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Jenny Tomasin
Jenny Tomasin (22 March 1938 – 3 January 2012) was a British actress, known for her role as kitchen maid Ruby Finch in the LWT period drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', which she played from 1972 to 1975. Early life Tomasin was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1938 to working class parents. She knew from an early age she wanted to be an actress, although her parents did not support her goal. Career Tomasin's first screen role was in 1972 in '' The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'', as the character Sarah Gort. Her first major role came when she was discovered by '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' producer John Hawkesworth, who noticed Tomasin's photograph in a casting directory. Soon after, Tomasin joined the cast of ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' as Ruby Finch, the kitchen maid to the Bellamy family. Tomasin appeared in the series from 1972, until it came to an end in 1975. She appeared in 41 episodes. Plans were made for a spin-off series featuring Ruby and fellow ''Upsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV Series) Characters
This is an alphabetical list of characters from the ITV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', which aired from 1971 to 1975. Cast ; Key : Regular cast (4 or more episodes) : Recurring cast (2–3 episodes) : Guest cast (1 episode) ''Upstairs'' Bellamy family Lady Marjorie Bellamy Portrayed by Rachel Gurney, Lady Marjorie Helen Sybil Bellamy (née Lady Marjorie Helen Sybil Talbot-Carey; 6 May 1860 or 12 July 1864 – 15 April 1912) is the wife of Richard Bellamy and the mother of James and Elizabeth. In the summer of 1906, she has an affair with a much younger man, Charles Victor Hammond, a captain in the Khyber Rifles and a friend of her son James. Lady Marjorie continues to employ their under-parlour maid Sarah when she becomes pregnant and then miscarries the illegitimate child of James. Blackmail for Lady Marjorie's affair later helps her chauffeur and Sarah in leaving service and purchasing their own business, a garage. Lady Marjorie dies in 1912, a victim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love School
''The Love School'' (broadcast in the U.S. as ''The Brotherhood'') is a BBC television drama series originally broadcast in 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman and John Prebble. It was directed by Piers Haggard, John Glenister and Robert Knights. It was shown during January and February 1975. It includes six episodes, each episode is 75 minutes in length. The drama was a significant influence on the subsequent 2009 series ''Desperate Romantics''. It was also the basis of the historical novel of the same name by Hale.John Hale, ''The Love School'', Macmillan, 1975. Until a few years ago, it appeared never to have been released on DVD anywhere in the world despite fans calling for such a release on IMDb and elsewhere. However, on 8 April 2019, the DVD of all six episodes was released thanks to the efforts of the team at Simply Media TV. The DVD consists of 2 discs in PAL format for region 2, with a total run time of 450 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwich Theatre
Greenwich Theatre is a local theatre located in Croom's Hill close to the centre of Greenwich in south-east London. Theatre first came to Greenwich at the beginning of the 19th century during the famous Eastertide Greenwich Fair at which the Richardson travelling theatre annually performed. The current Greenwich Theatre is the heir to two former traditions. It stands on the site of the Rose and Crown Music Hall built in 1855 on Crooms Hill at the junction with Nevada Street. However, it takes its name from the New Greenwich Theatre built in 1864 by Sefton Parry on London Street, opposite what was then the terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway. Richardson's travelling theatre At the beginning of the 19th century, Richardson's travelling theatre made its annual tented appearance during the famous Eastertide Greenwich Fair. In ''Sketches by Boz'', Charles Dickens reminisced enthusiastically, "you have a melodrama (with three murders and a ghost), a pantomime, a comic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See How They Run (play)
''See How They Run'' is an English comedy in three acts by Philip King. Its title is a line from the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice". It is considered a farce for its tense comic situations and headlong humour, heavily playing on mistaken identity, doors, and vicars. In 1955 it was adapted as a film starring Roland Culver. Early production history King wrote the first act in 1942 under the title ''Moon Madness'', with the final act completed in 1943. His play was first staged by Henry Kendall at the Peterborough Rep in 1944 prior to a British tour as an entertainment for the troops, under the auspices of ENSA. Henry Kendall's production, re-cast and restaged, was then presented by producer Jack de Leon at his Q Theatre, close to Kew Bridge, as Christmas entertainment opening on 21 December 1944. It then transferred – with one change of cast – to the Comedy Theatre, opening to rave reviews on 4 January 1945. The cast included Joan Hickson as the maid Ida (an actress new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Emmerdale Characters Introduced In 2005
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 2005, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Keith Richardson. Max King Max King, portrayed by Charlie Kemp, arrives in the village after backpacking with his girlfriend to attend his father's ill-fated wedding to Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins). He then gets a job at Paddy Kirk's (Dominic Brunt) vet practice to support more travelling ventures. However, he is conned by his father in order to get land. Tom uses Max's position as a vet to poison the animals kept by the owners who refused to sell the land. After having been bullied into poisoning the Briggs family's calves by Tom, a guilty Max decides to leave the village, sick and tired of his father's chicanery. He and Robert Sugden (Karl Davies) plan to leave Emmerdale and drive to London, but Robert's adopted brother Andy (Kelvin Fletcher) gets into a fight with Robert. Max ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinderella (2000 Film)
