Elizabeth Allan
Acting
Biography
Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage, screen, and television actress, who worked in both England and Hollywood.
Born: April 9, 1910
Place of Birth: Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
He Snoops to Conquer
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then cooking the results of a government sponsored housing survey.
Alibi
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Went the Day Well?
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
No Highway in the Sky
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
Camille
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
The Mystery of Mr. X
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
A Tale of Two Cities
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
Service for Ladies
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
Folly to Be Wise
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
David Copperfield
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Filmography
as Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
as Barbara Rankin
as Dr. Phillipa Roberts
as Susan Grant
as Louise Scobie
as Carol-Anne Bailey
as Angela Prout
as Shirley Scott
as Lady Sybil
as Jane Strawbridge
as Peggy
as Mrs. Cibber
as Queenie
as Margaret Hamilton
as Nancy Marlowe
as Nadia
as Nichette
as Flora Anne Thistlewaite
as Lucie Manette
as Irena Borotyn
as Clara Copperfield
as Venice
as Nettie Vollar
as Barbara
as Jane Frensham
as Nancy Adams
as Helen Hemming
as Peggy Wilson
as Caroline Service
as Joan Elton
as Sonia Bryant
as Daisy Bunting
as Pola Dubois
as Sylvia Robertson
as Freda Barcaldine
as Romo
as Barbara Amory
as Ursula Browne