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A Family Gathering
"A Family Gathering" is the thirteenth episode of the second series of the British television series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. The episode is set in 1910. Cast ;Guest cast * Nicola Pagett (Elizabeth Kirbridge) * Donald Burton (Julius Karekin) * Mairhi Russell (Mademoiselle Jeanette) Plot Julius Karekin is a very savvy, opportunistic, wealthy businessman who uses Elizabeth to gain access to her father and his government connections. Elizabeth Bellamy fails to read her true situation, seeing the gift as loving support of her new-found equality: Her relationship with Julius Karekin fizzles out when after a few months he starts a relationship with a Marchioness. He always made it clear that he was a philanderer. Elizabeth is last seen celebrating Lady Marjorie's birthday. James Bellamy returns from India just before his mother's birthday on 6 May 1910 (which coincides with the death of King Edward VII), and brings with him his brash and gushing fiancée, Phyllis, the daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV Series)
''Upstairs, Downstairs'' is a British drama television series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV. It ran for 68 episodes divided into five series on ITV from 1971 to 1975. Set in a large townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in Belgravia in central London, the series depicts the servants—"downstairs"—and their masters, the family—"upstairs"—between the years 1903 and 1930, and shows the slow decline of the British aristocracy. Great events feature prominently in each episode but minor or gradual changes are also noted. The show may be regarded as a documentary of the social and technological changes that occurred during those 27 years, including the Edwardian period, women's suffrage, the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, and the Wall Street crash. It was a ratings success for ITV and received outstanding acclaim worldwide, winning multiple awards. The BBC Wales and ''Masterpiece''-produced continuation '' Upstairs Downstairs'' was broadcast by BBC O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Shaughnessy
Alfred James Shaughnessy (19 May 1916 – 2 November 2005) was an English scriptwriter, film director and producer best known for being the script editor of '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Early life Alfred Shaughnessy was born in London, his father, the Hon Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy, having died while serving with the Canadian army in France two months before. His grandfather Thomas Shaughnessy was an American-born Canadian railway administrator, who was created Baron Shaughnessy in 1916, and his mother was a second cousin of James K. Polk, the 11th US President. He spent his early years living in Tennessee, and in 1920 his mother, Sarah Polk Bradford, married The Hon Sir Piers Legh who then became Equerry to the Prince of Wales, and the family moved to Norfolk Square in London. The family had a butler, cook, footman, two housemaids, a kitchen maid and a lady's maid. The Prince of Wales later visited the house for dinner, and he drew on this when writing the ''Upstairs, Downsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Menmuir
Raymond Edward Menmuir (10 September 1930 – 26 March 2016) was a British-Australian director and producer. His career included producing 44 episodes of '' The Professionals'' and directing 12 episodes of '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. He also produced an Australian version of ''The Professionals'' called '' Special Squad'' for the Ten Network in 1984. Early life Menmuir was born in Perth, Western Australia, as the eldest of four children to Edward Menmuir and his wife Dorothy (née Williams). Menmuir was educated at Wesley College. Work His first employment was as a reporter at the Perth Daily News, but he then transferred to the Australian Broadcasting Commission as a radio producer. He was deeply impressed by European culture, by seeing various films at the 1953 Festival of the Arts in Perth, and then took artistic inspiration from various films including Marcel Pagnol's ''Cesar'', Vittorio de Sica's '' Bicycle Thieves'', and Mikhail Kalatozov's '' The Cranes are Flying''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wages Of Sin (Upstairs, Downstairs)
"The Wages of Sin" is the twelfth episode of the second series of the British television series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. The episode is set in 1910. Cast ;Guest cast * Nicola Pagett (Elizabeth Kirbridge) * Donald Burton Donald Graham Burton (10 February 1934 – 8 December 2007) was an English theatre and television actor. Life and career Donald was born in Norwich, England, on 10 February 1934. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship. ... (Julius Karekin) * Mairhi Russell (Mademoiselle Jeanette) Plot Sarah and Thomas Watkins, who had previously been employed as the valet of Lawrence Kirbridge, fall in love, resulting in Sarah becoming pregnant again. They marry. References Upstairs, Downstairs series 2 episodes 1973 British television episodes Fiction set in 1910 {{tv-episode-stub Television episodes set in the 1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Forrest
