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Mary Jerrold is a Actor British born on 3 december 1877 at London (United-kingdom)
Mary Jerrold (1877–1955) was an English actress. She was married to actor Hubert Harben and mother of celebrity chef Philip Harben.
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Mary Jerrold
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 december 1877 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 3 march 1955 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 3 december 1877 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 3 march 1955 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
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Filmography of Mary Jerrold (31 films)
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Meet Me Tonight (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Anthology film
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Ted Ray, Valerie Hobson, Kay Walsh, Jessie Royce Landis, Martita Hunt
Roles Nanny (segment "Ways and Means")
Rating61%
In "The Red Peppers", a husband and wife song and dance team (Kay Walsh, Ted Ray) bicker with each other, another performer (Martita Hunt), and the theatre manager (Frank Pettingell). In "Fumed Oak", a middle-aged man (Stanley Holloway) finally has enough of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law (Betty Ann Davies, Dorothy Gordon, and Mary Merrall respectively). Having saved enough money secretly, he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving, never to see them again. In the final segment, "Ways and Means", a husband (Michael Trubshawe) informs his wife (Valerie Hobson) that he has gambled away their money, leaving little to pay their debts, especially to Olive (Jessie Royce Landis). They pawn their last few valuable possessions, hoping to win enough in the casino. However, Olive takes the seat the husband was waiting for and proceeds to win a great deal of money. When she gets up, he takes his rightful place and loses all he has. That night, the couple awake to find Olive's butler, Murdoch (Jack Warner), trying to steal from them. After laughing at him (since they have nothing worth the effort), the wife proposes he rob from his employer and split the money with them. Murdoch takes Olive's winnings, but double crosses the couple, only to end up caught by the police.
She Shall Have Murder (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Rosamund John, Derrick De Marney, Mary Jerrold, Felix Aylmer, Elizabeth Joyce Heron, Jack Allen
Roles Mrs. Robjohn
A law office clerk who aspires to be a crime writer, turns into a detective when someone at her work is murdered.
Marry Me (1949)
, 1h37Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt, Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Zena Marshall
Roles Emily Parsons
Rating61%
David Haig (David Tomlinson) is a newspaper journalist who is instructed by his editor to go undercover at a popular matchmaking service in order to get the scoop on whether they are true cupids or not.
The Queen of Spades (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold, Anthony Dawson
Roles Old Varvarushka
Rating70%
Captain Herman Suvorin (Anton Walbrook) is a Russian soldier in St Petersburg in 1806. He comes from a working class background, and is consequently spurned by his wealthier fellow officers. Suvorin begins gambling, playing the card game Faro. He is told of an aged countess (Edith Evans), who allegedly sold her soul to the devil in exchange for success in playing Faro. Suvorin seduces her ward (Yvonne Mitchell) as part of a plan to learn the countess's secret of success.
Bond Street (1948)
, 1h49Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Kent, Roland Young, Hazel Court, Kathleen Harrison, Derek Farr, Ronald Howard
Roles Miss Slennett
Rating63%
Colonel Bogey (1948)
, 51minutesDirected by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy
Actors Mary Jerrold
Roles Aunt Mabel
Rating66%
Alice et son fiancé rendent visite à oncle James et tante Mabel. Ils apprennent qu'oncle James (le colonel Bogey) est mort, mais tante Mabel agit comme s'il était toujours là.
Woman Hater (1948)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Anderson, Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère, Ronald Squire, Michael Medwin, Miles Malleson, James Hayter
Roles Lady Datchett
Rating57%
Lord Datchett is a misogynist who persuades his friend not to get married. He believes women are vain, trivial and dull. He is irritated when French film star Colette Marly arrives in London and takes the table in a restaurant where he wanted to sit He is scathing of her claims in the newspaper that she is tired of publicity and of men pursuing her, believing it to be an attempt to get more attention. He predicts that if she were really left alone she would throw herself at the first man she met. After being challenged by a man at his club, Datchett decides to invite her to stay at his house, aiming to stage a "scientific experiment" and prove his theory right.
