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Lally Bowers is a Actor British born on 21 january 1917 at Oldham (United-kingdom)

Lally Bowers

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Birth name Kathleen Bowers
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 january 1917 at Oldham (United-kingdom)
Death 18 july 1984 (at 67 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1917 – 18 July 1984) was an English actress.

Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School. She worked as a secretary before walking-on and understudying at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a professional actress Bowers appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guildford, Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic.

Her London debut came in 1944 and her many West End successes included Dinner With the Family for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957, Difference of Opinion, The Killing of Sister George, Dear Octopus and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B. She appeared in the sitcoms You're Only Young Twice, Going Straight, Hi-De-Hi and A Fine Romance, and her film career included roles in Tamahine, The Chalk Garden, I Start Counting, All the Way Up, Up Pompeii, Our Miss Fred, Dracula A.D. 1972, The Slipper and the Rose and Screamtime.

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Filmography of Lally Bowers (10 films)

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The Slipper and the Rose
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
, 2h23
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Les fées, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Gemma Craven, Richard Chamberlain, John Turner, Michael Hordern, Edith Evans, Margaret Lockwood
Roles Queen
Rating68% 3.4477053.4477053.4477053.4477053.447705
This is a musical twist on the classic love story of Cinderella and Prince Charming. Prince Edward of Euphrania returns home after being sent to meet the princess Selena, whom his parents have arranged for him to marry. However, The Prince reveals he did not propose to the princess he was visiting, and angrily denounces arranged marriages ("Why Can't I Be Two People?"). Edward decides to tell his parents that he wants to marry for love. They, however, are more interested in the political side ("What Has Love Got to Do with Being Married?"). They fail to sway the prince, however.
Dracula A.D. 1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
, 1h36
Directed by Alan Gibson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame, Caroline Munro, Janet Key
Roles Matron
Rating59% 2.9502152.9502152.9502152.9502152.950215
One hundred years later, a new generation of Britons appear who move the tale along: in this case, a group of young hippies that includes Jessica Van Helsing (Stephanie Beacham), granddaughter of Lorrimer Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), an occult expert and descendant of Dracula's old nemesis, and Johnny Alucard (Christopher Neame), who closely resembles the disciple of Dracula seen in 1872. Alucard persuades Jessica and the others to attend a black magic ceremony in the now abandoned, deconsecrated St Bartolph's, where he performs a bloody ritual involving one of their group, Laura Bellows (Caroline Munro). Jessica and the others flee in horror, after which Dracula is resurrected and kills Laura.
Up the Chastity Belt
Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
, 1h34
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Frankie Howerd, Graham Crowden, Bill Fraser, Norman Beaton, David Prowse, Roy Hudd
Roles The Voice (voice)
Rating51% 2.597032.597032.597032.597032.59703
Howerd played dual roles as King Richard the Lionheart and cowardly peasant Lurkalot (his character in Up Pompeii was the slave Lurcio). The plot served as an excuse to serve up the usual collection of puns and double entendres that characterised most British film comedy in the 1970s, but did feature Eartha Kitt singing "A Knight for My Nights" and Hugh Paddick (of Julian and Sandy fame in the Round the Horne BBC radio series) as a notable Robin Hood, leader of a band of men who were camp homosexual rather than merry.
Our Miss Fred
Our Miss Fred (1972)
, 1h36
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, LGBT-related film
Actors Alfred Marks, Lance Percival, Lally Bowers, Frances de la Tour, Walter Gotell, Noel Coleman
Roles Miss Flodden
Rating54% 2.729842.729842.729842.729842.72984
Shakespearean actor Fred Wimbush is called up during WWII, and is performing in drag, entertaining the troops in France, when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues his disguise in women's clothes, Fred fears he will be shot as a spy. The double entendres and bullets fly as he attempts his escape in the company of the pupils from an English girls' finishing school.
Up Pompeii
Up Pompeii (1971)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Frankie Howerd, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Patrick Cargill, Lance Percival, Julie Ege
Roles Procuria
Rating60% 3.001463.001463.001463.001463.00146
Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) becomes the inadvertent possessor of a scroll bearing all the names of the proposed assassins of Nero (Patrick Cargill). The conspirators need to recover the scroll fast, but it has fallen into the hands of Lurcio's master, Ludicrus Sextus (Michael Hordern) who mistakenly reads the contents of the scroll to the Senate. Farcical attempts are made to retrieve the scroll before Pompeii is eventually consumed by the erupting Vesuvius.
I Start Counting
I Start Counting (1970)
, 1h45
Directed by David Greene
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jenny Agutter, Bryan Marshall, Lana Morris, Simon Ward, Madge Ryan, Fay Compton
Roles Aunt Rene
Rating68% 3.442123.442123.442123.442123.44212
Wynne (Agutter), an adopted 14-year-old girl, has a crush on her 32-year-old stepbrother, George (Bryan Marshall). While spying on George in the bathroom, Wynne notices he has several scratches on his back, and finds a bloody jumper she made for him that he threw in the rubbish, which leads her to suspect him of being the serial killer of several local teenage girls, and who is still at large. Despite this belief, Wynne continues to have romantic sexual fantasies about George, and dreams of marrying him when she comes of legal age.
The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden (1964)
, 1h46
Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans, Elizabeth Sellars, Felix Aylmer
Roles Anna
Rating71% 3.5949753.5949753.5949753.5949753.594975
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed teenage granddaughter, who has seen off many previous governesses and who feels intense sexual jealousy and resentment of her beautiful mother.