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Molly Weir is a Actor British born on 17 march 1910 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Mary Weir, known as Molly Weir (17 March 1910 – 28 November 2004) was a Scottish stage actress, most notable for her role as the long-running (1977–1984) character Hazel the McWitch in the BBC TV series Rentaghost. She was the sister of naturalist and broadcaster Tom Weir.
Born in Glasgow and brought up in the Springburn area of the city, Weir began in amateur dramatics. In her early professional career, she was a well-known radio actress, featuring in many comedy shows, such as ITMA. She made her film debut in 1949, and had a regular role as the housekeeper, Aggie McDonald, in the radio and television sitcom Life With The Lyons. During the 1970s and early 1980s she became famous as a writer, with several volumes of best-selling memoirs, notably, Shoes Were For Sunday. She also appeared in a series of television advertisements for Flash the household cleaning agent. In 1969 she appeared in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Dame Maggie Smith. She and Helena Gloag played the Kerr sisters, the sewing mistresses of Marcia Blaine School for Girls. In 1970 Weir and Gloag reprised their collaboration in Scrooge, playing old sisters in debt to Mr Scrooge, played by Albert Finney.
In the 1970s she was one of the presenters of Teatime Tales, a television series broadcast by STV in which she recalled her childhood. The series also featured Lavinia Derwent and Cliff Hanley. In the 1980s, she lampooned this homely image in the comedy series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV and appeared in a pop video for the Bluebells 1983 hit Young At Heart.
The Scottish Rock band The Vaselines song Molly's Lips which was famously covered by Nirvana was said to be inspired by Weir.
After her death, Molly Weir's ashes were scattered on the banks of Loch Lomond, a favourite holiday location ; and almost all her estate (of nearly £1.9 million), was bequeathed to charities.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 march 1910 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 28 november 2004 (at 94 years) at Pinner (United-kingdom)
Birth 17 march 1910 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 28 november 2004 (at 94 years) at Pinner (United-kingdom)
Mary Weir, known as Molly Weir (17 March 1910 – 28 November 2004) was a Scottish stage actress, most notable for her role as the long-running (1977–1984) character Hazel the McWitch in the BBC TV series Rentaghost. She was the sister of naturalist and broadcaster Tom Weir.
Born in Glasgow and brought up in the Springburn area of the city, Weir began in amateur dramatics. In her early professional career, she was a well-known radio actress, featuring in many comedy shows, such as ITMA. She made her film debut in 1949, and had a regular role as the housekeeper, Aggie McDonald, in the radio and television sitcom Life With The Lyons. During the 1970s and early 1980s she became famous as a writer, with several volumes of best-selling memoirs, notably, Shoes Were For Sunday. She also appeared in a series of television advertisements for Flash the household cleaning agent. In 1969 she appeared in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Dame Maggie Smith. She and Helena Gloag played the Kerr sisters, the sewing mistresses of Marcia Blaine School for Girls. In 1970 Weir and Gloag reprised their collaboration in Scrooge, playing old sisters in debt to Mr Scrooge, played by Albert Finney.
In the 1970s she was one of the presenters of Teatime Tales, a television series broadcast by STV in which she recalled her childhood. The series also featured Lavinia Derwent and Cliff Hanley. In the 1980s, she lampooned this homely image in the comedy series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV and appeared in a pop video for the Bluebells 1983 hit Young At Heart.
The Scottish Rock band The Vaselines song Molly's Lips which was famously covered by Nirvana was said to be inspired by Weir.
After her death, Molly Weir's ashes were scattered on the banks of Loch Lomond, a favourite holiday location ; and almost all her estate (of nearly £1.9 million), was bequeathed to charities.
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, 1h40Directed by Robert Stevenson, Art Stevens, Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Spy films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Children's films
Actors Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill, Derek Nimmo, Percy Herbert, Hugh Burden
Roles Scots Nanny
Rating58%
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Assassin (1973)
, 1h23Directed by Peter Crane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Ian Hendry, Edward Judd, Frank Windsor, Ray Brooks, Mike Pratt, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Roles The Wife
Rating59%
The British government hires an assassin to kill a Ministry of Defence official suspected of leaking secrets.
Bless This House (1972)
, 1h27Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Diana Coupland, Sid James, Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Peter Butterworth, Sally Geeson
Roles Mary's Mother
Rating61%
1970s English suburbia: middle-aged homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to get on with building his illegal whisky still, but is frustrated by his workshy son, and otherworldly daughter. Then the rude and arrogant Ronald Baines and his family move in next door.
Scrooge (1970)
, 2hDirected by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin, Laurence Naismith
Roles 1st Woman Debtor
Rating74%
Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is a cold-hearted and greedy old miser whose only concern is money and profit and hates everything to do with Christmas. After Scrooge scares off a group of boys who were singing a carol outside his door, his nephew Fred (Michael Medwin) arrives to invite him to Christmas dinner with his wife and friends. Scrooge, however, refuses. After Fred leaves, Scrooge gives his clerk Bob Cratchit (David Collings) the next day off as it is Christmas, but he expects him back all the earlier the next morning. Bob meets two of his children, including Tiny Tim (Richard Beaumont), in the streets, and they buy the food for their Christmas dinner. Scrooge, meanwhile, is surveyed by two other men (Derek Francis and Roy Kinnear) for a donation for the poor but Scrooge refuses to support the prisons and workhouses and even says "if they rather die, then they better do it and decrease the surplus population." On his way home, Scrooge meets some of his clients, including Tom Jenkins (Anton Rogers), and reminds them the debts they owe him. In a running gag, Scrooge is stalked and being made fun of by the same street urchins seen at the start of the film, calling him "Father Christmas.
