Who played the voice of Mrs. Brisby in The Secret of NIMH?
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 American animated dark fantasy adventure film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's 1971 children's novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH". The film was produced by Aurora Productions and released by MGM/UA Entertainment Company for United Artists and features the voices of Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Arthur Malet, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Peter Strauss, and Paul Shenar. The "Mrs. Frisby" name in the novel had to be changed to "Mrs. Brisby" during production due to trademark concerns with Frisbee discs. It was followed in 1998 by a direct-to-video sequel called "", which was made without Bluth's involvement or input. In 2015, a CGI/live action remake was reported to be in the works.
Neil Morrissey
Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and businessman. He is known for his role as Tony in "Men Behaving Badly". Other notable acting roles include Eddie Lawson in "Waterloo Road"; Nigel Morton in "Line of Duty", and Rocky in "Boon". Morrissey also provides the voice of many cartoon characters, including Bob, Roley, Lofty, Mr. Fothergill and Farmer Pickles in the UK version on "Bob the Builder".
Miranda Richardson
Her portrayal of a troubled theatre goer in "Secret Friends" (BBC 2, 1990) was described as "a miniature tour de force... Miranda Richardson's finest hour, all in ten minutes" ("The Sunday Times"). Other television roles include Pamela Flitton in "A Dance to the Music of Time" (1997), Miss Gilchrist in "St. Ives" (1998), Bettina the interior decorator in "Absolutely Fabulous", Queen Elspeth, Snow White's stepmother, in "" (2001), and Queen Mary in "The Lost Prince" (2003).
Richardson has appeared in a number of high-profile supporting roles in film, including Vanessa Bell in "The Hours", Lady Van Tassel in "Sleepy Hollow" and Patsy Carpenter in "The Evening Star". She also won acclaim for her performances in "The Crying Game" and "Enchanted April", for which she won a Golden Globe. She received Academy Award nominations for her performances in "Damage" and "Tom & Viv".
Nachiket Dighe
Nachiket Dighe (Marathi: नचिकेत दिघे "Nacikēta Dighē") born 11 November 1987) is an Indian actor and dubbing voice actor, who dubs in Hindi, Marathi, and English. He Hindi voice-dubbed Rupert Grint's role as Ron Weasley, in the Harry Potter film series. He is the official Hindi voice dub-over artist for Kevin Jonas and Toby Amies.
The Bohemian Girl
Act 3
A silent movie version was made in Britain in 1922. Ellen Terry, much better known as a stage actress, made her last screen appearance as Buda the nursemaid. Ivor Novello plays Thaddeus, Gladys Cooper plays Arline, and C. Aubrey Smith plays Devilshoof.
The Secret of NIMH
On March 4, 2015, "Deadline Hollywood" reported that MGM had re-acquired the rights to produce a new film based on the original novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH". The film will be produced by the team of Daniel Bobker and Ehren Kruger, with screenplay by "Ice Age" series writer Michael Berg. It is planned as a CGI/live action hybrid "à la "The Smurfs" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks"", and will be "an origin story in which an imperiled mouse protagonist befriends a comical crew of lab rats as they turn hyper-intelligent. They escape a secret laboratory and become the great minds of vermin civilization, forced to outwit the humans hot on their tails." The studio plans to turn the novel into a family franchise.
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated adventure film produced by MGM Animation and the sequel to the 1982 animated film "The Secret of NIMH". In the film, Timothy Brisby, the youngest son of Jonathan and Mrs. Brisby, goes to Thorn Valley wanting to become a hero like his father. Martin is missing and it is up to Timmy and his partner Jenny to confront him and get the rats back. At Thorn Valley, Timothy learns from a young girl mouse named Jenny that the mice who were presumed to have been killed during the escape from NIMH are still alive, so he and the rats mount a rescue operation.
Nick Brimble
In 1973 Brimble's television work began with Thomas Hardy's "Wessex Tales", playing the part of Willowes in "Barbara of the House of Grebe", with Ben Kingsley and Joanna McCallum. He had a semi-regular part in "The Sweeney" as well as appearing in guest roles in many television productions such as "Softly Softly", "Z-Cars", "The Professionals", "Blake's 7", "Danger UXB", and "Dempsey and Makepeace".
Trisha Noble
After 1967, Noble had changed her name to Trisha Noble in order to distance herself from her years as a teen singer. She relocated to the United States beginning in 1971 and appeared in films and television series. She guest-starred on "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" as Sabrina, a superhuman thief in the episode "Cruise Ship to the Stars"; and a guest appearance on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1976 where she played a female reporter who tries to seduce Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) during the episode "Ted's Temptation". In 1975, Noble appeared in the "Columbo" episode "Playback", where she meets the murderer (played by Oskar Werner) in an art gallery wearing a low-cut dress. She was cast by the director who had spotted her in a party wearing the same dress. In 1976–77, she had the ongoing role of Yvonne Holland on the soap opera "Executive Suite", and appeared in the 1977 television miniseries "The Rhinemann Exchange" and "Testimony of Two Men". In 1979, she featured on "The Rockford Files" as Odette Lependieu in the two-part episode "Never Send a Boy King to do a Man's Job". In 1980, Noble played the role of heiress Phyllis Morley in the mystery comedy film "The Private Eyes" starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. Another ongoing role was as Detective Rosie Johnson on the police drama "Strike Force" (starring Robert Stack) on ABC in 1981–82.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
On March 4, 2015, MGM, which had released the 1982 film, acquired the rights to the book to adapt it into the live-action/animated film. Michael Berg was set to adapt it, while Daniel Bobker and Ehren Kruger would produce.
Silas Blissett
Silas sets his sights on Lynsey Nolan (Karen Hassan) as his next potential victim. Jamil Fadel (Sikander Malik) and Lee Hunter (Alex Carter) start their own radio show and recruit Lynsey to be their on-air agony aunt. Lynsey's advice to "sexually charged" young people does not go down well with Silas. Hassan said that Silas assumes the worst about Lynsey. Silas grows more furious when Lynsey dresses up in a sexy nurse's outfit for the radio's webcam. Lynsey is "horrified" as her flat becomes dark and Silas grabs her from behind. However, Silas is scared off as Lynsey's screams are heard by Silas's grandson, Riley Costello (Rob Norbury), who arrives to rescue her. Lynsey realises that it was Silas who attacked her and tells people, but they do not believe her. Discussing the plot, Bronagh Waugh (who plays Lynsey's best friend Cheryl Brady) explained that everyone thinks that Lynsey is crazy and making the allegation up. She said "Lynsey's really upset about it and asks Cheryl for some help. While she hates seeing her best friend in that kind of state, she thinks Lynsey's just being paranoid and Silas is a really upstanding member of society." As no one accepts Lynsey's allegation, she wants to bring Silas down even more. Hassan stated that Lynsey is determined to find the evidence she needs to expose Silas. Riley realises that Lynsey is telling the truth and confronts Silas, who has a heart attack. Riley brings Silas into hospital, but Lynsey is not sure whether Silas is genuinely ill. Lynsey is assigned as his nurse and withholds his oxygen mask until he admits that he attacked her. Heidi walks in on Lynsey withholding treatment from Silas and Lynsey calls for help. Norbury later told Digital Spy that he did not think Riley's suspicions of Silas would ever completely go and "everything that happened shook [Riley] up a bit".
