About the film the play The Millionairess play Infobox Film name The Millionairess image The Millionairess poster.jpg caption original film poster director Anthony Asquith producer Dimitri De Grunwald br Pierre Rouve writer George Bernard Shaw br Riccardo Aragno br Wolf Mankowitz starring Sophia Loren br Peter Sellers br Alastair Sim music Georges Van Parys cinematography Jack Hildyard editing Anthony Harvey distributor 20th Century Fox released October 18, 1960 runtime 90 minutes country UK awards language English language English budget preceded by followed by The Millionairess is a 1960 in film 1960 British romantic comedy film set in London , directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers . It is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw s The Millionairess play 1936 play of the same name . Sellers plays Ahmed el Kabir, a socialist India n doctor, who meets Epifania Parerga Loren , a willful and arrogant heiress who has married to satisfy the conditions of her father s will but whose marriage has not produced the hoped for happiness. Rather memorable performances are given by Alastair Sim , playing Julius Sagamore, the head of the millionairess s business empire, Vittorio de Sica as Joe, the proprietor of a pasta production sweatshop , and Alfie Bass as a self employed Cockney fish curer. The film was a huge hit in Britain at the time of its release, but received mixed reviews. However it was an international success. George Martin , who was the producer at that time of Peter Sellers comedy recordings, conceived and instigated the writing and recording of a comedy duet Goodness Gracious Me song Goodness Gracious Me , sung by Sellers and Loren in their film characters. Martin commissioned David Lee and Herbert Kretzmer to write the song. Martin himself produced the recording. Martin envisioned the song as a recording to be incorporated in the soundtrack ... id 0054086 title The Millionairess Amg movie 70669 The Millionairess Anthony Asquith DEFAULTSORT Millionairess ... more details
Infobox film name Candida, Millionairess image caption director producer writer starring music cinematography editor distributor released Film date 1941 runtime country Film Argentina language Spanish budget Candida, Millionairess is a 1941 Argentine film. External links IMDb title 0123022 DEFAULTSORT Candida, Millionairess Category 1941 films Category Argentine films Category Spanish language films Category Black and white films Category Musical comedy films 1940s Argentina film stub ... more details
Infobox play name The Millionairess image image size image alt caption writer George Bernard Shaw chorus characters mute setting premiere place orig lang English language English series subject genre Comedy web playbill ibdb id iobdb id theatricalia id The Millionairess is a play written in 1936 by George Bernard Shaw . It tells the story of Epifania, a spoiled heiress, and her search for a suitor. Shaw wrote the play in 1936 expressly for Dame Edith Evans . Evans rejected the role, calling it too icy . The Millionairess opened at the Malvern Festival with Sybil Thorndike as Epifania. The reception was lukewarm, and the play did not go to London. ref cite book last Kanin first Garson title Tracy and Hepburn An Intimate Memoir year 1971 publisher Viking location New York isbn 0 670 72293 6 pages 161 162 ref In the summer of 1952, Katharine Hepburn starred in The Millionairess for a ten week run at the New Theatre London New Theatre in London s West End theatre West End . The production, directed by Michael Benthall and co starring Robert Helpmann and Cyril Ritchard , was widely praised. In October of 1952 it was brought to New York, where it played at the Shubert Theatre Broadway Shubert Theatre for ten weeks. ref cite book last Dickens first Homer title The Films of Katharine Hepburn year 1990 edition publisher Carol Publishing Group isbn 0 8065 1175 3 page 22 ref The Millionairess A film version of The Millionairess was made in 1960, directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers . References reflist External links cite web url http gutenberg.net.au ebooks03 0300121h.html title The Millionairess , full script publisher Project Guttenberg of Austraila 1930s play stub George Bernard Shaw Category 1930s plays Category Comedy plays Category Plays by George Bernard Shaw Category West End plays Category Broadway plays Category 1936 plays ... more details
