Shelagh Fraser
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Shelagh 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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.106 |
| Birthday | 1920-11-25 |
| Place of Birth | Surrey, England |
| Also Known As | Sheelagh Fraser, |
1977
Star Wars
8.204/20473
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker an...
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Star Wars
1987
Hope and Glory
6.8/186
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
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Hope and Glory
1972
Doomwatch
6/22
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
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Doomwatch
1969
A Touch of Love
6.4/12
Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair w...
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A Touch of Love
1975
In Sickness and in Health
0/0
A hard-working doctor must also carry the burden of a turbulent home life, due to the expectations of his demanding wife. Part of Thames Televison's A...
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In Sickness and in Health
1968
House of Character
0/0
Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a tabl...
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House of Character
1966
A Game, Like, Only a Game
0/0
The story begins with the death of a cat. For Mrs Everton, the owner, it climaxes four months of terror during which she has been paying two young bro...
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A Game, Like, Only a Game
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
7.8/6
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is i...
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The History of Mr. Polly
1976
Beasts: Baby
0/0
A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and...
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Beasts: Baby
1969
The Body Stealers
4.9/18
A British military paratrooper disappears in mid-air during a jump from an army plane. Two investigators, Patrick Allen and Neil Connery, try to unrav...
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The Body Stealers
1948
Esther Waters
5.9/7
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter....
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Esther Waters
Work Experience
6.6/5
Work Experience is a 1989 short film directed by James Hendrie. It follows Terence who is caught in a vicious circle. He cannot get a job because he h...
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Work Experience
1993
The Merrihill Millionaires
0/0
They were a top team - five miners who together had mined a million tons of coal but now they must face up to redundancy.
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The Merrihill Millionaires
1966
The Witches
6/57
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and...
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The Witches
1974
Persecution
3/3
A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her son (Ralph Bates).
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Persecution
1991
Absolute Hell
5.7/3
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, le...
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Absolute Hell
1958
Son of Robin Hood
4.4/4
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize t...
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Son of Robin Hood
1969
Till Death Us Do Part
7.2/11
The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London...
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Till Death Us Do Part
1973
The Common
0/0
A social comedy about the relationship between two couples with different political beliefs. Edward and Jane Noble are right wing, but with some liber...
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The Common
1969
The Piano Tuner
0/0
A film by Alan Clarke for the 'Sunday Night Theatre' anthology series.
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The Piano Tuner
1952
Salute the Toff
5.5/6
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
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Salute the Toff
1969
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
6/1
A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip, he encounters a series of...
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The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
1955
Raising a Riot
6.5/2
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home...
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Raising a Riot
1969
Staircase
5.7/24
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police of...
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Staircase
1969
Two Gentlemen Sharing
4/1
An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.
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Two Gentlemen Sharing
1969
Two Gentlemen Sharing
4/1
An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.
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Two Gentlemen Sharing
1994
Là-bas (Down There)
0/0
Taking as its departure point the 1993 opening of the Channel Tunnel, Là Bas is a playful burlesque on cultural difference, eccentricity and passion....
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Là-bas (Down There)
1956
The Last Man to Hang
5.5/4
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
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The Last Man to Hang
1950
Trio
6.3/12
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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Trio
1950
Your Witness
5.7/7
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is...
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Your Witness
1973
Nothing But the Night
6/33
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus acci...
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Nothing But the Night
1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square
7.1/8
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean J...
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I Live in Grosvenor Square
1973
And No One Could Save Her
6/1
The life of young newlywed, Fern O'Neil, is turned upside-down when her husband is called home to visit his dying father in Ireland. When she fails to...
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And No One Could Save Her
1944
Welcome, Mr Washington
6/1
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease...
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Welcome, Mr Washington
1947
The Master of Bankdam
6/1
Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.
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