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Yolande Donlan is a Actor British born on 2 june 1920 at Jersey City (USA)
Yolande Donlan (June 2, 1920 – December 30, 2014) was an American-British actress who worked extensively in the United Kingdom.
Le succès vient alors qu'elle obtient le rôle de Billie Dawn dans la pièce à succès Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes de Garson Kanin. Jouée dans le West End à Londres en janvier 1947 au Théâtre, la représentation connaît un franc succès. Peu de temps après, Yolande Donlan choisit de rester et de s'établir au Royaume-Uni. Elle travaille alors avec le réalisateur Val Guest, qu'elle épouse en 1954. Après un rôle dans Traveller's Joy en 1949, elle tient le rôle féminin principal de comédies, dont Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949) aux côtés de Michael Rennie, The Body Said No (1950), Mister Drake's Duck (1951), puis Penny Princess (1952), où elle partage la vedette avec Dirk Bogarde. Parmi ses autres apparitions, elle joue dans Tarzan et le Safari perdu (1957), Expresso Bongo (1959) avec Laurence Harvey et Cliff Richard, et Seven Nights in Japan, son dernier rôle au cinéma.
Elle publie son autobiographie Shake the Stars Down en 1976. Elle est aussi l'auteure d'articles de voyage dans le Daily Express. Lorsque son mari met un terme à sa carrière de réalisateur en 1985, Yolande le suit dans son déménagement en Californie, à Palm Springs. En 2004, elle reçoit, ainsi que son époux, une palme d'or (Golden Palm Star) sur le Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Val Guest meurt en 2006 et Yolande retourne en Angleterre pour s'installer à Belgravia, dans Londres.
Yolande Donlan meurt à Londres le 30 décembre 2014, âgée de 94 ans.
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Yolande Donlan
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 june 1920 at Jersey City (USA)
Death 30 december 2014 (at 94 years)
Birth 2 june 1920 at Jersey City (USA)
Death 30 december 2014 (at 94 years)
Yolande Donlan (June 2, 1920 – December 30, 2014) was an American-British actress who worked extensively in the United Kingdom.
Biography
Fille de l'acteur hollywoodien James Donlan (1888-1938), ses premiers rôles au cinéma auraient commencé dès l'enfance, notamment dans les films Pennies from Heaven en 1936 et L'amour frappe André Hardy en 1938, mais ces rumeurs n'ont jamais pu être confirmées. De fait, son premier rôle connu est dans le film d'horreur La Chauve-souris du diable en 1940 dans lequel elle incarne Maxine. Par la suite, elle continue de jouer des rôles de femmes de chambre, comme dans Turnabout en 1940. Elle incarne l'une des concubines de Red Skelton dans le film musical La Du Barry était une dame en 1943.Le succès vient alors qu'elle obtient le rôle de Billie Dawn dans la pièce à succès Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes de Garson Kanin. Jouée dans le West End à Londres en janvier 1947 au Théâtre, la représentation connaît un franc succès. Peu de temps après, Yolande Donlan choisit de rester et de s'établir au Royaume-Uni. Elle travaille alors avec le réalisateur Val Guest, qu'elle épouse en 1954. Après un rôle dans Traveller's Joy en 1949, elle tient le rôle féminin principal de comédies, dont Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949) aux côtés de Michael Rennie, The Body Said No (1950), Mister Drake's Duck (1951), puis Penny Princess (1952), où elle partage la vedette avec Dirk Bogarde. Parmi ses autres apparitions, elle joue dans Tarzan et le Safari perdu (1957), Expresso Bongo (1959) avec Laurence Harvey et Cliff Richard, et Seven Nights in Japan, son dernier rôle au cinéma.
Elle publie son autobiographie Shake the Stars Down en 1976. Elle est aussi l'auteure d'articles de voyage dans le Daily Express. Lorsque son mari met un terme à sa carrière de réalisateur en 1985, Yolande le suit dans son déménagement en Californie, à Palm Springs. En 2004, elle reçoit, ainsi que son époux, une palme d'or (Golden Palm Star) sur le Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Val Guest meurt en 2006 et Yolande retourne en Angleterre pour s'installer à Belgravia, dans Londres.
Yolande Donlan meurt à Londres le 30 décembre 2014, âgée de 94 ans.