Vera Ramaciotti died 1982 was an Australian philanthropist who with her brother, Clive Ramaciotti , established the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation . Early life Ramaciotti was the only daughter of Gustave Ramaciotti Major General Gustave Ramaciotti CMG , the owner of the Theatre Royal in Sydney, Australia King Street , Sydney, Australia Sydney , Australia . She was born in Ashfield and attended Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School as a boarder. In 1911 she travelled abroad for the coronation of George V of the United Kingdom King George V . Legacy Clive Ramaciotti was interested in bio medical research and Vera planned the establishment of the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation with him before his death in 1967. The Foundation was established with an investment of 6.7 million and is managed by Perpetual Trustees. The funds combined capital is in excess of 60 million. A Scientific Advisory Committee advises Perpetual on the grants to be awarded each year. In 1970, when the Foundation had accumulated interest of 600,000, initial payments were made to 27 institutions. Since its establishment the fund has allocated over 40 million to biomedical research supporting more than 3000 research programs. The Australian Women s Weekly published an article, in 1970, entitled The Quiet Millionairess that claimed Vera was Australia s least known millionairess and possibly the most private woman in Australia , adding that she physically shrinks from seeing her name in print . External links http www.perpetual.com.au philanthropic services.aspx Perpetual Trustees http www.ramaciotti.unsw.edu.au The Clive & Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function http www.anu.edu.au ro funding ramaciotti.php ANU Research Centre http www.womenaustralia.info biogs AWE2167b.htm Vera Ramaciotti Biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ramaciotti, Vera ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1982 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ramaci ... more details
Refimprove type Media date December 2009 Image SellersLoren.jpg thumb right Cover of the 1960 hit single Goodness Gracious Me is a comedy song recorded by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren , and was a top 5 UK single in 1960. It features Sellers acting the role of an India n doctor, and Loren of his wealthy Italian patient who fall in love. The song was conceived and instigated by George Martin , who was the producer at that time of Peter Sellers comedy recordings. Martin commissioned David Lee and Herbert Kretzmer to write the song. Martin himself produced the recording. Martin envisioned the song as a recording to be incorporated in the soundtrack of the film The Millionairess which was being filmed at that time starring Sellers and Loren. However, the film s producers did not share his enthusiasm for including the song in the film s soundtrack and did not utilize it. The studio was however happy to see the song released as a stand alone single to promote the film. In becoming a chart hit ref cite web url http www.theofficialcharts.com archive chart 1 1960 12 03 title 1960 12 03 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive publisher Official Charts date 1960 12 03 accessdate 2012 01 06 ref it succeeded in publicizing the film. Though the song did not feature in the movie itself, some of the lyrics in the song refer to the film. For example There s nothing the matter with it put it away please referring to the scene when Epifania shows Dr. Kabir her tongue Hypochondria thinking she is ill . The song proved so popular in the United Kingdom that a follow up song, Bangers and Mash , was released. Sellers sang and spoke the part of a Cockney asking for plain English cooking, Loren singing the part of his Italian wife wanting to serve him Italian food. Both are featured on collections of Seller s comedy recordings. In the 1990s, the song provided the inspiration for the title and theme tune of the BBC radio and TV Goodness Gracious Me TV & radio comedy programme of the same name . R ... more details
wiktionary millionaire A millionaire is someone whose net worth is at least one million dollars or some other unit of currency . It may also refer to Music Millionaire band , a Belgian group Millionaires group , an all female pop group from Los Angeles The Millionaires, a band featuring Cliff Cooper, founder of Orange Amplification Millionaires album Millionaires album , a 1999 album by James Millionaire Beady Eye song Millionaire Beady Eye song a 2011 song by Beady Eye from their album Different Gear, Still Speeding Millionaire song Millionaire song , a 2003 song by Kelis featuring Andr 3000 Millionaire , a song from the Cherry Poppin Daddies album Kids on the Street Millionaire , a song by the Mekons band The Mekons from their album I Mekons You Think I Ain t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire , the opening track to the album Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age, sometimes abbreviated to Millionaire Film and television The Millionaire TV series , a 1950s television drama The Millionaire 1917 film The Millionaire 1917 film , a 1917 film starring Oliver Hardy The Millionaire 1931 film The Millionaire 1931 film , featuring George Arliss The Millionairess , a 1960 romantic comedy starring Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , game show Other The Millionaire Calculator , a 19th century mechanical calculator Millionaire video game Millionaire video game Tony Millionaire born 1956 , American cartoonist, illustrator, and author Vancouver Millionaires , a professional hockey team from 1911 to 1922 disambiguation cs Milion de Millionaire Begriffskl rung fr Millionnaire homonymie it Millionaire fi Millionaire ... more details
