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Constance Smith is a Actor Irlandaise born on 7 february 1929 at Limerick (Irlande)
Constance Smith (22 January 1928 – 30 June 2003) was an Irish film actress, and contract player of 20th Century Fox in the 1950s.
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Constance Smith
Birth name Mary Constance Smith
Nationality Irlande
Birth 7 february 1929 at Limerick (Irlande)
Death 30 june 2003 (at 74 years) at Islington (United-kingdom)
Nationality Irlande
Birth 7 february 1929 at Limerick (Irlande)
Death 30 june 2003 (at 74 years) at Islington (United-kingdom)
Biography
Smith married English film director Bryan Forbes in 1951; they divorced in 1955. In 1962 she was sentenced to three months in prison for stabbing her boyfriend, the documentary maker and film historian Paul Rotha. On 4 February 1968, she stabbed Rotha for the second time and was charged with attempted murder. She and Rotha married in 1974. She also tried several times again to kill herself. Her last decades were spent, dissipated, in and out of hospitals. When able to get herself together for brief periods, she worked as a cleaner.Usually with
Filmography of Constance Smith (20 films)
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The Violent Patriot (1956)
Directed by Mario Caiano, Sergio Grieco
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure, Historical
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Anna Maria Ferrero, Constance Smith, Amedeo Trilli, Gérard Landry, Philippe Hersent
Roles Emma Caldana
Rating53%
Un po' di cielo (1955)
Directed by Giorgio Moser
Actors Gabriele Ferzetti, Constance Smith, Fausto Tozzi, Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo, Tina Pica
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
, 1h20Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Dame Thora Hird, Donald Stewart, Cyril Chamberlain, Lisa Daniely
Roles Jane Claymore
Rating58%
An American journalist works to expose a criminal gang in London. But his investigation of their counterfeiting activities leads to his kidnapping by the gang.
Impulse (1954)
, 1h21Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith, Joy Shelton, Jack Allen, Cyril Chamberlain, Cameron Hall
Roles Lila Ray
Rating59%
Alan Curtis (Kennedy), an American real estate agent living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife Elizabeth (Shelton) is on a lengthy vacation visiting her mother, he gives a ride to sultry nightclubsinger Lila (Smith) when he finds her stranded on the road. When Curtis gets romantically involved with her Lila tells him that her brother has gotten in trouble over a jewel robbery. In truth, Lila desperately wants the stones for herself. She tricks the wayward Curtis into believing that he killed a man after he buys them two tickets out of the country. He then decides that it is better to face the music, and opts to stay and confess. Lila, too reconsiders, and decides to stay with him until his name is cleared. After the true killers are revealed Lila goes to jail as a participant in the robbery and Curtis returns to his wife, who forgives him.
Taxi (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Dan Dailey, John Cassavetes, Constance Smith, Mark Roberts, Neva Patterson, Blanche Yurka
Roles Mary Turner
Rating64%
Taxi driver Ed Nielson is a bad-tempered bachelor who lives with his mother and owes money on his cab.
, 1h30Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Cornel Wilde, Constance Smith, Finlay Currie, Walter Hampden, Anne Bancroft, George Macready
Roles Clara MacDougal
Rating60%
Jean-Paul (Cornel Wilde), is a Frenchman, who is cheated of his birthright by his deceitful uncle Marquis de St. Malo (George Macready).
Man in the Attic (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory, Lester Matthews
Roles Lily Bonner
Rating60%
The story takes place in London, 1888. On the third night of the Jack the Ripper killings, a man rents out an attic from an older couple in need of extra income. The man (Jack Palance), a research pathologist, begins working on his experiments in the rooms. Helen Harley, the landlady (Frances Bavier), becomes suspicious of the man, especially when her niece Lily Bonner (Constance Smith) shows an interest in him.
Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
, 1h33Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith, Walter Brennan, Tom Tully, Harry Shannon
Roles Noreen McGowan
Rating63%
The film is set in the 1910s in Fargo, Georgia, near a dangerous swamp. Ben Tyler and his father Zack one day go into the swamp to search for two lost trappers. During an unsuccessful journey, Ben's dog Careless disappears while running after a deer. While looking for Careless, Ben is hit in the head by someone, and when he awakens, he finds himself captured by two primitive people, the old Jim Harper and his fierce, aggressive daughter Laurie.
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
, 1h39Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Disaster films
Actors Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone, Warren Stevens, Charles Bronson
Roles Peg Mason
Rating63%
Cliff Mason, a veteran foreman of the Forest Service's smokejumper unit, is called out with a crew on a fire, despite the fact that they have not rested in three days. Accompanied by R. A. "Pop" Miller and four other men, Cliff leaves the smokejumper base at Missoula, Montana to parachute into a nearly inaccessible area of Bugle Peak. Hours later, at base, superintendent Richard "Dick" Dryer becomes worried because Cliff is not answering radio calls. The next day, after the fire crowns, Dick flies by helicopter into the area and is stunned to find only Cliff, in shock and wandering through the devastated region. Cliff is rushed to the hospital, where he gradually recovers, although he cannot remember how he got separated from his men, or why he was the only one to survive.
The 13th Letter (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Charles Boyer, Linda Darnell, Constance Smith, Michael Rennie, Françoise Rosay, Judith Evelyn
Roles Cora Laurent
Rating62%
The film concerns a doctor at a Canadian hospital in the province of Quebec, Canada who receives a series of poison pen letters. Later, more letters all signed with the mysterious pseudonym "Raven," are delivered to others in the small Canadian town. The wife of the doctor receives a letter accusing her of having an affair. One letter informs a shell-shocked veteran that he is dying of cancer, causing the distraught man to commit suicide. Quickly, the townsfolk begin pointing fingers at all possible suspects.
I'll Get You for This (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Coleen Gray, Enzo Staiola, Charles Goldner, Walter Rilla, Martin Benson
Roles Nina
Rating59%
American gambler Nick Cain (Raft) arrives at the town of San Paola, and befriends shoe-shine boy Toni (Staiola). He discovers he has been framed for the murder of a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly (Gray) to a village, leaving her to hide out. Cain gets help from Massine (Goldner), whom he does not trust. He uncovers an international counterfeiting ring, members of which are responsible for the murder.
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 Kate Noonan
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.
The Perfect Woman (1949)
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Actors Patricia Roc, Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick, Miles Malleson, Irene Handl, Anita Sharp-Bolster
Roles Receptionist
Rating59%
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 Jean
Rating65%
Trottie True (1949)
, 1h36Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Christopher Lee, Lana Morris, Roger Moore
Roles Gaiety Girl (uncredited)
Rating57%
En 1900, une duchesse se remémore ce qui l'a amenée à cette position sociale. Après s'être fait un nom au music-hall, celle qui s'appelait alors Trottie True est engagée pour rejoindre la troupe du Bedford. Là elle attire l'attention de plusieurs admirateurs bien nés, et notamment de Lord Digby Landon avec qui elle se mariera.