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948)
, 1h32Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors David Farrar, Marius Goring, Greta Gynt, Raymond Huntley, Edward Chapman, Mary Jerrold
Roles Mrs. Perrin
Rating67%
An elderly schoolmaster is upset when a new, younger teacher arrives at the school proving extremely popular with the students. Their rivalry is eventually driven to a tragic conclusion.
, 1h25Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Ghost films
Actors Robert Morley, Felix Aylmer, Yvonne Arnaud, Claude Hulbert, Abraham Sofaer, Ernest Thesiger
Roles Lettie
Rating58%
Two 18th century officers, General Burlap (Morley) and Colonel Kelsoe (Aylmer), are desperate to prevent war, so they hatch a plan to capture the Duke of Marlborough and hold him prisoner until the threat of hostilities passes. Unfortunately, while testing the efficacy of the contraption they have designed to entrap the duke, they manage to kill themselves. Their stupidity incurs the wrath of Queen Anne in the afterlife, and as punishment they are condemned to haunt the Berkeley Square house until such time as a British monarch crosses the threshold of the property.
The Magic Bow (1946)
, 1h46Directed by Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Felix Aylmer
Roles Teresa Paganini
Rating59%
The Way Ahead (1944)
, 1h55Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell, James Donald, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer
Roles Mrs. Gillingham
Rating68%
In the days after the Dunkirk evacuation in Second World War, recently commissioned Second Lieutenant Jim Perry (David Niven), a pre-war Territorial private soldier and a veteran sergeant of the British Expeditionary Force, is posted to the (fictional) Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, known as the 'dogs', to train replacements to fill its depleted ranks. A patient, mild-mannered officer, he does his strenuous best to turn the bunch of grumbling ex-civilians into soldiers, earning himself their intense dislike. The conscripts also believe that their sergeant is treating them with special severity; in fact, he is pleased with the way they are developing and has his eye on some of them as potential NCOs. Eventually however, the men come to respect their officer.
The Flemish Farm (1943)
, 1h22Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Clive Brook, Clifford Evans, Jane Baxter, Wylie Watson, Philip Friend, Ronald Squire
Roles Mme Duclos
Rating59%
In May 1940, as German forces sweep across France and Belgium, the remains of the Belgian Air Force are bottled up near the Flemish coast, and billeted at a farm in the Flemish countryside. Ordered by their government to surrender, the commander gives orders that the regimental colours be honorably buried, rather than surrendered to the invaders. The few pilots with serviceable aeroplanes fly to England to join the Allied airforces, while those remaining are forced to surrender.
The Gentle Sex (1943)
, 1h32Directed by Leslie Howard, Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Rosamund John, Lilli Palmer, John Justin
Roles Mrs. Sheridan
Rating62%
The documentary-drama follows seven women from different backgrounds who meet at an Auxiliary Territorial Service training camp. "Gentle" British girls, now doing their bit to help out in WW II: drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries. Leslie Howard provides narration through the course of the film.
Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
Directed by Paul L. Stein, Harold French
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Joyce Howard, Mary Jerrold, Guy Middleton
Roles Aunt Helen
Rating65%
A drama about two sisters, Jacqueline and June, who are very close and stand by each other, even though their stories separates them. The older sister, Jacqueline (Carla Lehmann), has a sexually liberal backstory, and the younger is quite unspolied by life. The story picks up when Jacqueline travels to the French Riviera to change scenery, look for new adventures and search for an eligible bachelor who has no prir knwledge about her frivolous past. Soon she finds a suitable man, Doctor Michael Thomas (Hugh Williams), and they get married. Eventually Jacqueline is haunted by her past, as her picture turns up in a tabloid newspaper, and her husband catches a glimpse of his new bride's flamboyant previous mistakes. Jacqueline's younger sister, June (Joyce Howard), decides to help her older sister out to save her marriage from falling apart. She takes the blame and tells Michael that she is the one who has fooled around in the recent past. However, this information gives her problems of her own, as it finds its way to her own romantic interests, and threatens to destroy her own love life. The story ends with the older sister ultimately confessing her past to her husband and the other parties to the conflict, saving her sister with the truth.
Return to Yesterday (1940)
, 1h9Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles Old Lady
Rating62%
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.