refimprove date August 2011 Olga Deterding 1927 1978 was a wealthy heiress and socialite who regularly featured in the gossip columns of London Society during the Sixties and Seventies. She inherited an estimated 50 million from her father Sir Henri Deterding , the founder of Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Petroleum , and at one point in the seventies wanted to buy the troubled The Observer The Observer newspaper. Known as the Mad Millionairess, she was an infamously eccentric partygoer and died in a nightclub on New Year s Eve after choking on a sandwich. ref Andrew Barrow, International Gossip, A History of High Society 1970 80, p248. ref Her mother was Deterding s second wife, the White Russian Lydia Pavlovna Koudoyaroff 1904 80 , a former mistress of his rival Calouste Gulbenkian . She was educated at University of Oxford Oxford , but in 1956 she volunteered for duty in the kitchen at Dr. Albert Schweitzer s leper colony in West Africa, which she continued to do until the latter s death in 1965. ref TIME Magazine 15 January 1979 ref She had affairs with the TV Broadcaster Alan Whicker 1966 69 , to whom she was for a time engaged, and with John Routh 1971 75 . ref http www.telegraph.co.uk culture tvandradio 5000960 Alan Whicker interview a journey of a lifetime.html ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Deterding, Olga ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Wealthy heiress and socialite DATE OF BIRTH 1927 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1978 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Deterding, Olga Category 1927 births Category 1978 deaths Category Socialites ... more details
Dimitri de Grunwald born 1914 in St. Petersburg, Russia died at Hove , England May 26 , 1990 was an international film producer and the brother of producer Anatole de Grunwald . The two brothers assisted in the production of several films of Anthony Asquith . In 1960 Dimitri co produced the Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren film The Millionairess 1960 . In 1967 Dimitri ref p. 569 Chernow, Ron The House of Morgan An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance Simon & Schuster, 1991 ref pioneered the idea of raising funds for film productions by preselling territorial distribution rights to consortiums of film distributors from various nations. ref Hall, Sheldon & Neale, Stephen Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters Hollywood History Wayne State University Press, 15 04 2010 ref Filmography Stranger in the House 1967 film Stranger in the House 1967 br Shalako film Shalako 1968 br Perfect Friday 1970 br The McMasters 1970 br The Virgin and the Gypsy film The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970 br Connecting Rooms 1970 br The Last Grenade 1970 br Murphy s War 1971 br The God King 1974 br That Lucky Touch 1975 br A Time for Loving 1975 br Notes reflist External links imdb name 0208741 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grunwald, Anatole de ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1914 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1990 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grunwald, Anatole de Category 1914 births Category 1990 deaths Category British film producers ... more details
Infobox person name Sally Geeson image Sally Geeson vintage magazine.jpg imagesize 150px caption birthname birth date Birth date and age df yes 1950 6 23 birth place Cuckfield , West Sussex , England , United Kingdom occupation actress years active 1964 1990 spouse Sally Louise Geeson born 23 June 1950 in Cuckfield , West Sussex , England is a United Kingdom British actress with a career mostly on television in the 1970s. Her most famous role was as Sid James daughter, Sally, in Bless This House British TV series Bless This House . The series was one of the first in colour in the UK indeed the first seven episodes of Series One were in black and white. Her character was only 16 at the start despite the fact Geeson herself was in her early 20s. Geeson studied at Corona Academy Stage School from 1957 to 1966, where she appeared in several movies, including The Millionairess 