Jane Lapotaire — Actor (13)

Movie

The Dark Angel (1987)
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The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.

Movie

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
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other title: Es gibt nur einen Jimmy Grimble / Jimmy Grimble …
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.

Performance

Shadowlands
Douban
William Nicholson genre: theater
director: Elijah Moshinsky / Michael Barker-Carven … actor: Nigel Hawthorne / Jane Lapotaire / Jane Alexander / Charles Dance / Janie Dee
The story follows Lewis as he meets an American fan, Joy Gresham, whom he befriends and eventually marries. The story also deals with his struggle with personal pain and grief: Lewis preaches that one should endure suffering with patience, but finds that the simple answers he had preached no longer apply when Joy becomes afflicted with cancer and eventually dies.

TV

Marie Curie (1977)
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BBC mini-series with Jane Lapotaire in the title role. The programme chronicles the work of scientific pioneer Marie Curie as she conducts her research into radioactivity, makes the famous discovery of Radium and wins Nobel Prizes for both Physics and Chemistry. The programme also looks at key events that affected the soon-to-be famous revolutionary including the devastating death of her husband (Nigel Hawthorne) and her subsequent controversial affairs.

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Antony and Cleopatra (1981)
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other title: 安东尼和克娄帕特拉 / Antony & Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.

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The Asphyx (1972)
The Asphyx
other title: Experiments / L'Esprit de la mort …
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?

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Eureka (1984)
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尼古拉斯·罗伊格 actor: 吉恩·哈克曼 / 泰莉莎·拉塞尔 …
other title: 尤利卡 / 人造天堂 …
Eureka is a 1983 British-American drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is the story of a Klondike prospector, Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) who strikes it rich, yet ends up fearing that his daughter Tracy (Theresa Russell) and his son-in-law (Rutger Hauer) are scheming to take his wealth and his soul; moreover, greedy investors (Joe Pesci and Mickey Rourke) are also hunting McCann's fortune.

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Uncle Silas (1989)
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彼德·哈蒙德 actor: 彼得·奥图尔 / 比蒂·埃德尼 …
other title: 西斯叔叔 / The Dark Angel
Arguably the archetypal Gothic thriller, The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - J. Sheridan Le Fanu s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Starring Peter O Toole in a wonderfully rich performance as the dangerous, scheming and perhaps quite mad Silas Ruthyn, this three-part drama is elegantly directed by cult favourite Peter Hammond (Sherlock Holmes, The Avengers) and also features Beatie Edney as the unfortunate Maud, Jane Lapotaire as the grotesquely sinister Madame de la Rougierre, Tim Woodward as the brutal Dudley and Hammer Horror doyenne Barbara Shelley in her final dramatic television role. When her father unexpectedly dies, young Maud Ruthyn becomes heiress to a large fortune that is held in trust for her until she comes of age. Romantically obsessed by a youthful, Byronic painting of her Uncle Silas she readily agrees to being placed in his care - ignoring warnings of his behaviour as a known rake, wastrel and opium fiend. Unfortunately for Maud things are not what they seem, and Silas benevolent demeanour hides a web of deception and terror.

TV

He Knew He Was Right (2004)
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汤姆·沃恩 actor: Oliver Dimsdale / 比尔·奈伊 …
青年才俊特维尔(奥利弗·迪姆斯戴尔 Oliver Dimsdale 饰)迎娶了美丽的姑娘艾米丽(劳拉·弗雷泽 Laura Fraser 饰)为妻,两人很快就有了爱情的结晶,一家人生活在幸福和甜蜜之中。奥斯特上校(比尔·奈伊 Bill Nighy 饰)是艾米丽的好友,他常常来拜访这一家人。奥斯特上校的频繁出入很快就引起了特维尔的警觉,他总觉得上校和自己的妻子有私情,可实际上,他们之间是清白的。 为了断绝上校和妻子的来往,特维尔逼迫妻子搬到了乡下,和他的好友休伊(史蒂芬·坎贝尔·摩尔 Stephen Campbell Moore 饰)一家人共同生活,不仅如此,特维尔还雇佣了一名私家侦探暗中调查妻子。丈夫的不信任让艾米丽伤透了心。