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Margaret John is a Actor British born on 14 december 1926 at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Margaret John (14 December 1926 – 2 February 2011) was a Welsh, BAFTA award-winning actress, best known for her role as Doris in Gavin & Stacey. She has been described, by fellow actress Ruth Jones, as "an absolute national treasure".
John regularly worked for many charities, including: Sport Relief, Children in Need, Comic Relief, the PDSA and the George Thomas Hospice. She was also the face of the National Lottery AdvantAGE campaign, created to provide opportunities for older people.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1926 at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Death 2 february 2011 (at 84 years) at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Birth 14 december 1926 at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Death 2 february 2011 (at 84 years) at Swansea (United-kingdom)
Biography
Aged 48, she married Ben Thomas, a viola player who performed with both the London Symphony Orchestra and Frank Sinatra. He died aged 39, three years after they married, and she did not remarry. They had no children.John regularly worked for many charities, including: Sport Relief, Children in Need, Comic Relief, the PDSA and the George Thomas Hospice. She was also the face of the National Lottery AdvantAGE campaign, created to provide opportunities for older people.
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Filmography of Margaret John (8 films)
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, 3hDirected by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett, Michael Siberry, Dominic Jephcott
Roles Mrs. Hudson
Rating57%
Un ingénieur autrichien, le Dr Froelich, met au point un détonateur télécommandé, offrant un important avantage technique à l'État qui le possédera. Froelich offre cette invention à l'ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni, Sir Reginald, mais le prototype ainsi que les plans sont volés par deux inconnus. Un papier tombé d'une poche indique que les bandits vont se rendre à l'opéra le soir même. Froelich s'y rend pour récupérer son invention, rencontre l'un des voleurs, mais leur confrontation se termine par la chute fatale de l'ingénieur depuis les coulisses techniques en hauteur.
A Bit of Tom Jones? (2009)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jonny Owen, Eve Myles, Matt Berry, John Henshaw, Margaret John, Denise Welch
Roles Nanny
Rating47%
Flick (2008)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Hugh O'Conor, Faye Dunaway, Liz Smith, Ricci Harnett, Hayley Angel Holt, Michelle Ryan
Roles Mrs. Charles
Rating47%
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
, 1h40Directed by David Schwimmer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel, India de Beaufort
Roles Libby's Grandmother
Rating64%
Dennis Doyle (Simon Pegg) is about to marry Libby (Thandie Newton), his pregnant fiancée. However, he gets cold feet and runs away on the day of the wedding. Five years later, Dennis discovers that Libby, who has their son, Jake, has started seeing high-flying go-getter Whit (Hank Azaria) and realizes what he has lost. He finds out that Whit is running the Nike River Marathon in London, and to prove himself to his doubting friends and, most importantly, Libby and his son, he decides to run the race himself. He receives motivation from his two "coaches", Gordon (Dylan Moran), a well-meaning slacker who is Libby's cousin and Dennis' best friend, who has made a hefty bet on Dennis succeeding, and Mr. Ghosh Dastidar (Harish Patel) his landlord, who uses unorthodox methods of training, such as using a spatula to spank him. Days before the race, Whit proposes to Libby at her birthday party. Libby accepts and this puts Dennis in a state of deep depression. Meanwhile, Jake, who has formed a crush on a girl in his class, runs away angry when he discovers that she prefers another boy just because he has a ponytail. Dennis, upon being informed by a frightened Libby, tracks him down and explains to him that he will find many things he does not like in his life and he should just stand up to them and face them, rather than running away. Having made that mistake himself, he decides to race after all.
The Baker (2007)
, 1h26Directed by Gareth Lewis
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Damian Lewis, Michael Gambon, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kate Ashfield, Dyfan Dwyfor, Anthony O'Donnell
Roles Anne Jones
Rating63%
Milo (Damian Lewis) is a dissatisfied professional assassin. Cornering his latest target at his home, Milo has a change of heart and offers the man the chance to escape and assume a new identity, only for Bjorn (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a rival assassin working for the same organization, to arrive and kill the man anyway. Bjorn makes it clear that he plans to use Milo's lapse in protocol to have his bosses order Milo's termination; they do so, assigning the kill to Bjorn. Milo narrowly escapes Bjorn's first attack, and after a conversation with his fellow assassin and friend Leo (Michael Gambon) heads to Leo's country property in Gwynfyd, Wales to hide out while Leo works on making things safe for Milo.
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rupert Graves, Samantha Morton, Nicholas Woodeson, Frank Finlay, Lee Ross, Miriam Margolyes
Roles Aunt Margaret
Rating62%
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone else's fantasy, Harry (Lee Ross). When Harry learns that Eva is planning to leave the village in order to live with and look after the injured Lees, he devises a gruesome scheme in order to force her to stay and look after him.
, 3hDirected by Bill Corcoran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Jenny Seagrove, Joss Ackland, Richard Todd, Claude Akins
Roles Mrs. Hudson
Rating60%
King Edward demander Sherlock Holmes pour effectuer une tâche plus avant sa retraite: pour sauvegarder l'étoile de l'Afrique sur un voyage à Cape Town. Bientôt le joyau légendaire est volé et plusieurs personnes finissent par être assassiné.
International Velvet (1978)
, 2h7Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Tatum O'Neal, Nanette Newman, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, Jeffrey Byron, Richard Warwick
Roles Headmistress
Rating58%
The film follows the story of an Arizona girl, Sarah Brown (Tatum O'Neal), who is orphaned when her parents are killed in a car crash. She is sent to England to live with her aunt Velvet Brown (Nanette Newman) and Uncle John (Christopher Plummer). When Velvet was a similar age to Sarah, she and her horse, The Pie, entered the legendary Grand National horse race and won; however, she was instantly disqualified because she was an adolescent female. The Pie is ultimately put out to stud upon his retirement. He sires his last foal after Sarah's arrival in England. Sarah and Velvet are present for the birth of this foal and Sarah eventually decides that she'd like to purchase him. She later finds out that her Aunt Velvet has bought him for her. Sarah aptly names him "Arizona Pie" (combining the name of his sire and the state in which Sarah lived). She shows enough talent to be selected for the British Olympic team, where she is the junior, but she does well under the stern guidance of Captain Johnson (Anthony Hopkins). Sarah lives up to her dream and enters the Olympic Three Day Event helping Great Britain win the team competition. She falls in love with an American competitor and moves back to America with him. At the conclusion of the film she gives her Olympic gold medal to her Aunt Velvet. Sarah introduces her fiance by saying: "Scott, I would like you to meet my parents".