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Rita Webb est une Actrice Britannique née le 25 février 1904 à Willesden (Royaume-uni)
Rita Webb (25 February 1904 – 30 August 1981) was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles. She was the eldest child of Henry Augustus Webb (1880-1926) and Rose Jeannette Keysor. She had a younger brother, Henry Richard Webb, also an actor, and two elder identical twin half-brothers, Leslie and Gordon Durlacher, from her mother's first marriage to Samuel Durlacher. She was the niece of Leonard Keysor, the first Jewish serviceman to win the Victoria Cross in the First World War. A half-brother was the actor George Webb.
Born Olive Webb in Willesden, Middlesex, England, she is best known for her appearances as a stooge for Benny Hill in his long-running Thames Television series. At under five feet tall, with a booming voice and dyed flame-red hair, she was often cast as a blowsey mother-in-law or Cockney type character. Her vital statistics were 48 inch bust, 46 inch waist, 52 inch hips, 4' 10" inches in height and 15 stone (approx. 210 lbs) in weight.
Following her separation from her husband she lived with Al Jeffery "Jeffie", an accomplished banjo player, whom she adored. She was called "Podge" by Jeffie and was proud that she still had all her own teeth. She signed her letters: "Dame Rita Webb" and had refused to be on the This is Your Life TV show. She and her brother were exceptionally close and they talked every night on the telephone until her death.
In the 1960s she made a number of television appearances with Billy Cotton and alongside Arthur Haynes. Her many television credits include several appearances in Spike Milligan's Q series, Dixon of Dock Green, Till Death Us Do Part, Up Pompeii! with Frankie Howerd and Steptoe and Son. She also appeared in supporting roles in many films including To Sir, with Love (1967), The Magic Christian (1969), Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) and Come Play with Me (1977).
In 1968 she appeared, in a cameo role, as a wrestling referee, in the Dave Clark television production Hold On, It's the Dave Clark Five.
Rita Webb died in 1981 and her funeral was held at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, the Actors' Church, after which she was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Garden of Remembrance. She was survived by Jeffie, her brother, Henry and Henry's three children, whom she had regarded as her own.
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Nom de naissance Olive Webb
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 25 février 1904 à Willesden (Royaume-uni)
Mort 30 aout 1981 (à 77 ans) à Cité de Westminster (Royaume-uni)
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 25 février 1904 à Willesden (Royaume-uni)
Mort 30 aout 1981 (à 77 ans) à Cité de Westminster (Royaume-uni)
Rita Webb (25 February 1904 – 30 August 1981) was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles. She was the eldest child of Henry Augustus Webb (1880-1926) and Rose Jeannette Keysor. She had a younger brother, Henry Richard Webb, also an actor, and two elder identical twin half-brothers, Leslie and Gordon Durlacher, from her mother's first marriage to Samuel Durlacher. She was the niece of Leonard Keysor, the first Jewish serviceman to win the Victoria Cross in the First World War. A half-brother was the actor George Webb.
Born Olive Webb in Willesden, Middlesex, England, she is best known for her appearances as a stooge for Benny Hill in his long-running Thames Television series. At under five feet tall, with a booming voice and dyed flame-red hair, she was often cast as a blowsey mother-in-law or Cockney type character. Her vital statistics were 48 inch bust, 46 inch waist, 52 inch hips, 4' 10" inches in height and 15 stone (approx. 210 lbs) in weight.
Following her separation from her husband she lived with Al Jeffery "Jeffie", an accomplished banjo player, whom she adored. She was called "Podge" by Jeffie and was proud that she still had all her own teeth. She signed her letters: "Dame Rita Webb" and had refused to be on the This is Your Life TV show. She and her brother were exceptionally close and they talked every night on the telephone until her death.
In the 1960s she made a number of television appearances with Billy Cotton and alongside Arthur Haynes. Her many television credits include several appearances in Spike Milligan's Q series, Dixon of Dock Green, Till Death Us Do Part, Up Pompeii! with Frankie Howerd and Steptoe and Son. She also appeared in supporting roles in many films including To Sir, with Love (1967), The Magic Christian (1969), Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) and Come Play with Me (1977).
