Ethel Griffies
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.214 |
Birthday | 1878-04-25 |
Place of Birth | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK |
Also Known As | Ethel Woods, |
1963
The Birds
7.527/3995
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
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The Birds
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
0/0
Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The letters are finally delivered, profoundly affecting t...
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The Postman Didn't Ring
1932
Love Me Tonight
6.6/74
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.
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Love Me Tonight
1933
Bombshell
6.49/50
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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Bombshell
1933
Alice in Wonderland
6/52
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
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Alice in Wonderland
1963
Billy Liar
6.87/108
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him...
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Billy Liar
1935
Werewolf of London
6/126
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
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Werewolf of London
1942
Castle in the Desert
6.833/15
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert...
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Castle in the Desert
1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
6.5/94
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Stranger on the Third Floor
1941
Dead Men Tell
6.281/16
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the...
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Dead Men Tell
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
5.789/19
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactl...
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
1933
Torch Singer
5.2/8
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later,...
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Torch Singer
1946
Devotion
6/11
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Em...
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Devotion
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.5/10
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1933
A Lady's Profession
0/0
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
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A Lady's Profession
1931
Waterloo Bridge
6.964/42
In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid s...
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Waterloo Bridge
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2/14
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While h...
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1939
Over the Moon
5.3/5
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she sugg...
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Over the Moon
1932
The Impatient Maiden
0/0
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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The Impatient Maiden
1943
Holy Matrimony
6.7/12
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
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Holy Matrimony
1932
Are You Listening?
5/4
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsor...
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Are You Listening?
1933
Tonight Is Ours
0/0
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
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Tonight Is Ours
1940
Vigil in the Night
6/9
A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
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Vigil in the Night
1934
Jane Eyre
4.9/10
Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. But Jane is at...
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Jane Eyre
1933
White Woman
5.7/8
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel,...
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White Woman
1935
Enchanted April
5.4/4
Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in he...
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Enchanted April
1934
We Live Again
6.5/4
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that h...
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We Live Again
1947
The Homestretch
0/0
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
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The Homestretch
1938
Crackerjack
6.1/4
London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero...
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Crackerjack
1932
Union Depot
6.1/14
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend S...
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Union Depot
1945
Thrill of a Romance
6.2/6
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
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Thrill of a Romance
1931
Once a Lady
3.5/2
A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to lea...
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Once a Lady
1930
Old English
4/1
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
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Old English
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
0/0
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who...
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1931
The Road to Singapore
5.4/9
A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.
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The Road to Singapore
1932
Westward Passage
5.8/5
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
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Westward Passage
1933
Horse Play
0/0
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor...
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Horse Play
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
5.35/10
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisti...
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1935
The Return Of Peter Grimm
5.2/5
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.
5.5/20
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
1934
The Painted Veil
6.552/29
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
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The Painted Veil
1931
Manhattan Parade
2/3
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
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Manhattan Parade
1941
Billy the Kid
4.7/19
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Ke...
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Billy the Kid
1939
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
5/3
A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner
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The Mysterious Mr. Davis
1939
We Are Not Alone
6.2/3
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
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We Are Not Alone
1943
First Comes Courage
6.6/8
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies la...
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First Comes Courage
1934
Stolen Sweets
3.3/3
Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a sh...
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Stolen Sweets
1941
Great Guns
5.8/34
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
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Great Guns
1937
Kathleen Mavourneen
0/0
A hugely popular, much-adapted comedy in which a Liverpool lass visits family in rural Ireland and finds she has several rivals for her affections
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Kathleen Mavourneen
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
6.8/55
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new...
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It Happened Tomorrow
1942
Between Us Girls
6/1
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.
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Between Us Girls
1933
Looking Forward
6.2/4
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
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Looking Forward
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
6/4
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
1940
Waterloo Bridge
7.473/146
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young...
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Waterloo Bridge
1945
Saratoga Trunk
5.6/14
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostra...
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Saratoga Trunk
1940
Irene
6/6
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charm...
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Irene
1943
Forever and a Day
7.2/8
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...
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Forever and a Day
1945
Molly and Me
6.2/11
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
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Molly and Me
1941
How Green Was My Valley
7.267/391
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
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How Green Was My Valley
1933
Doctor Bull
6.625/8
In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regar...
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Doctor Bull
1942
Time to Kill
5.5/3
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
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Time to Kill
1941
Remember the Day
6.8/4
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Da...
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Remember the Day
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
6.7/21
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whir...
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1965
Bus Riley's Back in Town
5.2/6
Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship. The only problem is s...
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Bus Riley's Back in Town
1935
Anna Karenina
6.6/82
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
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Anna Karenina
1933
Midnight Club
0/0
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Stan...
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Midnight Club
1931
Chances
7/3
Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom be...
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Chances
1943
Jane Eyre
6.9/128
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
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Jane Eyre
1944
Pardon My Rhythm
5.5/2
A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.
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Pardon My Rhythm
1946
Sing While You Dance
0/0
Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song b...
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Sing While You Dance
1936
Twice Branded
6/1
A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.
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Twice Branded
1934
Four Frightened People
5.9/13
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave t...
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Four Frightened People
1944
Music for Millions
6/5
Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly...
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Music for Millions
1947
Millie's Daughter
1/1
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.
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Millie's Daughter
1945
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
6.24/50
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows si...
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