Clare Higgins

Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an award-winning English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clare Higgins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Golden Compass (2007)

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Weitz
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Daniel Craig  •  Eva Green  •  Ian McShane

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Weitz
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Daniel Craig  •  Eva Green  •  Ian McShane

Hellraiser (1987)

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After tinkering with a box he bought while abroad, sexual deviant Frank inadvertently opens a portal to hell, where fetish-demons led by Pinhead tear his body apart. When Frank’s brother and his wife move into his house, a skeletal Frank appears to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clive Barker
CAST:  Andrew Robinson  •  Clare Higgins  •  Ashley Laurence  •  Sean Chapman

After tinkering with a box he bought while abroad, sexual deviant Frank inadvertently opens a portal to hell, where fetish-demons led by Pinhead tear his body apart. When Frank’s brother and his wife move into his house, a skeletal Frank appears to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clive Barker
CAST:  Andrew Robinson  •  Clare Higgins  •  Ashley Laurence  •  Sean Chapman

Bigger Than the Sky (2005)

After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which wreaks havoc upon his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Corley
CAST:  Amy Smart  •  Marcus Thomas  •  Sean Astin  •  John Corbett

After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which wreaks havoc upon his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Corley
CAST:  Amy Smart  •  Marcus Thomas  •  Sean Astin  •  John Corbett

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Ireland
CAST:  Joan Plowright  •  Rupert Friend  •  Zoë Tapper  •  Anna Massey

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Ireland
CAST:  Joan Plowright  •  Rupert Friend  •  Zoë Tapper  •  Anna Massey

Stage Beauty (2004)

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Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Derek Hutchinson  •  Mark Letheren  •  Claire Danes  •  Billy Crudup

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Derek Hutchinson  •  Mark Letheren  •  Claire Danes  •  Billy Crudup

The Fruit Machine (1993)

Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Saville
CAST:  Emile Charles  •  Tony Forsyth  •  Louis Emerick  •  Bruce Payne

Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Saville
CAST:  Emile Charles  •  Tony Forsyth  •  Louis Emerick  •  Bruce Payne

The Libertine (2004)

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurence Dunmore
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Paul Ritter  •  Samantha Morton  •  John Malkovich

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurence Dunmore
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Paul Ritter  •  Samantha Morton  •  John Malkovich

Cassandra's Dream (2007)

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Ewan McGregor  •  Hayley Atwell  •  Sally Hawkins

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Ewan McGregor  •  Hayley Atwell  •  Sally Hawkins

Small Faces (1996)

Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Iain Robertson  •  Joseph McFadden  •  Steven Duffy  •  Laura Fraser

Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Iain Robertson  •  Joseph McFadden  •  Steven Duffy  •  Laura Fraser

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Randel
CAST:  Clare Higgins  •  Ashley Laurence  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  Imogen Boorman

Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Randel
CAST:  Clare Higgins  •  Ashley Laurence  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  Imogen Boorman

Nineteen Nineteen (1985)

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Brody
CAST:  Paul Scofield  •  Maria Schell  •  Frank Finlay  •  Diana Quick

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Brody
CAST:  Paul Scofield  •  Maria Schell  •  Frank Finlay  •  Diana Quick

I Give It a Year (2013)

After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Mazer
CAST:  Rafe Spall  •  Rose Byrne  •  Anna Faris  •  Jason Flemyng

After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Mazer
CAST:  Rafe Spall  •  Rose Byrne  •  Anna Faris  •  Jason Flemyng

A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Crispian Mills
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  Paul Freeman  •  Clare Higgins  •  Amara Karan

Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Crispian Mills
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  Paul Freeman  •  Clare Higgins  •  Amara Karan

Spring 1941 (2007)

After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uri Barbash
CAST:  Mirosław Baka  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Clare Higgins  •  Kelly Harrison

After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uri Barbash
CAST:  Mirosław Baka  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Clare Higgins  •  Kelly Harrison

Bad Behavior (1993)

The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition. When temptation comes, how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Les Blair
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Phil Daniels  •  Philip Jackson

The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition. When temptation comes, how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Les Blair
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Phil Daniels  •  Philip Jackson

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)

In the sixteenth film in the series, in 1917, Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bille August  •  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Clare Higgins  •  Veronica Logan  •  Jay Underwood

In the sixteenth film in the series, in 1917, Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bille August  •  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Clare Higgins  •  Veronica Logan  •  Jay Underwood

Toast (2010)

An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S.J. Clarkson
CAST:  Freddie Highmore  •  Ken Stott  •  Victoria Hamilton  •  Helena Bonham Carter

An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S.J. Clarkson
CAST:  Freddie Highmore  •  Ken Stott  •  Victoria Hamilton  •  Helena Bonham Carter

B. Monkey (1998)

When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Radford
CAST:  Asia Argento  •  Jared Harris  •  Rupert Everett  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers

When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Radford
CAST:  Asia Argento  •  Jared Harris  •  Rupert Everett  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The House of Mirth (2000)

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Gillian Anderson  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  Eleanor Bron  •  Terry Kinney

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Gillian Anderson  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  Eleanor Bron  •  Terry Kinney

Fatherland (1994)

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Menaul
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Peter Vaughan  •  Michael Kitchen

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Menaul
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Peter Vaughan  •  Michael Kitchen
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