Viola Lyel
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 8, 1896
Place of Birth: Hull, Humberside, England, UK
Known For
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
The Little Hut
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.
Wanted for Murder
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
The Farmer's Wife
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
Passing Shadows
The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.
It's Not Cricket
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. "This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at nothing." Radford and Wayne, cashiered from the army when they let a captured Nazi escape, become private detectives who later get involved with the same German and a missing diamond ...
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.
No Place for Jennifer
A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
Over the Garden Wall
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.
Let Me Explain, Dear
A husband flirts with a pretty girl after a taxi smash, but a delicate situation ensues when he has to explain the presence of her necklace in his pocket!
Filmography
as Miss Edwards
as Mrs. Winnie Beamster
as Blodwen
as Mrs. Barclay
as Aunt Jane
as Music Mistress
as Hearty Female
as Mrs. Comber
as Mabel Cooper
as Thirza Tapper
as Miss Briggs
as Mrs. Willett
as Mary Smithers
as Gladys
as Angela Hunter
as Frau Krause
as Maggie Hobson
as Mrs Marsden
as Evelyn Lovejoy