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Eleanor Summerfield is a Actor British born on 7 march 1921 at London (United-kingdom)
Eleanor Summerfield (7 March 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an English actress.
Summerfield was born in London in 1921. She received her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In the mid-1960s, she played P.G. Wodehouse's character Aunt Dahlia in BBC One's black-and-white TV series World of Wooster (1965–1967). She was also a regular on radio panel games, including BBC Radio's Just a Minute, and was a team member for the entire 15-year run of BBC Radio 4's game show Many a Slip (1964–1979).
She was the wife of actor Leonard Sachs, the mother of actor Robin Sachs and Toby Sachs.
Eleanor Summerfield died in London on 13 July 2001, aged 80.
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Eleanor Summerfield
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 march 1921 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 13 july 2001 (at 80 years)
Birth 7 march 1921 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 13 july 2001 (at 80 years)
Summerfield was born in London in 1921. She received her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In the mid-1960s, she played P.G. Wodehouse's character Aunt Dahlia in BBC One's black-and-white TV series World of Wooster (1965–1967). She was also a regular on radio panel games, including BBC Radio's Just a Minute, and was a team member for the entire 15-year run of BBC Radio 4's game show Many a Slip (1964–1979).
She was the wife of actor Leonard Sachs, the mother of actor Robin Sachs and Toby Sachs.
Eleanor Summerfield died in London on 13 July 2001, aged 80.
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The Watcher in the Woods (1981)
, 1h23Directed by Vincent McEveety, John Hough
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Frances Cuka
Roles Mrs. Thayer
Rating60%
Helen and Paul Curtis (Carroll Baker and David McCallum) and their daughters Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson) and Ellie (Kyle Richards), move into a manor. Mrs. Aylwood (Bette Davis), the owner of the residence, notices that Jan bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Karen, who disappeared inside a chapel near the village 30 years previously.
Foreign Exchange (1970)
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Horton, Sebastian Cabot, Jill St John, Dudley Foster, Eric Pohlmann, Timothy Bateson
Roles Mrs. Roberts
Rating63%
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Genres Comedy
Actors Ronnie Corbett, Dame Thora Hird, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Leslie Phillips, Dennis Price
Roles Elizabeth Robson
Rating58%
The Running Man (1963)
, 1h43Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Fernando Rey, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield
Roles Hilda Tanner
Rating64%
In Croydon, England, seemingly grieving Stella Black (Lee Remick) has just returned home from her husband's funeral. Apparently, he died in a gliding accident when the glider he had rented crashed into the sea, and his body was never recovered. In reality, she knows her husband Rex Black (Laurence Harvey) is still alive and has been in hiding at a seaside boarding house for three months under the assumed name of Erskine, a shoe salesman on vacation, between the time of his "death" and the funeral. He has just clandestinely returned home following the funeral. They are perpetrating this ruse to collect on the £50,000 life insurance money from the Excelsior Insurance Company. They feel Excelsior owes them this money as, in the previous year, Excelsior did not pay out a £20,000 business insurance claim when his airplane, which he used to operate his own transport company, went down in bad weather on a flight to Hamburg, West Germany, and was destroyed. His insurance had lapsed by two days due to someone's error in not paying the latest premium – Rex admitting that it may have been his error - which in turn ruined his business.
Guns of Darkness (1962)
, 1h43Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Actors David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu, Eleanor Summerfield, Ian Hunter
Roles Mrs. Bastian
Rating60%
Caught in a South American country during a coup, a British couple (Niven and Caron) try and help the former President escape to the border.
On the Beat (1962)
, 1h46Directed by Robert Asher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Esma Cannon, Raymond Huntley, Eric Barker, Wanda Ventham
Roles Sgt. Lucilla Wilkins
Rating68%
Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) works at Scotland Yard as a car cleaner but dreams of becoming a policeman like his late father. The police reject his request to join the force but recruit him to work undercover in disguise as the double of a suspected jewel thief, an Italian crime boss who looks just like him. In addition to his criminal activities this man is a ladies' hairdresser. Norman disguises himself as the suspect and gains entry to his salon. Once inside, after some mishaps, he manages to find the stolen goods, knock out the suspect, wrap him up in a curtain/wall rug, and bring him to justice. As a reward, he is offered a permanent place in the police and marries his love, the ex-girlfriend of the man he brought to justice (whom had he rescued earlier in the film when she was attempting to commit suicide by jumping in the river).
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
, 1h29Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Rik Battaglia, Judith Anderson
Roles Mother
Rating51%
Bill Ferguson (Richard Todd), a Scottish romantically active travel agent gives several woman the keys to his flat, and ends up trying to prevent them from meeting each other.
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
, 1h27Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Roles Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins
Rating51%
On the Fiddle (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Alan King, Eric Barker
Roles Flora McNaughton
Rating57%
During the Second World War, spiv Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation he tells the judge he is only working in the black market while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up.
Spare the Rod (1961)
, 1h33Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen, Donald Pleasence, Richard O'Sullivan, Jean Anderson, Eleanor Summerfield
Roles Mrs. Harkness
Rating65%
John Saunders (Bygraves), a supply teacher with progressive anti-corporal punishment views, arrives to take up a post at Worrell Street School in a socially deprived area of East London. He is assigned a class of pupils in their last year before leaving school and finds himself in charge of a group of rebellious, badly-behaved teenagers from poor home backgrounds, with no interest in education, who register their defiance of authority by fighting, throwing classroom furniture around, whistling and laughing during bible readings and smoking in class. The school's headmaster Jenkins (Pleasence) is well-meaning but has long become despondent with the seemingly insurmountable challenges posed by his pupils and is resigned to merely serving out his time until retirement. His view that corporal punishment is the only way to maintain even some semblance of order in the classrooms ("You'll never be able to handle them unless you're as tough as they are") is anathema to Saunders, who states his intention to try all other methods of discipline rather than resort to physical violence.
Dentist in the Chair (1960)
, 1h24Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Monkhouse, Ronnie Stevens, Peggy Cummins, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Vincent Ball
Roles Ethel
Rating50%
Two dental students, David Cookson (Monkhouse) and Brian Dexter (Ronnie Stevens) become mixed up in the misadventures of a thief, Sam Field (played by Kenneth Connor), when he tries to sell them stolen dental equipment.
The Millionairess (1960)
, 1h30Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond
Roles Mrs. Willoughby
Rating54%
By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period. When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then buying it back for £15,000. Alastair is unable to live with the domineering Epifania, however, and leaves her for the more domestic Polly Smith.
A Cry from the Streets (1958)
, 1h39Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Max Bygraves, Barbara Murray, Colin Petersen, Kathleen Harrison, Seán Barrett, Mona Washbourne
Roles Gloria
Rating63%
No Road Back (1957)
, 1h23Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Skip Homeier, Sean Connery, Paul Carpenter, Norman Wooland, Patricia Dainton, Margaret Rawlings
Roles Marguerite
Rating57%
Lost (1956)
, 1h29Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors David Farrar, Julia Arnall, Anthony Oliver, Dame Thora Hird, Eleanor Summerfield, Marjorie Rhodes
Roles Sergeant Cook
Rating63%
US embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife discover their 18-month-old son Simon has been abducted. London Detective Inspector Craig pledges to find the child.