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
At night, the rat Justin comes to save Mrs. Frisby and manages to get her out of the cage. Mrs. Frisby warns Justin of what she learned while captured; they assume that the rats at the hardware store were all from Jenner's group and that the group of men were from NIMH and are looking for them specifically.
Jo Wyatt
Joanna Louise Wyatt (born 28 September 1970 in London, England) is an English actress and voice actress known for her voice as Little Miss Helpful, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Scary and Little Miss Sunshine in "The Mr. Men Show". She also voiced Daisy Kribotnik in "Love Soup", a woman in a bar in "Extras", Natella in "Bromwell High" and a character in "Guess with Jess". Wyatt was also best known for providing voices for many video games additional voices in "Perfect Dark Zero" and "Dragon Quest VIII" as well as narrating "To Leo with Love". She also provided the voice of the toughest fighter Buttercup in the British dub of the popular American animated series "The Powerpuff Girls".
Harriet Vane
McGregor and Lewis suggest that some of Vane's and Wimsey's observations about mystery in story versus real life – though in the context of a mystery story – reflect Sayers' sense of fun and ability to laugh with her characters.
Harriet Vane was portrayed by Constance Cummings in a 1940 film adaptation of "Busman's Honeymoon" (US: "The Haunted Honeymoon"), with Robert Montgomery as Peter Wimsey. However, the film bore little resemblance to Sayers' writing, and she refused to even see it. Vane was played by Harriet Walter in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of "Strong Poison", "Have his Carcase" and "Gaudy Night" and by Emily Richard in the 1988 stage adaptation of "Busman's Honeymoon" at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. In a 2005 BBC audio production of Gaudy Night, Harriet Vane was played by Joanna David.
Mystery film
The crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) created the archetypal British aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923. Peter Haddon first played Wimsey in "The Silent Passenger" (1935), written by Sayers specifically for the screen. This was followed by "Busman's Honeymoon" (1940), also released as "Haunted Honeymoon", with Robert Montgomery as Wimsey. Later, Montgomery would also play Raymond Chandler's detective Philip Marlowe in "The Lady in the Lake" (1947).
Susannah Maria Cibber
Susannah Maria Cibber (February 1714 – 30 January 1766), also known as Susannah Maria Arne, was a celebrated English singer and actress and the sister of the composer Thomas Arne. Although she began her career as a soprano, her voice lowered in the early part of her career to that of a true contralto. She was universally admired for her ability to move her audiences emotionally both as an actress and vocalist. Possessing a sweet, expressive, and agile singing voice with a wide vocal range, Cibber was an immensely popular singer, even if at times her voice was criticized for a lack of polished technique. Charles Burney wrote of her singing that "by a natural pathos, and perfect conception of the words, she often penetrated the heart, when others, with infinitely greater voice and skill, could only reach the ear." Cibber was particularly admired by Handel, who wrote numerous parts especially for her including the contralto arias in his 1741 oratorio "Messiah", the role of Micah in "Samson", the role of Lichas in "Hercules" and the role of David in "Saul" among others. In the mid-1730s she began appearing in plays in addition to appearing in operas and oratorios. She became the greatest dramatic actress of the eighteenth-century London stage and at the time of her death was the highest-paid actress in England.
Meredith Bishop
Meredith Anne Bishop (born January 15, 1976) is an American actress. She played the role of Annie Mack in Nickelodeon's "The Secret World of Alex Mack", which ran on the network from 1994-1998.
The Secret of NIMH
Mrs. Brisby, a timid widowed field mouse, lives in a cinder block with her children in a field on the Fitzgibbons' farm. She prepares to move her family out of the field as plowing time approaches, but her son Timothy has fallen ill. She visits Mr. Ages, another mouse and friend of her late husband, Jonathan, who diagnoses Timothy with pneumonia and provides her with medicine. Mr. Ages warns her that Timothy must stay inside for at least three weeks or he will die. On her way home, she encounters Jeremy, a clumsy but friendly crow. They both narrowly escape from the Fitzgibbons' cat, Dragon.
Cynthia Nixon
Nixon succeeded Marcia Gay Harden as Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" (1994), received a Tony nomination for her performance in "Indiscretions" ("Les Parents Terribles") (1996), her sixth Broadway show, and, although she originally lost the part to another actress, eventually took over the role of Lala Levy in the Tony-winning "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" (1997).
Nick Brimble
Brimble voiced the character of John Watson in the "", and Leontius in "".
Nicola Walker
Nicola Walker (born 15 May 1970) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards, including Ruth Evershed in the spy drama "Spooks" from 2003 to 2011. She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", and has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama "Last Tango in Halifax".
The Secret of NIMH
"The Secret of NIMH" was the first feature film to be directed by Don Bluth. In September 1979 he, fellow animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, and eight other animation staff left the animation department at Walt Disney Productions to set up their own independent studio, Don Bluth Productions. The studio worked, at first, out of Bluth's house and garage, but moved to a two-story, facility in Studio City, California, several months later. While they were still working at Disney, they produced the 27-minute short film "Banjo the Woodpile Cat" as a side project to gain other production skills that the company and their animation program were not addressing. Bluth asked Ron W. Miller, Walt Disney's son-in-law and the president and CEO of the company at the time, to view "Banjo", but Miller declined. As Goldman recalled, "that pulled the enthusiasm rug out from under us. We had hoped that the studio might like what we were doing and agree to buy the film and allow us to finish the short film in the studio, which would allow us to recoup what we had spent in terms of money and the many hours that we and the other members of the team had invested in the film."
Heidi Costello
Heidi Costello (also Blissett) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, "Hollyoaks", played by Kim Tiddy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 2010 and made her final appearance in the series on 1 November 2011, after Heidi was accidentally murdered by her father, Silas Blissett (Jeff Rawle), in which he mistakes her for Lynsey Nolan (Karen Hassan).
