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Ruth Kettlewell is a Actor born on 12 april 1913

Ruth Kettlewell

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Birth 12 april 1913
Death 17 july 2007 (at 94 years)

Ruth Kettlewell (13 April 1913 – 17 July 2007) was an English actress. She was, by her own admission, a "character bag"; that is, a recognisable face to regular television viewers, but not a household name.



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Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde
(1 films)
Peter Chelsom
Peter Chelsom
(1 films)
Jim McBride
Jim McBride
(1 films)
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Filmography of Ruth Kettlewell (12 films)

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Actress

Funny Bones, 2h8
Directed by Peter Chelsom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Richard Griffiths, Sadie Corré
Roles Camilla Powell
Rating66% 3.3475553.3475553.3475553.3475553.347555
Tommy Fawkes is the son of comedy legend George Fawkes. After his own Las Vegas comedy act flops with his beloved father in the audience, Tommy returns to Blackpool, England, where he spent the summers of his childhood.
Heading Home
Directed by David Hare
Genres Romance
Actors Gary Oldman, Joely Richardson, Stephen Dillane, Stella Gonet, Michael Bryant, Eugene Lipinski
Roles Old Woman
Rating7% 0.37852450.37852450.37852450.37852450.3785245
L'histoire d'une femme tiraillée entre deux hommes dans le Londres d'après guerre.
Great Balls of Fire!, 1h48
Directed by Jim McBride
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Alec Baldwin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Trey Wilson
Roles Dowager
Rating62% 3.1498853.1498853.1498853.1498853.149885
Jerry Lee Lewis (Quaid) plays piano (as opposed to a guitar like most other rock artists) during rock 'n' roll's early years from 1956 to 1958. Jerry Lee is a man with many different sides: a skilled performer with little discipline, and an alcoholic. As Jerry Lee rises to the top of the charts with such hits as "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", and "Great Balls of Fire", he falls in love with Myra Gale Brown (Winona Ryder), the 13-year-old daughter of his first cousin (and bass player) J. W. Brown (John Doe), and eventually marries her (eloping to Mississippi), much to the anger and chagrin of her parents.
The Black Panther, 1h42
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Donald Sumpter, Marjorie Yates, Andrew Burt, David Swift, David Swift, Lila Kaye
Rating66% 3.337253.337253.337253.337253.33725
L'histoire vraie du braqueur et meurtrier Donald Neilson qui, dans le milieu des années 1970, choqua l'Angleterre en kidnappant une jeune fille de 17 ans, Lesley Whittle, issue d'une riche famille et qu'il assassina sauvagement. Surnommé "la panthère noire" en raison de sa cagoule noire, cet ancien militaire, tyrannique avec ses proches, braqua méthodiquement plusieurs bureaux de postes se soldant par les meurtres de ses propriétaires. Ennemi public numéro 1, Neilson fut arrêté en 1975 et condamné à la prison à perpétuité.
Professor Popper's Problems, 1h31
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Children's films
Actors Charlie Drake, Todd Carty, Milo O'Shea, Sydney Bromley, Richard Caldicot, Alan Curtis
Roles Meter Maid
Rating72% 3.619363.619363.619363.619363.61936
It centres around a group of children who with the school professor get shrunk and then have to return to normal size.
Zeppelin
Zeppelin (1971)
, 1h40
Directed by Étienne Périer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Michael York, Elke Sommer, Peter Carsten, Marius Goring, Anton Diffring, Andrew Keir
Roles Mrs. Parker
Rating61% 3.0511353.0511353.0511353.0511353.051135
During the First World War in 1915, Geoffrey Richter-Douglas (Michael York), a Scotsman of German descent, is a lieutenant in the British Army. He meets Stephanie (Alexandra Stewart), a German spy with whom he falls in love. She suggests that he escape to Germany, where the other members of his family and his friends are. As a loyal soldier, he reports this contact to his commanding officer, Captain Whitney, who also wants Geoffrey to go to Germany, but on a secret mission to steal the plans of the LZ36, a new type of Zeppelin under development at Friedrichshafen.
No Blade of Grass, 1h34
Directed by Cornel Wilde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick, Patrick Holt, Ruth Kettlewell
Roles Fat Woman
Rating57% 2.8979152.8979152.8979152.8979152.897915
Un nouveau et étrange virus qui attaque les plantes apparaît. Il entraîne le monde dans la famine et le chaos. L'architecte John, accompagné de sa famille et de ses amis, s'échappe de Londres dans l'espoir de trouver refuge dans la ferme de son frère. Commence alors un voyage des plus dangereux et éprouvants.
Oh! What a Lovely War, 2h24
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Colin Farrell, John Clements, John Gielgud
Roles Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.495573.495573.495573.495573.49557
Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
Cathy Come Home, 1h15
Directed by Ken Loach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Carol White (actrice anglaise), Ray Brooks, Geoffrey Palmer, Gabrielle Hamilton, Barry Jackson, Ruth Kettlewell
Roles Judge
Rating1% 0.0875110.0875110.0875110.0875110.087511
Jeune couple, Cathy (Carol White) et Reg (Ray Brooks), vivent une relation parfaite. Ils habitent un logement moderne avec leur enfant, jusqu'à ce que Reg perde son emploi. Dès lors, les tourments du chômage et de la pauvreté pleuvent sur eux : ils sont expulsés sans-abri et trouvent refuge dans un squat, puis dans un foyer. Finalement, les services sociaux considèrent que Cathy ne peut garder son enfant et le lui retirent.
Sons and Lovers, 1h43
Directed by Jack Cardiff, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure, Conrad Phillips, Donald Pleasence
Roles Mrs Bonner
Rating70% 3.5408253.5408253.5408253.5408253.540825
A young man with artistic talent who lives in a close-knit, English coal-mining town during the early 20th century finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative, domineering mother — a literary, psychological interpretation of the Oedipus story. Gertrude Morel, miserable in her marriage, puts her hope into her son, Paul. In her attempt to manipulate Paul's life she jealously attempts to prevent Paul from having a relationship with any woman. However, Paul goes to the city for a job and becomes enchanted with self-actualized and "liberated" feminist co-worker, Mrs. Clara Dawes, who is married. Paul and Clara become involved sexually and Clara realizes that Paul's emotional attachment, as with her own, lies with another person — in Paul's case, his mother. Gertrude learns of Paul's involvement with Clara, and she slips into a morose depression and physical sickness. Paul flees to his mother, to care for her and sit by her side. After his mother's death, Paul meets the girlfriend of his youth, Miriam, and tells her that because of his codependency with his mother he intends to live the rest of his life without any serious relationship with another woman — in essence fulfilling his mother's desire and objective.
Room at the Top, 1h55
Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Baddeley, Donald Houston
Roles Thespians Member (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.743233.743233.743233.743233.74323
In late 1940s Yorkshire, England, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), an ambitious young man who has just moved from the dreary factory town of Dufton, arrives in Warnley, to assume a secure, but poorly paid, post in the Borough Treasurer's Department. Determined to succeed, and ignoring the warnings of a colleague, Soames (Donald Houston), he is drawn to Susan Brown (Heather Sears), daughter of the local industrial magnate, Mr. Brown (Donald Wolfit). He deals with Joe's social climbing by sending Susan abroad; Joe turns for solace to Alice Aisgill (Simone Signoret), an unhappily married older woman who falls in love with him.
Friends and Neighbours, 1h19
Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins, Peter Illing, Tilda Thamar, Reginald Beckwith, June Whitfield
Rating54% 2.736252.736252.736252.736252.73625
At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia.