BFI Screenonline: Women

Women


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Films

'Beat' Girl (1959) Alice in Wonderland (1903) The first-ever cinema adaptation of the Lewis Carroll children's classic Alternative Fringe (1993) Amelia and the Angel (1958) Young Amelia searches for a pair of replacement angel's wings in Ken Russell's early amateur film As You Like It (1937) Babymother (1998) The first truly Black British musical, set on the streets of Harlesden Belles of St Trinian's, The (1954) Bhaji on the Beach (1993) Black Narcissus (1947) Ravishingly exotic Himalayan melodrama created entirely in a British studio Blue Scar (1949) Body Beautiful, The (1990) Bred and Born (1983) Brief Encounter (1945) Canterbury Tale, A (1944) Carry On Nurse (1958) Charlotte Gray (2001) Closer (2000) Darling (1965) Dawn (1928) Decision, The (1981) Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics (1998) Fanny By Gaslight (1944) Gentle Sex, The (1943) Good-Time Girl (1948) A teenage runaway finds herself inexorably drawn to crime, despite the support of social services Happiest Days of Your Life, The (1950) I See A Dark Stranger (1946) Jane Brown Changes her Job (1941) Jassy (1947) L-Shaped Room, The (1962) Ladykillers, The (1955) Ealing comedy classic about a gang of criminals who meet their match in the elderly Mrs Wilberforce Lamp Still Burns, The (1943) Lettie Limelight in Her Lair (aka Miss Bayley) (1900) Love Story (1944) Madeleine (1949) Madness of the Heart (1949) Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944) Maeve (1981) Man in Grey, The (1943) Mandy (1952) Millions Like Us (1943) Miranda (1948) Myra Hess (1945) The great British pianist performs part of Beethoven's 'Appassionata' sonata Nell Gwyn (1934) Night Shift (1942) Passport to Shame (1958) People at No. 19, The (1949) Poor Cow (1967) Queen's Messengers (1941) Red Shoes, The (1948) Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) Seventh Veil, The (1945) Special Delivery (1991) Spring in Park Lane (1948) Summer Madness (1955) Taming of the Shrew, The (1923) That Hamilton Woman (1941) They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942) They Were Sisters (1945) Tiger Bay (1959) Trottie True (1948) Two Thousand Women (1944) Under the Skin (1997) Visit, The (1959) Warwork News No. 18 (1943) Warwork News No. 19: The Other Man's Job (1943) Warwork News No. 27 (1943) Waterloo Road (1944) We Did it Together (2003) Wicked Lady, The (1945) Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) Yield to the Night (1956) Diana Dors stars in a powerful anti-capital punishment film You Made Me Love You (1933) Young and Innocent (1937)
TV Programmes

Abigail's Party (1977) Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2003) Adventures of Black Beauty, The (1972-74) Afternoon of a Nymph (1962) Alice in Wonderland (1966) Jonathan Miller's startlingly imaginative adaptation of Lewis Carroll's fantasy Angels (1975-83) Avengers, The (1961-69) Carrie's War (1974) Cathy Come Home (1966) Compact (1962-65) Coronation Street - The 1960s Doris and Doreen (1978) Edna the Inebriate Woman (1971) Educating Marmalade/ Danger: Marmalade at Work (1982-84) French and Saunders (1987-) Gentle Touch, The (1980-84) In Two Minds (1967) Isadora (1966) Juliet Bravo (1980-85) Lost For Words (1999) Thora Hird stars in this moving drama about the physical and mental deterioration of an elderly mother Loved Up (1995) Lover, The (1963) Marie Rambert (1960) Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1982) Miss Marple (1984-92) Mixed Blessings (1978-80) My Sister Wife (1992) Night Out, A (1960) Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (1990) Jeanette Winterson's own adaptation of her classic coming-of-age novel Orchid House, The (1991) Police (1982) Groundbreaking fly-on-the-wall documentary that caused the police to change their rape victim interview procedures Pride and Prejudice (1967) Pride and Prejudice (1995) Much-loved BBC version (with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy) of Jane Austen's classic comedy of manners Rag Trade, The (1961-63) Rock Follies / Rock Follies of 77 (1976-77) Shopping For Mr Right (1995) Taming of the Shrew, The (1980) Tenko (1981-84) Through the Night (1975) Tracking Down Maggie (1994) Twelfth Night (1970) Up the Junction (1965) Waiting for the Telegram (1998) Devastating monologue about lost loves and fading memories, written by Alan Bennett and delivered by Thora Hird Widows (1983-85) Woman of No Importance, A (1982)
Collections

