Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

August 15, 1912 · 114 years old

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Separate Tables (1958).

Known For

12 titles
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The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

1980 · 2h 4m · Movie

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily-disfigured and mistreated young man working as a sideshow freak, who gradually reveals his capacity for kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

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2
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · 2h 8m · Movie

Returning home from Istanbul on the Orient Express, renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of an American businessman aboard the train. The suspects are numerous and the clues confusing.

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A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · 2h 0m · Movie

The story of English statesman Sir Thomas More who defied King Henry VIII after Henry rejected the Roman Catholic Church in order to obtain a divorce and remarry.

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4
Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Avonlea

1987 · 32m · Movie

Anne Shirley accepts a teaching position at a girls boarding school in a town dominated by a rich and belligerant family determined to make her life miserable.

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I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

1945 · 1h 32m · Movie

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

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Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958 · 1h 40m · Movie

The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."

7.4
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Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

1976 · 2h 35m · Movie

The tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom.

6.4
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Making Love

Making Love

1982 · 1h 53m · Movie

A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. Zach and Claire live a com...

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Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

1960 · 1h 43m · Movie

A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.

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10
The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

1978 · 1h 38m · Movie

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987 · 1h 56m · Movie

A middle-aged spinster falls in love with a fellow resident of her boardinghouse, who mistakenly believes she has the money to help him start a new business.

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Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King

1953 · 1h 23m · Movie

In 1940, Canadian sailor Andrew Brown is prisoner on a battle damaged German raider and he plans to delay the raider's at-sea repairs until a British naval task-force can destroy it.

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