Liz Smith
Betty Gleadle (11 December 1921 – 24 December 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared (1975–1979), the sisters Bette and Belle in 2point4 Children (1991–1999), Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley (1994–1996) and Norma Speakman ("Nana") in The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006). She also played Zillah in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1984 film A Private Function.
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the...
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Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in...
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A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. DilberMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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City of Ember
as GrannyFor generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of...
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Oliver Twist
as Old WomanOliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski...
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Alice in Wonderland
as Miss LoryAlice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets...
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as GraceThe wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her...
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The Duellists
as Fortune TellerIn 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and...
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Secrets & Lies
as Woman with CatAfter her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth...
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Haunted
as Old Gypsy WomanProfessor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve...
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A Christmas Carol
as Mrs DilberMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Son of the Pink Panther
as Marta BallsThe illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
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High Spirits
as Mrs. PlunkettWhen a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising...
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Mrs. FairleyIn this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about...
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Trail of the Pink Panther
as Martha Balls (archive footage)The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief...
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Keeping Mum
as Mrs. ParkerA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an...
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Curse of the Pink Panther
as Marta BallsInspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look...
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The Monster Club
as VillagerA vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a...
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A Private Function
as MotherIn the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and...
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Tube Tales
as Older Lady (segment "Horny")Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool"...
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Apartment Zero
as Mary Louise McKinneyIn a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling...
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Britannia Hospital
as MaisieBritannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a...
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Pretty Princess
as regina madreA princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She...
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Little Dorrit
as Mrs. BanghamA drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is...
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Night of 100 Stars III
as SelfA celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Agatha
as FloraEngland, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly...
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Harem
as Mrs. PendletonA young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first...
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Flick
as MaMemphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and wierd...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs WillowsWhen Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a...
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The Magic Flute
as The Old PapagenaDuring World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the...
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Nero
as SoothsayerAs a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile...
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Separate Tables
as Miss MeachamTwo one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model...
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Anna Spud
as GranAnna Spud is the grumpiest little girl in the world. The prospect of long car journey trapped...
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We Think the World of You
as MillieAn aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of...
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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
as Mrs. RigbyA musical about a miner who wants to break into show business.
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The Revengers' Comedies
as WinnieAfter saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge...
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Peg SliderskewAdaptation of the Dickens novel.
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Bleak Moments
as Pat's MotherMoments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled...
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The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as SelfCaroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the...
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as SelfA television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television...
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Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as DelfinaIn the fourteenth film in the series, sixteen-year-old Indiana Jones joins an international trio...
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Mrs MeakinGordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer....
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Lady Phillipa of StainesSir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally...
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Leo the Last
as uncreditedPrince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and...
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Murder Rap
as ElfieWallie, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse...
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Doggin' Around
as Mrs. ThompsonThe past catches up with an ageing American jazz pianist when he returns to the clubs of...
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The Stick Up
as Hotel ManageressDuke Turnbeau (David Soul) has come to England, in the 1930s, as a way to improve his fortunes....
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Dead Cool
as LizA story about modern family relationships, as seen through the eyes of 15 year-old David. Six...
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The Queen of Sheba
as Norma SpeakmanTension mounts in the Royle household as the family contemplates the prospect of becoming fully...
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Spend Spend Spend
as Keith's GrannyBased on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools...
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Hard Labour
as Mrs. ThornleyA quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
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Breath
as Mrs. PritchettNell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma creates problems....
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Donovan Quick
as GrannyQuirky stranger Donovan (Colin Firth) blows into the Scottish village of Port Clyde. There, he...
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On the Palm
as Mrs SlatterthwaiteFledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for...
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An Evening with Lily Savage
as Self - Audience MemberAn Evening with Lily Savage
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as uncreditedTV-movie version of the Victor Hugo novel.
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A Christmas Carol
as JoyceA modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who...
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Words of Love
as Gran2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa - another date on Buddy Holly's...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as uncreditedBased on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson...
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When We Are Married
as Mrs NorthropThree married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not...
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Jake's Journey
as WitchA normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd,...
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Jack Point
as Mrs. MatthewsRivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver...
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Keep an Eye on Albert
as Mrs. OxfamPubs, pigeons, weight-lifting - that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But...
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Taking Leave
as Confused LadyMike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to...
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It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
as Vi BellA recreation of a World War II incident which occurred in London's Bethnal Green underground...
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The Graham Norton Show
as SelfEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
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Play for Today
as Mrs. ThornleyPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as Mrs. MathewsPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as Mrs. PritchettPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as Mrs. OxfamPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as Keith's GrannyPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as ElfiePlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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V.I.P.
as Self - Gossip ColumnistWhile attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her...
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V Graham Norton
as SelfV Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring...
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An Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
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The Paul O'Grady Show
as uncreditedThe Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul...
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Lena FinnThe Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...
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Last of the Summer Wine
as HousekeeperUnencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
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So Graham Norton
as SelfSo Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton....
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Lark Rise to Candleford
as ZillahSet in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the...
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The Gentle Touch
as Edna SlaterThe Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as DelfinaAt the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family...
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Within These Walls
as uncreditedWithin These Walls is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for...
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The Vicar of Dibley
as Letitia CropleyReverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite...
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Casualty
as TillieDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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The Royle Family
as Norma 'Nana' SpeakmanBritish comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
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Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Crown Court
as uncreditedCrown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...
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Crown Court
as Mrs. FowkesCrown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...
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Bottom
as Fortune TellerRichie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic )...
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The Sweeney
as Mrs. DaviesJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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Trial & Retribution
as uncreditedTrial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began...
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American Masters
as SelfAmerican Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...
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In Loving Memory
as Hilda PardoeIn Loving Memory is a British period sitcom set in an undertakers business that starred Thora...
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Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Hannah MacphersonSpirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence...
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Shooting Stars
as SelfShooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in...
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Takin' Over the Asylum
as HarrietA salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath...
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Lovejoy
as FlorenceThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
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2Point4 Children
as Auntie BelleThey're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens....
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2Point4 Children
as BetteThey're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens....
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Performance
as AnyulaAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Young Charlie Chaplin
as Mrs. GreenwoodThe challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin,...
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The Bill
as uncreditedThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...
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Between The Sheets
as uncreditedBetween the Sheets is a 2003 British television mini-series. This carnal, comedic drama is based...
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I Didn't Know You Cared
as Annie BrandonI Didn't Know You Cared is a British comedy series set in a working class household in South...
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Ripping Yarns
as Mrs. BagA British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python...
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Cluedo
as Mrs. WhiteCluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a...
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Oliver Twist
as SallyOliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by...
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Pirates
as GranPirates is a British children's television sitcom about a family of pirates living in a council...
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Imperium: Nero
as SacrilegaAs a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile...
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Karaoke
as Mrs. BaglinDaniel Feeld, writer of the film Karaoke, starts to believe that his characters are coming alive.
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Nicholas Nickleby
as Peg SliderskewAdaptation of the Dickens novel.
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The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
as Mrs. FisherRuth has everything. A large, warty body, a standard house in the suburbs, two whiney children,...
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