List of recurring actors and actresses in the James Bond film series
British actor George Baker, who originally appeared in an uncredited role as a NASA engineer in "You Only Live Twice" (1967), is known for his roles as Sir Hilary Bray in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and as Captain Benson in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).Shane Rimmer played all different characters in the three films he appeared in. He also provided (uncredited) voice over-dubbing for the character of Hamilton in "Live and Let Die" (1973).Vincent Wong is known for his role as General Li in "Die Another Day" (2002). He has two uncredited appearances also.British actress born in London, England on 17 March 1931. Eunice Gayson is best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's fetching girlfriend in the first two Bond films ("Dr. No" and "From Russia with Love"). Originally, Gayson was going to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but the part went to Lois Maxwell instead. Gayson was originally to have been a regular in the Bond film series, but her character, Sylvia Trench, was dropped. Like nearly all of the actresses who appeared in the first two Bond films, Gayson's voice in Dr. No and From Russia with Love was overdubbed by an uncredited voice actor, though Gayson's real voice can still be heard in original trailers for "Dr. No".
The Silent Mystery
As described in a film magazine, Phil Kelly (Ford) devotes himself to solving the mystery surrounding the Graham family. Mrs. Graham (Van Name) has stolen a famous oriental jewel from a mummy in Egypt called the Eye of the World. On her return to the United States, she is followed by Priestess Kah (Theby) and her associates, who are determined to recover the jewel. Betty Graham (Gaston) marries for money to help her father though a financial difficulty. The bridegroom has loaned Mrs. Graham money on the jewel and holds it as security. The night of the wedding he is mysteriously murdered and the body disappears. From this point on, anyone who touches or is connected in any way with the jewel comes under the shadow of the silent mystery and suffers accordingly. Phil has many opportunities to rescue Betty from villeins, and after the Priestess meets Phil, she falls in love with him to complicate matters further. She later obtains the aid of a band of Germans to aid her in obtaining the jewel from its robbers.
Bransby Williams
Later in his career Williams was a regular on radio and television. In 1946 he toured in an adaptation of Edward Percy's "The Shop at Sly Corner". In 1950 he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a BBC television version of "A Christmas Carol". Also in 1950, aged 80, he toured as Maddoc Thomas in "The Light of the Heart". For the BBC he played the role of Mathias, made famous by Henry Irving, in a live television production of "The Bells" on 14 March 1950. He had first played the role on stage over fifty years before while on tour. He also was a guest on the BBC radio show "Desert Island Discs" on 4 November 1957 and appeared on BBC Television's "This is Your Life" in 1958, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.
Cynthia Nixon
Nixon made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of "The Philadelphia Story". Her other Broadway credits include "The Real Thing" (1983), "Hurlyburly" (1983), "Indiscretions" (1995), "The Women" (2001), and "Wit" (2012). She won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for "Rabbit Hole", the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for "", the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for "An Inconvenient Truth", and the 2017 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "The Little Foxes". Her other television roles include playing political figures Eleanor Roosevelt in "Warm Springs" (2005), Michele Davis in "Too Big to Fail" (2011), and playing Nancy Reagan in the 2016 television film "Killing Reagan".
Nick Brimble
Nick Brimble (born 22 July 1944) is an English actor whose long career takes in theatre, television, film, and voice work.
Mary Wimbush
She first acted on radio for the BBC in 1945, later preferring the medium as it gave her more time to look after her young son, and it continued to be the medium in which she was the most active throughout her career. She played roles in hundreds of series, serials and plays, including various Shakespeare productions; "Mrs Dale's Diary", "The Governor's Consort" (a part written especially for her by Peter Tinniswood), "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and "The Horse's Mouth". For the latter two productions she won Best Actress at the 1991 Sony Awards, the radio equivalent of the Oscars. In 2004 she played Eurycleia in BBC Radio 4's acclaimed dramatisation of "The Odyssey". In "The Archers" in 1951 her character Jane Maxwell was the original stumbling block to the engagement of Phil Archer and his future (first) wife Grace. In 1965 she played schoolteacher Elsie Catcher, and was a regular on the programme for two years until the character retired. In 1969 she returned for a time as Lady Isabel Lander and she finally came back in 1992 as Julia Pargetter.
Madeline Kahn
She participated in a workshop reading of "Dear World" at the Roundabout Theatre Company in June 1998, reading the part of Gabrielle. In the early 1990s, Kahn recorded a voice for the animated movie "The Magic 7". Her most notable role at that time was on the sitcom "Cosby" (1996–1999) as Pauline, the eccentric friend. She also voiced Gypsy the moth in "A Bug's Life" (1998).
The Silent Speaker
Timothy Hutton is Archie Goodwin; Maury Chaykin is Nero Wolfe. Other members of the cast (in credits order) are Debra Monk (Mrs. Boone), Colin Fox (Fritz Brenner), Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer), Cynthia Watros (Phoebe Gunther), Joe Flaherty (Dr. Vollmer), George Plimpton (Winterhoff), James Tolkan (FBI Agent Richard Wragg), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), David Schurmann (Frank Erskine), Christine Brubaker (Hattie Harding), Bill MacDonald (Breslow), Matthew Edison (Edward Erskine), R.D. Reid (Sergeant Purley Stebbins), Nicky Guadagni (Mrs. Cramer/Secretary), Richard Waugh (Don O'Neill), Manon von Gerkan (Nina Boone), Julian Richings (Alger Kates), Robert Bockstael (Solomon Dexter), Gary Reineke (Hombert), Steve Cumyn (Skinner) and Doug Lennox (Inspector Ash).
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Peter Davison as Inspector Christmas; Roy Barraclough as Dr Simms; David Tennant as Max Valentine; James Hurn as Alfie; Amy Marston as Agnes Delamere; Annabelle Apsion as Mona Bunting; Elaine Claxton as Miss Ferris; Susan Wooldridge as Mrs Simms; Monique DeVilliers as Clementine; Carli Norris as Plum Fisher; Ken Oxtoby as Mr Jenner
Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen, April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Abby Sciuto
Abigail "Abby" Sciuto is a fictional character from the "NCIS" television series on CBS Television, and is portrayed by Pauley Perrette. In a season 10 episode entitled "Hit and Run", a young Abby was played by Brighton Sharbino in flashbacks. Like Jethro Gibbs, Anthony DiNozzo, and Dr. Donald Mallard, Abby was introduced in the episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" of the television show "JAG" (which together served as the backdoor pilot for "NCIS"), and, up until May 2018, appeared in every episode of "NCIS," in addition to being featured on the show's spin-offs, "" (two episodes) and "" (two episodes). The role has made Perrette one of the most popular actresses on U.S. primetime television in 2011, according to Q Score.
Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 15)
Patsy Kensit is an English actress, singer, and model, who is best known for portraying the roles of Sadie King in "Emmerdale" from 2004 to 2006, and Faye Byrne in the BBC medical drama series "Holby City" from 2007 until 2010. She also played Rika van den Hass in "Lethal Weapon 2". Aside from her acting career, Kensit has been notable for her marriages to musicians Dan Donovan, Jim Kerr, Liam Gallagher and Jeremy Healy, but also as the front vocalist in the band, Eighth Wonder. She entered the House on Day 1.