"Miss Forrest" is the first episode of the third series of the British television series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. The episode is set in 1912, and is the last appearance of Rachel Gurney as Lady Marjorie Bellamy. It also introduces Hazel Forrest ( Meg Wynn Owen), who becomes the new mistress of 165 Eaton Place later in the series. Plot In April 1912 Lady Marjorie Bellamy and her lady's maid, Miss Roberts are preparing to visit Elizabeth Bellamy Elizabeth Bellamy (also Kirbridge) is a fictional character in the ITV period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', originally broadcast for five series from 1971 to 1975. She was portrayed by Nicola Pagett. Elizabeth is the daughter of Richard ... in New York. Richard hires Hazel Forrest to type the biography of his father-in-law, the late Earl of Southwold, which he is writing. Hazel is a lower middle class young woman who has been earning a living as a secretary for ten years, against her parents' wishes. She immediately catch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Pagett
Nicola Mary Pagett Scott (15 June 1945 – 3 March 2021), known professionally as Nicola Pagett, was a British actress, known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973), as well as being one of the leads in the sitcom '' Ain't Misbehavin''' (1994–1995). Her film appearances included ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969), '' Frankenstein: The True Story'' (1973), ''Operation Daybreak'' (1975), ''Privates on Parade'' (1982) and ''An Awfully Big Adventure'' (1995). Early life Born in Cairo, Egypt, Nicola Pagett spent most of her childhood out of Britain—in Hong Kong, Cyprus and Japan, the family moving with her father who worked for a major oil company. She was educated at Saint Maur International School, in Yokohama, Japan. In 1962 Pagett entered Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she studied for two years. Career In 1964, Pagett appeared in several productions with Worthing Repertory Company and the Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Burton
Donald Graham Burton (10 February 1934 – 8 December 2007) was an English theatre and television actor. Life and career Donald was born in Norwich, England, on 10 February 1934. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship. He worked as an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company for many years. He appeared in such famous Shakespeare plays as ''The Wars of the Roses'' and ''Henry IV, Part 1 and 2''. He played the character of the Duke of Exeter in the whole series of the 8 Shakespeare 'History' plays which were performed at the R.S.C. in 1964. In 1965 he appeared in the outstandingly successful RSC production of Gogol's ''The Government Inspector'' at the Aldwych Theatre, London, with Paul Scofield, Eric Porter, Paul Rogers, Stanley Lebor, Bruce Condell and other outstanding Shakespearian actors of the period Burton's television roles included ''Big Breadwinner Hog'', ''Warship'', ''The Duchess of Duke Street''; ''The Doombolt Chase''; '' Upstairs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Bellamy
Elizabeth Bellamy (also Kirbridge) is a fictional character in the ITV period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', originally broadcast for five series from 1971 to 1975. She was portrayed by Nicola Pagett. Elizabeth is the daughter of Richard and Lady Marjorie, and was a main character for the first two series, appearing in 13 episodes. She grew up at 165, Eaton Place (exterior shots were the actual 65 Eaton Place, with a "1" painted in front of "65") in fashionable Belgravia. The spoiled, self-absorbed younger sister of James, Elizabeth takes a somewhat fleeting, but serious, interest in various social causes, including socialism and the Suffragette movement. The impulsive Elizabeth marries a poet, Lawrence Kirbridge, but he turns out to have no interest in sex and arranges for his publisher to make love to Elizabeth, and a child is conceived. Soon after, Lawrence is sent abroad with an allowance, and Elizabeth has a relationship with an Anglo-Armenian. Elizabeth is close to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bellamy (Upstairs, Downstairs)
Major The Honourable James Rupert Bellamy (1881 – October 1929) is a fictional character in the ITV Network, ITV period piece, period drama ''Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), Upstairs, Downstairs'', that was originally broadcast for List of Upstairs, Downstairs episodes, five series from 1971 to 1975. He was portrayed by Simon Williams (actor), Simon Williams. James Bellamy is one of the main characters in ''Upstairs, Downstairs'', appearing in 37 episodes, from the third episode of the first series "Board Wages" to the penultimate episode of the fifth and final series "All the King's Horses (Upstairs, Downstairs), All the King's Horses". Handsome, arrogant, irresponsible, and selfish, James is his mother's favourite child. James never truly recovers from her death on the ''Sinking of the RMS Titanic, Titanic'' in 1912. After a few unsuccessful relationships, James marries Hazel Forrest, but their happiness is short-lived due to their disparate backgrounds; she dies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Moffat
Sarah Moffat (born Clémence Moffat; July 1882 - unknown), also known as Sarah Delice and Clémence Dumas, is a fictional character in the ITV (TV network), ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Thomas & Sarah''. She was portrayed by Pauline Collins. Character biography Sarah was the daughter of Albert Moffat and Marianne Dumas, who said she was the granddaughter of Alexandre Dumas, however she was baptized as Clémence Moffat. Her parents met at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, Theatre Royal in 1879 and Clémence was conceived about three months before her parents' marriage and born in July 1882. She had two younger siblings: a brother, Charlie, born in 1887 and a sister named Sophia. Charlie, whom she had to spend much time in her childhood looking after due to his ill health, died in the final days of 1899. At the age of 6, she first went on the stage with the help of Agnes Hewitt, the manager of the Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |