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Ann Todd is a Actor British born on 24 january 1909

Ann Todd

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Birth name Dorothy Anne Todd
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 january 1909
Death 6 may 1993 (at 84 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Dorothy Anne Todd (24 January 1909 – 6 May 1993) was an English actress and producer.

Biography

Todd said of herself, "I'm really very shy, and I get over that playing an actress."

Todd married three times. Her first husband, Victor N. Malcolm, was a grandson of Lillie Langtry and the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven; she had a son with him named David Malcolm. Her second and third husbands (Nigel Tangye and David Lean) were first cousins. She had a daughter with Nigel Tangye called Ann Francesca Tangye. She was divorced from Tangye March 12, 1949.

Todd married film director Lean May 21, 1949, and starred in a number of his films, including The Passionate Friends (1949), Madeleine (1950) and The Sound Barrier (1952). Lean and Todd divorced July 15, 1957.

Best films

The Seventh Veil
The Seventh Veil
(1945)
(Actress) The Sound Barrier
The Sound Barrier
(1952)
(Actress)

Usually with

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ann Todd (37 films)

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Actress

The Human Factor
The Human Factor (1979)
, 1h54
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy, Politic
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Richard Attenborough, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Iman, Nicol Williamson, Robert Morley
Roles Castle's Mother
Rating60% 3.047943.047943.047943.047943.04794
Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson) is a mid-level bureaucrat in MI6 whose life seems completely without peculiarity, peccadillo, or any highlighting quality to suggest he’s anything but a dull bureaucrat, except for the interesting, casually introduced detail that he has an African wife, Sarah (Iman), and son, Sam (Gary Forbes). Meanwhile, the company regime, represented by corpulent, bluffly cheery Dr. Percival (Robert Morley), who’s actually an expert in assassinations and biological toxins, and grey eminence Sir John Hargreaves (Richard Vernon), advise newly appointed security chieftain Daintry (Richard Attenborough) that, thanks to a source they have cultivated in their Moscow enemy headquarters, they believe they have a traitor at the MI6 African desk. The duo determine that the mole must be quietly killed, rather than be allowed publicity in a trial or a flight to Moscow. They determine quickly that the most likely candidate for the traitor is Arthur Davis (Derek Jacobi), Castle’s playboy office partner. Actually, Castle is the mole, but the information he leaks is entirely unimportant financial documents. He became involved in leaking to the Soviets when he was an MI6 agent in South Africa, seven years earlier: he met and fell in love with Sarah, and when their affair was discovered by the authorities, Castle was all but thrown out of the country, and he entrusted Sarah’s smuggling out of the country to a mutual communist acquaintance. Ever since, he’s been repaying the favor by filtering insignificant data to the Soviets. Castle makes one last informational drop to his communist handlers and he is summarily whisked off to Moscow for protection. However, Castle's primary problem is that he is not a communist, is not a communist sympathizer, and has absolutely no interest in politics, socialism, the Russian language, Slavic history or culture, geopolitical power plays, Moscow nor the Soviet Union. His only interest is in his wife and his son, who are left in London — where they will remain separated from him.
The Fiend
The Fiend (1972)
, 1h38
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ann Todd, Tony Beckley, Patrick Magee, Suzanna Leigh, Percy Herbert, David Lodge
Roles Birdy Wemys
Rating52% 2.6092352.6092352.6092352.6092352.609235
Widow Birdy Wemys (Todd) has become a devoted member of a fundamentalist fire-and-brimstone religious sect called The Brethren, led by the charismatic Minister (Magee). Birdy has turned her sizeable home over to the Brethren for use as a church and a recruiting ground, and her son Kenny (Beckley) has also fallen under their spell. Kenny is a troubled individual, dominated by his overbearing mother, introverted and socially inept. He has taken the teachings of the Minister to heart, and feels repulsed by what he sees as sin, lust and temptation being openly flaunted by the young women he sees as he goes about his daily business.
90° in the Shade
90° in the Shade (1965)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors James Booth, Anne Heywood, Ann Todd, Donald Wolfit, Jiřina Jirásková, Jiří Sovák
Roles Mrs. Kurka
Rating67% 3.3766953.3766953.3766953.3766953.376695
A woman attempts to cover up the thefts committed by the manager at the shop she works at.
The Son of Captain Blood
The Son of Captain Blood (1962)
, 1h28
Directed by Tulio Demicheli
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Sean Flynn, Alessandra Panaro, John Kitzmiller, José Nieto, Roberto Camardiel, Fernando Sancho
Roles Arabella Blood
Rating52% 2.634412.634412.634412.634412.63441
Robert Blood, fils du grand capitaine Peter Blood, est impatient de partir en mer lorsque sa mère lui donne finalement son accord. Robert est assigné un bateau. À bord, il rencontre une belle jeune demoiselle nommée Abigail. En mer leur navire est attaqué par le pirate, Malagon et ils sont faits prisonniers. Malagon est un vieil ennemi du Capitaine Blood et se réjouit de maltraiter Robert. Avec l'aide de quelques anciens compagnons de bord du capitaine Blood, qui font maintenant partie de l'équipage de Malagon, Robert prend le contrôle du vaisseau de Malagon. Aujourd'hui, le capitaine d'un bateau pirate Robert et son équipage rencontrent un navire négrier et sauvent quelques-uns des serviteurs de Robert qui ont été pris pour être vendus comme esclaves. Robert et ses hommes retournent dans sa Jamaïque natale pour combattre les autorités corrompues. Alors que Robert et son équipage gagnent leur combat, un tremblement de terre et un raz-de-marée frappent l'île. Robert et ses hommes sauvent sa mère et d'autres pris au piège dans une église. Ils survivent tous. Dans la foulée, Robert et Abigail vont se marier et vivre heureux pour toujours.
Taste of Fear
Taste of Fear (1961)
, 1h18
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, Leonard Sachs, Heinz Bernard