In 1968 she appeared, in a cameo role, as a wrestling referee, in the Dave Clark television production Hold On, It's the Dave Clark Five.
Rita Webb died in 1981 and her funeral was held at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, the Actors' Church, after which she was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Garden of Remembrance. She was survived by Jeffie, her brother, Henry and Henry's three children, whom she had regarded as her own.
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The Boys (1991)
, 2h3Réalisé par Sidney J. Furie
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie
Thèmes La peine de mort
Acteurs James Woods, Richard Todd, John Lithgow, Robert Morley, Joanna Gleason, Dudley Sutton
Rôle Mrs. Lee
Note71%
Lorsque Walter a diagnostiqué un cancer du poumon, malgré son style de vie impeccable, il doit le dire à son partenaire scénariste, car ce dernier est un fumeur à la chaîne. Alors que Walter combat le cancer, il essaie également de mettre de l'ordre dans ses affaires en enseignant l'écriture aux détenus, en parlant à son fils et à son ex-femme et en incitant son partenaire à arrêter de fumer.
Venin (1981)
, 1h33Réalisé par Tobe Hooper, Piers Haggard
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Horreur
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal, L'enfance, Mise en scène d'un serpent
Acteurs Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George
Rôle Mrs. Loewenthal
Note57%
Un chauffeur et une gouvernante mettent au point un plan pour enlever Philip, le fils de la maison où ils travaillent. Cependant un imprévu se produit : Philip vient d'acquérir le Mamba noir, le serpent le plus dangereux du monde. À la suite d'une erreur de livraison dans le laboratoire, l'animal se retrouve dans la maison.
Le London Connection (1979)
, 1h40Réalisé par Robert Clouse
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Aventure
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Jeffrey Byron, Larry Cedar, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Mona Washbourne, David Kossoff
Rôle Cockney Woman
Note57%
espion famille aventure voit agent secret Luther Starling espérant avoir un séjour en Angleterre pour visiter son ami Roger. Cependant, un professeur est enlevé par Omega et Luther est bientôt sur le cas de prendre Roger avec lui.
Le chien des Baskervilles (1978)
, 1h25Réalisé par Paul Morrissey
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Comédie, Horreur, Policier
Thèmes Sherlock Holmes, Buddy movie
Acteurs Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Penelope Keith, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith
Note45%
Comédie parodique très librement inspirée du roman d'Arthur Conan Doyle.
, 1h39Réalisé par Blake Edwards
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Comédie, Comédie policière, Action, Policier
Acteurs Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Andrew Sachs, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Graham Stark
Rôle Woman at Window
Note65%
Ayant échappé à seize attentats, l'inspecteur Clouseau est devenu une légende. La French Connection, pour montrer son pouvoir à ses « clients », cherche à éliminer cet inspecteur. C'est un criminel évadé qui est tué par erreur à sa place. Clouseau, considéré comme mort, a droit à des funérailles nationales. L'inspecteur Dreyfus, ex-supérieur et « ennemi intime de Clouseau », est libéré de l'asile psychiatrique où il était interné (cf. épisodes précédents) afin de mener l'enquête sur le crime. De son côté, Clouseau, aidé par Kato, enquête aussi. Tous vont se retrouver à Hong Kong.
Come Play with Me (1977)
, 1h34Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Comédie musicale, Musical, Pornographique
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique, Musique
Acteurs Alfie Bass, Irene Handl, Ronald Fraser, Tommy Godfrey, Sue Longhurst, Cardew Robinson
Rôle Rita
Note38%
Cornelius Clapworthy (Harrison Marks) and his sidekick Maurice Kelly (Alfie Bass) are two elderly forgers responsible for flooding the UK with fake banknotes. On the run from their gangster boss Slasher (Ronald Fraser) and effeminate, cross dressing government official Podsnap (Ken Parry) the pair escape to the Scottish Highlands and posing as musicians hide out at Bovington Manor, a B&B run by Lady Bovington (Irene Handl).
