Ida Schuster

Acting
1918-09-28
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

#1Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Mrs Palmer

6.7 / 10
ComedyDrama

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella Country Doctor, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.

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#2Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Mrs McClusker

6.7 / 10
ComedyDrama

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella Country Doctor, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.

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#3The Play on One

Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes as Gladys

6.0 / 10
Drama

A series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.

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#4Hamish Macbeth

Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes as Mrs. Lewis

7.7 / 10
Drama

Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.

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#5Life Support

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Ishbel Larkman

8.8 / 10
Drama

Life Support is a 1999 British medical drama series aired across six episodes on BBC Scotland. Katherine Doone works as a clinical ethicist at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital. Her job is to make the big decisions about what's best for the patient's long-term treatment.

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#6The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes as Elsie

5.8 / 10
Comedy

The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star is a British comedy series, which aired on Channel 4 in 1998. It was a six-part satirical take on the music industry, written by Skins creator Bryan Elsley. The plot centered around a young Glaswegian band - Jocks Wa Hey - as they struggle to find success. The series won the 'Best Drama Serial' award at the 1999 RTS Television Awards and, that same year, writer Bryan Esley was nominated in the RTS 'Best Writer' category for the series. It was remade as My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, a short-lived American/Canadian series that starred Oliver Hudson and was made for the now defunct The WB Television Network.

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#7A Shot at Glory

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m as Wee Brenda

5.7 / 10
Drama

The irascible manager of a lower-division Scottish football side must contend with problems off and on the field when his team's impatient American owner demands they win the Scottish Cup or else be relocated to Ireland, while also dealing with the forced arrival of a new star striker - who happens to be his estranged son-in-law, whom he blames for the breakdown of his relationship with his daughter.

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#8Death Watch

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Old Woman

6.3 / 10
DramaSci-Fi

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

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#9The Slab Boys

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Sadie

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Paisley, Scotland, in 1957. Three working-class lads look forward to the staff dance at the local carpet factory.

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#10The Dunroamin' Rising

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Neighbour

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Sixty years ago Ian Sinclair was a revolutionary leader. Today he is in an old folks' home, but has not lost his sense of humour, or his appetite for the struggle. In protest at the proposed closure of the home, the old socialist firebrand embarks upon a hunger strike that ends up having wide-range repercussions.

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#11And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Gladys

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

In the women's cancer ward of a large Glaswegian hospital, a group of patients share their hopes and dreams for the future

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