Roles Jane Appleby
Rating73% 3.6938553.6938553.6938553.6938553.693855
A young paralysed woman (Susan Strasberg) returns to her family home after the mysterious disappearance of her father. She has a cool relationship with her stepmother, while the chauffeur helps her to investigate the father's disappearance. During the investigations, she finds the father's corpse in various locations around the house, but it always quickly vanishes again before anyone else sees it.
Time Without Pity
Time Without Pity (1957)
, 1h25
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen, Lois Maxwell
Roles Honor Stanford
Rating67% 3.395193.395193.395193.395193.39519
David Graham, a recovering alcoholic, returns to England with only 24 hours to save his son, Alec, from hanging for the murder of Alec's girlfriend, Jenny Cole. A neglectful, absentee father who has missed the entire trial while he was in rehab in Canada, Graham discovers his son, awaiting execution, at first refuses to even see him and when he does, to evince any hope for his case, let alone affection for his father.
The Sound Barrier
The Sound Barrier (1952)
, 1h58
Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin, Denholm Elliott, Dinah Sheridan
Roles Susan Garthwaite
Rating66% 3.345883.345883.345883.345883.34588
After his aircraft company's groundbreaking work on jet engine technology in the Second World War, John Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson), its wealthy owner, employs test pilot Tony Garthwaite (Nigel Patrick), a successful wartime fighter pilot to fly new jet-powered aircraft. Garthwaite is hired by Ridgefield after marrying Ridgefield's daughter, Susan (Ann Todd). Tensions between father and daughter are accentuated by Garthwaite's dangerous job of test flying. In a noteworthy illustration of the new technology, Susan accompanies Garthwaite on a ferrying assignment of a two-seater de Havilland Vampire to Cairo, Egypt, returning later the same day as passengers on the de Havilland Comet.
Madeleine
Madeleine (1950)
, 1h54
Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Actors Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks, Barbara Everest, Susan Stranks
Roles Madeleine Hamilton Smith
Rating68% 3.4454553.4454553.4454553.4454553.445455
The film dramatizes events leading up to the 1857 trial of an otherwise-respectable young woman, Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd), for the murder of her draper's-assistant lover, Emile L'Angelier (Ivan Desny). The trial produced the uniquely Scottish verdict of "not proven", which left Madeleine a free woman.
The Passionate Friends
The Passionate Friends (1949)
, 1h35
Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean
Roles Mary Justin
Rating72% 3.643743.643743.643743.643743.64374
The story is told through episodes of memories by the woman (Mary, played by Ann Todd) while on holiday in Switzerland waiting for her banker husband Howard (Claude Rains) to join her from his business. It has been nine years since they have been on holiday, but also nine years since she last talked to the man she is in love with (Steven, played by Trevor Howard), who unknowing to her has been booked into the adjoining room.
Daybreak
Daybreak (1948)
, 1h15
Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed, Bill Owen, Edward Rigby, Jane Hylton
Roles Frances "Frankie" Tribe
Rating66% 3.3265553.3265553.3265553.3265553.326555
Eddie (Portman) owns a London barber's shop and leads an apparently everyday life. However, under an assumed name he has a secret second identity known to no-one but his assistant Ron (Bill Owen) – he is also one of England's public hangmen, called on periodically to travel to prisons around the country to perform judicial executions.
So Evil My Love
So Evil My Love (1948)
, 1h52
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Leo G. Carroll, Raymond Huntley, Raymond Lovell
Roles Olivia Harwood
Rating68% 3.437843.437843.437843.437843.43784
On board a ship returning to England from the West Indies, missionary's widow Olivia Harwood (Todd) is prevailed on to help nurse malarial patients on the lower decks. There she meets the suavely handsome Mark Bellis (Milland), who has been taken ill. Despite Mark's vagueness about his life and past, the couple strike up a friendship. Fully recovered by the time the ship docks, Mark persuades Olivia to allow him to take up residence in the lodging house she has inherited from her late husband. He proceeds to work a smooth line of seduction on her, while still finding time to also use his charms on the more worldly and vulgar Kitty (Moira Lister).
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case (1947)
, 2h5
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore
Roles Gay Keane
Rating64% 3.2472653.2472653.2472653.2472653.247265
Maddalena Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) is a very beautiful and enigmatic young foreign woman, currently living in London, who is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband, a retired military man, at their grand home in the Lake District. It is not clear whether she is a grateful and devoted wife who has been falsely accused, or whether she is instead a calculating and ruthless femme fatale.
My Reputation
My Reputation (1946)
, 1h34
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Eve Arden, Lucile Watson, Warner Anderson, Scotty Beckett
Roles Gretchen Van Orman
Rating69% 3.4962253.4962253.4962253.4962253.496225
200px When her beloved husband dies after a long illness, Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) is comforted by the executor of her husband's estate, lawyer Frank Everett (Warner Anderson), who's been a family friend for years and, later, shows an interest in dating "Jess". Her mother (Lucile Watson) has worn black for decades, since her husband passed, and would love for her daughter to follow her example. Jess has two young boys: Kim (Scotty Beckett), who is fourteen, and Keith (Bobby Cooper), who's twelve. Both go off to school leaving their newly widowed mother at home alone to deal with her loneliness. She tries to reconnect with the "old gang" that she and her husband socialized with while he was alive, but finds they remind her too much of him. She's even accosted by one of them, George Van Orman (Jerome Cowan), when he brings her home one night. Fortunately, she has a real friend in Ginna Abbott (Eve Arden), whom she runs to, and stays with, the night she was accosted. Ginna and her husband Cary (John Ridgely) invite Jess to spend a week's vacation at Lake Tahoe with them.