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Shirley Cain
Born: 30th Apr 1935 Rochford, Essex, England, UK
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 26
Film: 10 (38%)
Television: 16 (62%)
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Filmography
1992
A television comedy special broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. Sketches, stand-up comedy and songs combine to create the latest daytime show ... view
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1992
Erwin van Haarlem is a man of mystery. Living in London in 1986 and ostensibly a Dutch art dealer, he is in fact spying for Czechoslovakia with a miss ... view
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Johanna van Haarlem
Apr 1991 (first aired)
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, ... view
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Mrs. Hall (2 ep.)
Nov 1989 (first aired)
Victoria Wood was a series of six one-off situation comedies written by and starring Victoria Wood in 1989, who took a break from sketches, two years ... view
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Marge (1 ep.)
1986
A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly ge ... view
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Embassy Hostess
Jan 1984 (first aired)
An anthology of six standalone plays presented relationships either beginning or ending in love – but the outcome was not always marriage (or happin ... view
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Mrs Murphy (1 ep.)
Jan 1983 (first aired)
Dombey and Son is a television mini-series produced by the BBC in 1983. It was based on the book Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens. It was adapted by ... view
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Miss Tox (10 ep.)
Jan 1980 (first aired)
In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-cons ... view
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Mrs Philips (2 ep.)
Mar 1979 (first aired)
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and p ... view
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Sister Wyman (1 ep.)
Mar 1979 (first aired)
Malice Aforethought is a four-part 1979 BBC Two miniseries by Philip Mackie, adapted from Anthony Berkeley Cox's (pen name Francis Iles) 1931 noir nov ... view
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Miss Peavy (2 ep.)
1976
When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion, called the Abode of Love. ... view
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Julia Starky
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Featuring dramatised versions of true stories that shocked mainstream Victorian society. ... view
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Julia Starky (1 ep.)
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britai ... view
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Alice (1 ep.)
Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
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Mrs. Nevinson (1 ep.)
1974
A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a series of murders follows. ... view
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Mrs. Terril
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at ... view
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Miss Treadwell (2 ep.)
1971
A Middle-aged couple are disturbed during the night by a series of unwelcome visitations. ... view
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Frances Mervyn
1971
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament. ... view
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Mrs Matthews
1970
Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Co ... view
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Lady Emma Brenton
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
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Miss Kindle (1 ep.)
Aug 1967 (first aired)
Jennifer Corner is a rather scatterbrained middle-class housewife. Her husband Henry is a school art teacher, and they have three children, Henry, Rob ... view
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Hilary (1 ep.)
Jan 1967 (first aired)
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood ... view
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Mrs Gargery (4 ep.)
1965
The Chronoscope is a device that analyses ancient photons to allow a glimpse into any event in Earth's distant past. Historian Arnold Potterley is reb ... view
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Miss Clements
Oct 1965 (first aired)
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 19 ... view
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Frances Mervyn (1 ep.)
Feb 1963 (first aired)
Famous photographer Larry Martin receives a visit from his brother Philip, on leave from military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find th ... view
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Claire Seldon (3 ep.)
1961
An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves. ... view
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Dorothy