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Geraldine McEwan is a Actor British born on 9 may 1932 at Old Windsor (United-kingdom)
Geraldine McEwan (9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress who had a long career in theatre, television and film.
McEwan was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1998 for her performance in The Chairs. She won a BAFTA Award for her performance in the television serial Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990). From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series Marple.
Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a forthright, sparkling manner."
McEwan was reported to have declined an OBE, and later, a DBE (in 2002), but she did not respond to these claims. "I will never speak of that", she said of the reputedly rejected Damehood in an interview with Cassandra Jardine in 2004.
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Birth name Geraldine McKeown
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 may 1932 at Old Windsor (United-kingdom)
Death 30 january 2015 (at 82 years) at Greater London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 may 1932 at Old Windsor (United-kingdom)
Death 30 january 2015 (at 82 years) at Greater London (United-kingdom)
McEwan was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1998 for her performance in The Chairs. She won a BAFTA Award for her performance in the television serial Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990). From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series Marple.
Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a forthright, sparkling manner."
Biography
In 1953 McEwan married Hugh Cruttwell, whom she had first met when she was aged 14 while working at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Cruttwell was the Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1965 to 1984. They had a son Greg, who is an actor and screenwriter, and a daughter, Claudia. Cruttwell died in 2002.McEwan was reported to have declined an OBE, and later, a DBE (in 2002), but she did not respond to these claims. "I will never speak of that", she said of the reputedly rejected Damehood in an interview with Cassandra Jardine in 2004.
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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
, 1h35Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Mirai Shida, Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Ōtake, Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tomokazu Miura
Roles Haru (voice: UK version)
Rating76%
A boy named Sho/Shawn tells the audience he still remembers the week in summer he spent at his mother's childhood home with his maternal great aunt, Sadako/Jessica, and the house maid, Haru/Hara. When Sho/Shawn arrives at the house on the first day, he sees a cat, Niya, trying to attack something in the bushes but it gives up after it is attacked by a crow. Sho/Shawn gets a glimpse of Arrietty, a young Borrower girl, returning to her home through an underground air vent.
Genres Crime
Actors Geraldine McEwan, Timothy Dalton, Robert Hardy, Laurence Fox, James Murray (acteur anglais), Zoe Telford
Roles Miss Marple
Rating66%
Le capitaine Clive Trevelyan est pressenti pour prendre la succession de Winston Churchill à la tête du Parti Conservateur, mais cela ne semble guère l'intéresser. Cet homme solitaire, qui semble porter un lourd secret, décide de passer la nuit dans un hôtel de la ville voisine. Le soir même, l'une des clientes convoque les esprits, et ces derniers les préviennent que quelqu'un va mourir ce soir, tout d'un coup, il y a une panne de courant. Ils recommencent à convoquer les esprits, ils leur annoncent la mort de Trevelyan. Le lendemain, on le retrouve assassiné dans sa chambre, avec un scorpion égyptien en or, à côté de lui.
A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
, 30minutesDirected by Nick Park
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Feminist films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Ben Whitehead, Geraldine McEwan, Jean-Loup Horwitz, Marion Game
Roles Miss Thripp (voice) (uncredited)
Rating75%
Baker Bob is bludgeoned to death with his own rolling pin by an unseen assailant while baking a cake; he is the latest of twelve bakers to be killed. Meanwhile, Wallace (Peter Sallis) and Gromit are running a "Dough to Door" delivery service from their bakery "Top Bun". On one such delivery, the duo save Piella Bakewell (Sally Lindsay), a former pin-up girl mascot for the Bake-O-Lite bread company, and her miniature poodle, Fluffles, when the brakes on her bike appear to fail. They drive alongside so Wallace can attempt to use pastries to stop, but they careen into a zoo and barely escape being eaten by a crocodile. Gromit tests the bicycle brakes and becomes suspicious on learning that the brakes work perfectly fine, but Wallace becomes smitten with Piella.
, 1h25Directed by Nick Park, Steve Box
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Robot films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Liz Smith, Peter Kay, John Thomson
Roles Miss Thripp (voice)
Rating74%
Tottington Hall's annual Giant Vegetable Competition is approaching. The winner of the competition will win the coveted Golden Carrot Award. All are eager to protect their vegetables from damage and thievery by rabbits until the contest, and Wallace and Gromit are cashing in by running a vegetable security and humane pest control business, "Anti-Pesto".
