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Mary Mackenzie is a Actor and Art Direction British born on 3 may 1922 at Burnley (United-kingdom)
Mary Mackenzie (3 May 1922 – 20 September 1966) was an English actress. One of her earliest credited TV roles was in 1950 on BBC's Sunday Night Theatre, as Miriam in an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The History of Mr Polly, a role she returned to in the 1959 BBC serialization.
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Mary Mackenzie
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 may 1922 at Burnley (United-kingdom)
Death 20 september 1966 (at 44 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 3 may 1922 at Burnley (United-kingdom)
Death 20 september 1966 (at 44 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Mary Mackenzie (3 May 1922 – 20 September 1966) was an English actress. One of her earliest credited TV roles was in 1950 on BBC's Sunday Night Theatre, as Miriam in an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The History of Mr Polly, a role she returned to in the 1959 BBC serialization.
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The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Leslie Phillips, Susan Beaumont, Bill Fraser, Arthur Mullard, Mary Mackenzie, Anita Sharp-Bolster
Roles Hester Waring
Rating60%
In order to help a youth club which is under threat of closure, a man begins attending funerals where he blackmails the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. However, his plans encounter problems when he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.
A Question of Adultery (1958)
, 1h26Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Julie London, Anthony Steel, Basil Sydney, Donald Houston, Anton Diffring, Andrew Cruickshank
Roles Nurse Parsons
Rating63%
Racing car driver Mark Loring, the heir to the Loring fortune complements his competitive spirit with jealousy of his wife Mary. Enraged by the attention shown to her by a pit crew mechanic who returns Mary's glove to her, Mark makes love to her on a beach in Spain, impregnating her.
The Man in the Sky (1957)
, 1h26Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Walter Fitzgerald, John Stratton, Eddie Byrne, Victor Maddern
Rating66%
Test pilot John Mitchell (Jack Hawkins) disappoints his wife Mary (Elizabeth Sellars) by refusing to increase their unsuccessful bid for a house. What she does not know is that the aircraft manufacturing company he works for is in desperate financial straits. Owner Reginald Conway (Walter Fitzgerald) needs to convince Ashmore (Eddie Byrne) to place an order soon or the firm will go bankrupt.
Yield to the Night (1956)
, 1h39Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Marie Ney, Olga Lindo, Mary Mackenzie
Roles Matron
Rating70%
The storyline in Yield to the Night bears a superficial resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year. However, the film is based on the novel of the same title published in 1954 by Joan Henry. Coincidentally, Ruth Ellis appeared as an uncredited beauty queen in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides Again, also starring Diana Dors.
Cloak Without Dagger (1956)
, 1h9Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie, Leslie Dwyer, Allan Cuthbertson, Patrick Jordan, Marianne Stone
Roles Kyra Gabaine
Rating55%
A fashion reporter is united from a former lover, and helps him to track down an enemy spy.
Track the Man Down (1955)
, 1h15Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, George Rose, Kenneth Griffith, Ursula Howells, Mary Mackenzie
Roles Mrs. Norman
Rating61%
The Master Plan (1955)
Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Crime
Actors Norman Wooland, Tilda Thamar, Wayne Morris, Mary Mackenzie, Laurie Main, Richard Marner
Roles Miss Gray
Rating60%
Following WW II, a U.S. army officer stationed in West Germany is assigned with keeping classified information away from the Communists. Unfortunately, Red spies know that he suffers from sudden black-outs and use this to hypnotise him, and make it appear that he is a traitor.
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
, 1h38Directed by George Marshall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, David Farrar, Patrick Barr, George Coulouris, Charles Goldner
Roles Junior Secretary
Rating58%
Its plot involves an American insurance investigator who is sent to Southern Rhodesia to investigate the suspicious death of a major diamond dealer.
The Harassed Hero (1954)
, 1h1Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Guy Middleton, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Mary Mackenzie, Harold Goodwin, Harold Goodwin
Roles Estelle Logan
Rating56%
Wealthy hypochondriac bachelor Murray Selwyn (Guy Middleton) has been ordered by his doctors to avoid stress, but unfortunately finds himself face to face with a gang of counterfeiters. Murray has unwittingly come into possession of the printing plates the gang is after. His stress levels escalate further when Murray's nurse (Joan Winmill Brown) is kidnapped by the gang.
