Date of birth: 1924-08-12
Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Барбара Хикс, Barbara Purser Hicks


1985-02-20
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr

1982-05-27
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by

1958-10-21
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery

1991-10-20
Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers

1982-10-01
A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Gre

1992-12-27
A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The po

1961-01-01
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspirati

1986-10-01
Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the C

1986-10-02
Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season

1978-01-01
Adaptation of the George Eliot novel.

1991-10-05
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very
1978-04-25
A beautiful Chilean exile called Tina is stranded in a new country.
1990-07-25
Clarence Flamer hosts a late-night talk show on regional radio station North Star Sound. A phone cal

1958-12-02
A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know wh

1978-12-02
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentr

1997-01-02
A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find th

1953-11-09
Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "kee

1982-03-05
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to

1980-09-10
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

1980-09-10
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

1989-05-12
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attenti

1986-12-25
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found sh

1968-04-10
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t

1992-12-11
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she w

1981-09-01
Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman

1959-06-30
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is fille

1978-09-29
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on b

1992-03-13
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the

1997-10-24
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific e

1994-03-09
Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institution

1985-03-29
The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four

1964-02-02
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst

1992-04-19
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious teleph

1956-09-04
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Sh

1961-02-06
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to

1963-07-30
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lanc

1960-02-04
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, Briti

2000-04-14
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of de

1961-10-03
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilli

1988-12-22
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his

1961-11-01
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake

1992-01-01
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is bei

1954-03-29
In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station i

1964-01-02
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.
1983-07-26
Inspector Ghote arrives from India to observe Scotland Yard, and ends up immediately stepping in to
1982-11-27
A man and a woman (both married to other people) are found dead in a show home in what appears to ha