '' The Grandeur That Was Rome'' (1963), ''The Avengers'' (1969)), ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' (in the episode '' Murder Ain't What it Used to Be'') (1969), ''Within These Walls'' (1974-5) and the short film ''The Orchard End Murder'' (1980). His final appearance was as an auction porter in ''Seen a Ghost ''Seen a Ghost'' is an album by the American alternative rock band Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Tighe
Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree". People *Belinda C. Anderson (born 1954), American academic administrator *Belinda Ang (born 1954), a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore *Belinda Bauer (actress) (born 1950), Australian actress *Belinda Bauer (author) (born 1962), British writer *Belinda Bencic (born 1997), Swiss tennis player *Belinda Carlisle (born 1958), lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and solo artist *Bilinda Butcher (born 1961), vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine *Belinda Clark (born 1970), Australian former cricketer *Belinda Cordwell (born 1965), former tennis player from New Zealand * Belinda Cowling, Australian-born French medical researcher *Belinda Effah (born 1989), Nigerian movie actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Gleed
Meg is a feminine given name, often a short form of Margaret, Megan, Megumi (Japanese), etc. It may refer to: People *Meg (singer) (born 1980), Japanese singer *Meg Baird, American musician *Meg Bateman, Scottish writer * Meg Bellamy, British actress * Meg Bennett (1948–2024), American screenwriter and actress *Meg Beresford (born 1937), British campaigner against nuclear weapons and activist *Meg Brown, Australian politician *Meg Bussert (born 1949), American opera singer *Meg Cabot (born 1967), American author of romantic and paranormal fiction *Meg Burton Cahill (born 1954), American politician and former Arizona state senator * Meg Campbell (1937–2007), New Zealand poet *Meg Christian (born 1946), American folk musician *Meg Connery (1881–1958), suffragist organizer and activist *Meg Cranston (born 1960), American artist *Meg Crofton, American businesswoman *Meg Daly, American evolutionary biologist *Meg Davis, American singer of traditional music *Meg DeLacy (born 1996), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Atkyns
Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries ** Normanist theory (also known as Normanism) and anti-Normanism, historical disagreement regarding the origin of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and their historic predecessor, Kievan Rus' ** Norman dynasty, a series of monarchs in England and Normandy ** Norman architecture, romanesque architecture in England and elsewhere ** Norman language, spoken in Normandy ** People or things connected with the French region of Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ... Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Fenemore
Hilda Lilian Fenemore (22 April 1914 – 13 April 2004) was an English actress with a prolific career in film and television from the 1940s to the 1990s. Fenemore played mainly supporting roles which were characterised in her obituary in ''The Stage'' as "friends, neighbours, mothers and passers-by"; however, her many credits meant that she fell into the category of actresses who a majority of film and TV viewers would have been unable to name, yet whose face was instantly recognisable. Her longest-running role was recurring character Jennie Wren in TV series ''Dixon of Dock Green'', who she played for six series between 1960 and 1965. Career Fenemore began her career as a stage actress, joining the company of actors at London's left-wing and progressive Unity Theatre in the 1940s. There she met and married fellow actor Rex Edwards, and worked under the supervision of dramatist Ted Willis, with whom she would later work also in television. Fenemore made her first film appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Thomas (actress)
Amber Thomas (born November 17, 1993) is a Canadian swimmer. She lost her sight at ten years old due to a brain tumour and is classified in the S11 disability class. (search for "Amber Thomas") At the age of fifteen Thomas competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics but did not win any medals. In 2010, she came second in the 100 m butterfly and 400 m freestyle at the IPC World Championships. She entered six categories at the London 2012 Paralympics and gained two medals: bronze in the 200 m individual medley and silver in the 400 m freestyle. Thomas is now retired from competitive swimming. She has stated an intention to work in animal massage and is considering competing in equestrianism Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding ( Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ... in the future. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivienne Moore
Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine '' Vivianus'' and feminine '' Viviana'', which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop. History and variants The Latin name Vivianus is recorded from the 1st century. It is ultimately related to the adjective ''vivus'' "alive", but it is formed from the compound form ''vivi-'' and the adjectival suffix used to form ''cognomina''. The latinate given name Vivianus was of limited popularity in the medieval period in reference to Saint Vivianus, a 5th-century bishop of Saintes; the feminine name was that of Saint Viviana (Bibiana), a 4th-century martyr whose veneration in Rome is ascertained for the 5th century. In Arthurian legend, Vivian in its various spellings is one of the names of the Lady of the Lake. The name was brought to England wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Holder
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religion * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary the Jewess, one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois * Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482), daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy * Queen Mary of Denmark (born 1972), wife of Frederik X of Denmark * Mary I of England (1516–1558), aka "Bloody Mary", Queen of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alkin
John Alkin (born 17 January 1947) is an English actor turned spiritual healer. He was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, under the name John Kenneth Foinquinos. Biography Acting career Alkin is best remembered for two roles: DC Tom Daniels in Thames Television's police drama '' The Sweeney'' and barrister Barry Deeley Q.C. in Granada Television's drama ''Crown Court''. One of his earliest television appearances was as Robert Martin in the 1972 BBC TV production of Jane Austen's '' Emma''. In 1978 Alkin played Flight Lieutenant Andre De Beers, a character based on the real-life Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC, who attacks the Gestapo Headquarters in Brussels, German-occupied Belgium, in the '' Secret Army'' episode 'Day of Wrath.' He also appeared in numerous guest roles on TV shows such as ''Z-Cars'', ''Timeslip'', '' Minder'', ''The Sandbaggers'', ''Space 1999'' and ''Doctor Who''. Spiritual healing He left acting in the mid-1980s to set up a spiritual healing centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Bowen
Debbie (or Debby or Deb) is a feminine given name, commonly but not always short for Deborah (or Debra and related variants). Debbie is a name of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew name Deborah, which means “bee”. Notable people *Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director *Debbie Abrahams, British Labour Party politician *Debbie Amis Bell, American Civil Rights activist *Debbie Armstrong, American athlete *Debby Boone, American singer and author *Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper * Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California * Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker *Debbie Deb, American singer *Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver *Debbie Gibson, American singer, songwriter and actress *Debbie Harry, lead singer from the band Blondie *Debbie Lesko, American politician *Debbie Marti, English high jumper *Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress *Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey player *Debb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
