Martita Hunt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martita Edith Hunt (30 January 1900 – 13 June 1969) was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations.
Great Expectations
as Miss HavishamIn this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious...
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Bonjour Tristesse
as Philippe's MotherCecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne,...
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The Brides of Dracula
as Baroness MeinsterA young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles...
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Becket
as Empress MatildaThomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king...
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Queen EleanorYoung Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the...
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Anastasia
as Baroness Elena von LivenbaumRussian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who...
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Ada FordA woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she...
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Anna Karenina
as Princess Betty TverskyStefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to...
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Sabotage
as The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live...
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Grand Duchess Elise LupavinovaThe buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later...
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Anna RichterThe Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century,...
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The Admirable Crichton
as Lady BrocklehurstLord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his...
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The Man in Grey
as Miss PatchettAfter marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a...
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The Spies
as Connie HarperA doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new...
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The Wicked Lady
as Cousin AgathaA married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
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Song Without End
as Grand DuchessThe romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to...
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They Flew Alone
as Miss BlandThe story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public...
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Mr. Topaze
as BaronessMr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to...
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So Evil My Love
as Mrs. Courtney (SR)In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a...
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Tudor Rose
as Jane's MotherThe tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before...
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Meet Me Tonight
as Mabel GraceMeet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the...
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Venetian Honeymoon
as Lisa BradwellThere is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels...
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Freedom Radio
as Frau Lehmann the ConciergeHitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be...
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When Knights Were Bold
as Aunt EstherHappy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little...
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Three Men in a Boat
as Mrs. WillisThree London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...
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Me and the Colonel
as Mother SuperiorNazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He...
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Farewell Again
as Adela SwayleFarewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people...
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The Seventh Survivor
as Mrs. LindleyDuring the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a...
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Bottoms Up!
as Lady Gore-WilloughbyAn incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to...
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The Beloved Vagabond
as Lady with lorgnettesFlying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!
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Quiet Wedding
as Mme. MirelleA young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
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Friday the Thirteenth
as Agnes LightfootIt is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a...
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Folly to Be Wise
as Lady DoddA newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting...
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The Fan
as Duchess of BerwickLord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband....
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A Girl Must Live
as Mme. Dupont, assistantA run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
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First a Girl
as Madame SeraphinaAn aspiring singer quits her menial job and is talked into performing as a female impersonator...
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Treasure Hunt
as Aunt Anna RoseShort of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not...
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King of the Damned
as Woman on PlaneRevolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal...
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Trouble Brewing
as Mme BerdiEaling comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes...
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Old Mother Riley Joins Up
as CommandantMother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service....
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Paradise for Two
as Mme. BernardA chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
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Man of the Moment
as Lady at Roulette TableLove blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
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The Mill on the Floss
as Mrs. GleggRomeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over...
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I Was a Spy
as Aunt LucilleDuring World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding...
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Welcome, Mr Washington
as Miss FinchBased on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are...
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The Best House in London
as HeadmistressIn Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution...
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Love on Wheels
as Piano DemonstratorA department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
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Good Morning, Boys!
as Lady BogshottDr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris....
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Pot Luck
as uncreditedA retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final...
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Young Man's Fancy
as Duchess of BeaumontAn aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
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Prison Without Bars
as Mme. AppelSuzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so...
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King's Rhapsody
as Queen MotherFlynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political...
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Melba
as Mme. MarchesiRural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
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East of Piccadilly
as MaA series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the...
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It Started in Paradise
as Mme. AliceA talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion...
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Miss Knowall
as Miss HardcastleShort government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.
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The March Hare
as Lady AnneSir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the...
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The Lady from Lisbon
as Susan Wellington-SmytheWhen she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa,...
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At the Villa Rose
as Helen VaquierA gang of clever thieves kill a wealthy woman in hopes of stealing her gems. But the thieves...
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Service for Ladies
as Aline - Countess Ricardi's MaidMax Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia...
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My Sister and I
as Mrs. CamelotA family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon...
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Strange Boarders
as Miss PitterPre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of...
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Dangerous Exile
as Lady Lydia FellDangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and...
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Sabotage at Sea
as Daphne FaberThe captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of...
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Miss Grant Goes to the Door
as EdithTwo sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
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Route 66
as uncreditedRoute 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...
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Studio One
as Mrs. PorterAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Thriller
as Celia SommervilleThriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...
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