Geraldine McEwan
Acting
Biography
Geraldine McEwan (9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress, who had a long career in theatre, television and film. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a forthright, sparkling manner".
Born: May 9, 1932
Place of Birth: Old Windsor, England, UK
Known For
Red Dwarf
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Moses
Pharaoh Ramses II decrees the death of all Hebrew children, but Moses, placed in a basket on the Nile by his mother, is picked up by a princess and raised as the brother of the heir to the throne of Egypt.
Agatha Christie's Marple
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
The Magdalene Sisters
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Carrie's War
Carrie's War is an adaptation of a 1973 children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World War and following two evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick.
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.
Mulberry
Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team behind the programme included writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. Mulberry ran for two series: the first series of six episodes ran from 24 February to 30 March 1992 and the second series of seven episodes ran from 8 April to 25 May 1993. A third series was planned, but was cancelled before production began. As a result, Mulberry never arrived at its logical conclusion.
Henry V
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark's classic novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was adapted by Scottish Television into a seven episode television serial for ITV in 1978 that featured Geraldine McEwan in the lead role. From Wikipedia.
Filmography
as Miss Thripp (voice) (uncredited)
as Miss Thripp (voice)
as Miss Marple
as Lady Southdown
as Janet
as Mrs. Dilys Gotobed
as Nanna
as Sister Bridget
as Novotna
as Various Characters
as Lilian Rodgers
as Holofernia
as Nurse
as Miss Scattergoods
as Miriam
as Miriam
as The Aunt
as (Springing Lenin)
as Rose Farnaby
as Mortianna
as Mother
as Alice
as Cassandra
as Lady Ammanford
as Mrs Proudie
as Maud Caragnani
as Miss Mountford
as Lady Bellaston
as Maud Caragnani
as Denise Blundell
as Sibyl Railton-Bell / Anne Shankland
as Alice
as Sibyl Railton-Bell / Anne Shankland
as Candida
as Marcella Mortimer
as Mary Jones
as Catherine Robinson
as Frankie Addams
as Irene