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Zienia Merton is a Actor British born on 11 december 1945
Zienia Merton (born 11 December 1945) is a British actress born in Burma. Her mother was Burmese, and her father half-English, half-French. She was raised in Singapore, Borneo, Portugal, and England. She is probably best known for playing Sandra Benes in Space: 1999.
Ses premières années d'études ont lieu au Portugal, puis en Angleterre. Elle voulait d'abord devenir danseuse, et joue un petit rôle dans le ballet-féerie Casse-noisette, en 1951, au Royal Festival Hall à Londres. Mais elle change d'orientation vers des études en art dramatique et, finalement, une carrière d'actrice, principalement à la télévision.
Elle acquiert une petite notoriété par un rôle dans Doctor Who, puis par une scène déshabillée dans la série télévisée Casanova, mais c'est finalement son rôle de Sandra Benes dans la première saison de Cosmos 1999, ainsi que dans quelques épisodes de la seconde saison, qui la font connaître du grand public.
Elle a publié une autobiographie Anecdotes and Armadillos en 2005.
En 2017, on lui diagnostique un cancer en phase terminale. Un an plus tard, elle est sollicitée par la BBC pour être la voix du livre audio de Marco Polo (Doctor Who), ce qu'elle accepte malgré un grand état de fatigue. Elle décède le 14 septembre 2018.
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Zienia Merton est une actrice britannique née en Birmanie d'un père anglo-français et d'une mère birmane.Ses premières années d'études ont lieu au Portugal, puis en Angleterre. Elle voulait d'abord devenir danseuse, et joue un petit rôle dans le ballet-féerie Casse-noisette, en 1951, au Royal Festival Hall à Londres. Mais elle change d'orientation vers des études en art dramatique et, finalement, une carrière d'actrice, principalement à la télévision.
Elle acquiert une petite notoriété par un rôle dans Doctor Who, puis par une scène déshabillée dans la série télévisée Casanova, mais c'est finalement son rôle de Sandra Benes dans la première saison de Cosmos 1999, ainsi que dans quelques épisodes de la seconde saison, qui la font connaître du grand public.
Elle a publié une autobiographie Anecdotes and Armadillos en 2005.
En 2017, on lui diagnostique un cancer en phase terminale. Un an plus tard, elle est sollicitée par la BBC pour être la voix du livre audio de Marco Polo (Doctor Who), ce qu'elle accepte malgré un grand état de fatigue. Elle décède le 14 septembre 2018.
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Alien Attack (1980)
, 1h44Directed by Lee H. Katzin, Charles Crichton, Bill Lenny
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Nick Tate, Roy Dotrice, Isla Blair
Roles Sandra Benes
Rating61%
Des chercheurs installés sur la Lune doivent effectuer une mission vers une planète considérée comme habitable. Cependant, la mort inexpliquée de plusieurs astronautes compromettent fortement leur voyage.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
, 2h5Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Keith Michell, Charlotte Rampling, Donald Pleasence, Jane Asher, Brian Blessed, Frances Cuka
Rating67%
On his deathbed, Henry VIII reflects upon his long reign, and especially the crucial part his six marriages have played. The bulk of the film is depicted in flashback, while the elderly Henry VIII is surrounded by his family and courtiers waiting for him to die.
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 M Xenos (sœur de Dax Xenos)
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.
The Chairman (1969)
, 1h33Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Melodrama
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Arthur Hiller, Zienia Merton, Keye Luke
Roles Ting Ling
Rating56%
A Western agent is sent to Communist China in order to retrieve an important agricultural enzyme. What he does not know is that there is a bomb implanted in his head; the forces behind his mission will detonate it if he fails to carry out the assignment.
Help! (1965)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Les Beatles, Chase films
Actors John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron
Roles High Priestess (uncredited)
Rating70%
An eastern cult (a parody of the Thuggee cult) is about to sacrifice a woman to the goddess Kaili. Just as she is about to be killed, the high priestess of the cult, Ahme, notices that she is not wearing the sacrificial ring. Ringo Starr, drummer of the Beatles, has and is wearing it; it was secretly sent to him by the victim in a fan letter. Determined to retrieve the ring and sacrifice the woman, the great Swami Clang, Ahme, and several cult members including Bhuta, leave for London. After several failed attempts to steal the ring, they confront the Beatles in an Indian restaurant. Ringo learns that if he does not return the ring soon, he will become the next sacrifice. Ringo then discovers that the ring is stuck on his finger.
Catch Us If You Can (1965)
, 1h31Directed by John Boorman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Barbara Ferris, Clive Swift, David Lodge, Yootha Joyce, David de Keyser, Ronald Lacey
Roles Allison
Rating57%
During the filming of a TV commercial for a "Meat For Go" campaign set in London's Smithfield Market, Steve (Dave Clark), disillusioned by the inanity of his job, absconds in an E-type Jaguar (one of the props) with a young actress/model, Dinah (played by Barbara Ferris). After a visit to an open-air swimming-pool in central London and a memorable scene in and around the Great Conservatory in the grounds of Syon House, they make their way across a wintry southern England towards an island (Burgh Island) off the coast of Devon, which Dinah is contemplating buying (presumably to escape the pressures of her celebrity as the "Butcher Girl" on the back of the TV meat advertising campaign). This act of rebellion is cynically exploited by the advertising executive behind the campaign, Leon Zissell (played by David de Keyser), who deputes two of his henchmen to pursue the fleeing couple.