Beatrice Shaw

Acting
1908-08-02
Barking, London, England, UK

Biography

Beatrice Shaw was born on August 2, 1908 in Barking, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for ITV Play of the Week (1955), The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) and The Girl from Starship Venus (1975). She died on December 1, 1995 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.

Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles

#1Fawlty Towers

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Miss Gurke

8.3 / 10
Comedy

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

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#2Terry and June

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Joan

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged Terry and June Medford are beginning to find the trials of life more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird have disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with friendly next door neighbour Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.

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#3Terry and June

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Emily Dingle

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged Terry and June Medford are beginning to find the trials of life more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird have disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with friendly next door neighbour Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.

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#4In Sickness and in Health

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Mrs. Bill

8.1 / 10
Comedy

This final follow-up to 'Till Death Us Do Part' follows an aged Alf Garnett, now dealing with his wife Else's declining health and mobility, as well as the challenges of navigating the social security system and other everyday situations.

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#5In Sickness and in Health

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Mrs. Patsy

8.1 / 10
Comedy

This final follow-up to 'Till Death Us Do Part' follows an aged Alf Garnett, now dealing with his wife Else's declining health and mobility, as well as the challenges of navigating the social security system and other everyday situations.

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#6Happy Ever After

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Second Lady

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.

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#7Happy Ever After

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.

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#8Suddenly, Last Summer

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Elderly Lady (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
ThrillerDramaMystery

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

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#9Quatermass

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Susie

6.8 / 10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.

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#10Objects of Affection

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Connie

8.0 / 10
Drama

A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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#11The Girl from Starship Venus

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Old Lady

4.2 / 10
ComedySci-Fi

A young Venusian girl lands on Earth to explore the planet. She lands in Soho in London, UK where she has ample opportunities to research sex on Earth.

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#12Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Nun

5.2 / 10
Comedy

Joe North is a London taxi driver who manages to get himself into any number of sexual situations with various women.

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#13Moonfleet

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Granny Tucker

10.0 / 10
Action & AdventureFamily

15-year-old John Trenchard meets the innkeeper Elzevir Block in the town of Moonfleet. You hear about a mysterious legend of Blackbeard and a treasure. The two decide to get to the bottom of the matter. A dangerous journey begins.

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#14The Sex Thief

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Flower Seller

5.4 / 10
ComedyCrime

A struggling pulp fiction writer who doubles as an incompetent jewel thief. He gets caught in the act every time, but he uses his looks and charm to make the best of it. Soon he becomes a celebrity. Wealthy women start leaving their jewels out like milk and cookies for Santa Claus in hopes that the sex thief will unlawfully invade their domiciles.

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#15The Best of the Adventures

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m as Nun (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
Comedy

A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s 'Adventures of a...' series!

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#16Eskimo Nell

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Grandmother

4.0 / 10
Comedy

Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....

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#17Rolling Home

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Connie

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward. Here he is visited by his daughters Val and Molly, and Molly's husband Harold, and looked after by the ward's two male nurses, Vic and Donald, who are in competition for a promotion. Donald needs the money as he and his girlfriend are trying to buy a house but are having difficulty arranging a mortgage. From the window at which he sits, Mr Wyman can see a wall. He repeatedly pesters Donald with questions about what is on the other side. Donald constructs a fantasy of the future he dreams of with his girlfriend: a house and garden inhabited by a married couple.

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