Suzanne Neve
Birthday: Born in 1939-09-06 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Suzanne Neve (born 1939) is an English actress best known for her appearances on British television during the 1960s, notably the starring role of Isabel Osmond in the BBC's 1968 adaptation of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady. Neve first came to public attention as Ethel Brown in a 1962 series based on the William books of Richmal Crompton. She subsequently had leading roles in Smuggler's Bay (1964) and as Fleur de Lys in a 1966 dramatisation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Her big break came with the BBC's flagship production of The Forsyte Saga (1967), in which she played Holly. Following Portrait of a Lady, Neve continued to appear in television dramas, including further adaptations of the classics, such as Bel-Ami (1971). She also had a recurring role as Mary, the wife of Commander Straker in the science fiction series UFO (1970–71).Films in which Neve appeared included Naked Evil (1966), Mosquito Squadron (1969) and Scrooge (1970). Her last screen appearance was in the 1983 series Spooky. After this film, she devoted herself to teaching drama and still does so.
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Shadows of Fear
Character: Ethel Parker
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people....
All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Joan Clifford
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job....
The Saint
Character: Meryl Vascoe
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need....
The Saint
Character: Julia Jeffroll
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need....
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Miss. Mackail
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes....
UFO
Character: Mary Rutland
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders....
UFO
Character: Mary Straker
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders....
The Portrait of a Lady
Character: Isabel Archer
Spirited American heiress Isabel Archer travels to Europe, where she navigates a complex web of relationships, ultimately committing to a fateful marriage to the charming but cruel Gilbert Osmond. This leads to profound disappointment and a tragic realisation of her own choices....
BBC Play of the Month
Character: Roxanne
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....
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Character: Frances Norton
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters....
Man of the World
Character: Linda
Michael Strait is a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung places as Iraq, French Indochina, and Algiers....
Theatre 625
Character: Marguerite
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time....
Theatre 625
Character: Deanie Webb
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time....
Mystery and Imagination
Character: Mina Harker
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television....
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Character: Kate
Anthology series of dramatic works....
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Character: Dr. Joan Scott
Anthology series of dramatic works....
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Character: Ann Terson
Anthology series of dramatic works....
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character: Secretary
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known....
Spooky
Character: Lady Rillington
A precursor to the later Dramarama series, Spooky explores the supernatural, and ventures into the dark corners of the imagination....
The Forsyte Saga
Character: Holly Dartie née Forsyte
The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time ...
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
Character: 2nd Mother
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed....
Mosquito Squadron
Character: Beth Scott
England, World War II. Quint Munroe, RAF officer and new leader of a Mosquito squadron, is tasked with destroying a secret Nazi base in France while trying to overcome the disappearance of a brother-in-arms....
Scrooge
Character: Isabel Fezziwig
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney....
Naked Evil
Character: Janet Tuttle
Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being killed himself by the manager's vengeful spirit....
Robert
Character: Miss Reardon
A schoolteacher mourning the death of her mother keeps an inattentive student behind one day after class, but from there things spiral, calling her ability to teach into question....
Backfire!
Character: Shirley Curzon
Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company....
Dracula
Character: Mina Harker
A asylum patient intrudes upon a house party referring to the guest of honor—Count Dracula—as "Master." Moments later he insists he does not know the Count and is led back to his cell. Dr. Van Helsing is called to consult on the case. Hypnotized, the patient recounts events in Transylvania, including an attack by Dracula's brides…...
Play It Cool
Character: Airline Receptionist
A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope....
Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead
Character: Beryl Wittaker
A woman hears her fiancee's ghostly voice telling her to find him....
The Next Scream You Hear
Character: Blonde
The police receive an anonymous tip that Bernard Peel has murdered his wife, Jennifer. Peel declares his innocence, but there is a substantial amount of evidence contradicting his story. Is someone trying to frame Mr. Peel? Peel asks private detective Matthew Earp to investigate....
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Character: Deanie Webb
Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a...