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Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
, 1h44Directed by Brian W. Cook, Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Michael York, Peter Jones, Charles Gray, Eléonore Hirt, Anne Lonnberg, James Villiers
Roles American Wife
Rating57%
The Adventurers (1970)
, 2h51Directed by Lewis Gilbert, Ernest Day
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland, Fernando Rey, Thommy Berggren
Roles Mrs. Erickson
Rating52%
Set in South America, it tells the tale of a rich playboy, Dax (Diogenes Alejandro Xenos) (Bekim Fehmiu) who uses and destroys everyone who crosses his path. His vileness results from having seen his mother and sister raped and murdered by Government troops. But his obsession is to avenge his father's murder. And yet, the father of Dax had been a true patriot unlike any of the other self-seeking Presidentes in an otherwise poor country always belonging to "the revolution." After Dax is himself shot and dies below a statue erected to exploit the memory of his father, does he finally realize he loved his country but had failed both his country and to be the man his father was.
80,000 Suspects (1963)
, 1h53Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Yolande Donlan, Cyril Cusack, Michael Goodliffe, Mervyn Johns
Roles Ruth Preston
Rating60%
A romantic melodrama set against the backdrop of a smallpox epidemic which features Richard Johnson as the diligent doctor in control and Claire Bloom as his outwardly serene and devoted wife. Commencing on New Year’s Eve in the city of Bath, Dr. Steven Monks (Richard Johnson) diagnoses a mystery patient as being infected with smallpox and sets in motion a city wide quarantine to contain the outbreak. His commitment to the task is affected by the deterioration of his marriage to ex-nurse Julie (Claire Bloom) following his clandestine affair with a family friend. Monk receives an unexpected blow when the disease strikes closer to home than anticipated and Julie is diagnosed as having contracted the virus. The medical team gradually contain the outbreak until only one unidentified case remains. The search narrows the identity of final carrier down to Ruth Preston (Yolande Donlan), the woman with whom Monks had been having an affair and the wife of his close colleague Clifford (Michael Goodliffe). She’s eventually traced to a deserted house where she’s sheltering, lonely and desperately ill.
Jigsaw (1962)
, 1h47Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Yolande Donlan, Michael Goodliffe, John Le Mesurier, Moira Redmond
Roles Jean Sherman
Rating71%
A woman is murdered near Brighton. Two local detectives lead an investigation, methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove, but also further afield.
Expresso Bongo (1959)
, 1h51Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Eric Pohlmann, Hermione Baddeley
Roles Dixie Collins
Rating61%
Paul Scofield plays Johnny, a slimy, small-time music promoter and talent scout who notices teenage girls going crazy for the singing and bongo playing of talentless and seemingly idiotic Herbert Rudge (played by James Kenny). Johnny rechristens Rudge as "Bongo Herbert" and signs him to a contract that gives Johnny a 50% share of the profits. With Johnny's help, Bongo rockets to stardom. Bongo's success attracts a host of sleazy music industry types intent on exploiting him. Johnny quickly finds himself outclassed in the sleaze department as Bongo turns out to be the slipperiest slime of them all.
Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
, 1h17Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Scott, Robert Beatty, Yolande Donlan, Betta St. John, Wilfrid Hyde-White, George Coulouris
Roles Gamage Dean
Rating56%
An airplane crashes in the jungle, stranding passengers Gamage Dean (Yolande Donlan), Diana Penrod (Betta St. John), "Doodles" Fletcher (Wilfrid Hyde-White), Carl Kraski (George Coulouris), and Dick Penrod (Peter Arne). Before the plane slides into a gorge the group is rescued by Tarzan (Gordon Scott), who undertakes to lead them back to civilization. Diana is kidnapped by warriors from Opar under Chief Ogonooro (Orlando Martins). The Oparians desire the strangers as sacrifices for their lion god. She is recovered by Tarzan and hunter Tusker Hawkins (Robert Beatty), whose advances Diana rebuffs. Secretly, however, Hawkins is in league with the Oparians, and plans to sell the castaways to the natives for a fortune in ivory. Tarzan, rightly suspecting Hawkins' untrustworthiness, exposes his treachery. Now openly in league with the natives, the hunter helps them take the white party captive in Tarzan's absence. The ape man returns to save them before the sacrifice can take place, aided by his chimpanzee ally Cheeta, who sets fire to the native village. He then leads them to the safety of a nearby settlement. Hawkins meets his fate at the hands of the Oparians, to whom Tarzan has signaled his double-dealing by a creative use of jungle drums.
