Biography: Lois Maxwell |
Her real name just wouldn't do for a marquee in the Bible Belt, so Canadian-born actress Lois Hooker became Lois Maxwell when she arrived in Hollywood. Maxwell appeared in one British picture and a handful of American programmers before she sought out... more
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Tags: Ensemble Film Drama Psychological Drama
Length: 98min
Three women gather in a self-help group to discuss their relationships and problems in this distaff drama. Martha (Jennifer Dale) tells of the breakup of her marriage. Ruth (Andrea Martin) discusses her painful emotional struggle in dealing with her...
Cast: Robert Wise Claire Bloom Russ Tamblyn
Tags: Supernatural Horror Horror Ensemble Film Gothic Film Haunted House Film
Length: 113min
One of the most highly regarded haunted house films ever produced, Robert Wise's The Haunting (based on Shirley Jackson's novel -The Haunting of Hill House) weaves the dark tale of a questionably sane young woman and a sinister house which holds a...
Cast: Dale Robertson Eric Pohlmann
Length: 69min
In this British mystery, set backstage at a theater, a beautiful actress is starring in a successful playwright's newest hit. Unbeknownst to her, the writer is in love with her. Because he is jealous of all those who might steal her away, he refuses...
Cast: Douglas Wilmer Clifford Evans Rod Cameron
Tags: Crime Mystery Drama Detective Film
Length: 70min
Passport to Treason was put together by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, the same team who'd later collaborate on the TV series The Saint. Rod Cameron stars as an American private eye, stationed in London. For the sake of a murdered friend, the...
Cast: Lois Maxwell Georges Périnal Kieron Moore Donald Wolfit
Tags: Science Fiction
Length: 84min
The topicality of Satellite in the Sky enabled the British-based Danzinger Bros. to release the film through Warner Bros., rather than their usual United Artists distribution channels. The story concerns the first manned space satellite, launched from...
Cast: Nino Rota
Tags: War Drama War Romance War Romance
Length: 91min
Lois Maxwell, the Canadian actress who achieved worldwide fame as Miss Moneypenny in the "James Bond" films, heads the cast of the made-in-Italy La Grande Speranza (The Great Hope). Ms. Maxwell plays a British nurse named Lily, one of several...
Cast: Freda Jackson
Length: 89min
The Women of Twilight in this controversial British production are the unwed mothers living in a group home. Helen Alistair (Freda Jackson), owner of the shelter, uses a veneer of kindness and generosity to mask her true character: Helen exploits the...
Length: 100min
Canadian-born actress Lois Maxwell, best known for her portrayal of Miss Moneypenny in the "James Bond" films, heads the cast of the Italian costume melodrama Amori e Veleni. Maxwell plays Sweden's Queen Christina, who makes a diplomatic visit to...
Cast: Sophia Loren
Tags: Musical Film-Opera
Length: 95min
Sophia Loren, complete with blackface and an Afro, came to international acclaim in this fairly literal version of the Giuseppe Verdi opera. Loren (with singing dubbed by Renata Tebaldi) portrays the title character, an Ethiopian slave owned by...
Tags: Crime
Length: 80min
Belying its title, the Italian Brief Rapture runs a full 80 minutes. Canadian actress Lois Maxwell--better known to a later generation as Miss Moneypenny in the "James Bond" series--stars as a drug-addicted nightclub singer named Erika. Hopelessly...
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