Trouble in the Glen (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker, Victor McLaglen, John McCallum, Eddie Byrne
Roles Kate Carnoch
Rating54%
After moving from South America to the Scottish Highlands, millionaire Sanin Cejador y Mengues (Welles) reassumes the title of laird of Glen Easan, which he inherited from his grandfather, Sandy Menzies. Obstinate in nature, Mengues soon finds the climate inhospitable, and the language and customs of the Highland people exasperating. While fishing on the loch with his equally stubborn, distantly related cousin Angus, who works as a fishing or hunting guide for the estate, Mengues hooks and then loses a large trout, and the confrontation escalates from Gaelic epithets and an overturned boat to Mengues firing Angus. When the locals then refuse to work for him and his cattle roam unmanaged over the glen, Mengues, advised by Oliver Dukes (Archie Duncan), his factor from Glasgow whom the villagers distrust, closes a heavily used road that leads through his property.
The Long Memory (1953)
, 1h36Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Martin Harvey, John Chandos
Roles Gladys
Rating69%
The protagonist, Davidson (John Mills), visits the boat of Captain Driver to ask permission to marry his daughter Fay. Aboard, he finds himself involved in a fight over the criminal activities of Boyd, a people trafficker with whom the Drivers are associated. The boat catches fire, and subsequent investigation finds aboard a charred corpse, Boyd having gone missing. The corpse is actually a client Boyd killed, but to cover up their involvement, the Drivers and another associate, Tim Pewsey, perjure themselves by claiming there was no other man present. This leads to the identification of the corpse as Boyd and to Davidson's conviction for his murder. He spends 12 years in prison.
Lady in the Fog (1952)
, 1h13Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell, Campbell Singer, Geoffrey Keen, Mary Mackenzie, Wensley Pithey
Roles Marilyn Durant
Rating55%
An English woman asks for help from a visiting American detective to London to help her find out who has killed her brother.
, 1h22Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Claude Rains, Marius Goring, Märta Torén, Herbert Lom, Anouk Aimée, Ferdy Mayne
Roles Madame Lucas
Rating62%
Kees Popinga est fondé de pouvoir chez un marchand hollandais de fourniture de bateaux à Groningue avec une femme et deux enfants il s'est peu à peu enfoncé dans l'ennui. Un soir, son patron lui apprend que son entreprise va déposer son bilan pour faillite frauduleuse. Se voyant ruiné, Kees Popinga voit son petit univers s'effondrer. Il décide de fuir son univers un peu mesquin et de faire des avances à Pamela, la maîtresse de son patron. Celle-ci ne l'accueillant qu'avec un rire moqueur, Kees, blessé dans son amour propre, la tue en voulant la faire taire. Il n'a alors plus d'autre solution que de quitter la Hollande, il s'enfuit donc à Paris. Ce sera pour lui l'occasion de vivre une vie en complète opposition avec son existence petite-bourgeoise qu'il a connu jusqu'alors. Il côtoie prostituées et petits malfrats, jusqu'à se faire dévaliser par un pick-pocket. Après une tentative de suicide manquée qui le livre nu aux mains de la police, il se retrouve interné en hôpital psychiatrique.
Stolen Face (1952)
, 1h12Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Actors Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Mary Mackenzie, John Wood, Arnold Ridley
Roles Lily Conover, before surgery
Rating59%
Dr. Philip Ritter, a plastic surgeon (Paul Henreid), falls in love with a gifted and beautiful concert pianist, Alice Brent (Lizabeth Scott). They meet by chance at a country inn, and romance soon develops. However, Alice is already engaged to be married and, afraid to tell Ritter, runs away. Ritter is devastated.
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
, 1h50Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Felix Aylmer, Arthur Young, Edwin Styles, Rosalie Crutchley
Roles Nurse Johnson
Rating63%
Illustrating the political complexities the hard-headed nurse had to battle in order to achieve sanitary medical conditions during the Crimean War. Opposed in the uppermost circles of British government because she is "merely" a woman, Florence Nightingale is championed by the Hon. Sidney Herbert (Michael Wilding), minister of war. Herbert pulls strings to allow Nightingale and her nursing staff access to battlefield hospitals, and in so doing changes the course of medical history.