Magda Miller
Acting
Biography
Magda Miller (born Magdalena Ekaterina Antonina Vishinski Klastaites, in 1934) is a Scottish actress, of Scottish, Russian and Lithuanian descent. She appeared in a number of films in the 1950s, notably in the mystery film Town on Trial, before turning towards acting in various TV series and programmes such as Maigret, Dixon of Dock Green, Tottering Towers, Public Eye and The Tripods, until the 1980s. [Source: Wikipedia]
Place of Birth: Strathblane, Scotland, UK
Known For
Public Eye
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."
Town on Trial
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
The Secret Man
A physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
Behind the Headlines
Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.
BBC Play of the Month
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Let's Be Happy
On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with Jeannie to woo voluptuous redhead Helene, and Jeannie is flattered by the attentions of the impoverished Lord McNairn; he's heard about her good fortune, and gallantly offers to show her the city.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
A psychiatric doctor driven to insanity by nightmare visions of Zé do Caixão trying to steal his wife is helped by colleagues who enlist creator José Mojica Marins to convince the patient that he does not exist.
Dollars for Sale
Account of how Anglo-American police co-operation succeeds in tracking down forgers of $100 bills.
Filmography
as Tania Hamilton
as Lady Basildon
as Maggie
as Sphinx Girl (uncredited)
as Ruth
as Mrs. MacTavish
as Molly Stevens
as Nina Duke
as Girl