She became the third housemate to be evicted from the house on Day 21.
Gillian Anderson
In November 2010, Anderson portrayed Wallis, Duchess of Windsor in "Any Human Heart" – a television adaptation of William Boyd's novel of the same name, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress on Television. In April 2011, she starred in the BBC adaptation "The Crimson Petal and the White" as Mrs. Castaway, for which she was nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress. In August 2011, she appeared in the television miniseries "Moby Dick" based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel, as Elisabeth, Ahab's wife. The same year, Anderson appeared as the head of MI7, Pamela Thornton, in the British comedy "Johnny English Reborn". She starred as Miss Havisham in a three-part BBC adaptation of "Great Expectations" that aired in late December 2011. For her portrayal in the adaptation she won the Artistic Excellence Award, was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries and for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In 1982, the animated film "The Secret of NIMH" was released, directed by Don Bluth. The film adds a mystical element completely absent from the novel, with Nicodemus portrayed as a wise, bearded old wizard with magic powers and an enchanted amulet, rather than an equal of the other rats. The character of Jenner is made a villain who is still present with the rats, rather than having left them before the story begins. The crow Jeremy has much greater prominence as comic relief in the film than he has in the book. Additionally, the Frisby family name was changed to "Brisby" to avoid trademark infringement with the Frisbee.
Keeley Hawes
Keeley Clare Julia Hawes (born 10 February 1976) is an English actress born in London and educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began her career as a model before appearing in a number of literary adaptations, including "Our Mutual Friend" (1998), "Wives and Daughters" (1999), "Tipping the Velvet" (2002), and "The Canterbury Tales" (2003). She portrayed Zoe Reynolds in the BBC espionage drama series "Spooks" from 2002 to 2004, followed by her co-lead performance as Alex Drake in "Ashes to Ashes" (2008-10), for which she won a Glamour Award. She played leading roles in the 2010 revival of "Upstairs, Downstairs", the limited series "The Casual Vacancy" (2015), "The Missing" (2016), and the ITV comedy-drama "The Durrells" (2016-present). She was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance in Jed Mercurio's police procedural "Line of Duty" as DI Lindsey Denton. She teamed with Mercurio for the 2018 thriller "Bodyguard" in which she played Home Secretary Julia Montague. Hawes has also appeared in films, including "Death at a Funeral" (2007) and "High-Rise" (2015), and she provided the voice of Lara Croft in a series of "Tomb Raider" video games.
List of Playboy Playmates of 1985
Cynthia Brimhall (born March 10, 1964 in Ogden, Utah) is an American model and B-movie actress. She was chosen as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Month in October 1985. She went on to perform in several Andy Sidaris films and appeared on "The Price Is Right" as one of "Barker's Beauties."
The Secret of NIMH
The next day, Mrs. Brisby discovers that Farmer Fitzgibbons has started plowing early. Although her neighbor Auntie Shrew helps her disable his tractor, Mrs. Brisby knows she must devise another plan. Jeremy takes her to meet the Great Owl, who tells her to visit a group of rats that live beneath a rose bush on the farm and ask for Nicodemus, their wise and mystical leader.
Bernard Cribbins
In the 1960s, he provided the voice of the character Tufty in RoSPA road safety films. He also provided the voice of Buzby, a talking cartoon bird that served as the mascot for the then Post Office. He also appeared reduced to OO gauge scale in adverts for Hornby model trains. In 1978 he was one of two voiceovers in the electricity safety public information film Play Safe. The other voiceover was Brian Wilde; Wilde voiced the owl and Cribbins voiced the robin.
Nicole Stamp
Stamp's voice work includes portraying Police Cadet Sanders in "". She has also voiced characters for videogame giant Ubisoft, and she voiced several characters in the TIFF short animated film "Interregnum", about Rene Carmille, a Frenchman who bravely saved thousands of people from the Nazis.
Behavioral sink
Calhoun's work with rats inspired the 1971 children's book, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", by Robert C. O'Brien, which was adapted into a 1982 animated film, "The Secret of NIMH".
Olivia Hack
Olivia Cathrine Hack (born June 16, 1983) is an American actress and voice actress, best known for providing the voice of Rhonda Wellington Lloyd in Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold!", and for playing Cindy Brady in the 1990s theatrical "Brady Bunch" films. She has also done voice work for "Fillmore!", "Bratz" as Cloe, "Family Guy", "Blood+" and "" as Ty Lee. She appeared in "Star Trek Generations", "Party of Five" and "Gilmore Girls".
Yannick Bisson
Yannick D. Bisson (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director best known to international audiences for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series "Murdoch Mysteries".
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a 1971 children's book by Robert C. O'Brien, with illustrations by Zena Bernstein. The winner of the 1972 Newbery Medal, the story was adapted for film in 1982 as "The Secret of NIMH".
Ina Fried
Fried, as a child actor was best known for her role as Rocky's son, Rocky Jr., in the 1982 movie Rocky III and also as the voice of the character Timothy in the 1982 movie The Secret of NIHM. After that she mainly appeared in guest roles portraying young boys on various television series including Cagney and Lacey, Silver Spoons, V, Different Strokes, Alice, Diff'rent Strokes, Newhart, The Wonder Years, and a recurring role on St. Elsewhere.
Bundle Brent
At Christmas 2010 ITV broadcast an adaptation of "The Secret of Chimneys", set in 1955 (but harking back to a ball in 1932), which, unlike the novel, imported Christie's perennial Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) and made a number of other changes. Dervla Kirwan, in her late thirties, played Bundle, who, though still the daughter of Lord Caterham, was cast as the sister of 23-year-old Lady Virginia Revel (Charlotte Salt), an unrelated character in the original story. Of the two, Lady Virginia appeared to have more in common with the Bundle of the novels. The "Radio Times" observed that this production was "classic Agatha Christie, even though it's only distantly related to her original ... purists will be utterly flummoxed - and the plot has more holes in it than the murder victim".
Kelsey-Beth Crossley
Kelsey-Beth Crossley (born 8 July 1992) is a British actress from Fleetwood, England, who played the part of Scarlett Nicholls, the secret teenage daughter of deceased millionaire Tom King and Carrie Nicholls on the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale". She made her first appearance in March 2007. and last appearance on 20 November 2012.
Kyōko Kishida
Kishida was the voice of "Moomin" in the 1960s television series. She provided narration for "Vampire Princess Miyu" and "Princess Tutu" as well as the 2005 "Book of the Dead". In addition, she dubbed roles for "Columbo" and "Miss Marple", and narrated "Prophecies of Nostradamus". Kishida appeared in commercials for Nestle, TDK, and "Asahi Shimbun".