''Cinderella'' is a television film released on 1 January 2000, in the United Kingdom, directed by Beeban Kidron. The cast is led by Kathleen Turner, who plays the Wicked Stepmother Claudette. The film follows the original idea of the fairytale classic but is based in a modern world full of fashion and technology. Plot In this version of Cinderella, the heroine is called Zezolla ( Marcella Plunkett) and still grieves the loss of her mother; where as her father (David Warner) is more interested in pleasing his new harpy of a wife, Claudette (Kathleen Turner) and her shallow daughters, Gonril and Regan (Katrin Cartlidge and Lucy Punch). Zezolla is treated cruelly and made to work as a servant, while Claudette slowly poisons her father after she discovers that he isn't rich. Zezolla's only friends are the elderly butler Felim ( Leslie Philips) and Mab (Jane Birkin) the mermaid like lady who lives behind a waterfall. Meanwhile, the Queen of the land is frustrated with her ‘lazy’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV Series)
''Martin Chuzzlewit'' is a 1994 TV serial produced by the BBC, based on the 1844 novel by Charles Dickens, adapted by David Lodge and directed by Pedr James. The music was composed by Geoffrey Burgon. Episode 1 was originally aired in an 85-minute time slot, while the remaining 5 episodes were 60 minutes in length. It was originally broadcast on BBC2 from 7 November to 12 December 1994. In the U.S., the series aired as 5 episodes on PBS's ''Masterpiece Theatre'' in 1995. Plot summary Elderly, wealthy Martin Chuzzlewit is constantly hounded by his money-grubbing relations, a fact that depresses and embitters him. He adopts an orphan young woman, Mary Graham, whom he wants as a companion in his old age; she will be paid an annual allowance but will not benefit from his death. However, Martin disowns his grandson, also called Martin, after he falls in love with Mary. Young Martin decides to pursue a career as an architect, studying with hypocritical, dishonest architect Seth Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parts 1 And 2
Part, parts or PART may refer to: People *Part (surname) *Parts (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media *Part (music), a single strand or melody or harmony of music within a larger ensemble or a polyphonic musical composition *Part (bibliography), a sub-division of a volume or journal * ''Parts'' (book), a 1997 children's book by Tedd Arnold *Character (arts), in acting, a person or other being in a performed narrative Transportation *Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART), Pennsylvania, U.S. *Putnam Area Rapid Transit (PART), New York, U.S. *Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART), North Carolina, U.S. Other uses *Part (mathematics) or Mereology, the study of parts and the wholes they form *Part-of, the semantic relation of a part to the whole specific to linguistics *Spare part, an interchangeable part used for repair *Part number, identifier of a particular part design in engineering *Part (haircut), a hairstyle *Parts of Lincolnshire, geographic divisions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's My Boy (1981 TV Series)
''That's My Boy'' is a British sitcom starring Mollie Sugden that aired on ITV from 23 October 1981 to 4 April 1986. The series was written and created by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton, who later wrote '' My Husband and I'' (1987–88), which also starred Mollie Sugden. It was produced for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television, and, although the first three series are set in London, they were filmed in and around Harrogate in North Yorkshire. Plot When Ida Willis ( Mollie Sugden) gets a new job as housekeeper to Robert Price ( Christopher Blake) and his wife Angie (Jennifer Lonsdale), she moves into their London flat and soon discovers that Robert is the son she gave up for adoption when he was a baby, and she proceeds to call him Shane, the name she gave him when he was born. Other characters include Ida's troublesome brother Wilfred ( Harold Goodwin) and Robert's adoptive mother Cecilia Price (Clare Richards), an upmarket widow with whom Ida does not get on. In the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripper's Day
''Tripper's Day'' is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV. The plot centres on Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper, a northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with problematic staff. The programme received poor reviews and also suffered from the death of Rossiter between the broadcast of the second and third episodes. The series was brought back two years later with Bruce Forsyth in the lead role, under the new title ''Slinger's Day''. In Canada, the series had a remake under the title '' Check it Out!'' (1985–1988), which also aired in syndication in the United States. In Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in '' Full Frys'', a TV series largely based on ''Tripper's Day'' and ''Check it Out!''. The last two episodes were transmitted on the original dates only in the London area due to strike action at Thames Television which stopped them from being networked. Episodes Home release The complete series of ''Tripper's Day'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man And Superman
''Man and Superman'' is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903, in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. ''Man and Superman'' opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 21 May 1905 as a four-act play produced by the Stage Society, and then by John Eugene Vedrenne and Harley Granville-Barker on 23 May, without Act III ("Don Juan in Hell"). A part of the third act (Scene 2), was performed when the drama was staged on 4 June 1907 at the Royal Court. The play was not performed in its entirety until 1915, when the Travelling Repertory Company played it at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Summary Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner. Ramsden, a venerable old man, distrusts John Tanner, an eloquent youth with revolutionary ideas, whom Shaw's stage directions describe as "prodigiously fluent of speech, restless, excita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Former Emmerdale Characters
This is a list of former characters from the ITV1 soap opera ''Emmerdale'', ordered by the year in which they made their final appearance. __NOTOC__ 1970s Last appeared in 1972 Last appeared in 1973 Last appeared in 1974 Last appeared in 1975 Last appeared in 1976 Last appeared in 1977 Last appeared in 1978 Last appeared in 1979 1980s Last appeared in 1980 Last appeared in 1981 Last appeared in 1982 Last appeared in 1983 Last appeared in 1984 Last appeared in 1985 Last appeared in 1986 Last appeared in 1987 Last appeared in 1988 Last appeared in 1989 1990s Last appeared in 1990 Last appeared in 1991 Last appeared in 1992 Last appeared in 1993 Last appeared in 1994 Last appeared in 1995 Last appeared in 1996 Last appeared in 1997 Last appeared in 1998 Last appeared in 1999 2000s Last appeared in 2000 Last appeared in 2001 Last appeared in 2002 Last appeared in 2003 Last appeared in 2004 Last appeared in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |