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Elizabeth Shepherd est une Actrice Britannique née le 12 aout 1936 à Londres (Royaume-uni)
Elizabeth Shepherd (born 12 August 1936) is an English character actress whose long career has encompassed the stage and both the big and small screens. Her television work has been especially prolific. Shepherd's surname has been variously rendered as "Shephard" and "Sheppard".
She began acting in television series in 1959. In 1960, she appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She was the original choice to play Emma Peel in the 1960s television series The Avengers. However, after filming nearly two episodes, Shepherd left the production and was replaced by Diana Rigg. In 1970 she appeared on Broadway in Barry England's Conduct Unbecoming, a story of the British Army in Kipling's India, as Mrs. Hasseltine. She was praised for her performance in Time magazine. Shepherd was pictured in Time along with her co-stars, the pop singers Jeremy Clyde and Paul Jones, who began their roles as British subalterns in London during 1969.
In film she appeared as Lady Rowena in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia (1965), as well as Hell Boats (1970), Damien: Omen II (1978) as the ill-fated reporter Joan Hart, The Kidnapping of the President (1980), Deadly Companion (1980), Invitation to the Wedding (1983), Head Office (1983), Criminal Law (1988), The White Raven (1998), Desire (2000) and Amelia (2009). Her TV work includes the cult series The Corridor People (1966), the miniseries The Bastard (1978), and The Cleopatras (1983), a BBC historical drama.
Elizabeth Shepherd has acted in numerous stage plays in both Shakespearean and contemporary dramas. As well as teaching drama at the Stella Adler school, she starred in "December Fools" in 2006 at the Abingdon Theater in New York. In 2014, she starred in a Canadian production of Driving Miss Daisy.
An article in the Toronto Star reported an incident of Shepherd being a victim of identity theft and mortgage fraud in 2006.
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She began acting in television series in 1959. In 1960, she appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She was the original choice to play Emma Peel in the 1960s television series The Avengers. However, after filming nearly two episodes, Shepherd left the production and was replaced by Diana Rigg. In 1970 she appeared on Broadway in Barry England's Conduct Unbecoming, a story of the British Army in Kipling's India, as Mrs. Hasseltine. She was praised for her performance in Time magazine. Shepherd was pictured in Time along with her co-stars, the pop singers Jeremy Clyde and Paul Jones, who began their roles as British subalterns in London during 1969.
In film she appeared as Lady Rowena in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia (1965), as well as Hell Boats (1970), Damien: Omen II (1978) as the ill-fated reporter Joan Hart, The Kidnapping of the President (1980), Deadly Companion (1980), Invitation to the Wedding (1983), Head Office (1983), Criminal Law (1988), The White Raven (1998), Desire (2000) and Amelia (2009). Her TV work includes the cult series The Corridor People (1966), the miniseries The Bastard (1978), and The Cleopatras (1983), a BBC historical drama.
Elizabeth Shepherd has acted in numerous stage plays in both Shakespearean and contemporary dramas. As well as teaching drama at the Stella Adler school, she starred in "December Fools" in 2006 at the Abingdon Theater in New York. In 2014, she starred in a Canadian production of Driving Miss Daisy.
An article in the Toronto Star reported an incident of Shepherd being a victim of identity theft and mortgage fraud in 2006.
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Amélia (2009)
, 1h51Réalisé par Mira Nair
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Biographie, Aventure, Historique, Romance
Thèmes La mer, Transport, Aviation
Acteurs Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Aaron Abrams, Christopher Eccleston, Virginia Madsen
Rôle Frances Putnam
Note57%
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Réalisé par Alex Chapple
Genres Drame, Biographie
Acteurs Albert Schultz, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jason Priestley, Cedric Smith, Michael Seater, Rick Roberts
Rôle Margaret Thatcher
Note54%
The Spreading Ground (2000)
, 1h40Réalisé par Derek Vanlint
Origine Canada
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Horreur, Policier
Acteurs Dennis Hopper, Leslie Hope, Frederic Forrest, Tom McCamus, David Dunbar, Elizabeth Shepherd
Rôle Mayor Hackett
Note48%
Desire (2000)
, 1h37Réalisé par Colleen Murphy
Genres Drame, Thriller, Romance
Acteurs Katja Riemann, Zachary Bennett, Elizabeth Shepherd, Alberta Watson, Graham Greene, Martin Donovan
Rôle Mrs. Waterson
Note60%
The film stars Zachary Bennett as Francis Waterson, an aspiring concert pianist, and Katja Riemann as Halley Fischer, an elementary school teacher with whom Francis enters a romantic relationship.
Le Solitaire (1998)
, 1h32Réalisé par Andrew Stevens
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Policier
Acteurs Ron Silver, Agnieszka Wagner, Joanna Pacuła, Roy Scheider, Jan Rubes, Hannes Jaenicke
Rôle Hannah Rothschild
Note44%
Le journaliste Tully Winsor enquête sur le Diamant Blanc, le plus gros diamant du monde. Il est sur le point de découvrir un secret qui n'aurait jamais dû être révélé. Il s'engage alors dans une course contre la monde autour du monde, où derrière chaque vérité se cache un mensonge, derrière chaque ami se dissimule un ennemi, et où la confiance ne peut exister
Time to Say Goodbye? (1997)
, 1h31Réalisé par David Hugh Jones
Origine Etats-Unis
Thèmes Le suicide
Acteurs Eva Marie Saint, Richard Kiley, Margaret Colin, Rick Roberts, Alex Carter, John Neville
Note58%
End of Summer (1997)
Réalisé par Linda Yellen
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Jacqueline Bisset, Peter Weller, Julian Sands, Amy Locane, Elizabeth Shepherd, Michael Hogan
Rôle Vera
Note51%
Christine (Bisset) is a wealthy aristocrat in 1890s New York. She is a spinster that unexpectedly gets another shot at love, although the opportunity is threatened by her false pride and puritanical social views.
