The Very Merry Widows (French: Mariées mais pas trop) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini. The film is a black...
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The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe [diː ˈlʊstɪɡə ˈvɪtvə]) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor...
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Sally Thomsett (section The Railway Children)
as Jennifer Villiers in the comedy series The Very Merry Widow from 1967 to 1968 and also its spin-off The Very Merry Widow and How in 1969. Thomsett...
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Moira Lister (category South African emigrants to the United Kingdom)
in the BBC television series The Whitehall Worrier and The Very Merry Widow from 1967 to 1968. (Later series of this programme were titled The Very Merry...
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Jane Birkin (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
September 2017. Merry, Stephanie (24 January 2017). "Oscar nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees; 'La La Land's' 14 ties record". The Washington Post...
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Amira Casar (category Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
Fontaine; Assia Wevill in Sylvia (2003) by Christine Jeffs; the lead role of The Woman in the Catherine Breillat erotic film Anatomy of Hell (2004); and...
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She first gained attention for playing the title character in the film Rosetta (1999), which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress...
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Pantomimes A Widow Twankey with Chic". The Daily Telegraph. London. Thirkell, Arthur (23 December 1978). "Danny, the Lavish and Very Merry Widow". Daily Mirror...
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actors Myriam Boyer and Roger Cornillac. He started studying theatre at the age of 14. He made his debut in cinema in 1984 in Robin Davis's Outlaws....
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Arnold Ridley (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the British television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–77), in which he played the elderly, bumbling...
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My Three Merry Widows (Spanish Mis tres viudas alegres) is a 1953 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Amalia Aguilar,...
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The Merry Wives of Windsor or Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed...
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The Merry Widow ballet is a 1975 adaptation of Franz Lehár's 1905 romantic operetta The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe). John Lanchbery and Alan Abbott...
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A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) The Very Merry Widows (2003) A Very Moral Night (1977) A Very Murray Christmas (2015) A Very Natural Thing (1974) Very Nice...
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Mollie Sugden (category Actors from the City of Bradford)
member in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972–1985) as senior saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe and appeared reprising the character in the AYBS spin-off...
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The Joan Sims filmography lists the film and television appearances of the English actress Joan Sims (1930–2001). Joan Sims at IMDb...
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Thirkell, Arthur (23 December 1978). "Danny, the Lavish and Very Merry Widow". Daily Mirror. London. "Callow joins the rush to be in panto". Daily Express. London...
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Patricia Hayes (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
Laugh, The Arthur Askey Show, The Benny Hill Show, Bootsie and Snudge, Hugh and I and Till Death Us Do Part. She played the part of Henry Bones in the BBC...
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Replay was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film Three Worlds competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival...
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Coproduction for his work on The Nun (2013). The Very Merry Widows (2003) In the Battlefields (2004) Days of Glory (2006) In the Arms of My Enemy (2007) Eldorado...
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The Merry Widow (French: Enfin veuve) is a 2007 French comedy film directed by Isabelle Mergault and starring Michèle Laroque and Jacques Gamblin. Anne-Marie...
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reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom Bless This House. Stewart was born Robin...
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known in the popular press as the 'Manx Minx' Television roles included parts in The Avengers episode "Take-Over" and three episodes of the BBC's department...
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Lily Elsie (redirect from Merry Widow hat)
singer during the Edwardian era. She was best known for her starring role in the London premiere of Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow. Beginning as...
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Gretchen Franklin (category Actors from the London Borough of Camden)
Smith was very taken with an elderly lady clutching a Yorkshire Terrier dog in one hand and a glass of Guinness in the other, who was clearly the life and...
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Jeanne Lapoirie is a French cinematographer. She began her career in the 1980s, working as camera operator and cinematographer with directors such as...
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Norman Bird (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
of The Winter's Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company. His first film appearance was as the foreman...
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Terence Bayler (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
Life of Brian (1979) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). Bayler was born in Whanganui, the son of Amy (née Allomes) and Harold Bayler...
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Beryl Reid (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Killing of Sister George, the 1980 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for Born in the Gardens...
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actor. The obituarist in The Times noted that Brown fought in both World Wars, winning the Military Cross in the First. He was intended for the legal profession...
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