, 1h31Réalisé par Norman Cohen
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes La musique, Sexualité, Erotique, Musique
Acteurs Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Doris Hare, Sheila White, Bill Maynard, Peter Cleall
Note43%
Frenzy (1972)
, 1h56Réalisé par Alfred Hitchcock
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Comédie, Horreur, Policier
Thèmes Maladie, Tueur en série, Folie
Acteurs Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Rôle Mrs. Rusk
Note73%
Richard Blaney, ancien pilote de chasse, se fait licencier de son emploi de barman car son patron l'accuse de ne pas payer les verres qu'il se sert. Il est divorcé de Brenda, qui tient une agence matrimoniale. Celle-ci a obtenu le divorce : Richard Blaney a été reconnu coupable de cruauté physique et mentale à son encontre.
Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
, 1h34Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Frankie Howerd, Graham Crowden, Bill Fraser, Norman Beaton, David Prowse, Roy Hudd
Rôle Maid Marian
Note51%
Howerd played dual roles as King Richard the Lionheart and cowardly peasant Lurkalot (his character in Up Pompeii was the slave Lurcio). The plot served as an excuse to serve up the usual collection of puns and double entendres that characterised most British film comedy in the 1970s, but did feature Eartha Kitt singing "A Knight for My Nights" and Hugh Paddick (of Julian and Sandy fame in the Round the Horne BBC radio series) as a notable Robin Hood, leader of a band of men who were camp homosexual rather than merry.
Percy (1971)
Réalisé par Ralph Thomas
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique
Acteurs Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer, Britt Ekland, Cyd Hayman, Janet Key
Rôle Mrs. Hedges
Note45%
Up Pompeii (1971)
, 1h30Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale
Acteurs Frankie Howerd, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Patrick Cargill, Lance Percival, Julie Ege
Rôle Cassandra
Note60%
Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) becomes the inadvertent possessor of a scroll bearing all the names of the proposed assassins of Nero (Patrick Cargill). The conspirators need to recover the scroll fast, but it has fallen into the hands of Lurcio's master, Ludicrus Sextus (Michael Hordern) who mistakenly reads the contents of the scroll to the Senate. Farcical attempts are made to retrieve the scroll before Pompeii is eventually consumed by the erupting Vesuvius.
The Magic Christian (1969)
, 1h32Réalisé par Joseph McGrath
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, John Cleese, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Caroline Blakiston
Rôle Woman in Park (uncredited)
Note58%
L'homme le plus riche de la planète ne possédant pas d'héritier jette son dévolu sur un sans-abri et lui inculque les manières les plus futiles et absurdes de dépenser sa gigantesque fortune.
The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969)
, 1h35Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique
Acteurs Charles Gray, Rita Webb, Sue Bond, Cardew Robinson, Julian Orchard, Oliver MacGreevy
Note46%
‘World famous photographer of nudes’ Harrison Marks visits an Indian Pornstar in Harley Street. While most male viewers imagine that Marks seems to have a dream job, his life taking pictures of naked ladies isn’t without its downside, as depicted in the slapstick opening credits in which clumsy models knock over Marks' cameras, he gets a pie in the face for trying to touch up one of his subjects, and accidentally snapping a girl in a park causes him to be chased by her boyfriend Burt (Howard Nelson). Worried that his ancestors bad luck is rubbing off on him, Marks tells the psychiatrist stories about how his ancestors have also suffered misfortune through the ages-mainly because of their involvement with nude women and ‘the arts’.
Zeta One (1969)
, 1h22Réalisé par George Maynard
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Science-fiction, Comédie, Fantasy
Acteurs James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Anna Gaël, Dawn Addams, Valerie Leon, Brigitte Skay
Rôle Clippie
Note39%
Une race de femmes de la planète Angvia, dans une autre dimension, viennent sur terre pour kidnapper des femmes afin de repeupler leur planète.
, 1h35Réalisé par Saul Swimmer
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Comédie musicale, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Peter Noone, Stanley Holloway, Mona Washbourne, Pamela Cundell, Marjorie Rhodes, Lance Percival
Rôle woman in pub (uncredited)
Note47%
Herman inherits a prize greyhound called Mrs. Brown and aims to race the dog and win the derby. Herman and his group, The Hermits play gigs to raise money for the race entry fees. The Hermits travel from Manchester to London for more concerts, and at the London dog race, Herman falls for Judy, who is also Mrs. Brown's daughter.