Vampire Secrets
Cast: Deborah Rombaut as Demon Woman, Adrian Balbontin as Gaspard Robilette, Lyndsey Nelson as Susan Walsh, Scott Updegrave as Richard Wendorf, Christa Bella as Elizabeth Bathory, Jack Sale as Rod Ferrell, Thais Harris as Katherine Ramsland, Dan Higgins as James Spalding, George Mauro as Bram Stoker, Kari Wishingrad as Bathory Chambermaid, Jeffery Davis as Vampire, Justin Rodgers Hall as Vampire and Peter Stack as Ficzko.
Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack ( ; born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved in acting since a young age. She has served with the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s. She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the UK series "Heartbeat" (1992–1995). She has often worked as a voice actress on radio, and her film credits include a starring role in "In Love with Alma Cogan" (2011).
Trisha Noble
Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (born 3 February 1944) is an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the music and variety television series "Bandstand". In November 1961, she released her biggest hit single, "Good Looking Boy", which reached the Top 10 in Melbourne and Top 20 in Sydney. At the 1961 Logie Awards, she won the 'Best Female Singer of the Year' award from "TV Week". By 1962, she had transferred to the United Kingdom and continued her singing career by releasing singles there. In 1965, Noble started her television acting career, and by 1967, she was using Trisha Noble as her stage name. By the 1970s, she had relocated to the United States and had guest roles on various television series including "Columbo", "Baretta", "McMillan & Wife", "The Rockford Files", and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". In 1983, Noble returned to Australia where she also pursued a career as a theatrical actress. In 2005, Noble had a minor role in "" as Jobal Naberrie – mother of lead character Padmé Amidala.
Scarlett Nicholls
Scarlett Mary Nicholls is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale". She is played by Kelsey-Beth Crossley and made her first appearance on 2 March 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2011 that Crossley was leaving the show. She made her final appearance on 28 July 2011. On 21 October 2012, it was announced Crossley would make a brief return to "Emmerdale".
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes, (; born 18 May 1941) is an English-Australian actress and voice artist. Her earliest roles were in theatre and after several supporting roles in film and television she won a BAFTA Award for her role in "The Age of Innocence" (1993) and went on to take the role of Professor Sprout in the "Harry Potter" film series.
The Secret of NIMH
A direct-to-video sequel directed by Dick Sebast and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation titled "Timmy to the Rescue" was released on December 22, 1998. Set several years after the events of the first film, the plot focuses on Mrs. Brisby's son Timothy as he struggles to live up to his father's prestigious reputation. The movie was made without Don Bluth's input or involvement, and was panned by critics and fans upon release.
Racso and the Rats of NIMH
"Racso and the Rats of NIMH" is a direct sequel to the Newbery Medal-winning book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Jane Leslie Conly's late father, Robert C. O'Brien. Conly wrote her sequel long after O'Brien's death in 1973, so even though Conly's book attempts to answer many of the open-ended questions posed by the original, it is still Conly's work and not O'Brien's. One of the most anticipated events of the first book was the possibility of Mrs. Frisby's children (Teresa, Martin, Timothy, and Cynthia) having grown up to visit the rats themselves and partake in adventures of their own. Within this book, however, only Timothy is shown as having actually left for Thorn Valley. Teresa and Cynthia are still at home, and Martin has started a family of his own. While it ties up this plot point cleanly, many readers criticized this, feeling that the other children had much potential and deserved more exploration. Another question from the first book that Conly chose to answer relates to the fate of Justin, one of the rats who was a major character in the first book. In the end of the original story, O'Brien hints that Justin sacrificed his life when he went back to rescue a fallen rat. However, Conly chose to keep Justin alive and well in her sequel.
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He portrayed Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom "Yes Minister" and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, "Yes, Prime Minister". For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in "The Madness of King George" (1994). He later won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, for the 1996 series "The Fragile Heart". He was also an Olivier Award and Tony Award winner for his work in theatre.
Niamh Walsh
Niamh Walsh (born 17 April 1988) is an Irish actress best known for her role as Cara Martinez the in BBC One medical drama "Holby City". Walsh has also appeared in "Casualty" and "Jekyll & Hyde". She also stars in the Sky 1 period drama "Jamestown" as Verity Rutter née Bridges.
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 19085 June 1992) was an English actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, including starring roles in the musical films "Scrooge" (1970) and the children's ghost film "The Amazing Mr Blunden" (1972). He also had memorable rôles as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic in "A Night to Remember" (1958), the First Sea Lord in "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960), and Argus in "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963).
The Secret of NIMH
The album was released on July 2, 1982, on vinyl and re-released on March 3, 1995, on CD with a rearranged track listing. Intrada Records issued a remastered limited edition album on CD on August 17, 2015, with one previously unreleased cue ("At Your Service," running 3:39) and three demos of "Flying Dreams" (as performed by Sally Stevens, Paul Williams and as a piano duet) totaling 10:09.
"The Secret of NIMH" debuted on super 8 film and several home video formats in 1983, including VHS, Betamax, CED Videodisc, Video8, and LaserDisc, which were distributed by MGM/UA Home Video in North America, and Warner Home Video in Europe, Australia, and Japan. A Video 2000 version was also released exclusively in Europe. With a $79 purchase price in the US, the VHS version sold approximately 25,000 copies within the first few months.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby is the head of a family of field mice. Her son Timothy is ill with pneumonia just as the farmer Mr. Fitzgibbon begins preparation for spring plowing in the garden where the Frisby family lives. Normally she would move her family, but Timothy would not survive the cold trip to their summer home. Mrs. Frisby obtains medicine from her friend Mr. Ages, an older white mouse. On the return journey, she saves the life of Jeremy, a young crow, from Dragon, the farmer's cat – the same cat who killed her husband, Jonathan. Jeremy suggests she seek help in moving Timothy from an owl who dwells in the forest. Jeremy flies Mrs. Frisby to the owl's tree, but the owl says he cannot help until he finds out that she is the widow of Jonathan Frisby. He suggests that Mrs. Frisby seek help from the rats who live in a rosebush near her.
Rachel Nicholls
Nicholls made her debut with The Royal Opera in London as the Third Flowermaiden in Wagner's "Parsifal". She returmed to Covent Garden to sing Prilepa in Tchaikowsky's "Queen of Spades", Pepik in Janáček's "The Cunning Little Vixen" and Echo in Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos". For English Touring Opera she performed the title role of Francesco Cavalli's "Erismena", Elisa in Handel's "Tolomeo", and Ginevra in Handel's "Ariodante". She sang Armida in Handel's "Rinaldo" at the Edinburgh Festival and Fiordilligi in Mozart's "Così fan tutte" for La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire. She performed First Woman – First Fury in Birtwhistle's "The Mask of Orpheus: The Arches" at the BBC Proms, Nerone in Monteverdi's "L'incoronazione di Poppea" at the New Theatre, Tokyo, Tatyana in Tchaikowsky's "Eugene Onegin" for Scottish Opera, Jenifer in Tippett's "The Midsummer Marriage", Sieglinde in Wagner's "Die Walküre" and Anne Trulove in Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress" at the St Endellion Festival. In 2012, she performed the part of Brünnhilde in Wagner's Ring cycle at the Longborough Festival Opera. Fiona Maddocks reviewed "Götterdämmerung" in "The Observer": "Longborough has found a magnificent Brünnhilde in Rachel Nicholls, a singer so versatile that she has also had a career as a Bach specialist. Full-toned, flexible, accurate and powerful, every gesture, every flinch is persuasive." Nicholls performed her first Isolde in "Tristan und Isolde" at Longborough Festival Opera in 2015 and shortly afterwards in concert in Tokyo with Yomniuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sylvain Cambreling. In 2016 she performed the role in Paris, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Oper Stuttgart and at Grange Park Opera. In 2017 she sang Isolde for the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and at the Teatro Regio di Torino.
