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Viola Keats is a Actor British born on 27 march 1911
Viola Keats (1911–1998) was a British film and television actress. She made her first screen appearance in the 1933 film Too Many Wives, and went on to have starring roles in films such as A Woman Alone. From the 1950s she largely worked in television. She appeared in the 1958 Agatha Christie play Verdict at the Strand Theatre.
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Viola Keats
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 march 1911
Death 5 june 1998 (at 87 years) at Brighton (United-kingdom)
Birth 27 march 1911
Death 5 june 1998 (at 87 years) at Brighton (United-kingdom)
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Filmography of Viola Keats (14 films)
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The Witches (1966)
, 1h30Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Leonard Rossiter, Ann Bell, John Collin
Roles Mrs. Curd
Rating58%
A British schoolteacher, Gwen (Joan Fontaine), travels to Africa to work as a missionary. She has a nervous breakdown after being exposed to witchcraft during a rebellion led by witch doctors. Returning to England to recover, she is hired by wealthy siblings Alan and Stephanie Bax (Alec McCowen and Kay Walsh) to become head teacher of the small private school in their rural village.
Witchcraft (1964)
Directed by Don Sharp
Genres Horror
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats, Diane Clare, Marie Ney
Roles Helen Lanier
Rating61%
In the 17th Century the Lanier family buried a Whitlock woman alive as a witch and took over the Whitlock estate. A bitter hatred of the Lanier family continues into the present. However two descendants, Amy Whitlock (Diane Clare) and Todd Lanier (David Weston), fall in love and plan to marry regardless of the families' objections.
On the Fiddle (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Alan King, Eric Barker
Roles Sister
Rating57%
During the Second World War, spiv Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation he tells the judge he is only working in the black market while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up.
, 1h43Directed by José Quintero, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St John, Coral Browne, Jeremy Spenser
Roles Julia McIlheny
Rating64%
Karen Stone (Vivien Leigh), an acclaimed American stage actress, and her businessman husband are off on holiday to Rome. On the plane, her husband suffers a fatal heart attack. Karen decides to stay in Italy and rent a luxury apartment in Rome. The Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales (Lotte Lenya) soon introduces her to a young Italian man, Paolo (Warren Beatty), who is actually a highly professional gigolo. Karen and Paolo begin an affair, but it soon becomes obvious that Paolo is in it only for personal gain. He is soon bored by Mrs. Stone, and leaves her to pursue a young American film actress (Jill St. John). Ridiculed by the Contessa, chastised by her friend Meg (Coral Browne) and abandoned by Paolo, Mrs. Stone is soon utterly debased enough to surrender herself to a ragged, mysterious young man who has been following her obsessively. In the end, it seems as if Mrs. Stone has literally given up her life.
Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)
, 1h6Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Gordon Jackson, Lisa Daniely, André Maranne, Viola Keats, Steve Plytas, C. Denier Warren
Roles Mrs. Ervine
Rating56%
Tom Murray's wedding day becomes a nightmare when a mysterious stranger turns up claiming to be his wife. Annette is a French woman who had an affair with Tom during World War II, when he was injured near Normandy, and she nursed him back to health. She claims that Tom became her husband then, but this is something he has no memory of. Annette is willing to divorce Tom, but only with a £10,000 settlement. Blackmailed and with his promising medical career in the balance should the story reach the press, Tom turns detective to determine if Annette is really telling the truth.
Escort for Hire (1960)
, 1h6Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors June Thorburn, Jan Holden, Peter Butterworth, Derek Blomfield, Jill Melford, Patricia Ruth Plunkett
Rating51%
Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.
No Time for Tears (1957)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Flora Robson, Daphne Anderson
Rating61%
Her Last Affaire (1936)
, 1h18Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Hugh Williams, Francis L. Sullivan, Viola Keats, Felix Aylmer, Cecil Parker, John Laurie
Roles Lady Avril Weyre
Rating62%
La femme d'un politicien en vogue est trouvée morte dans une auberge, où elle avait été vue avec Alan, le secrétaire de son mari. Alan est suspecté mais il a un alibi...
A Woman Alone (1936)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anna Sten, Henry Wilcoxon, Viola Keats, John Garrick, Romilly Lunge, Esmé Percy
Roles Olga Ilyinski
Rating60%
The Guv'nor (1935)
, 1h20Directed by Milton Rosmer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors George Arliss, Gene Gerrard, Viola Keats, Patric Knowles, George "Gabby" Hayes, Frank Cellier
Roles Madelaine Granville
Rating72%
Monsieur Barsac (Frank Cellier) is in a great deal of trouble - the Paris bank of which he is president is bankrupt, though nobody else knows yet. He tells his secret to his crony Dubois (George Hayes), since he needs his help. Dubois is to purchase an iron mine that is supposedly played out. However, Barsac's mining engineer has found rich, untapped deposits of ore. The mine is 51% owned by the widow Mrs. Granville (Henrietta Watson) and her daughter Madeleine (Viola Keats), who are deeply in debt to his bank. Barsac uses his stepson Paul (Patric Knowles) as an intermediary, since Paul is a friend of the family, particularly the beautiful Madeleine.
The Night of the Party (1934)
, 1h1Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Leslie Banks, Ian Hunter, Jane Baxter, Ernest Thesiger, Viola Keats, Muriel Aked
Roles Joan Holland
Rating58%
After inviting guests to a dinner party the ruthless press baron Lord Studholme is found murdered during a party game. The investigating detectives have to work out which of the guests had the motive to murder him.
His Grace Gives Notice (1933)
Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Genres Comedy
Actors Arthur Margetson, Viola Keats, Barry Livesey, Ben Welden, Laurence Hanray, O. B. Clarence
Roles Barbara Rannock
Matinee Idol (1933)
Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Camilla Horn, Miles Mander, Viola Keats, John Turnbull, Barry Livesey
Roles Gladys Wheeler
Rating58%
The Pointing Finger (1933)
Directed by George Pearson
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Stuart, Viola Keats, Michael Hogan, Clare Greet
Roles Lady Mary Stuart
Rating50%