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Zoë Wanamaker

Date of birth: 1949-05-13

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Zoe Wanamaker, Зои Уонамейкер, زوئی وانامیکر

Zoë Wanamaker

Biography

Zoë Wanamaker, CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-British actress. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company; in films, including the Harry Potter series; and in a number of television productions, including a long-time role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movie Credits

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
3

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973-04-19

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final da

The Countess Alice
0

The Countess Alice

1993-01-24

A reporter is assigned a then-and-now piece on a 50-year old photospread of three society beauties.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
4

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001-11-16

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11t

Swept from the Sea
3.2

Swept from the Sea

1998-01-23

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and

Return to the Falklands
5

Return to the Falklands

2012-03-20

To mark 30 years since the Falklands War, this documentary follows three men back to the islands. Fo

National Theatre Live: Constellations
5

National Theatre Live: Constellations

2021-10-28

A quantum physicist and a beekeeper meet at a barbeque. They hit it off, or perhaps they don’t. They

A Christmas Carol
3.2

A Christmas Carol

1977-12-24

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e

Five Children and It
2.8

Five Children and It

2004-10-15

The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ear

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
1.2

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

1995-10-14

D.H, Lawrence's early play about a married woman who wishes her husband dead after falling in love w

The Raggedy Rawney
2.8

The Raggedy Rawney

1988-09-20

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding hi

Baal
2.1

Baal

1982-02-02

Baal is an amoral poetic genius who, after a life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2.4

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

2005-11-22

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the gr

Muse of Fire
3.3

Muse of Fire

2013-09-26

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespear

The Tragedy of Richard III
3

The Tragedy of Richard III

1983-01-23

Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crow

Othello
3.5

Othello

1990-06-23

Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
4

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1974-11-05

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Ran

Inside the Third Reich
3.6

Inside the Third Reich

1982-05-09

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his

Piaf
0

Piaf

1984-06-10

Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Édith Piaf. This

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
2.2

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

1989-12-27

Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R &amp

Danton's Death
0

Danton's Death

1978-04-23

Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg

The Eagle Has Landed
0

The Eagle Has Landed

1973-04-04

A mission takes off for the moon. But this is a space probe with a difference. Its purpose is to sta

The Dog It Was That Died
0

The Dog It Was That Died

1989-01-01

Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair

Ochberg's Orphans
0

Ochberg's Orphans

2008-03-30

Documentary about a business tycoon who helped rescue children orphaned during the brutal aftermath

Wodehouse In Exile
3.6

Wodehouse In Exile

2013-03-25

An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2.4

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010-05-07

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that

The Old Curiosity Shop
2.5

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007-12-26

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d

Shakespeare's Globe
0

Shakespeare's Globe

2005-07-03

Shakespeare’s Globe is a film offering an intimate look at the working life of a unique theatrical i

National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard
5

National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

2011-06-30

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the

Wilde
3.3

Wilde

1997-09-01

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft

Babs
3.6

Babs

2017-05-07

This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match

The Real Amityville Horror
3

The Real Amityville Horror

2005-10-25

A haunting documentary about a normal family living in Connecticut, who, after moving into their new

Captcha
3.5

Captcha

2014-01-01

An unassuming government scientist has unknowingly been spiked with a love implant, but the spy who

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
3.5

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’

2004-03-01

The making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris.

My Week with Marilyn
3.4

My Week with Marilyn

2011-11-23

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his

All My Sons
0

All My Sons

2011-01-01

Arthur Miller's scathing portrait of American society is revived here by director Howard Davies with

Memento Mori
3.1

Memento Mori

1992-04-19

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious teleph

1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?
3.8

1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

2019-09-19

In 1944, two prisoners miraculously escaped from Auschwitz. They told the world of the horror of the

The Blackheath Poisonings
0

The Blackheath Poisonings

1992-12-07

The investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord

Paradise Postponed
3.5

Paradise Postponed

1986-06-15

A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservat

The Story of Pantomime
0

The Story of Pantomime

1976-12-23

This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the devel

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
0

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981-12-18

British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union

Eilish: Life Without Katie
0

Eilish: Life Without Katie

1995-01-01

Documentary about six-year-old Eilish Holton from Ireland, three years after she was surgically sepa

Macbeth
0

Macbeth

1992-11-23

Encouraged by a prophecy and his scheming wife, Macbeth sets out to be King of Scotland, but soon re

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2.3

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024-12-14

A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her be