Female Protagonists Women and Film Women's Animation
People and Organisations

Adler, Carine (1948-) Agutter, Jenny (1952-) Andrews, Julie (1935-) Ashcroft, Dame Peggy (1907-1991) Assoon, Barbara Audley, Maxine (1923-1992) Baddeley, Hermione (1906-86) Balcon, Jill (1925-2009) Balfour, Betty (1903-1978) Baxter, Biddy (1933-) Benjamin, Floella (1953- ) Bird, Antonia (1959-2013) Bisset, Jacqueline (1944-) Blanchett, Cate (1969-) Blethyn, Brenda (1946-) Bonham Carter, Helena (1966-) Bouchier, Chili (1909-1999) Box, Betty (1915-1999) Box, Muriel (1905-1991) Brooking, Dorothea (1916-1999) Brown, Pamela (1917-1975) Browne, Coral (1913-1991) Bryan, Dora (1924-) Burke, Kathy (1964-) Byron, Kathleen (1923-2009) Calvert, Phyllis (1915-2002) Carey, Joyce (1898-1993) Caron, Leslie (1931-) Carroll, Madeleine (1906-1987) Chadha, Gurinder (1960-) Christie, Julie (1941-) Coates, Anne V. (1925-) Collins, Joan (1933-) Collins, Pauline (1940-) Connor-Mogotsi, Pearl (1924-2005) Corri, Adrienne (1931-) Craig, Wendy (1934-) Craigie, Jill (1911-1999) Cusack, Sinéad (1948-) Day, Tilly (1903-1994) Dench, Judi (1934-) Dharkar, Ayesha (1977-) Donohoe, Amanda (1962-) Dors, Diana (1931-1984) Down, Lesley-Anne (1955-) Duncan, Lindsay (1950-) Eggar, Samantha (1939-) Ekland, Britt (1942-) Evans, Edith (1888-1976) Field, Shirley Anne (1938-) Fields, Gracie (1898-1979) Fitzgerald, Geraldine (1914-2005) Fox, Kerry (1966-) French, Dawn (1957-) Frost, Sadie (1967-) George, Susan (1950-) Greenwood, Joan (1921-1987) Grenfell, Joyce (1910-1979) Grierson, Ruby (1904-1940) Hall, Adelaide (1901-1993) Hammond, Mona Hampshire, Susan (1937-) Harington, Joy (1914-1991) Harris, Bimbi (1918-) Hiller, Wendy (1912-2003) Hird, Thora (1911-2003) Hobson, Valerie (1917-1998) Home, Anna (1938-) Houston, Penelope Hussey, Olivia (1951-) Jackson, Glenda (1936-) Jacques, Hattie (1922-1980) Jean-Baptiste, Marianne (1967-) Johns, Glynis (1923-) Johnson, Dame Celia (1908-1982) Johnson, Katie (1878-1957) Kalmus, Natalie (1887-1965) Kemp-Welch, Joan (1906-1999) Kendall, Kay (1927-1959) Kensit, Patsy (1968-) Kerr, Deborah (1921-2007) La Plante, Lynda (1943-) Lambert, Verity (1935-2007) Lanchester, Elsa (1902-1986) Lane, Carla (1937-) Lansbury, Angela (1925-) Leigh, Vivien (1913-1967) Lejeune, C.A. (1897-1973) Lingstrom, Freda (1893-1989) Lloyd, Emily (1970-) Lockwood, Margaret (1916-1990) Macdonald, Kelly (1976-) Mander, Kay (1915-) Margolyes, Miriam (1941-) Massey, Anna (1937-2011) Matthews, Jessie (1907-1981) McKinney, Nina Mae (1909-1967) Miles, Sarah (1941-) Mills, Hayley (1946-) Mirren, Helen (1945-) Mitchell, Linda Morton, Samantha (1977-) Mulvey, Laura (1941-) Munroe, Carmen (1932-) Neagle, Anna (1904-1986) Newman, Nanette (1934-) Nichols, Dandy (1907-1986) Oberon, Merle (1911-1979) Ondra, Anny (1903-1987) Onwurah, Ngozi (1964-) Pitt, Ingrid (1937-2010) Plowright, Dame Joan (1929-) Potter, Sally (1949-) Powell, Dilys (1901-1995) Powell, Sandy (1961-) Radclyffe, Sarah (1950-) Rampling, Charlotte (1946-) Ramsay, Lynne (1969-) Redgrave, Lynn (1943-) Redgrave, Vanessa (1937-) Reiniger, Lotte (1899-1981) Reville, Alma (1899-1982) Richardson, Joely (1965-) Richardson, Miranda (1959-) Richardson, Natasha (1963-2009) Richman, Stella (1922-2002) Rigg, Diana (1938-) Rippon, Angela (1944-) Roberts, Rachel (1927-1980) Robeson, Eslanda (1896-1965) Robson, Flora (1902-1984) Roc, Patricia (1915-2003) Russell, Shirley (1935-2002) Rutherford, Margaret (1892-1972) Saunders, Jennifer (1958-) Scacchi, Greta (1960-) Scott Thomas, Kristin (1960-) Segal, Zohra (1912- ) Shearer, Moira (1926-2006) Shubik, Irene (1935-) Simmons, Jean (1929-2010) Sims, Joan (1930-2001) Singleton, Valerie (1937-) Skinner-Carter, Corinne (1931-) Smith, Maggie (1934-) Stevenson, Juliet (1956-) Street-Porter, Janet (1946-) Swinton, Tilda (1960- ) Syal, Meera (1962-) Syms, Sylvia (1934-) Taylor, Alma (1895-1974) Taylor, Elizabeth (1932-2011) Thompson, Emma (1959-) Thomson, Margaret (1910-2005) Thorndike, Sybil (1882-1976) Todd, Ann (1909-1993) Toye, Wendy (1917-2010) Tushingham, Rita (1942-) Tyson, Cathy (1965-) Vir, Parminder Walters, Julie (1950-) Washbourne, Mona (1904-1988) Watson, Emily (1967-) Wax, Ruby (1953-) Weinstein, Hannah (1912-1984) Welch, Elisabeth (1908-2003) Whalley, Joanne (1964-) Whitehouse, Mary (1910-2001) Veteran 'clean up TV' campaigner whose name became shorthand for a certain kind of black-and-white morality Whitelaw, Billie (1932-) Whitfield, June (1925-) Whitty, Dame May (1865-1948) Windsor, Barbara (1937-) Winslet, Kate (1975-) Withers, Googie (1917-2011) Wolf, Rita (1960-) Wong, Anna May (1905-1961) York, Susannah (1939-2011) Zetterling, Mai (1925-1994)