Shannen Doherty
In 1982, Doherty lent her voice to the animated film "The Secret of NIMH". In 1985, Doherty starred as Maggie Malene in the teen movie comedy "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" alongside actresses Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Racso and the Rats of NIMH
The book sequel seems to be subtly influenced by Don Bluth's film adaptation of the book, "The Secret of NIMH". Examples of this include Jeremy's more whimsical personality and Mrs. Frisby's red cape.
Don Bluth
The studio's first feature-length film was "The Secret of NIMH" (1982), an adaptation of "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", the 1972 Newbery Medal winner. Bluth employed 160 animators during the production and agreed to the first profit sharing contract in the animation industry. Though a moderate success in the box office, the movie received critical acclaim. Later, with the home video release and cable showings, it became a cult classic. Nevertheless, due to its modest box office take, and an industry-wide animation strike, Don Bluth Productions filed for bankruptcy.
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress and theatre and opera director, known for her role as Petunia Dursley in the "Harry Potter" film series and her role as Marnie Stonebrook in season four of the HBO series "True Blood" (2011). She has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, twice winning the Olivier Award for Best Actress; for various roles including "Electra" in 1990, and for "Machinal" in 1994. She won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for "The Waste Land". Her other stage work includes playing the title role in "Medea", both in the West End and on Broadway (2001–02). She was awarded an Honorary CBE in 2001.
John Harryson
Born in Katrineholm, Harrysson was a renowned actor in Sweden. For a younger generation John Harrysson was known as the Swedish voice of Scrooge McDuck, Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, Doctor Snuggles, and the Sheriff of Nottingham in "Robin Hood" (1973).
R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH
R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH is a sequel to "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" and it continues the story after the end of "Racso and the Rats of NIMH". It was written by Jane Leslie Conly, the daughter of the author for the original book.
Phyllis Barnhart
Phyllis Barnhart (December 16, 1922 – February 6, 2008) was an American animator and cel painter. She was best known for her work on the 1982 animated film, "The Secret of NIMH" (which was her only credit in an animated film, coincidentally enough).
Marni Nixon
Nixon made guest appearances with Leonard Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts", including in 1960, singing "Improvisation sur Mallarmé I" from "Pli selon pli" by Pierre Boulez, and on April 9, 1961, in a program entitled "Folk Music in the Concert Hall", singing three "Songs of the Auvergne" by Joseph Canteloube. Before "My Fair Lady" was released in theatres in 1964, Nixon played Eliza in a revival of the musical at New York City Center. Nixon's first onscreen appearance was as Sister Sophia in the 1965 film "The Sound of Music". In the DVD commentary to the film, director Robert Wise comments that audiences were finally able to see the woman whose voice they knew so well. In 1967, she was the singing voice of Princess Serena in a live action and animated version of "Jack and the Beanstalk" on NBC. Especially in the 1960s, but also earlier and later, Nixon made concert appearances, specializing in contemporary music as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, and gave recitals at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Town Hall in New York City.
Grey DeLisle
Erin Grey Van Oosbree (born August 24, 1973), credited as Grey DeLisle () and Grey Griffin, is an American voice actress and singer-songwriter. She has done voice acting for numerous animated films, television shows, and video games. Her voice roles include Vicky from "The Fairly OddParents", Samantha "Sam" Manson from "Danny Phantom", Mandy from "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy", Frankie Foster, Duchess, and Goo from "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends", Yumi Yoshimura from "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi", Azula from "", Kimiko Tohomiko from "Xiaolin Showdown", as well as Lola, Lana, and Lily Loud from "The Loud House", Queen Butterfly and Jackie Lynn Thomas from "Star vs. the Forces of Evil", and Prince Puppycorn from "Unikitty!." She has been the voice of Daphne Blake in the "Scooby-Doo" cartoons and direct-to-videos and other appearances since 2000. In video games, she voices characters such as Amanda Valenciano Libre from "" and Jacqueline Natla in both "Tomb Raider" games; "Anniversary" and "Underworld".
The Secret of NIMH
Mrs. Brisby enters the rose bush and encounters a aggressive guard rat named Brutus, who chases her away. She is led back in by Mr. Ages, and is amazed to see the rats' use of electricity and other technology. She meets Justin, the friendly Captain of the Guard, and Jenner, a ruthless, power-hungry rat opposed to Nicodemus, and finally Nicodemus himself. From Nicodemus, she learns that many years ago her husband, along with the rats and Mr. Ages, were part of a series of experiments at a place known as NIMH, the National Institute of Mental Health. The experiments boosted their intelligence, enabling them to escape, as well as extending their lifespans and slowing their aging process. However, they are unable to live only as rats, needing human technology to survive, which they have only accomplished by stealing. The rats have concocted "The Plan", which is to leave the farm and live independently. Nicodemus gives Mrs. Brisby an amulet called "The Stone", which gives magical power when its wearer is courageous.
The Secret of NIMH
"The Secret of NIMH Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" contains songs from the film written by Jerry Goldsmith and performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, with vocal selections by Paul Williams and Sally Stevens. It was Goldsmith's first composition for an animated feature, which he admitted was such a departure from his normal work that in the end he approached the project like a live action score, employing the same kind of extended themes and structural development. What made the scoring process hard for Goldsmith was that he had to score scenes that were unfinished: "I was on the phone constantly with them. My dupe [copy of the film] was in black and white, and they'd bring their color copy over so I could see it. They were constantly adding footage, and it was constantly, 'What's going on here?' and 'What's happening here?'" David Horten spent a year on the sound design for the film, which was supervised by Goldman. Goldman found the sound work by Horten his second favorite part of the production process, recalling that some of his "most beautiful efforts" had to make way for the recordings of Goldsmith's music: "I remember hearing David’s orchestration of ambient sounds and specific sound effects for the 8 minute tractor sequence without Jerry’s music cue. It was amazing. But then, so was Jerry’s 8 minute music cue, it remains extremely powerful. We were able to combine a lot of David’s sounds, treating them like part of the orchestra. It came out great, but I couldn’t help but feel empathy for David."
