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Vivien Merchant is a Actor British born on 22 july 1929 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Vivien Merchant (born Ada Brand Thomson; 22 July 1929 – 3 October 1982) was an English actress. She began her career in 1942 and became known for dramatic roles on stage and in films. In 1956, she married the playwright Harold Pinter and performed in many of his plays.
Merchant achieved considerable success from the 1950s to the 1970s, winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress in 1964. For her role in the film Alfie (1966), she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 1967, she starred in the Broadway production of Pinter's The Homecoming and received a Tony Award nomination. Her other films included Accident (1967), The Offence (1972), Frenzy (1972), The Homecoming (1973) and The Maids (1975). Suffering from depression and alcoholism as her marriage ended, she died in 1982, two years after her divorce.
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Vivien Merchant
Birth name Ada Thompson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 july 1929 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Death 3 october 1982 (at 53 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 july 1929 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Death 3 october 1982 (at 53 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Vivien Merchant (born Ada Brand Thomson; 22 July 1929 – 3 October 1982) was an English actress. She began her career in 1942 and became known for dramatic roles on stage and in films. In 1956, she married the playwright Harold Pinter and performed in many of his plays.
Merchant achieved considerable success from the 1950s to the 1970s, winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress in 1964. For her role in the film Alfie (1966), she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 1967, she starred in the Broadway production of Pinter's The Homecoming and received a Tony Award nomination. Her other films included Accident (1967), The Offence (1972), Frenzy (1972), The Homecoming (1973) and The Maids (1975). Suffering from depression and alcoholism as her marriage ended, she died in 1982, two years after her divorce.
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
, 1h40Directed by Mike Newell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about families
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Jenny Agutter, Patrick McGoohan, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Louis Jourdan
Roles Reine Maria Theresa
Rating65%
L'adaptation du classique roman d'Alexandre Dumas : la lutte entre deux frères jumeaux pour le bien et le mal : l'un est emprisonné, visage caché dans ce hideux masque de fer alors que l'autre jumeau est l'élégant roi de France Louis XIV.
The Maids (1975)
, 1h35Directed by Christopher Miles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns
Roles Madame
Rating62%
Deux domestiques éprouvent des sentiments ambivalents et passionnels à l'égard de leur patronne....
The Offence (1973)
, 1h58Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen, Peter Bowles, Derek Newark
Roles Maureen Johnson
Rating68%
Detective-Sergeant Johnson (Connery) has been a police officer for 20 years, and is deeply affected by the murders, rapes, and other violent crimes he has investigated. He is plagued by images of violence, and is losing his mind under the strain.
The Homecoming (1973)
, 1h51Directed by Peter Hall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Vivien Merchant, Terence Rigby, Paul Rogers
Roles Ruth
Rating67%
Teddy (Michael Jayston) brings his wife (Vivien Merchant) home to meet his estranged family.
Frenzy (1972)
, 1h56Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Roles Mrs. Oxford
Rating73%
In London, a serial killer is raping women and strangling them with neckties. Most of the film takes place in Covent Garden, which at the time was still the wholesale fruit and vegetable market district. Fairly early in the film, the audience sees that fruit merchant Robert Rusk (Barry Foster) is in fact the murderer. However, circumstantial evidence has already built up around his friend Richard Blaney (Jon Finch).
Under Milk Wood (1972)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns, Vivien Merchant, Victor Spinetti, Siân Phillips
Roles Mrs. Pugh
Rating58%
Alfred the Great (1969)
, 2h2Directed by Clive Donner, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age
Actors David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome, Colin Blakely, Ian McKellen, Peter Vaughan
Roles Freda
Rating61%
Alfred is preparing to join the priesthood, but, angered by the invasion of his country by the Danes, he puts aside his religious vows to lead the West Saxon English against the invaders. Alfred defeats the Danes and becomes an English hero. Although Alfred still desires to join the priesthood, he is pulled between serving God and his lust for blood. After he marries the beautiful Aelhswith (Prunella Ransome), the Danes return and Alfred must muster the English forces once again for a final battle, but he also must battle the dark conflicts within his own soul.
Accident (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard, Michael York, Vivien Merchant, Delphine Seyrig
Roles Rosalind
Rating67%
The story centers on a married Oxford professor, Stephen, who is experiencing a mid-life crisis. The world changes for him when he meets Anna, a beautiful young student, who is engaged to another of his students, William. Following a car accident outside Stephen's home in which William is killed and Anna is severely disoriented, she is obliged to remain with Stephen although his wife is out of town. The events preceding the accident are told in flashbacks. While Stephen believes that he is orchestrating a tryst with Anna that will leave both his wife and William in the dark, he soon discovers that Anna is playing a game of her own.
Alfie (1966)
, 1h54Directed by Brian W. Cook, Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Vivien Merchant, Jane Asher, Graham Stark
Roles Lily Clamacraft
Rating69%
Handsome Cockney chauffeur Alfie Elkins (Michael Caine) enjoys the favors of women, while avoiding any commitment. He ends an affair with a married woman, Siddie (Millicent Martin), just as he gets his submissive single girlfriend, Gilda (Julia Foster), pregnant. Although Alfie refuses to marry Gilda and cheats on her constantly, Gilda decides to have the child, a boy named Malcolm, and keep him rather than give him up for adoption. Over time, Alfie becomes attached to his son, but his unwillingness to commit to Gilda causes her to break up with him and instead marry Humphrey (Graham Stark), a kindly bus conductor who loves her and is willing to accept Malcolm as his own son. She also bars Alfie from any further contact with Malcolm, forcing Alfie to watch from a distance as Humphrey steps into his fatherly role. When a health check reveals Alfie has tubercular shadows on his lungs, the diagnosis, combined with his separation from his son, leads him to have a brief mental breakdown.