Jane Gurnett

Jane Gurnett is best known for her roles in films such as Drowning By Numbers, Liam and Melancholia and British TV drama series such as Casualty (from 1994 to 1996), Dangerfield (1998–1999) and the second incarnation of Crossroads (2001–2003). Her former partner is former Coronation Street actor Ray Fearon, they have one daughter together. Gurnett has been teaching drama at Warwick School since 2010

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts, share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love with all three women and helps to disguise the murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Greenaway
CAST:  Joan Plowright  •  Juliet Stevenson  •  Joely Richardson  •  Bernard Hill

Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts, share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love with all three women and helps to disguise the murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Greenaway
CAST:  Joan Plowright  •  Juliet Stevenson  •  Joely Richardson  •  Bernard Hill

Liam (2001)

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Ian Hart  •  Claire Hackett  •  Anthony Borrows  •  David Hart

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Ian Hart  •  Claire Hackett  •  Anthony Borrows  •  David Hart

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Ayub Khan-Din  •  Frances Barber  •  Claire Bloom

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Ayub Khan-Din  •  Frances Barber  •  Claire Bloom

Lorna Doone (1990)

A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Grieve
CAST:  Michael MacKenzie  •  Andrew Ferguson  •  Sean Bean  •  Claire Madden

A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Grieve
CAST:  Michael MacKenzie  •  Andrew Ferguson  •  Sean Bean  •  Claire Madden

The Widowmaker (1990)

The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a woman whose husband has been arrested after going on a killing rampage and the reaction of her local community. It ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Alun Armstrong  •  Annabelle Apsion  •  David Morrissey  •  Kenneth Welsh

The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a woman whose husband has been arrested after going on a killing rampage and the reaction of her local community. It ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Alun Armstrong  •  Annabelle Apsion  •  David Morrissey  •  Kenneth Welsh

The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippa Lowthorpe
CAST:  Natascha McElhone  •  Jodhi May  •  Jared Harris  •  Steven Mackintosh

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippa Lowthorpe
CAST:  Natascha McElhone  •  Jodhi May  •  Jared Harris  •  Steven Mackintosh

Melancholia (1989)

Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is on a visit to London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andi Engel
CAST:  Jeroen Krabbé  •  Susannah York  •  Ulrich Wildgruber  •  Jane Gurnett

Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is on a visit to London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andi Engel
CAST:  Jeroen Krabbé  •  Susannah York  •  Ulrich Wildgruber  •  Jane Gurnett

The Song of the Shirt (1979)

Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of still photographs and acted reconstructions to show that this story has been rewritten/written-over many times before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Clayton  •  Jonathan Curling
CAST:  Martha Gibson  •  Geraldine Pilgrim  •  Anna McNiff  •  Liz Myers

Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of still photographs and acted reconstructions to show that this story has been rewritten/written-over many times before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Clayton  •  Jonathan Curling
CAST:  Martha Gibson  •  Geraldine Pilgrim  •  Anna McNiff  •  Liz Myers

Love Birds (1988)

Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Whittaker
CAST:  Linda Henry  •  Stephen Bent  •  Paul Bhattacharjee  •  Shaheen Khan

Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Whittaker
CAST:  Linda Henry  •  Stephen Bent  •  Paul Bhattacharjee  •  Shaheen Khan

Days at the Beach (1981)

In 1920 a trio of British soldiers have to guard an exploded mine washes up on a beach. Part of the BBC2 Playhouse strand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm Mowbray
CAST:  Sam Kelly  •  Stephen Bill  •  Mark Aspinall  •  Julie Walters

In 1920 a trio of British soldiers have to guard an exploded mine washes up on a beach. Part of the BBC2 Playhouse strand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm Mowbray
CAST:  Sam Kelly  •  Stephen Bill  •  Mark Aspinall  •  Julie Walters