1960 , Mrs. Brown, You ve Got a Lovely Daughter film Mrs Brown You ve Got A Lovely Daughter 1968 , Expresso Bongo 1959 , and Carry On Regardless 1961 . She also appeared in Carry On Abroad 1972 and Carry On Girls 1973 she also starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the film What s Good for the Goose in 1969. Geeson was the second wife of television personality William G. Stewart She later took up a career in teaching. Her sister, Judy Geeson , is also an actress. She has three children, Barney, Hayley, and Christopher. Barney and Hayley were from her marriage to William G. Stewart . She lives in Surrey . Selected filmography Spooners Patch 1979 Carry On Girls 1973 Carry On Abroad 1972 Bless This House film Bless This House 1972 Bless This House British TV series Bless This House 1971 76 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins 1971 The Fenn Street Gang 1971 Cry of the Banshee 1970 Z Cars 1970 Softly, Softly TV series Softly, Softly 1970 What s Good for the Goose 1969 Strange Report 1969 Detective TV series Detective 1969 The Oblong Box film The Oblong Box 1969 Friends in High Places television Friends in High Plac ... more details
for the Australian rules footballer Anthony Harvey footballer Infobox person image name Anthony Harvey birth date Birth date and age 1931 6 3 df y birth place London, England occupation film director director br film editor years active 1950 1994 Anthony Harvey born 3 June 1931 is a British filmmaker who started his career in the 1950s as a film editor, and moved into directing in the mid 1960s. ref cite book title Film Directors on Directing last Gallagher first John A. year 1989 page 115 url http books.google.com books?id W5e7cIQTNF0C isbn 9780275932725 publisher Greenwood Publishing Group ref Harvey has fifteen film credits as an editor, and he has directed thirteen films. ref IMDb name 0367431 ref The second film that Harvey directed, The Lion in Winter 1968 film The Lion in Winter 1968 , earned him a Directors Guild of America Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Directing . Selected filmography Directing Dutchman film Dutchman 1967 The Lion in Winter 1968 film The Lion in Winter 1968 They Might Be Giants film They Might Be Giants 1971 The Glass Menagerie 1973 film The Glass Menagerie 1973, TV The Abdication 1974 The Disappearance of Aimee 1976, TV Richard s Things 1980 Svengali 1983 film Svengali 1983, TV Grace Quigley 1985 This Can t Be Love film This Can t Be Love 1994, TV Editing The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis. Private s Progress John and Roy Boulting Boulting 1956 Tread Softly Stranger Gordon Parry Parry 1958 I m All Right Jack Boulting 1959 The Millionairess Anthony Asquith Asquith 1960 The Angry Silence Guy Green filmmaker Green 1960 The L Shaped Room Bryan Forbes Forbes 1962 Lolita 1962 film Lolita Stanley Kubrick Kubrick 1962 Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Kubrick 1964 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Martin Ritt Ritt 1965 The Whisperers Forbes 1967 Dutchman 1967 References reflist DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardFeatureFilm 1960 ... more details
Infobox Film name Getting It Right image size image Getting It Right FilmPoster.jpeg caption director Randal Kleiser producer Jonathan D. Krane br Randal Kleiser writer Elizabeth Jane Howard narrator starring Jesse Birdsall br Jane Horrocks br Helena Bonham Carter music Colin Towns cinematography Clive Tickner editing Chris Kelly distributor M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment USA br Video Treasures USA released May 5, 1989 runtime 102 min. country Film UK br Film US language English budget Getting It Right is a 1989 Randal Kleiser comedy film starring Jesse Birdsall , Jane Horrocks , and Helena Bonham Carter . The tag line was Gavin is 31... and a virgin. One wild night and three woman later, he s finally... Getting It Right Synopsis The film concerns the late coming of age of protagonist Gavin Lamb Birdsall , a painfully shy 31 year old virgin still living at home with his parents and who works as a hairdresser in a West End salon. The socially awkward Gavin forges sudden romantic connections with three very different women a sultry millionairess Lynn Redgrave Redgrave , an idiosyncratic recluse Helena Bonham Carter Bonham Carter , and a single mother Jane Horrocks Horrocks who is a junior hairdresser at his salon. Cast Jesse Birdsall as Gavin Lamb Jane Horrocks as Jenny Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Minerva Munday Pat Heywood as Mrs. Lamb Bryan Pringle as Mr. Lamb Lynn Redgrave as Joan Richard Huw as Harry John Gielgud as Sir Gordon Munday Judy Parfitt as Lady Stella Munday Peter Cook as Mr. Adrian Shirley Anne Field as Anne Ian Redford actor Ian Redford as Bill Kevin Drinkwater as Winthrop Rupert Holliday Evans as Peter June Ellis as Mrs. Wagstaffe Theme The film s theme song, also titled Getting it Right , was sung by Dusty Springfield . External links imdb title 0097424 1980s comedy film stub Randal Kleiser Category 1989 films Category British films Category British coming of age films Category English language films Category Films directed by Randal Kleiser Cat ... more details