Phyllis Barnhart
Barnhart was born on December 16, 1922, in Levan, Utah. She began her career in animation at the Disney during the 1940s, starting on the films "Fun & Fancy Free" and "Melody Time", at the inking and painting department. She later worked as a freelance assistant animator and cel painter for such classic animation studios as Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Bandolier Films, Chuck Jones Productions, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, DePatie-Freleng and of course, Disney. She worked as one of the lead cel painters for "The Secret of NIMH" (1982), which was created at Don Bluth Productions.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
After his death, O'Brien's daughter, Jane Leslie Conly, wrote two other novels based on the rats of NIMH. "Racso and the Rats of NIMH" tells the story of a city rat who runs away to join the new colony, befriending Timothy, while saving the colony from a flood along the way. In "R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH", the rats rescue two lost human children who in turn help to save the colony before winter.
Anna Brisbin
Anna Brisbin (born 13 September 1991) is an American YouTuber and actress known for her YouTube channel Brizzy Voices. She is known for her voice impressions of fictional characters, such as Harry Potter, Pokémon and the Disney Princesses.
Racso and the Rats of NIMH
Racso and the Rats of NIMH is the 1986 sequel to the popular book, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", written by Jane Leslie Conly. It continues where the previous book left off.
Kirsty Knight (Shortland Street)
Originally appearing as the clinic's blonde bombshell teenage receptionist, the character was a love interest for heart throb Stuart Neilson (Martin Henderson) but by the time the character departed after 6 years, was a major character in the soap opera. Known for her "Secret Squirrel" storylines, Kirsty was the forefront of the show in numerous storylines such as an attempted rape at the hands of villain Darryl Neilson (Mark Ferguson), exposing two murderers, a hugely popular romance with fan favourite Lionel (John Leigh) and for her comedic pairing with eccentric receptionist Marj Neilson (Elizabeth McRae). The character left the show in 1998 when she fell in love with nemesis Darryl's twin, Damien (Mark Ferguson).
Simone Kirby
Simone Kirby is an Irish actress. She is probably best known for playing Oonagh in the Ken Loach film "Jimmy's Hall". Other credits include Irene O'Donnell in "Peaky Blinders" (2014), Marilyn Hull in "Notes on Blindness" (2016), Tyva Hightopp in "Alice Through The Looking Glass" (2016), Sr. Grace in "Houdini and Doyle" (2016), Maria Roche in "The Truth Commissioner" (2016), Annette Rane in "Clean Break" (2015), Tracey Moynihan in "Love/Hate" (2014) and Geraldine Grehan in the RTÉ series "Pure Mule". She co-wrote and performed in the RTÉ comedy sketch show "Meet Your Neighbours" in 2011 with P.J. Gallagher. She also appeared in "Season of the Witch" in 2011. On stage she appeared in "Dancing at Lughnasa" at The Old Vic, "Macbeth" at Shakespeare's Globe, "Molly Sweeney" at the Irish Rep in New York and Curve in Leicester, "Festen" at the Gate Theatre, "Mud" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with the Corn Exchange, Dublin, "Don Carlos" and "The Taming of the Shrew" with Rough Magic and "The Tinker's Wedding" under Garry Hynes for the Druid Theatre Company's DruidSynge. She also portrayed Nuala in "The Cavalcaders" under Robin Lefevre and Lady Teasle in "The School For Scandal" under Jimmy Fay at Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
Kathryn Drysdale
Kathryn Drysdale (born 1 December 1981) is an English actress known for her role as Grace Shelley in The West End show "The Ruling Class" opposite James Mcavoy, as Taylor in the movie "St Trinian's", Rhoda Swartz in Mira Nair's Vanity Fair, and Louise Brooks in the BBC comedy series "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" from 2001 until her departure from the show in 2009. She has also starred in the fourth series of the ITV sitcom "Benidorm" and as Brownwell in William Boyd's award-winning "Any Human Heart" opposite Jim Broadbent. She previously worked with Broadbent on Mira Nair's feature adaptation of William Thackery's "Vanity Fair" starring Reese Witherspoon. She played the role of mixed-race heiress Rhoda Swartz. She is also known for her role as Lizzie in the drama series "Tripping Over" by Mike Bullen. She appeared in "Doctor Who" as Bliss in the episode "Love & Monsters". She currently plays Meghan Markle in season 2 of "The Windsors".
The Ghost of Ivy Tilsley
The programme told the story of singer and Coronation Street actress Lynne Perrie, who spoke about how she had lost her sense of self in her search for fame. Known to the soap's fans as 'Poison Ivy', she had left the series in a blaze of publicity two years earlier – after a 23-year stint as a cast member – and was filmed packing up to return to Yorkshire and the husband (Derrick Barksby) who stood by her through all her scandals.
In scenes filmed in her home, Lynne spoke openly about her life and career. She was shown looking through scrapbooks and watching television clips of herself as Ivy Tilsley and her film appearances as Mrs. Casper in "Kes" and a face in the crowd in "Yanks". Reduced to a guest spot calling out numbers in a bingo hall, Perrie told people during an after-show autograph session that she was happy out of the Street and had finally realised fame was not important. She also candidly spoke about her loneliness, alcohol addiction and one-stand stands whilst married, "They were not affairs, just happenings. I went from one man to another because I was lonely." she said.
Ashley Gardner
Ashley Gardner (born April 11, 1964) is a South African-born American stage, film, television and voice actress. She provided the voice of Nancy Gribble and Didi Hill in the animated series "King of the Hill".
Dom DeLuise
DeLuise also lent his distinct voice to various animated films and was a particular staple of Don Bluth's features, playing major roles in "The Secret of NIMH", "An American Tail", "A Troll in Central Park" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven". "All Dogs Go to Heaven" also featured Reynolds' voice as Charlie B. Barkin, the cheeky anti-hero, and DeLuise voiced Itchy Itchiford, Charlie's best friend, wing-man and later partner in business. Unlike DeLuise, however, Reynolds did not voice Charlie in any of the eventual film sequels, TV episodes, TV-episode sequels, or TV series. DeLuise also voiced the legendary character of Charles Dickens' Fagin in the Walt Disney film "Oliver & Company" and made voice guest appearances on several animated TV series.
Nicky Spence
During his time as a Harewood Artist at English National Opera, Nicky created the role of Brian In the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s opera Two Boys at ENO in 2011, a role he reprised for his Metropolitan Opera debut in New York in 2013. Other roles at ENO have included The Novice "Billy Budd" directed by David Alden, David in Richard Jones’s award-winning "Die Meistersingers Von Nürnberg", Steva "Jenufa" directed by David Alden"," Alwa "Lulu" directed by artist William Kentridge, and Francesco "Benvenuto Cellini" directed by Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam. Nicky Spence is a patron for Blackheath Halls and their Community Opera Company and Scottish Opera Young Company. Nicky is a keen charity worker and is also an ambassador for Help Musicians UK, president of Dumfries Musical Theatre Company and is often asked to comment on current affairs in the arts and by the Scottish Government.