Marple: Sleeping Murder (2005)
, 1h33Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Geraldine McEwan, Geraldine Chaplin, Sophia Myles, Dawn French, Aidan McArdle, Harry Treadaway
Roles Miss Marple
Rating71%
Gwenda, jeune femme fiancée à Charles, débarque des Indes pour s'établir en Angleterre. Son fiancé a chargé un de ses employés, Hugh Hornbeam, de s'occuper d'elle en attendant qu'il arrive pour leur mariage. Elle recherche une maison pour y fonder leur famille… Par hasard, elle repère à Dillmouth une villa, démodée mais charmante, qu'elle achète sans hésiter une seconde. C'était exactement ce qu'elle voulait…
Vanity Fair (2004)
, 2h22Directed by Mira Nair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, James Purefoy, Angelica Mandy, Gabriel Byrne, Eileen Atkins
Roles Lady Southdown
Rating61%
1802, London. The mysterious Lord Steyne (Gabriel Byrne) goes to a painter's studio where he has agreed to buy a painting of a young woman. The young Rebecca "Becky" Sharp (Angelica Mandy), then a girl of ten, insists on having ten guineas, instead of four guineas, as the price of the painting. The painter explains that the model in the painting is Becky's mother, the painter's late wife. Steyne agrees to pay the higher amount and leaves with the painting. The young Becky is seen moving to Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies after her father's death.
The Lazarus Child (2004)
, 1h33Directed by Graham Theakston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Andy García, Frances O'Connor, Angela Bassett, Harry Eden, Geraldine McEwan, Christopher Shyer
Roles Janet
Rating49%
The film covers the lives of a family after their young daughter is severely injured in a car crash. It is based on a book written in 1998 by the journalist Robert Mawson as his second novel. The plot revolves around the controversial but highly humane treatment of the traffic accident victim who is in a deep coma and can only be brought back to consciousness with the help of her older brother and a gifted neurologist doctor whose work is not recognised by the community. The consequences of this lack of understanding nearly wreck the healing process.
Marple: 450 from Paddington (2003)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Geraldine McEwan, Amanda Holden, John Hannah, Michael Landes, David Warner, Ciarán McMenamin
Roles Miss Marple
Rating73%
Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy (Pam Ferris) prend le train de 16h50, à Londres, pour aller rendre visite à son amie Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan). Installée dans son compartiment, alors qu'un autre train dépasse le sien, elle aperçoit furtivement par la fenêtre un homme étranglant sauvagement une femme dans le train voisin. Persuadée d'avoir été témoin d'un meurtre, elle se rend le lendemain à la police en compagnie de Miss Marple. Mais, aucun cadavre n'ayant été retrouvé dans le train ou aux abords de la voie ferrée, les autorités se montrent incrédules.
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
, 1h54Directed by Peter Mullan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about religion
Actors Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Geraldine McEwan, Eileen Walsh, Peter Mullan, Frances Healy
Roles Sister Bridget
Rating76%
Set in Ireland, beginning in 1964, so-called 'fallen' women were considered sinners who needed to be redeemed. The film follows the stories of four young women - Margaret (raped by her cousin), Bernadette (too beautiful and coquettish), Rose (an unmarried mother) and Crispina (an intellectually disabled unmarried mother) - who are all forced by their families or caretakers into the Magdalene Asylum.
Pure (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Molly Parker, Harry Eden, Keira Knightley, David Wenham, Marsha Thomason, Geraldine McEwan
Roles Nanna
Rating67%
Following the death of her husband, 10-year-old Paul's mother Mel (Parker) comes to rely on an old friend, Lenny (Wenham), who is also a pimp and drug dealer. Soon Paul (Eden) must take care of both his mother and his younger brother. When Mel's friend and fellow user dies, Paul must confront the fear that has been gathering in the pit of his stomach: having lost his father, his mother too may abandon him due to her heroin addiction. Even with his limitations as a child, he takes action to stop this from happening. As this is happening, Paul befriends a pregnant Louise (Knightley), an older girl who is also a drug addict.
