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Beatrice Campbell is a Actor British born on 31 july 1922 at County Down (United-kingdom)
Beatrice Campbell (31 July 1922 – 10 May 1979) was a British stage and film actress, born in County Down, Northern Ireland.
After a distinguished London stage career, Campbell entered film in the mid-1940s. She received positive notices internationally for her performances in Silent Dust (1949) and Last Holiday (1950), with Alec Guinness, which remains her best-known role.
Personal life
Campbell was married twice. Her first marriage was to Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy of No. 226 Squadron RAF, who died aged 22, on 12 April 1942 at RAF Hemswell when his aircraft crash landed. Her second marriage was to the actor Nigel Patrick in 1951. They remained married until her death in 1979.
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Birth name Beatrice Josephine Campbell
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 july 1922 at County Down (United-kingdom)
Death 10 may 1979 (at 56 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 july 1922 at County Down (United-kingdom)
Death 10 may 1979 (at 56 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Biography
CareerAfter a distinguished London stage career, Campbell entered film in the mid-1940s. She received positive notices internationally for her performances in Silent Dust (1949) and Last Holiday (1950), with Alec Guinness, which remains her best-known role.
Personal life
Campbell was married twice. Her first marriage was to Squadron Leader Michael Robert MacClancy of No. 226 Squadron RAF, who died aged 22, on 12 April 1942 at RAF Hemswell when his aircraft crash landed. Her second marriage was to the actor Nigel Patrick in 1951. They remained married until her death in 1979.
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The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
, 1h37Directed by José Ferrer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors José Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Dora Bryan, Percy Herbert, Victor Maddern
Roles Mrs Ruddock
Rating64%
Ferrer plays newly promoted Major Stringer of the Royal Marines, who comes up with a novel idea for a raid. By using collapsible canoes, he believes it is possible for commandos to reach an enemy-held harbour undetected and blow up ships with limpet mines. He is given command of a small group of volunteers.
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
, 1h29Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Yvonne Furneaux, Beatrice Campbell, Felix Aylmer
Roles Lady Alison
Rating63%
At the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland in 1745, Jamie Durie (Errol Flynn), his younger brother Henry (Anthony Steel) and their father Lord Durrisdeer (Felix Aylmer) receive news of the Jacobite rising. Their retainer, MacKellar (Mervyn Johns), recommends that one brother join the uprising while the other remains loyal to King George II, so that whichever side wins, the family's status and estate will be preserved. Both brothers want to go. Jamie insists on tossing a coin for the privilege and wins, despite the opposition of his fiancée, Lady Alison (Beatrice Campbell).
Grand National Night (1953)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister, Beatrice Campbell, Betty Ann Davies, Michael Hordern, Noel Purcell
Roles Joyce Penrose
Rating66%
Racehorse trainer Gerald Coates (Nigel Patrick) kills his wife Babs (Moira Lister) during an argument.
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, Guy Middleton, Hugh Griffith, Ernest Thesiger
Roles Lucille Grayson
Rating70%
When wealthy, well-known practical joker Henry Russell (Hugh Griffith) dies, four relatives find out that they stand to inherit considerable sums ... provided that they commit acts that are completely contrary to their natures. Law-abiding Deniston Russell (Alastair Sim), a retired army officer who writes lurid novels under several fictional names, has to get himself arrested and jailed for 28 days. Difficult, snobbish Agnes Russell (Fay Compton) has to find work as a maid and keep her job for a month. Simon Russell (Guy Middleton) is a womanising cad; his task is to marry the first single woman he speaks to. Timid Herbert Russell (George Cole) is assigned to hold up the bank where he works with a toy pistol.
The House in the Square (1951)
, 1h30Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Time travel films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell, Kathleen Byron
Roles Kate Pettigrew
Rating69%
Peter Standish is an American atomic scientist who is working in a nuclear laboratory in London. His co-worker Roger Forsyth, who is worrying about Peter's lack of social activities, takes him to a house in Berkeley Square he inherited. It is there where Peter announces his wishes of living in the 18th century among the high-class family Petigrew he has studied the last years. Because of a lightning strike, he is brought back to 1784, where he is thought to be the first Peter Standish, the American cousin of the Petigrews who, according to history, will soon romance and marry Kate Petigrew.