Mustard Bath (1993)
, 1h50Réalisé par Darrell Wasyk
Origine Canada
Genres Drame
Acteurs Michael Riley, Martha Henry, Tantoo Cardinal, Elizabeth Shepherd
Rôle Matthew's Mom
Note60%
Matthew, a young medical student from Toronto, Ontario, returns to his birthplace in Guyana on receiving a letter from his mother three months after her death. Prompted by his surroundings to sort through the idealized memories of his childhood, Matthew reaches the horrifying realization that he has returned to a world which he was never a part of. Contemporary Guyanese reality highlights the white colonialist privilege his family had enjoyed.
La loi criminelle (1989)
, 1h57Réalisé par Martin Campbell
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Romance
Thèmes Tueur en série
Acteurs Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Joe Don Baker, Karen Young, Sean McCann
Rôle Dr. Thiel
Note56%
L'avocat Ben Chase (Gary Oldman) défend Martin Thiel (Kevin Bacon), un jeune et riche playboy, et lui obtient l'acquittement pour une série de meurtres brutaux, pour découvrir plus tard que ce dernier s'avère être un tueur en série. Martin Thiel ne pouvant être jugé à nouveau pour le même motif selon le droit anglo-saxon, Chase tente de le faire de incriminer lui-même, avant qu'il ne tue à nouveau.
Head Office (1985)
, 1h30Réalisé par Ken Finkleman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Richard Masur, Merritt Butrick, Michael O'Donoghue, Jane Seymour
Rôle Mrs. Issel
Note54%
Jack Issel (Judge Reinhold) is a natural-born slacker who has just graduated from business school and joined I.N.C., a large American corporation based in Chicago. On his trip up the corporate ladder, he sees the dirty underside of the corporate world and how it corrupts people. His two mentors, the stuffy and buttoned up chief financial officer Scott Dantley (Michael O'Donoghue) and the chief operating officer Bob Nixon (Ron Frazier), in fact, show him first-hand how to cheat and blackmail one's way to the top. Jack is further aided by his personnel officer Max Landsberger (Richard Masur) who tells Jack that money and power come before people in the corporate world. Jack's supervisor and the public relations vice president, Jane Caldwell (Jane Seymour), also tells Jack exactly the same thing as Jack learns that Jane is a shady vixen who's hell-bent on sleeping her way to the top by seducing every man she meets to get ahead in what she sees as a man's world.
Double Negative (1980)
, 1h36Origine Canada
Genres Thriller
Acteurs John Candy, Anthony Perkins, Eugene Levy, Michael Ironside, Susan Clark, Howard Duff
Rôle Frances
Note41%
Michael Taylor, played by Michael Sarrazin, is tormented by his sheer lack of memory concerning the night his wife was found brutally killed. Michael's girlfriend helps him attempt to make sense of it all. Anthony Perkins plays a blackmailer, John Candy has a supporting role as 'John'.
L'Enlèvement du président (1980)
, 1h54Réalisé par George Mendeluk
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Aventure
Thèmes Politique, Politique
Acteurs William Shatner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Shepherd, Michael J. Reynolds
Rôle Joan Scott
Note53%
During a diplomatic visit to Toronto, the U.S. President Adam Scott (Hal Holbrook) is abducted by a South American terrorist, Roberto Assanti (Miguel Fernandes), and his female accomplice, and is held captive in an armored truck booby-trapped with high explosives. The elaborate bomb keeps the Secret Service at bay until Assanti is killed. However, the explosives are timed to detonate at midnight, so Secret Service agent Jerry O'Connor (Shatner) has to find a way into the truck to rescue the President before it detonates. Also involved are U.S Vice-President Ethan Richards (Johnson) and his wife Beth (Gardner).
La Malédiction II (1978)
, 1h47Réalisé par Don Taylor, Mike Hodges
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Fantastique, Action, Horreur, Policier
Thèmes L'enfance, Religion, Diable
Acteurs William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Nicholas Pryor, Lew Ayres, Sylvia Sidney
Rôle Joan Hart
Note62%
Après le décès de ses parents, Damien Thorn est élevé par son oncle Richard. Il intègre une école militaire avec son cousin Marc, mais de nouvelles morts étranges éveillent les soupçons de son oncle. Richard Thorn découvrira les circonstances de la mort de son frère et la véritable identité de son neveu, Damien, qui n'est autre que l'Antéchrist. En même temps, Damien le découvrira, et apprendra à contrôler le pouvoir du mal afin d'accomplir sa destinée.
The Bastard (1978)
, 4hRéalisé par Lee H. Katzin
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Guerre, Historique, Romance
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs Andrew Stevens, Tom Bosley, Kim Cattrall, Buddy Ebsen, Lorne Greene, Olivia Hussey
Rôle Emma Sholto
Note68%
Phillipe Charboneau est le fils illégitime d'un duc anglais. Quand il se déplace de la France à l'Angleterre pour réclamer son héritage, il encourt la colère de la famille de son père et est obligé de fuir en Amérique, où il est impliqué dans les événements menant à la Révolution américaine.
Bateaux enfer (1970)
, 1h35Réalisé par Paul Wendkos
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre
Thèmes La mer, Transport, Politique
Acteurs James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, Ronald Allen, Drewe Henley, Philip Madoc, Seán Barrett
Rôle Alison
Note55%
Un officier américain au service de la Royal Navy tente en 1942 d'établir le blocus de Malte et de détruire un arsenal allemand en Sicile.