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Patricia Ruth Plunkett is a Actor British born on 17 december 1926
Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974) was an English actress.
Born in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA and had an early stage hit in Pick-Up Girl (1946) by the American dramatist Elsa Shelley.
Plunkett appeared in 12 films, in supporting roles. The best known of these is probably It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), in which her character, Doris Sandigate, is the step-daughter of Rose (Googie Withers), the leading role. Her husband was the actor Tim Turner (died 1987).
^ "Patricia Plunkett", BFI Film Forever
^ "Plunkett, Patricia" in Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.526
^ Lorraine Greenslade "Patricia Plunkett - My Sister", Herne Hill Society Newsletter, #102, Spring 2008, p.12-13
^ "Plunkett, Patricia", credits, BFI Film & TV database
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Patricia Ruth Plunkett
Birth name Patricia Ruth Plunkett
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 december 1926
Death 13 october 1974 (at 47 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 december 1926
Death 13 october 1974 (at 47 years)
Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974) was an English actress.
Born in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA and had an early stage hit in Pick-Up Girl (1946) by the American dramatist Elsa Shelley.
Plunkett appeared in 12 films, in supporting roles. The best known of these is probably It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), in which her character, Doris Sandigate, is the step-daughter of Rose (Googie Withers), the leading role. Her husband was the actor Tim Turner (died 1987).
^ "Patricia Plunkett", BFI Film Forever
^ "Plunkett, Patricia" in Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.526
^ Lorraine Greenslade "Patricia Plunkett - My Sister", Herne Hill Society Newsletter, #102, Spring 2008, p.12-13
^ "Plunkett, Patricia", credits, BFI Film & TV database
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Identity Unknown (1960)
Directed by Frank Marshall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Stapley, Pauline Yates, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, Beatrice Varley, Valentine Dyall, Derek Blomfield
Roles Betty
Rating57%
Two reporters develop a relationship while investigating an aircraft accident.
Escort for Hire (1960)
, 1h6Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors June Thorburn, Jan Holden, Peter Butterworth, Derek Blomfield, Jill Melford, Patricia Ruth Plunkett
Rating51%
Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.
Dunkirk (1958)
, 2h14Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Meredith Edwards, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Grace Holden, John's wife
Rating70%
The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.
The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
, 1h28Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors John Derek, Milly Vitale, William Leo Franklyn, Martin Benson, Vera Day, Freda Jackson
Roles Doris Newman
Rating61%
The Crowded Day (1954)
, 1h22Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Gregson, Joan Rice, Freda Jackson, Patricia Marmont, Sonia Holm, Patricia Ruth Plunkett
Roles Alice
Rating63%
Mandy (1952)
, 1h33Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Mandy Miller, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Nancy Price
Roles Miss Crocker
Rating73%
Harry and Christine Garland have a deaf daughter, Mandy. As they realise their daughter's situation, the parents enrol Mandy in special education classes to try to get her to speak. They quarrel in the process and their marriage comes under strain. There are also hints of a possible affair between Christine and Dick Searle, the headmaster of the school for the deaf where Mandy is enrolled. Eventually, the training succeeds to the point where Mandy says her own name for the first time. Mandy's speech was achieved by using a balloon. She was able to feel the vibrations of sound onto the balloon and knew she had made a sound.
Murder Without Crime (1950)
, 1h20Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dennis Price, Derek Farr, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, Joan Dowling
Rating62%
Following a bitter row, writer Stephen Holt (Derek Farr) walks out on his wife Jan (Patricia Plunkett) and goes to drown his sorrows at a night Club. A drunken Steve ends up returning home with the club’s wily hostess, Grena (Joan Dowling). Just then Jan calls, and announces she’s returning that night to the flat. Steve attempts to get rid of Grena, but a fight ensues and he believes he’s killed her. He quickly hides the body in an ottoman. Downstairs, the suave and sinister landlord Matthew (Dennis Price) hears the disturbance and goes to investigate. Matthew suspects the edgy Steve is hiding something, and during the night continually taunts his tenant. Stephen eventually confesses, but rather than calling for the police the landlord blackmails his tenant for an extortionate rent, and reveal his long-held affection for his tenant's wife.
For Them That Trespass (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Todd, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, James Hayter, Harry Fowler, Michael Brennan, Joan Dowling
Roles Rosie
Rating65%
Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to his dismay, he witnesses a murder but refuses to help an innocent man, Herbert Logan, arrested for the crime, because his presence in such a neighbourhood would cause a scandal. Logan is freed after serving 15 years in jail and he hears his "crime" detailed on a radio drama written by Drew, which enables him to gather enough evidence to finally clear his name.
Landfall (1949)
, 1h26Directed by Ken Annakin, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Michael Denison, Edith Sharpe, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, Kathleen Harrison, Denis O'Dea, David Tomlinson
Roles Mona
Rating65%
A British coastal command pilot sinks what he believes [correctly] to be a German submarine, which had sunk a British submarine, for which sinking the pilot is blamed. He is charged with neglect, and volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent, and did sink a German U-boat rather than a British one.
Bond Street (1948)
, 1h49Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Kent, Roland Young, Hazel Court, Kathleen Harrison, Derek Farr, Ronald Howard
Roles Mary Phillips
Rating63%
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Googie Withers, Hermione Baddeley, Edward Chapman, Jack Warner, John McCallum, Susan Shaw
Rating70%
The film concerns events one Sunday (23 March 1947, according to the calendars in the film) in Bethnal Green, a part of the East End of London that was suffering the effects of bombing and post-war deprivation.