Marian Spencer
Birthday: Born in 1904-10-02 in Crouch End, London, England, UK
Deathday: 1981-10-10
Marian Spencer was an English actress.
TV Credits
The Corridor People
Character: Helena of Morphania
The Corridor People is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1966, devised and written by Edward Boyd. A surreal black-and-white detective series, The Corridor People pitched security agent Kronk against exotic villainess Syrie Van Epp over the course of four episodes....
Persuasion
Character: Lady Russell
British television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name....
Maigret
Character: Mrs. Wilcox
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television....
Pride and Prejudice
Character: Mrs. Bennet
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Movie Credits
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Character: Mrs. Wintry
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl....
Let the People Sing
Character: Lady Shepshod
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall....
The Secret
Character: Aunt Doris Porter
An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand....
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Character: Empress of Lilliput
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome....
Intimate Relations
Character: Yvonne
Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son....
The Spell of Amy Nugent
Character: Mrs. Olivia Stapleton
A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists....
Dangerous Moonlight
Character: Miss Gratton
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in A...
David Livingstone
Character: Mary Moffatt
Film portrays the expedition of the British explorer David Livingstone to Africa to discover the source of the Nile, his disappearance, and the expedition to find him led by Stanley....
The Demi-Paradise
Character: Mrs. Teddy Beckett
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Iv...
The Weaker Sex
Character: Harriet Lessing
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II....
Bond Street
Character: Aunt Lottie
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng....
The World of Suzie Wong
Character: Dinner Guest
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her....
When We Are Married
Character: Annie Parker
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer....