Brenda Blethyn is a Actor and Writer British born on 20 february 1946 at Ramsgate (United-kingdom)
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn participated to
40 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
3 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actress
, 2h7
Directed by Joe Wright,
Tim Bevan,
Paul Webster,
Eric FellnerOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about familiesActors Keira Knightley,
Matthew Macfadyen,
Brenda Blethyn,
Donald Sutherland,
Simon Woods,
Tom HollanderRoles Mrs. Bennet
Rating78%
During the late 18th century, the Bennet family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters—Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia—live in comparative financial independence as gentry on a working farm in rural England. As Longbourn is destined to be inherited by Mr. Bennet's cousin, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet is anxious to marry off her five daughters before Mr. Bennet dies., 2h3
Directed by Robert RedfordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about animals,
Films about families,
Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Craig Sheffer,
Brad Pitt,
Tom Skerritt,
Brenda Blethyn,
Emily Lloyd,
Edie McClurgRoles Mrs. Maclean
Rating71%
A River Runs Through It is the true story about two boys, Norman (Craig Sheffer) and Paul (Brad Pitt), growing up in 1920s Missoula, Montana with their father, a Presbyterian minister. Much of the film is about the two boys returning home after becoming troubled adults. A common theme in the film is the men's love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River and how it impacted their lives. The film is told from Norman's point of view., 2h15
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about familiesActors Timothy Spall,
Brenda Blethyn,
Phyllis Logan,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste,
Claire Rushbrook,
Liz SmithRoles Cynthia Rose Purley
Rating79%
The film tells the story of Hortense Cumberbatch, a successful black middle class optometrist in London, who is adopted and has chosen to trace her family history after the death of her adoptive mother. After being warned by public officials about the troubles she could face by tracking her birth mother down, she continues her investigation and is baffled to learn that her birth mother is white but does not resent her and wants to know more about her past. Her birth mother, Cynthia Purley, is working class and downwardly mobile. Hortense meets her and later meets Cynthia's brother, Maurice Purley, a photographer, his wife Monica, and Cynthia's daughter Roxanne, a street cleaner.