Last Holiday (1950)
, 1h28Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Bernard Lee, Brian Worth, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kay Walsh
Roles Sheila Rockingham
Rating72%
George Bird (Guinness), an ordinary, unassuming salesman of agricultural implements, visits a physician for a routine check-up and is told he has Lampington's Disease, a newly identified condition which allows him only a few weeks to live. He accepts the doctor’s advice to take his savings and enjoy himself in the little time left to him. A bachelor with no family or friends, Bird decides to spend his last days at an up-market residential hotel among its elite clientele.
No Place for Jennifer (1950)
, 1h29Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Beatrice Campbell, Guy Middleton, Janette Scott, Anthony Nicholls
Roles Paula Parry
Rating64%
Une jeune fille traverse le traumatisme du divorce de ses parents et des remariages séparés.
The Mudlark (1950)
, 1h34Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Andrew Ray, Finlay Currie, Anthony Steel
Roles Lady Emily Prior
Rating68%
A young street urchin (Andrew Ray), half-starved and homeless, finds a cameo containing the likeness of Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne). Not recognizing her, he is told that she is the "mother of all England". Taking the remark literally, he journeys to Windsor Castle to see her.
Silent Dust (1949)
, 1h22Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Sally Gray, Beatrice Campbell, Derek Farr, Seymour Hicks, Marie Lohr
Roles Joan Rawley
Rating67%
Simon Rawley is reported killed in the last days of World War II, and his blind father Robert (Murray) decides to build a sports pavilion in his memory in the local village. His neighbour Lord Clandon (Seymour Hicks) urges him to dedicate it to all the local men who gave their lives in the war, but Robert refuses. Planning and construction take some time and three years pass, during which Simon's widow Angela (Gray) falls in love with local doctor's son Maxwell Oliver (Derek Farr). Robert cannot help feeling that this is disloyal to his dead son, but his second wife Joan (Campbell) does her best to convince him that Angela is entitled to search for happiness again. The pavilion is finally completed and plans are in place for the grand dedication and opening. The local police are meanwhile looking for a villain who coshed a motorist and stole his car in London, and has dumped the car in the vicinity.
Now Barabbas (1949)
Directed by Gordon Parry
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Richard Burton, Richard Greene, Cedric Hardwicke, Kathleen Harrison, Ronald Howard, William Hartnell
Roles Kitty
Rating65%
Things Happen at Night (1948)
, 1h19Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Films based on plays, Comedy horror films
Actors Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton, Olga Lindo, Garry Marsh, Wylie Watson, Patricia Owens
Roles Joyce Prescott
Rating46%
An English country house is plagued by a poltergeist who destroys things in the home, rearranges pictures on the wall, and possesses the daughter of the owner causing her to be expelled from school. A psychic ghost breaker and an insurance agent help the homeowners battle and expel the spirit.
My Brother Jonathan (1948)
, 1h42Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Denison, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dulcie Gray, Fred Groves, Ronald Howard, Mary Clare
Roles Edie Martyn
Rating71%
The story revolves around the life of Jonathan Dakers (Denison), a small town doctor. He is training to be a surgeon when his father dies. Due to the resulting financial problems, he cannot continue his training. He buys a share in Dr. Hammond's general practice in Wednesford, a poor foundry town.
Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
, 1h39Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure
Actors William Eythe, Stanley Holloway, Hazel Court, Beatrice Campbell, Basil Sydney, Margaret Rutherford
Roles Margot
Rating57%
Wanted for Murder (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr, Roland Culver, Bonar Colleano, Stanley Holloway
Roles Muriel
Rating67%
Anne Fielding is delayed on the London Underground making her late for a meeting with her friend, Victor James Colebrooke. There, she meets Jack Williams who is also delayed. The two take an immediate liking to each other. After emerging from the Underground, Jack helps her locate Victor.
The Laughing Lady (1946)
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Peter Graves, Webster Booth, Francis L. Sullivan, Chili Bouchier, Felix Aylmer, Ralph Truman
Rating57%