They Can't Hang Me (1955)
, 1h15Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan, André Morell, Anthony Oliver, Reginald Beckwith, Ursula Howells
Roles Jill Wilson
Rating58%
A senior civil servant, Pitt (Morell) has been convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Days before his execution, Pitt reveals that he has been passing on top secret information to an agent of a foreign power and offers to reveal the identity of his handler in exchange for a reprieve. With only five days before Pitt's execution, debonair Special Branch Inspector Ralph Brown (Morgan) takes on the task of identifying the spy before he flees the country.
Penny Princess (1952)
, 1h31Directed by Val Guest
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Yolande Donlan, Reginald Beckwith, A. E. Matthews, Mary Clare, Edwin Styles
Roles Lindy Smith
Rating60%
The fictional European microstate of Lampidorra has "no taxes, no quotas, no tariffs, no forms to fill in". Its two thousand residents make their money from the national (and legal) profession of smuggling to and from its neighbors: France, Italy, and Switzerland. However, the country falls on hard times and becomes bankrupt.
Penny Princess (1952)
, 1h34Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde, Reginald Beckwith, Mary Clare, Edwin Styles, Kynaston Reeves
Roles Lindy Smith
Rating60%
Lampidorra est un micro-état européen qui n'a ni taxes, ni quotas, ni droits de douane, ni formulaires à remplir. Ses deux mille habitants tirent leurs revenus de la profession nationale (et légale) de contrebande à destination et en provenance de ses voisins : France, Italie et Suisse. Cependant, le pays traverse une période difficile et fait faillite.
Mr. Drake's Duck (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Reginald Beckwith, Howard Marion-Crawford
Roles Penny Drake
Rating59%
Traveller's Joy (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Googie Withers, John McCallum, Maurice Denham, Yolande Donlan, Colin Gordon, Peter Illing
Roles Lil Fowler
Rating58%
With extensive restrictions on how much foreign exchange British travellers can take outside the realm (then £5), a variety of English men and women are trapped in expensive Sweden.
The Body Said No! (1950)
, 1h15Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Valentine Dyall, Reginald Beckwith, Arthur Hill
Roles Mikki Brent
Rating43%
In a British TV studio, Michael Rennie (as himself) is performing in a live dramatic broadcast. On a neighbouring set, cabaret singer Mikki Brent thinks she sees a coded plot being discussed to murder Rennie. Her friends are sceptical, but she warns Rennie, and adventures and investigations ensue.
Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949)
, 1h22Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, Garry Marsh, Emrys Jones, Reginald Beckwith, Helena Pickard
Roles Laramie Pilgrim
Rating58%
Laramie Pilgrim (Yolande Donlan) is an American exchange factory worker who trades places with an upper class British girl. After much adjusting to English country life, and with the various attendant culture clashes, Miss Pilgrim comes to the rescue of her new village and its exploitation by a local land developer.
Under Age (1941)
, 59minutesDirected by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Nan Grey, Alan Baxter, Mary Anderson, Tom Neal, Leona Maricle, Don Beddoe
Roles Lily Fletcher
Rating60%
Sisters Jane and Edie Baird are arrested for vagrancy, having no place to sleep. They are later released from jail and immediately contacted by the local pimp gangster, Tap Manson, who wants them to work as hostesses for a company called "House by the side of the road, Inc.". It is a franchise of motels by the highway roadsides. Head of the company is Mrs. Burke, an old, hardened gangster of a woman who has a deceivingly kind appearance.
Cross-Country Romance (1940)
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Hedda Hopper, Billy Gilbert, Berton Churchill, G.P. Huntley
Roles Jennie
Rating58%
High-profile heiress Diane North (Wendy Barrie) stows away in the trailer of a bacteriologist Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Smith (Gene Raymond) to escape from her own wedding. Larry has to drive cross country to San Francisco to catch a ship to China, where he will work with an eminent expert on a cure for a serious disease. When he discovers his stowaway, Diane tells him she is poverty-stricken Maggie "Jonesy" Jones, making her way to a slightly less poor uncle. Larry tries to get rid of his passenger at every opportunity, but she falls in love and uses every wile to stay with him.