Image TheScientificCardplayer.jpg right thumb DVD cover The Scientific Cardplayer is the English language title of a 1972 Italy Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini . The screenplay was written by Rodolfo Sonego . Synopsis An aging United States American millionaire ss journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game Scopa Scopone scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. The annual scenario remains unchanged she donates the initial stakes so they can play, then ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple s dream of scoring a victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter Cleopatra seeks revenge on her parents behalf. Production notes The film s Italian title is Lo scopone scientifico . Bette Davis was in the midst of a three week vacation at the health spa La Costa in Carlsbad, California when she received the script. On twenty four hour notice she flew to Rome for filming. It wasn t until the first day of shooting she learned the dialogue was to be recorded in Italian language Italian . Of her co star she said, My name for Albert Sordi was Albert Sordid. It was unforgivable of him to refuse to speak English with me, especially as he spoke very good English. ref Mother Goddam by Whitney Stine, with a running commentary by Bette Davis, Hawthorn Books, 1974, pp. 333 34 ISBN 0 8015 5184 6 ref This was the third on screen pairing for Davis and Joseph Cotten . They previously co starred in Beyond the Forest 1949 and Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964 . Principal cast Bette Davis ..... The Millionairess Joseph Cotten ..... George Alberto Sordi ..... Peppino Silvana Mangano ..... Antonia Antonella Demaggi ..... Cleopatra Mario Carotenuto ..... The Professor Domenico Modugno ..... Righetto Principal production credits Film producer Producer ..... Dino De Laurentiis Film score Original Music ..... Piero Piccioni Cinematography ..... Giuseppe Ruzzolini Art director Art Direction ..... Luigi Scaccianoce Costu ... more details
For the play by Friedrich D rrenmatt and other works based on it The Visit Von Einem operas Der Besuch der alten Dame The Visit of the Old Lady is an opera in three acts by Gottfried von Einem to a German libretto by Friedrich D rrenmatt , based on his play of the same name. Performance history The work was first performed at the Vienna State Opera on 23 May 1971, with Horst Stein conducting and Christa Ludwig in the principal role. ref name amadeus cite web url http amadeusonline.net almanacco.php?Start 0&Giorno 23&Mese 05&Anno 1971&Giornata &Testo &Parola Stringa title Almanacco 23 May 1971 publisher AmadeusOnline language Italian accessdate 11 September 2010 ref The German premiere was staged at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 1 March 1972. Further productions followed in Strasbourg and Karl Marx Stadt in 1973, and in Stockholm in 1976. ref name operone The work had its United States premiere on 25 October 1972 at the San Francisco Opera in a production directed by Francis Ford Coppola and using an English translation by Norman Tucker . Recent productions include a run of five performances at the G rlitz Theatre, Germany in May June 2010. ref cite web url http operabase.com oplist.cgi?id none&lang en&adv f&from 10 10 2009&to &approx 0&is der besuch der alten dame&by &sel &loc &near 0&full Y&sort V title Performances Der Besuch der alten Dame publisher Operabase accessdate 11 September 2010 ref Roles class wikitable Role ref name boosey cite web url http www.boosey.com pages opera moredetails.asp?musicid 995 title Gottfried von Einem Der Besuch der alten Dame opera publisher Boosey & Hawkes accessdate 11 September 2010 ref Voice type ref name boosey Premiere cast ref name amadeus br 23 May 1971 br Conductor Horst Stein Claire Zachanassian, multi millionairess mezzo soprano Christa Ludwig Her husband No. 7 actor Wolfgang Peschel Her husband No. 9 tenor Elmar Brenneis The butler character tenor Heinz Zednik Toby, Roby, chewing chewing gum actors Erich Trachtenberg, Klau ... more details