Racso and the Rats of NIMH
In "Racso and the Rats of NIMH", the Rats of NIMH have developed a self-sustaining community in Thorn Valley, where they are completely isolated from humanity. Timothy Frisby, the youngest son of Mrs. Frisby, travels from his family's home to Thorn Valley. (Although his mother is an ordinary mouse, Timothy has inherited the extremely high intellect and long lifespan of his father, NIMH escapee Jonathan.)
Nissae Isen
Nissae Isen is a voice actress who has voiced prominent young male characters in several TV series, including BG's younger brother George in "Miss BG" from 2005 to 2008, Yuri from "My Big Big Friend" from 2011 to 2014 for which she received a 2012 nomination for "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role" in the 33rd Young Artist Awards for her work in 2011 episodes, and the Canadian-accented voice of Trollee (the UK-accented was done by Samantha Reynolds) as one of the principal cast members of "Mike the Knight", for which she received a "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role" nomination in the 34th Young Artist Awards in 2013 for her work on 2012 episodes.
Denise Crosby
In 2013, Crosby provided voicing for the characters of Tasha Yar and Sela in the Cryptic Studios MMORPG "Star Trek Online". Crosby became the first of a new wave of several "Star Trek" alumni to return to the roles they originated since Leonard Nimoy's participation at the game's launch in 2010.
Eleanor Noble
Eleanor Noble is a Canadian actress. She voiced Lori Mackney in "What's With Andy?" (2006–2007) and George in "Arthur". She acted onscreen in the sixth season of the MTV anthology series "Undressed", also as Shelley in the episode "Tale of the Dark dragon" as well as a Genie named Belle in the episode "Tale of the Time Trap", on the Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". She played Angie Burns in Season 4 of "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo". She voiced the character of Maria in the "Assassin's Creed". She also voices lcy in RAI English of "Winx Club" Series.
Renee Raudman
Renee Raudman (born October 29) is an actress and voice actress who performed the English voice of Nastasha Romanenko in the video game "Metal Gear Solid" (under the pseudonym of Renne Collette) and its (using her real name). She also provides the voice of the recurring character Ms. Butterbean on the cartoon series "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy". Outside of voiceover, Renee has recorded over 30 audiobook narrations, including as a co-reader on "Dark of Night" written by Suzanne Brockmann ("New York Times" best selling author of "Into the Fire") and 13 books written by New York Times best selling author Ilona Andrews.
The Listerdale Mystery
Cast:
"Rupert Everett" as Guy
"Cherie Lunghi" as Lady Noreen Elliot
"Nicholas Farrell" as Edward Robinson
"Ann Thornton" as Maud
"Julian Wadham" as Gerald Champneys
"Margery Mason" as Mrs. Lithinglow
"Tom Mannion" as Herbert
"Sallyanne Law" as Millie
"Patrick Newell" as the Major
"Bryan Coleman" as Lord Melbury
"Nicholas Bell" as Jeremy
"Riona Hendley" as Poppy
"Simon Green" as Sebastian
"Georgina Coombs" as Diana
"Rio Fanning" as Barman
"Frank Duncan" as Grosvenor
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In production
Bryony Griffith
Bryony Griffith, (born 1977 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK), is an English fiddle player and singer, specialising in English traditional songs and tunes. She is best known for her work with the Demon Barbers and a cappella quartet Witches of Elswick.
Nicole Maurey
In 1953 Maurey appeared opposite Bing Crosby in "Little Boy Lost" that was filmed in France. The following year Universal-International brought Nicole Maurey from France, Gia Scala from Italy and Myriam Verbeeck from Belgium to the United States to test for the role of Mary Magdelene in an unproduced Biblical epic "The Galileans". She remains most noted as Charlton Heston's leading lady in "Secret of the Incas" (1954), often cited as the primary inspiration for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). She starred in films with Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Rex Harrison, Robert Taylor and Mickey Rooney, among numerous others. She was the leading lady in the original 1962 science fiction cult film "The Day of the Triffids". Later in life, she moved into television, appearing in various made-for-TV movies and mini-series.
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
O'Reilly claims to be an Irish tenor, but he is very suspicious, especially in regards to the mysterious Helsa. The two engage in a physical brawl. Eventually, O'Reilly claims to be "Tony Garibaldi", an undercover cop with a Bronx accent-only to reveal himself as a Gestapo Agent named Klaus Stansdorff, sent to find German defectors. Nikki confronts him, but before he can reveal the truth, Helsa stabs him through a copy of Moby-Dick in the second act, killing him. The original O'Reilly was played by Nicholas Wyman.
Nimbus Littling
Nimbus Littling is voiced by Audrey Poisson-Poirier. Frankie and Audrey worked as project managers at a video game QA firm in 2009. Frankie has been quoted saying, “The moment I heard her voice, I knew I had found my Nimbus.”
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The novel relates the plight of a widowed field mouse, Mrs. Frisby, who seeks the aid of a group of former laboratory rats and mice in rescuing her home from destruction by a farmer's plow, saving Timothy from pneumonia, and of the history of the rats' escape from the laboratory and development of a literate and technological society.
Bailey De Young
Bailey Marie De Young ("née" Buntain; September 16, 1989) is an American actress and dancer most well known for playing the characters Ginny Thompson on "Bunheads", Lauren Cooper on "Faking It", and Imogene Cleary on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Peter Davison as Inspector Christmas; Pooky Quesnel as Delilah Hicks; Isla Blair as Myrtle Quincey; Rebecca Callard as Cecily Moody; Jason O'Mara as Jake Hicks; Matthew Burgess as Constable Sharp; Charlotte Francis as Temperance Baines; John Bowe as Reverend Baines; Alex Palmer as Lester Hicks; Katy Lown as Polly; Eddie Marsan as Ronald Quincey.
Gary LeRoi Gray
Gary LeRoi Gray (born February 12, 1987) is an actor involved with movies, television, and animation. He is best known for his childhood role as Nelson Tibideaux, the son of Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux and Elvin Tibideaux on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show". He appeared on the series during its eighth and final season (1991–1992). He also is known for his role as Nelson Minkler in the Disney Channel sitcom "Even Stevens", the voice of A.J. in "The Fairly OddParents".
Kathy Burke
Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She achieved fame with her appearances on sketch shows such as "French and Saunders" (1988–99) and her recurring role as Magda on the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" (1992–96), as well as her frequent collaborations with fellow comedian Harry Enfield. For her portrayal of Valerie in the 1997 film "Nil by Mouth", she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role.