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Rosamund John is a Actor British born on 19 october 1913 at London (United-kingdom)

Rosamund John

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Birth name Nora Rosamund Jones
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 october 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 27 october 1998 (at 85 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Rosamund John (19 October 1913 – 27 October 1998), born Nora Rosamund Jones, was an English film and stage actress.

She was born and brought up in Tottenham in North London and became a popular film and stage actress who was known for playing gentle mannered women. John was twice married, firstly to film editor Russell Lloyd, from 1943–1949, and secondly to John Silkin (1950–1987), a politician, by whom she had one son, Rory (born 1954).

She died from natural causes in London in 1998, aged 85.

Usually with

Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard
(3 films)
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
(2 films)
Anatole de Grunwald
Anatole de Grunwald
(3 films)
Brefni O'Rorke
Brefni O'Rorke
(4 films)
Sydney Box
Sydney Box
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rosamund John (16 films)

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Actress

No Place for Jennifer
No Place for Jennifer (1950)
, 1h29
Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Beatrice Campbell, Guy Middleton, Janette Scott, Anthony Nicholls
Roles Rachel Kershaw
Rating64% 3.225113.225113.225113.225113.22511
Une jeune fille traverse le traumatisme du divorce de ses parents et des remariages séparés.
She Shall Have Murder
She Shall Have Murder (1950)
, 1h30
Directed 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 Jane Hamish

A law office clerk who aspires to be a crime writer, turns into a detective when someone at her work is murdered.
Fame Is the Spur
Fame Is the Spur (1947)
, 1h56
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson, Carla Lehmann, Hugh Burden
Roles Ann Radshaw
Rating66% 3.3311853.3311853.3311853.3311853.331185
When a young man from a North country mill town (Michael Redgrave) commits to help the poverty stricken workers in his area, he takes as his Excalibur a sword passed down to him by his grandfather from the Battle of Peterloo, where it had been used against workers. As an idealistic champion of the oppressed, he rises to power as a Labour M.P., but is seduced by the trappings of power, and finds himself the type of politician he originally despised.
The Upturned Glass
The Upturned Glass (1947)
, 1h30
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason, Morland Graham, Brefni O'Rorke, Henry Oscar
Roles Emma Wright
Rating68% 3.4440653.4440653.4440653.4440653.444065
A medical school class attends a lecture on the psychology of crime. The unnamed lecturer (James Mason) announces that while his past lectures have covered criminals with abnormal psychology, today's lecture will focus on "the sane criminal" who may have a "strong sense of justice". He then describes the case of a murderer who is a "perfectly sane, valuable member of society", a surgeon to whom he gives the fictitious name of "Michael Joyce" (also played by Mason). The film depicts Michael's story in flashbacks narrated by the lecturer, indicating to the film viewing audience that unbeknownst to the medical school class, the lecturer is telling his own story and that he and Michael are one and the same.
Green for Danger
Green for Danger (1946)
, 1h31
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Alastair Sim, Leo Genn, Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Judy Campbell
Roles Nurse Esther Sanson
Rating73% 3.6939953.6939953.6939953.6939953.693995
In August 1944, during the V-1 Doodlebug offensive on London, a murder is committed in Heron's Park Emergency Hospital, a rural British hospital somewhere in the Southeast of England. Joseph Higgins (Marriott) dies on the operating table after being injured by a flying bomb. The anaesthetist, Barney Barnes (Howard), has had a patient die in similar circumstances previously.
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Stanley Holloway, Douglass Montgomery
Roles Miss Todd
Rating72% 3.636663.636663.636663.636663.63666
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose (John Mills) is posted in the summer of 1940 as a pilot to (the fictional) No. 720 Squadron, at a new airfield, RAF Station Halfpenny Field, as a very green "15-hour sprog" Bristol Blenheim pilot and is assigned to B Flight, under Flight Lieutenant David Archdale (Michael Redgrave).
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Douglass Montgomery, Renée Asherson
Roles Miss Todd
Rating72% 3.636663.636663.636663.636663.63666
La vie de plusieurs pilotes britanniques et américains, stationnés dans une base de la RAF située dans les Midlands, entre 1940 et 1944.
Tawny Pipit
Tawny Pipit (1944)
, 1h21
Directed by Bernard Miles, Charles Saunders
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Bernard Miles, Rosamund John, Niall MacGinnis, Jean Gillie, Lucie Mannheim, Brefni O'Rorke
Roles Hazel Broome
Rating65% 3.287383.287383.287383.287383.28738
During the Second World War Jimmy Bancroft (Niall MacGinnis), a fighter pilot just released from hospital, and his nurse (now his girlfriend) Hazel Broome (Rosamund John) are on a walking tour through the countryside. They arrive at the fictional village of Lipsbury Lea and, being keen birdwatchers, discover that a pair of tawny pipits, which are rarely seen in England, are nesting nearby.
The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex (1943)
, 1h32
Directed 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 Maggie Fraser
Rating62% 3.102033.102033.102033.102033.10203
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.
The Lamp Still Burns
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
, 1h27
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Rosamund John, Stewart Granger, Godfrey Tearle, Cathleen Nesbitt, Margaret Vyner, John Laurie
Roles Hilary Clarke
Rating61% 3.091233.091233.091233.091233.09123
During the Second World War, Laurence Rains (Stewart Granger) is annoyed when female architect Hilary Clarke (Rosamund John) insists he must enlarge the first aid room in his factory to satisfy government regulations, despite having the best safety record in the country. He encounters her once again, now a nurse trainee assisting a doctor treat one of his employees. He finds out that Clarke only became an architect to please her father, who had no sons to follow in his profession. When she saw how her young assistant at her firm, seriously injured in a traffic accident, was tended to by the nurses, she found her true vocation. Pamela Siddell (Margaret Vyner), a violinist and Rains' fiancee, sees his attraction to Clarke.
The First of the Few
The First of the Few (1942)
, 1h58
Directed by Leslie Howard, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, Anne Firth, David Horne
Roles Diana Mitchell
Rating69% 3.494263.494263.494263.494263.49426
A newsreel sets the scene for summer 1940, showing Nazi advances in Europe with Britain facing invasion and aerial attacks on the island increasing. On 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain, RAF Squadron Leader Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven), the station commander of a Spitfire squadron, recounts the story of how his friend, R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard) designed the Spitfire fighter. His pilots listen as Crisp begins with the 1922 Schneider Trophy competition, where Mitchell began his most important work, designing high speed aircraft. While watching seagulls with his binoculars, he envisages a new shape for aircraft in the future. Crisp, an ex-First World War pilot seeking work, captivates Mitchell with his enthusiasm and the designer promises to hire him as test pilot should his design ever go into production. Facing opposition from official sources, Mitchell succeeds in creating a series of highly successful seaplane racers, eventually winning the Schneider Trophy outright for Great Britain.