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Later credits include Mildred Layton in the 1984 ITV television series The Jewel in the Crown, for which she received her first BAFTA award nomination; Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the 1980 television serial version of Pride and Prejudice; Vera Donovan in the 1995 film adaptation of Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne; and as Maria Thins in the ...
Lady Catherine de Bourgh (/ d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR; née Fitzwilliam) is a character in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. According to Janet Todd , Lady Catherine can be seen as a foil to the novel's protagonist Elizabeth Bennet .
Outside of stage and film, Duncan appeared as Barbara Douglas in Alan Bleasdale's critically acclaimed G.B.H. (1991), Servilia of the Junii on the HBO historical drama series Rome (2005–2007), Adelaide Brooke in the Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars" (2009), Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle in the BBC Two miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), and ...
Barbara Leigh-Hunt (14 December 1935 – 16 September 2024) was an English actress. [1] Her numerous theatre credits included Broadway productions of Hamlet (1958), Sherlock Holmes (1973) and Justice (1974), and she won the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the National Theatre production of An Inspector Calls.
A 1940 comic performance as Laurence Olivier's Mr. Darcy's domineering aunt Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice [11] and a 1941 role as Merle Oberon's grandmother in Lydia [12] concluded her film career. She was also cast in noncomedic films such as Cimarron [13] (1931), Ann Vickers [14] (1933), and Romeo and Juliet [15] (1936).
Mr William Collins is a fictional character in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.He is a distant cousin of Mr Bennet, a clergyman and holder of a valuable living at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosings Park, the estate of his patroness Lady Catherine De Bourgh, in Kent.
A remake of the 1959 film of the same name, it follows the original closely, adapting it to a contemporary setting. The film was directed by comedian Michael McDonald, produced by Roger Corman (who produced and directed the original film), and co-written by McDonald and Brendan Broderick, based on the 1959 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith.
Catherine terrorizes the partygoers from the control room, shapeshifting in front of Michael's eyes. Catherine, using psychokinetic powers, causes staff member Rhonda to lose her hand in a blender accident, causing her to bleed to death; Fletcher is killed by a fish in a food freezer, and Priscilla falls victim to spontaneous human combustion ...