Infobox Person name Vertner Woodson Tandy image image size caption birth date May 17, 1885 birth place death date November 7, 1949 death place other names nationality USA known for First registered African American architect in New York State Co founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University Vertner Woodson Tandy May 17, 1885 November 7, 1949 was one of the Category Alpha Phi Alpha founders seven founders commonly referred to as The Seven Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. Before transferring to Cornell , Vertner studied architecture at Tuskegee University . He was the first black registered architect in New York State. He was first treasurer of the Alpha Phi Alpha Chapters Alpha chapter and the designer of the fraternity pin. The Fraternity became Incorporation business incorporated under his wiktionary auspice auspices . As a graduate of Cornell with a degree in architecture, he would become the New York State of New York s first registered Black people black architect , with offices on Broadway in New York City . Tandy s most famous commission was probably Villa Lewaro , the mansion of Harlem millionairess Madam C.J. Walker , in Irvington, New York Irvington on Hudson, New York . Among his other extant work are the Ivey Delph Apartments , and St. Philip s Episcopal Church Harlem, New York St. Philip s Episcopal Church at 204 West 134th Street in Harlem, through his architectural firm of Tandy & Foster . The Ivey Delph Apartments, designed in 1948, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref Tandy also holds the distinction of being the first African American to pass the military commissioning examination and was commissioned First Lieutenant in the 15th Infantry of the New York State United States National Guard National Guard . Vertner W. Tandy died in 1949, at age 64 of pneumonia. References reflist cite book last Wesley firs ... more details
Infobox person image Helen Lederer in 2010.jpg image size 150px name Helen Lederer caption Helen Lederer in 2010 birth date Birth date and age 1954 9 24 df yes ref http www.debretts.com people biographies search results 16698 Helen 20LEDERER.aspx Debrett s biodata ref birth place Carmarthen , Wales ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift individual 167886 BFI biodata ref death date death place occupation salary networth spouse children One daughter website http www.helenlederer.co.uk Helen Lederer born 24 September 1954 is a Welsh comedienne , writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Career Educated at the independent Blackheath High School and the Central School of Speech and Drama , Lederer established a stand up act at the The Comedy Store, London Comedy Store in London and then won minor parts in episodes of The Young Ones TV series The Young Ones , which had been written by her Comedy Store contemporaries Ben Elton and Rik Mayall . She would be linked with this scene for the rest of the 1980s, with a supporting role as housemaid Flossie in Happy Families TV series Happy Families and numerous appearances in related shows and live performances. Lederer broke from the Comedy Store wing of the alternative scene in 1986 to take part in the BBC2 sketch comedy sketch show Naked Video , which had originated without Lederer on the radio in Scotland. Lederer played various roles, including that of a newsreader linking spoof headlines into clips which acted as Punch line punchline s, and a drunk Sloane Ranger Sloane who performed a monologue in each episode from a wine bar. In the 1990s, Lederer was recruited by her old contemporaries Mayall and Adrian Edmondson to play supporting roles in two episodes of their sitcom Bottom television Bottom , including a memorable part as a fallen millionairess on the make. Simultaneously, she played Catriona in Absolutely Fabulous , joining forces again with Jennifer Saunders . She had ... more details
Other people2 Katherine Hunter disambiguation Katherine Hunter Refimprove date August 2011 Infobox person image imagesize caption name Kathryn Hunter birth date 9 April 1957 Citation needed date September 2011 birth place New York , USA Kathryn Hunter born Aikaterini Hadjipateras , 9 April 1957 Citation needed date September 2011 is an award winning English actress and theatre director. Hunter was born in New York to Greek parents but brought up in the UK. She trained at RADA where she is now an associate, and regularly directs student productions. Career Stage work In her stage work, Hunter is particularly associated with physical theatre ref Mark Fisher http living.scotsman.com features Lets get physical.2555038.jp Let s Get Physical , Scotland on Sunday , 15 August 2004 ref and has worked with renowned companies in that field including Shared Experience and Complicite . She won an Olivier Award in 1990 for playing the millionairess in Friedrich Durrenmatt s The Visit . Citation needed date March 2011 Hunter was the first British actress to play King Lear professionally and has played a number of other male characters including in The Bee , directed by Hideki Noda playwright Hideki Noda , which played at the Soho