Joan Sanderson

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

FunnyBrilliantClassicWhimsical

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Frank Oz  •  Dave Goelz  •  Jerry Nelson

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Frank Oz  •  Dave Goelz  •  Jerry Nelson

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Alfred Molina  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Frances Barber

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Alfred Molina  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Frances Barber

Please Sir! (1971)

Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Stuart
CAST:  John Alderton  •  Deryck Guyler  •  Peter Cleall  •  Joan Sanderson

Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Stuart
CAST:  John Alderton  •  Deryck Guyler  •  Peter Cleall  •  Joan Sanderson

In the Doghouse (1962)

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darcy Conyers
CAST:  Leslie Phillips  •  Hattie Jacques  •  Peggy Cummins  •  James Booth

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darcy Conyers
CAST:  Leslie Phillips  •  Hattie Jacques  •  Peggy Cummins  •  James Booth

She Knows Y'Know (1962)

Comedy about a protective mother whose dull son seems to have become wayward with the local bottle blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Hylda Baker  •  Cyril Smith  •  Joe Gibbons  •  Peter Myers

Comedy about a protective mother whose dull son seems to have become wayward with the local bottle blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Hylda Baker  •  Cyril Smith  •  Joe Gibbons  •  Peter Myers

Intensive Care (1982)

When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Alan Bennett  •  Thora Hird  •  Helen Fraser  •  Julie Walters

When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Alan Bennett  •  Thora Hird  •  Helen Fraser  •  Julie Walters

East of Ipswich (1987)

Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tristram Powell
CAST:  Edward Rawle-Hicks  •  Pippa Hinchley  •  John Nettleton  •  Pat Heywood

Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tristram Powell
CAST:  Edward Rawle-Hicks  •  Pippa Hinchley  •  John Nettleton  •  Pat Heywood

Who Killed the Cat? (1966)

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Mary Merrall  •  Ellen Pollock  •  Amy Dalby  •  Mervyn Johns

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Mary Merrall  •  Ellen Pollock  •  Amy Dalby  •  Mervyn Johns

Down at the Hydro (1983)

Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Ian Carmichael  •  Joan Sanderson  •  John Rowe

Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Ian Carmichael  •  Joan Sanderson  •  John Rowe

Anyone for Denis (1982)

Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Clement
CAST:  John Wells  •  Angela Thorne  •  Joan Sanderson  •  Roy Kinnear

Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Clement
CAST:  John Wells  •  Angela Thorne  •  Joan Sanderson  •  Roy Kinnear