Midwives and nuns in other roles

[pally]

Emerald Fennell was nominated for an Oscar as Best Director for Promising Young Woman

[marypat57]

Emerald Fennell won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Promising Young Woman!!!!! 
 

Hooray for “Patsy”!!!!!!!!!!!
 

 

[libgirl2]

12 hours ago, marypat57 said:

Emerald Fennell won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Promising Young Woman!!!!! 
 

Hooray for “Patsy”!!!!!!!!!!!
 

 

I was clapping like mad! The movie was good, disturbing but good. 

[MissLucas]

Ella Bruccoleri (Sister Frances) showed up in 'All Creatures great and small' - took me a while to place her without wimple and in a very un-nun-like part. 

[Blackie]

On 8/16/2020 at 6:47 AM, debraran said:

On 3/24/2019 at 11:40 PM, wonderwoman said:

was so excited to come across miranda hart's bbc show on amazon prime. unfortunately, it's that that very broad british humor with an unbearably loud laugh track. couldn't make it past the 2nd episode.  

I watched the first 2 seasons but every season to me after that wasn't as good. It seemed they were written more quickly. My sister loves British humor and had to use her inhaler (asthmatic) the first season. The scenes with her mom just hit home. I think it's something most fans should check out, you'll love it or leave it but if you love it, you'll get very needed laughs.

 

Miranda's show got me through the beginning of the pandemic!  It did get way over the top as the season's went on but it seemed like the cast didn't take it too seriously so I just went along for the fun. I am Canadian so I like the British humour. They tried to remake this in the US  about a cat cafe. Now that show was terrible!!

Speaking of terrible US remakes. I was checking out the new show Ghosts, it seemed sort of funny but then I saw it was a remake of a British show. I found this show online and the lead woman is Charlotte Richie (Barbara) !!!  She is great and the show is funny and sweet and I  will not be watching the US version.

 

[AZChristian]

We finished bingeing Doc Martin over the weekend, and then I realized there were two made-for-TV movies that predated the series.

In the second movie was a buxom woman (kind of a new age flake) played by Pam Ferris (Sister Evangelina).  Honestly, I saw her name in the beginning credits, but didn't recognize her at first!!!!  I paused the TV with a good close-up of her, and hubby had no idea who she was.

[susannah]

My .02...Harriet Walter is in one of my favorite Poirot movies, with David Suchet, THE Poirot. It's called "Cat Among the Pigeons." Also Pam Ferris is in "Malice in Wonderland," a funny. quirky movie with Maggie Grace. There was another production I've seen, not sure of the title, but it was set during WWII, and Linda Bassett played a Jewish woman who with her husband was desperate to find a place of refuge.

[Badger]

I'm watching Casualty, which is sort of the British version of ER, and Jack Ashton is guest starring!  He's kind of a bad guy in this one.

Incidentally, the actor who played Jimmy plays a doctor with Huntington's Chorea on the show although he has no symptoms as of yet

The show is available on Britbox.

Jack played Tom Hereward in case you didn't remember.

[libgirl2]

We like to watch Rifftrax, where they make fun of bad movies. Last night we had the not pleasure of watching The Apple, one of the crappiest musicals from the 80s. Just awful, but shock of shocks, Miriam Margolyes, played the Land Lady. 

[BooksRule]

I just started binge-watching 'The Crown' (I checked out the first two seasons on DVD from my local library).  Okay, I've barely started watching it, since I've only seen the first episode, but I figured some of you who have seen the series so far can fill me in on who from 'Call the midwife' I should be on the lookout for as I watch.  I've already seen 'Sister Ursula' as Mrs. Churchill, and I know that 'Patsy' will be showing up as Camilla in the third season.  I'm sure that there are others that will pop up. 

[Badger]

Georgie (Miss Higgins) Glen plays Diana's maternal grandmother, Ruth, Lady Fermoy.

[Redrum]

Found a young Jenny Agutter in An American Werewolf in London

[HoneyBeach]

I was watching Daniel Deronda on AmazonPrime, I think, and low and behold Miss Higgins (who became one of my faves) shows up as Lady Mallinger. I was so excited to see her! The movie is from 2002 and Georgie Glen is adorable. 

[sagittarius sue]

Georgie Glen has a new role!  She plays a pathologist in a new crime drama Ridley that debuted on Sunday in the UK.  https://www.mylondon.news/news/tv/call-midwife-actress-who-plays-24880773

[Kristi800]

I watched Bramwell with Jemma Redgrave (niece of Vanessa) who was one of the first women doctors and established a hospital in the East End. Cliff Parisi played a hospital porter (of all things!), Jenny was in the last season as Bramwell's relative(?) who was a patron of the hospital. Linda Bassett played a woman who had been blinded and was nearly raped.  

[Chalby]

On 11/5/2018 at 1:19 PM, caitmcg said:

Pam Ferris, our erstwhile Sister Evangelina, plays Queen Victoria in the upcoming film Holmes and Watson.

And she was Trunchbull (the headmistress) in Matilda.

On 6/6/2022 at 10:00 PM, Redrum said:

Found a young Jenny Agutter in An American Werewolf in London

And she was in Logan's Run with Michael York.

[Redrum]

36 minutes ago, Chalby said:

And she was in Logan's Run with Michael York.

And its one of those "OMG" kind of things when I realized it. :)

[dubbel zout]

She was the hot young thing for a while, for good reason.

[Badger]

I just saw that Jessica Raine is playing Katharine Parr in "Becoming Elizabeth."

[Badger]

Helen George will be playing Anna Leonowens in the UK tour of "The King and I" starting in February 2023.  

It shouldn't interfere with CTM since the show films in the late spring to November.

[dubbel zout]

I was watching old "Inspector Lynley Mysteries" and Jenny Agutter popped up as an illegal baby broker.

[Badger]

It looks like Helen George isn't the only one touring the UK in a theatrical production.

According to her Instagram, Laura Main is starring in a production of "Steel Magnolias" which begins touring next week.

[dargosmydaddy]

Was watching the newest season of Strike on HBO, and Linda Bassett (Nurse Crane) showed up as the main character's aunt. She was only in one scene, but according to IMDB she's in the next two episodes as well.

[dubbel zout]

Charlotte Ritchie (Barbara) is in season 4 of You.

[LtKelley]

On 2/11/2023 at 11:19 AM, dubbel zout said:

Charlotte Ritchie (Barbara) is in season 4 of You.

She says the f-word! :D

Its as adorable as you expect it to be.