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Lana Morris

Date of birth: 1930-03-11

Place of birth: Ruislip, London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Pamela Matthews

Lana Morris

Biography

From Wikipedia Lana Morris, born Averil Maureen Anita Morris (11 March 1930 – 28 May 1998) was a British film, stage and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s. She played the role of Helene in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with Roger Moore in The Saint, appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting of the novel The Saint in New York. She later became a television panellist. She was also in British films such as I Start Counting. She was married to the BBC executive Ronnie Waldman (1914–1978) (from 1953 to 1978). She died of a heart attack in Windsor, Berkshire aged 68 and was survived by her son.

Movie Credits

The Woman in Question
3.2

The Woman in Question

1950-10-03

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the

Trouble in Store
3

Trouble in Store

1953-12-14

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't

Guilt Is My Shadow
2.6

Guilt Is My Shadow

1950-03-22

A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the n

Moment of Indiscretion
0

Moment of Indiscretion

1958-09-05

Janet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investiga

Ragazze da marito
3.2

Ragazze da marito

1952-11-19

Oreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he

Spring in Park Lane
3.4

Spring in Park Lane

1948-03-17

Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a my

Man of the Moment
3.3

Man of the Moment

1955-11-24

Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befri

The Reluctant Widow
3.3

The Reluctant Widow

1950-05-01

A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer

Jet Storm
3.4

Jet Storm

1959-09-16

Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens

Home and Away
3.5

Home and Away

1956-09-04

When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it t

The Best of Enemies
0

The Best of Enemies

1977-07-19

In Occupied France, a cultured civilised German ofi ccer is billeted out and stirs up conflicting em

Grace
0

Grace

1975-09-09

A disillusioned antiques dealer takes tap dancing lessons.

Morning Departure
3.4

Morning Departure

1950-02-21

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before th

The Chiltern Hundreds
2.5

The Chiltern Hundreds

1949-09-27

Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidat

Trottie True
3.5

Trottie True

1949-09-29

Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to

A Tale of Five Cities
2.4

A Tale of Five Cities

1951-03-01

An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafte

The Straw Man
2.8

The Straw Man

1953-08-17

A newly married man is convicted of murdering a former lover in his apartment, and sentenced to hang

Radio Cab Murder
2.7

Radio Cab Murder

1954-10-01

Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in orde

October Moth
3.1

October Moth

1960-09-01

A mentally ill farm worker comes to believe that an injured car crash victim is his mother and becom

The Red Beret
3.3

The Red Beret

1953-08-11

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wan

I Start Counting
3.2

I Start Counting

1970-10-27

An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is a serial killer.

No Trees in the Street
2.9

No Trees in the Street

1959-03-03

Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England

Trio
3.1

Trio

1950-10-10

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

The Good Beginning
0

The Good Beginning

1953-10-05

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the

The Weaker Sex
3

The Weaker Sex

1948-10-11

A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.

It's Hard to be Good
2.8

It's Hard to be Good

1948-11-10

A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.

Passport to Shame
3

Passport to Shame

1958-12-02

British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.

Black 13
0

Black 13

1953-11-30

The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automo