Food of Love (2002)
, 1h52Directed by Ventura Pons
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Juliet Stevenson, Kevin Bishop, Allan Corduner, Paul Rhys, Geraldine McEwan, Craig Hill
Roles Novotna
Rating59%
Paul Porterfield (Kevin Bishop) is an 18-year-old music student who is offered the chance to be the page turner for the acclaimed pianist Richard Kennington (Paul Rhys). Kennington, and his agent and lover Joseph Mansourian (Allan Corduner), is instantly attracted to Paul's youth and attractiveness, but Kennington's attempts to get to know Paul better are thwarted by Paul's possessive, neurotic mother, Pamela (Juliet Stevenson) who is initially unaware of the attraction. She dotes on her son but is faced with the revelation that her husband is cheating on her and the exasperation of her son, who feels suffocated by her love. Paul is keen to escape his mother and meets Kennington in a hotel; After talking Kennington offers Paul a massage which leads on to other things. After meeting up again in Barcelona, the two begin an affair behind the back of Pamela and Mansourian, who consistently attempts to contact Kennington to no avail after his dog dies. On the last day before Kennington returns to New York, and Pamela and Paul head on to Grenada, Pamela makes excuses and goes to Kennington's hotel to seduce him. He is clearly not interested. While consoling herself in the bathroom, she finds a pair of her son's boxer shorts hanging on the shower line.
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
, 1h33Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Kenneth Branagh, Nathan Lane, Adrian Lester, Matthew Lillard, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola
Roles Holofernia
Rating58%
The King of Navarre has vowed to avoid romantic entanglements to spend three years in study and contemplation. His chief courtiers agree to follow him in this vow, though one (Berowne) argues that they will not be able to fulfil this plan.
Contaminated Man (2000)
, 1h40Directed by Anthony Hickox
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors William Hurt, Natascha McElhone, Peter Weller, Katja Woywood, Michael Brandon, Désirée Nosbusch
Roles Lilian Rodgers
Rating49%
En 1986, David Whitman revient à la maison, porteur d'un virus qu'il communique à sa femme et à sa fille : c'est l'horreur, il les voit mourir en quelques minutes devant lui. Quelques années plus tard, il dirige une équipe d'enquête sur un accident dans une usine chimique près de Budapest. On s'aperçoit qu'une personne a échappé à l'accident et qu'elle porte un virus terrifiant qui fait mourir en moins d'une minute toute personne entrée à son contact. L'experte en terrorisme Holly Anderson contribue à la recherche car tout le monde pense qu'il s'agit d'un terroriste. Whitman, découvre qu'il s'agit d'un innocent, qui désire retrouver son fils, chez son épouse dont il est séparé. La menace est prise très au sérieux par les services américains.
The Love Letter (1999)
, 1h28Directed by Peter Ho-sun Chan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Selleck, Tom Everett Scott, Gloria Stuart
Roles Miss Scattergoods
Rating54%
Helen MacFarquhar (Kate Capshaw), a middle-aged bookseller, having recently divorced and after sending her daughter off to summer camp, and her nagging ex-husband trying to convince her to pay for some of their daughter's activities is ready to move on to the next stage in her life. One morning, as she is going through the mail, she discovers an anonymous blue love letter, without an envelope and a name. Having discovered this letter in her mail, in her bookstore, she naturally thinks it is for her. But the only question is, who is it from? At first, she thinks it is from George Matthias, the local fireman, but decides it couldn't be him, after trying to give him subtle hints ("have you ever been 'on fire?'") Not having any idea who may be the writer of the love letter, she just puts it away in her purse and tries to forget about it.
Titus (1999)
, 2h42Directed by Julie Taymor
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Steampunk films
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Harry Lennix, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Matthew Rhys
Roles Nurse
Rating70%
A boy eating lunch in a 1950s style kitchen plays war with his surrounding toys. A bomb blast outside the window frightens him under the table from where he is rescued and taken to an Amphitheatre, where an invisible audience cheers. An army resembling the Terracotta Army enter; Romans under the command of Titus Andronicus, the general at the center of the play, return victorious from war. They bring back as spoils Tamora, Queen of the Goths, her sons, and Aaron the Moor. Titus sacrifices Tamora’s eldest son, Alarbus, so the spirits of his 21 dead sons might be appeased. Tamora eloquently begs for the life of Alarbus, but Titus refuses her plea.