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Florence Desmond est une Actrice Britannique née le 31 mai 1905 à Londres (Royaume-uni)

Florence Desmond

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Nom de naissance Florence Dawson
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 31 mai 1905 à Londres (Royaume-uni)
Mort 16 janvier 1993 (à 87 ans) à Guildford (Royaume-uni)

Florence Desmond (31 May 1905 – 16 January 1993) was the stage name of Florence Dawson, an English actress, comedienne and impersonator.

Biographie

Early life
Born In London in 1905, Desmond was educated at the Dame Alice Owen's School, Islington. Her brother Fred Desmond was a comedy acrobat from the "Desmond and Marks" double act.


Career
She began her stage career at the age of ten. Upon leaving school in 1920, she embarked on a long and successful career in the theatre, especially as an impersonator of famous stars. She appeared extensively in radio, theatre and occasionally in the cinema.

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1959 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at at London’s Adelphi Theatre.


Personal life
She was married twice, first to the aviator Tom Campbell Black from 1935–1936, after his death to aviator and insurance broker Charles Hughesdon from 1937 with whom she lived at Dunsborough Park in Ripley, Surrey. She died in Guildford, Surrey in 1993 aged 87, where a Ward was named for her at St.Luke's Hospital.

Le plus souvent avec

Basil Dean
Basil Dean
(4 films)
Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby
(3 films)
Monty Banks
Monty Banks
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de Florence Desmond (14 films)

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Actrice

Some Girls Do, 1h28
Réalisé par Ralph Thomas
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Action, Aventure, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage, Transport, Aviation
Acteurs Richard Johnson, Daliah Lavi, Beba Loncar, James Villiers, Florence Desmond, Maurice Denham
Note55% 2.7583252.7583252.7583252.7583252.758325
Drummond is hired after a series of inexplicable accidents befall the people and companies who are responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner, the SST1. Drummond, with the help of another agent, uncovers a plot by a mastermind named Carl Petersen, who stands to gain eight million pounds if the aircraft is not ready by a certain date. Petersen has developed a number of robots: beautiful girls with electronic brains to help him sabotage the SST1 project by means of infrasound (sound waves with too low frequency to be detected by the human ear) which can be directed at people or objects with devastating results.
Charley Moon
Réalisé par Guy Hamilton
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Musical
Acteurs Max Bygraves, Dennis Price, Michael Medwin, Florence Desmond, Shirley Eaton, Patricia Driscoll
Rôle Mary Minton
Note57% 2.869592.869592.869592.869592.86959
Charley Moon (Max Bygraves) is a small-time music-hall performer, who with a few lucky breaks manages to make it big on the stage in London. Initially successful, Moon soon finds himself back where he started.
Captives à Bornéo, 1h40
Réalisé par Jean Negulesco
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Guerre
Thèmes La mer, La prison, Sexualité, Transport, Erotique, Sexploitation, Politique, Prison pour femmes, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond, Sessue Hayakawa, Helen Westcott, Jerry Fujikawa
Rôle Betty Sommers
Note72% 3.642793.642793.642793.642793.64279
Un groupe de civils européens vivant à Bornéo est capturé par la marine impériale japonaise durant la guerre du Pacifique. Séparée de son mari, l'héroïne, interprétée par Claudette Colbert, est internée avec son fils dans un camp de prisonniers pour femmes jusqu'à la défaite de l'empire du Japon en 1945. Elle y subira diverses humiliations dont une tentative de viol.
Kicking the Moon Around, 1h18
Réalisé par Walter Forde
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Florence Desmond, C. Denier Warren, Davy Burnaby, George Carney, Edward Rigby, Maureen O'Hara
Rôle Flo Hadley
Note55% 2.770912.770912.770912.770912.77091
In an effort to discover whether his fiancee is a golddigger, a millionaire's son pretends to have lost all of his money.
Accused
Accused (1936)
, 1h23
Réalisé par Thornton Freeland
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Dolores del Río, Florence Desmond, Edward Rigby, Basil Sydney, Moore Marriott
Rôle Yvette Delange
Note56% 2.8302952.8302952.8302952.8302952.830295
Two dance partners become embroiled in a murder mystery when one of the dancers is accused of murder.
Keep Your Seats, Please, 1h22
Réalisé par Monty Banks
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Musical
Acteurs George Formby, Florence Desmond, Alastair Sim, Gus McNaughton, Enid Stamp Taylor, Hal Gordon
Rôle Florrie
Note60% 3.0486053.0486053.0486053.0486053.048605
George Withers learns he is supposed to inherit some valuable jewels from his aunt, and enlists the aid of his dubious lawyer to ensure he gets them. It transpires the stones are hidden in the lining of one of six antique chairs, and his aunt has left instructions for her nephew to purchase the chairs at auction. But unfortunately they are sold separately, as he arrives too late to bid.
No Limit
No Limit (1935)
, 1h20
Réalisé par Monty Banks
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Sport, Transport, Road movie
Acteurs George Formby, Florence Desmond, Edward Rigby, Alf Goddard, Jack Hobbs, Peter Gawthorne
Rôle Florrie Dibney
Note62% 3.146373.146373.146373.146373.14637
Le film est construit autour d'un chanteur comique britannique de l'époque, très populaire, George Formby, inconnu en France, on pourrait comparer son statut et sa popularité à celle de son contemporain Fernandel.
Nine Till Six, 1h15
Réalisé par Basil Dean
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Louise Hampton, Elizabeth Allan, Florence Desmond, Richard Bird, Kay Hammond, Alison Leggatt
Rôle Daisy

Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.
Sally in Our Alley, 1h10
Réalisé par Maurice Elvey
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie romantique, Musical, Romance
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter, Florence Desmond, Fred Groves, Gibb McLaughlin, Ivor Barnard
Note61% 3.086883.086883.086883.086883.08688
A British soldier (Ian Hunter) goes off to fight in World War I, with his girlfriend (Gracie Fields) waiting and worried at home. He is soon wounded in battle and crippled. He comes to the conclusion that she would be better off believing that he has been killed so she can get on with her life. She gets the news and is devastated. Several years later she is still grieving for him, but he has now been cured and goes looking for her.