Shelagh Fraser
Birthday: 1920-11-25
Place of Birth: Surrey, England
Biography: Sheila Mary Fraser (25 November 1920 – 29 August 2000) was a British actress. She was best-known for her role as Luke Skywalker's ill-fated aunt, Beru Lars in Star Wars (though Fraser's voice was dubbed in some prints of the film). She appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows during her career, including Z-Cars and Softly, Softly, A Family at War and Heartbeat on television, and such films as The Witches, Till Death Us Do Part, Doomwatch, and Hope and Glory. She was married and divorced from Anthony Squire. She was the sister of ballerina/actress Moyra Fraser.
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Star Wars
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over ...
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Hope and Glory
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II....
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Doomwatch
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish ca...
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A Touch of Love
Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the Briti...
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In Sickness and in Health
A hard-working doctor must also carry the burden of a turbulent home life, due to the expectations o...
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House of Character
Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bu...
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A Game, Like, Only a Game
The story begins with the death of a cat. For Mrs Everton, the owner, it climaxes four months of ter...
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The History of Mr. Polly
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry ...
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Beasts: Baby
A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their ...
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The Body Stealers
In Britain, bodies of NATO paratroopers are being snatched during routine jumps by a mysterious red-...
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Esther Waters
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William...
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Work Experience
Work Experience is a 1989 short film directed by James Hendrie. It follows Terence who is caught in ...
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The Merrihill Millionaires
They were a top team - five miners who together had mined a million tons of coal but now they must f...
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The Witches
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby...
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Persecution
A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her s...
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Absolute Hell
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very...
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Son of Robin Hood
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, th...
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Till Death Us Do Part
Based on the hit sitcom of the same name; racist, anti-Socialist Tory Alf Garnett and his long-suffe...
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The Common
A social comedy about the relationship between two couples with different political beliefs. Edward ...
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The Piano Tuner
A film by Alan Clarke for the 'Sunday Night Theatre' anthology series....
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Salute the Toff
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films....
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The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned t...
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Raising a Riot
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to el...
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Staircase
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor a...
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Two Gentlemen Sharing
An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together....
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Là-bas (Down There)
Taking as its departure point the 1993 opening of the Channel Tunnel, Là Bas is a playful burlesque...
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The Last Man to Hang
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose....
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Your Witness
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the Brit...
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Nothing But the Night
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written...
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I Live in Grosvenor Square
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neag...
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And No One Could Save Her
The life of young newlywed, Fern O'Neil, is turned upside-down when her husband is called home to vi...
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Welcome, Mr Washington
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left p...
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The Master of Bankdam
Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be ...
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Rope
Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his ...
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Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
Rejected now by both family and friends, Max has only three weeks left in which to find a solution t...
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Frankie and Johnnie
When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love...
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Death in the Hand
A pianist aboard a train reads the palms of passengers and predicts their deaths. Soon those deaths ...
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