Jennifer Hilary

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Biography

Jennifer Mary Hilary (14 December 1942 – 6 August 2008) was a British actress of stage, film and television. Her first acclaimed stage performance was as "Milly" in Henry James' The Wings of the Dove, which marked her debut on the West End. Born at Frimley, Surrey, she trained at RADA, and began her acting career with the Liverpool Playhouse in April 1961, aged 18. Her first role was as Nina in The Seagull. She would go on to play such characters as Lady Teazle (The School for Scandal), Isabel (The Enchanted), Cilla Curtis (Amateur Means Lover) and Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest). She went on to act with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. She debuted across the pond in 1963, performing in Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal. In 1964, she played "Zoe" in the West End production of James Saunders' A Scent of Flowers. Sir Michael Redgrave included her in the cast of Turgenev's A Month in the Country in 1965. She returned to New York to play the doomed "Sasha" in Chekhov's Ivanov at the Shubert Theatre in 1966. Back in London, she played "Ginny" in the hit 1967 production of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking.

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Miss A and Miss M

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Young Lizzie Cole and her newly widowed mother go to stay in the country at a small guesthouse occupied by spinsters, retired schoolmasters and young schoolmistresses. Lizzie becomes quite fond of two particular schoolmistresses who live together in a small cottage. Their lifestyle and living arrangement is a constant source of interest and challenge for Lizzie. However, what she ends up experiencing is beyond the comprehension of a young girl. The story of Miss A And Miss M is a very sensitively performed portrayal of the boundaries of love and friendship.

Five Days One Summer

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A 1930s Scottish doctor goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece he passes off as his wife.

Speed King

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Biopic of Malcolm Campbell, detailing his tumultuous life and extreme drive as he attempts to break the world speed records on land and water.

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Speed King

Dorothy Campbell

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Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.

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Becket

Peasant's Daughter