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Vanda Gréville is a Actor British born on 10 january 1908

Vanda Gréville

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Birth name Wanda MacEwan
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 january 1908
Death 26 december 1997 (at 89 years)

Vanda Gréville, née Wanda MacEwan à Londres le 10 janvier 1908, morte à Westgate on Sea le 26 décembre 1997, est une actrice anglaise.

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Filmography of Vanda Gréville (16 films)

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La Troisième Dalle, 1h35
Directed by Michel Dulud
Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Henri Arius, Jules Berry, Pauline Carton, Francis Claude, Jim Gerald, Vanda Gréville

L'intrigue est basée sur un drame historique qui se déroule à quatre siècles d'intervalle. Deux héritiers mènent une vie joyeuse et finissent par se suicider.
Faut ce qu'il faut, 1h25
Directed by René Pujol
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Pierre Larquey, Marguerite Pierry, Jean Tissier, Roland Toutain, Odette Barencey, Vanda Gréville
Roles Daisy

En 1939, dans une maternité, un jeune homme rend visite à sa maîtresse qui vient d'accoucher d'une petite fille. Il lui dit qu'il est marié et que pour lui l'issue de cette aventure n'était pas vraiment prévue. La mobilisation les sépare mais le jeune homme finira par divorcer et avec l'aide implacable d'un ami, retrouvera sa maîtresse et son enfant et pourra l'épouser malgré le chaos de la guerre.
A Woman in the Night, 1h45
Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Claude Dauphin, Henri Guisol, Marion Malville, Andrex

Une troupe de théâtre joue en tournée Manon Lescaut, avec en vedette Denise, dont le mari est malade et alcoolique. Lasse de ses accès de violence, et voulant refaire sa vie, elle s'enfuit et trouve refuge chez un médecin qui l'engage comme infirmière dans sa clinique. Cependant une autre infirmière, jalouse, commande une enquête à un détective, et finit par découvrir le passé de Denise.
The Suitors Club, 1h20
Directed by Maurice Gleize
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Fernandel, Saturnin Fabre, Louise Carletti, Max Dearly, Marcel Vallée, Annie France
Roles La secrétaire (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9295552.9295552.9295552.9295552.929555
Chasseur de papillons, amoureux de la belle Édith, engagé comme "joueur de dames" privé, pour le banquier Cabarrus, Antoine trouve sur son chemin Daisy, la fille du banquier dont il est élu le soupirant devant 40 adversaires du club du même nom. Mais au cours d'une garden-party, il se décidera pour le mariage avec Édith, la nièce pauvre du banquier. Enfin un héritage inattendu comblera leur bonheur.
Threats
Threats (1940)
, 1h25
Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Actors Mireille Balin, John Loder, Ginette Leclerc, Erich von Stroheim, Vanda Gréville, Maurice Maillot
Roles L'américaine
Rating65% 3.261793.261793.261793.261793.26179
En septembre 1938, un hôtel du Quartier latin à Paris est le lieu d'habitat transitoire d'étrangers — qui ont fui l'Europe de l'Est soumise aux nazis — et de Français bienveillants, paniqués par une guerre mondiale imminente.
The Tomboy
The Tomboy (1936)
, 1h35
Directed by Jean de Limur
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Marie Bell, Arletty, Henri Rollan, Édith Piaf, Maurice Escande, Jaque-Catelain
Roles Élisabeth
Rating64% 3.240083.240083.240083.240083.24008
The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse character (played by Edith Piaf), ensuring the film became a succès de scandale. Another actress in the film, Arletty, said of it:
Le monde où l'on s'ennuie, 1h29
Directed by Jean de Marguenat
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors André Luguet, Josseline Gaël, Pierre Dux, Vanda Gréville, Jean Tissier, Paule Andral
Roles Lucie Watson

Suzanne, fille illégitime d'une lignée d'aristocrates hautains, passe quelques jours chez sa tante. Elle s'éprend de son tuteur, le vicomte de Céran. Des intrigues les séparent mais la vieille duchesse adopte Suzanne dont le mariage est ainsi facilité.
L'Or dans la rue, 1h35
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Albert Préjean, Danielle Darrieux, Raymond Cordy, Pierre Larquey, Jean Worms, Vanda Gréville
Roles Miss Bruce, Albert's mistress
Rating54% 2.74022.74022.74022.74022.7402
Albert bets his friend Pierre he can seduce the first woman that Pierre might pick. The working girl Gaby happens to be the chosen. When Albert gets to know her he falls in love with her. At the same time he attempts to make a fortune by participating in a swindle about alleged "synthetic gold". But at the very day when the scheme ought to be accomplished, everything goes terribly awry and he is debunked. After that he has scarcely enough money left to buy a ticket to the United States for himself and his fiancée Gaby.
Ebb Tide
Ebb Tide (1932)

Directed by Arthur Rosson
Genres Drama
Actors Chili Bouchier, Joan Barry, Vanda Gréville, Anna Lee, Merle Oberon
Roles Millie
Rating62% 3.1340153.1340153.1340153.1340153.134015
A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.
The Prom
The Prom (1931)
, 1h15
Directed by Georges Lampin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Dance films
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Germaine Dermoz, André Lefaur, Pierre de Guingand, Marguerite Pierry, Vanda Gréville
Roles Miss Betty
Rating66% 3.3206953.3206953.3206953.3206953.320695
L'harmonie d'un foyer de bourgeois modestes est compromise par un héritage boursier. La fillette, délaissée par sa mère devenue femme du monde à la suite de l'enrichissement subit de son mari, détruit les invitations pour un bal que ses parents donnent pour se lancer dans la haute société. Personne ne vient au bal, mais l'avenir va conserver toute la saveur du passé. Ce film est une adaptation du roman Le Bal d'Irène Némirovsky.
End of the World, 1h45
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Science fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Victor Francen, Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Sylvie Gance, Samson Fainsilber, Jeanne Brindeau
Rating59% 2.986252.986252.986252.986252.98625
The film opens with Jean Novalic (Abel Gance) playing Jesus Christ in a passion play. Isabelle Bolin (Sylvie Grenade) attends with her boyfriend stock promoter Schomburg (Samson Fainsilber) who is entranced by the blonde actress playing Mary Magdalene, Genevieve de Murcie (Colette Darfeuil). Genevieve defies her scientist father Monsieur de Murcie (Jean d'Yd) to propose to Jean, who tells her that they cannot marry. Back home, Genevieve's father, jealous of the wealthy Martial Novalic (Victor Francen)'s fame, accepts money from Schomburg to build an observatory better than Novalic's. Schomburg then announces his intention to court de Murcie's daughter.
Le Million
Le Million (1931)
, 1h21
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier, Raymond Cordy, Louis Pré fils
Roles Vanda
Rating73% 3.6924353.6924353.6924353.6924353.692435
While being hounded by creditors, a debt-ridden artist discovers he has just won a lottery worth a million Dutch florins. Realizing that he has left the ticket in the pocket of his jacket, he attempts to retrieve it but discovers that his fiancée Beatrice has given away the jacket to a criminal in order to elude the police. He and his rival race to retrace the jacket which has passed to a brigand nicknamed "Grandpa Tulip" and then to a tenor singing "Les Bohémiens" at the opera theater that night.