Theatre in June 2006. Citation needed date March 2011 She has toured internationally in the first English language production of Fragments a collection of short plays by Samuel Beckett , directed by Peter Brook . Citation needed date March 2011 In 2008, she was made an Artistic Associate at the Royal Shakespeare Company . Citation needed date March 2011 In January to March 2009, she directed a touring RSC production of Othello at the Warwick Arts Centre , Hackney Empire , Northern Stage , Oxford Playhouse and Liverpool Playhouse . Citation needed date March 2011 Her husband is movement director on the production and appeared in it as Roderigo other cast included Michael Gould actor Michael Gould , Patrice Naiambana and Natalia Tena as Iago, Othello and De ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Dutch Shoe Mystery image File TheDutchShoeMystery.jpg image caption 1st ediiton cover design author Ellery Queen country United States language English language English series Ellery Queen Mystery fiction mysteries genre Mystery novel Whodunnit publisher Frederick A. Stokes 1st edition, USA Gollancz 1st edition, UK release date 1931 in literature 1931 1st edition media type Print isbn ISBN 0 451 12074 4 Paperback edition 1968 by Signet Books Signet USA oclc 38105971 preceded by The French Powder Mystery followed by The Greek Coffin Mystery The Dutch Shoe Mystery is a novel that was written in 1931 by Ellery Queen . It is the third of the Ellery Queen Mystery fiction mysteries . Plot summary An eccentric millionairess is lying in a diabetic coma on a hospital bed in an anteroom of the surgical suite of the Dutch Memorial Hospital, which she founded, awaiting the removal of her gall bladder. When the surgery is about to begin, the patient is found to have been strangled with picture wire. Although the hospital is crowded, it is well guarded, and only a limited number of people had the opportunity to have murdered her, including members of her family and a small number of the medical personnel. The apparent murderer is a member of the surgical staff who was actually seen in the victim s vicinity, but his limp makes him easy to impersonate. Ellery Queen examines a pair of hospital shoes, one of which has a broken lace that has been mended with surgical tape. He performs an extended piece of logical deduction based on the shoe, plus such slight clues as the position of a filing cabinet, and creates a list of necessary characteristics of the murderer that narrows the field of suspects down to a single surprising possibility. Literary significance & criticism See Ellery Queen . The character of Ellery Queen and the more or less locked room mystery format were probably suggested by the nov ... more details
Infobox Film name The Honey Pot image HONEYPOT 00AA1 .jpeg caption Original film poster by Howard Terpning director Joseph L. Mankiewicz producer Charles K. Feldman writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz br Ben Jonson play br Frederick Knott play br Thomas Sterling novel starring Rex Harrison br Susan Hayward br Cliff Robertson br Capucine br Edie Adams br Maggie Smith br Adolfo Celi music John Addison cinematography Gianni di Venanzo editing David Bretherton distributor United Artists released 21 March 1967 UK br 22 May 1967 US runtime 150 minutes UK br 132 minutes US country United States awards language English budget preceded by followed by The Honey Pot , also known as The Honeypot , is a 1967 crime film crime comedy film made by Famous Artists Productions and distributed by United Artists . The film stars Rex Harrison , Susan Hayward , Cliff Robertson , Capucine , Edie Adams , and Maggie Smith . It was written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Charles K. Feldman . The screenplay was based on the plays Volpone by Ben Jonson and Mr. Fox of Venice by Frederick Knott and the novel The Evil of the Day by Thomas Sterling. Plot Image Susan Hayward in The Honey Pot.jpg 200px left thumb Susan Hayward as Mrs. Sheridan Struggling actor William McFly Cliff Robertson is hired by wealthy Cecil Fox Rex Harrison to play his personal secretary for a practical joke. Pretending to be on his deathbed, Fox invites three former lovers to his Venetian palazzo for a final visit penniless Princess Dominique Capucine , fading movie star Merle McGill Edie Adams , and Texas millionairess Mrs. Lone Star Crockett Sheridan Susan Hayward . Accompanying Mrs. Sheridan is her spinster nurse, Sarah Watkins Maggie Smith . By chance, each of the women brings Fox a timepiece as a present. The three women warily size each other up. Mrs. Sheridan boldly announces that the others might as well go home, as she is Fox s Common law marriage common law wife , and they can expect to ... more details
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