, 1h56Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Celia Johnson, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Jane Carr
Roles Miss Allison Kerr
Rating75%
Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a teacher in the junior-aged section of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1930s. Brodie is known for her tendency to stray from the hard knowledge of the school's curriculum, to romanticize fascist leaders like Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco, and to believe herself to be in the prime of life. Brodie devotes her time and energy to her four special 12-year-old junior school girls, called the Brodie Set: Sandy (Pamela Franklin), Monica (Shirley Steedman), Jenny (Diane Grayson) and Mary (Jane Carr).
Carry On Regardless (1961)
, 1h30Directed by Ralph Thomas, Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Bill Owen
Roles Bird Woman
Rating60%
Down at the local labour exchange, everyone is moaning about the lack of decent jobs, unaware that nearby Bert Handy and his secretary Miss Cooling are attempting to fill vacancies, at a new enterprise called Helping Hands. When word gets round, people are quick to visit the agency, notably Sam Twist, Francis Courtenay, Delia King, Gabriel Dimple, Lily Duveen, Mike Weston and Montgomery Infield-Hopping. Bert decides to hire them all and at first business is slow. The only customer is a man who speaks gobbledygook but since Francis (who can speak 16 languages) isn't present nobody can understand him and he goes on his way. Within a few days business picks up and Delia has an assignment to try on a complete women's wardrobe for Mr Delling, a gentleman who is planning a surprise for his wife. However things get complicated when the man's wife arrives home unexpectedly.
What a Whopper (1961)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Adam Faith, Sid James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon, Clive Dunn, Freddie Frinton
Roles Teacher
Rating53%
Un écrivain tente d'obtenir de l'argent en écrivant un livre sur le monstre du Loch Ness. Aucun éditeur ne le prendra parce qu'ils pensent tous qu'il n'y a pas vraiment de monstre. L'écrivain et certains de ses amis font un faux monstre et prennent des photos avant de se rendre en Écosse pour voir s'ils peuvent convaincre les locaux.
The Bridal Path (1959)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Bill Travers, George Cole, Annette Crosbie, Dilys Laye, Eddie Byrne, Terry Scott
Roles 2nd Waitress
Rating67%
Ewan McEwan, an easy-going sheep and corn farmer on a remote Scottish island, is unable to marry his childhood sweetheart Katie as her hell-raising preacher father is opposed to consanguinity - all the islanders are related to each other. When Katie leaves for Glasgow to train as a nurse, he decides to find a wife on the mainland (which he has never visited).
Let's Be Happy (1957)
, 1h43Directed by Henry Levin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin, Tony Martin, Robert Flemyng, Zena Marshall, Alfred Burke
Roles Flower Girl
Rating56%
Jeannie MacLean, a poor Vermont girl, unexpectedly is left $4,952.00 by her grandfather in his will. She decides to fulfill her lifetime wish of traveling to Scotland.
John and Julie (1955)
, 1h22Directed by William Fairchild
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Moira Lister, Colin Gibson, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Sid James, Megs Jenkins, Joseph Tomelty
Roles Landlady
Rating65%
John (Gibson) and Julie (Dudley) are two children who are eager to see the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in spite of the fact that their parents have no intention of going. So the two run off to London when left alone. Along their way, they encounter different quirky and eccentric people.
Value for Money (1955)
, 1h30Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Gregson, Diana Dors, Susan Stephen, Derek Farr, Frank Pettingell, Charles Victor
Roles Mrs. Matthews (uncredited)
Rating59%
A wealthy young man (Gregson) from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer (Dors). She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
The Lyons in Paris (1955)
Directed by Val Guest
Genres Comedy
Actors Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels, Barbara Lyon, Reginald Beckwith, Molly Weir, Dino Galvani
Roles Aggie
Rating66%
Life with the Lyons (1954)
, 1h21Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ben Lyons, Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels, Barbara Lyon, Molly Weir, Arthur Hill
Rating65%
Small Town Story (1953)
, 1h9Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Donald Houston, Susan Shaw, Alan Wheatley, George Merritt, Arthur Rigby, Richard Wattis
Roles Maid
Rating61%
Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan (Walton) returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was stationed during the war, hoping to find Pat Lane (Shaw), the girl he fell in love with. He meets up with Mike Collins (George Merritt), an old acquaintance who now manages Oldchester United, the local football club. He also renews his friendship with Collins' daughter Jackie (Margaret Harrison).
Forces' Sweetheart (1953)
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Hy Hazell, Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Freddie Frinton, Molly Weir, Graham Stark
Roles Scots Maid
Rating44%