Georgina Cookson

Georgina Cookson

Lean, aristocratic-looking British character actress,on stage from the 1940's. She was noted on Broadway for her performance (and for bringing the house down with her tango on opening night) as Lady India in Jean Anouilh's 'Ring Around the Moon' (1950-51). On television, her aquiline features and impeccable bearing led to her gravitating towards upper class roles as wealthy or snooty socialites -- few more memorable than her unnamed party-goer in the dream sequence of The Prisoner (1967) episode "A.B.and C."; and as Mrs. Butterworth, who not only resides in Patrick McGoohan's old flat and drives his sports car but turns out to be another Number 2 (in the episode "Many Happy Returns"). She also had to graciously scrape the mould of a bread-roll offered her by Steptoe and Son (1962) in "Loathe Story", as the hyphenated mother of Joanna Lumley. Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) as Gary Merrill's crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices). In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite great British comic actors, from Sidney James to Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of friends included Denholm Elliott and Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in 1990. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis

  • Title: Georgina Cookson
  • Popularity: 2.269
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-12-19
  • Place of Birth: Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, UK
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Georgina Cookson Movies

  • 1959
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    The Treasure of San Teresa

    The Treasure of San Teresa

    6.2 1959 HD

    After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent.

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  • 1957
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    The Naked Truth

    The Naked Truth

    6.5 1957 HD

    Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or...

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  • 1965
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    Catacombs

    Catacombs

    5.7 1965 HD

    A rich woman who uses meditation to deal with pain is visited by her niece who returns from Paris. The woman can be a handful and one of her...

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  • 1969
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    The Picasso Summer

    The Picasso Summer

    6 1969 HD

    A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

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  • 1958
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    A Question of Adultery

    A Question of Adultery

    4 1958 HD

    Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark...

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  • 1970
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    Love, I Think

    Love, I Think

    7 1970 HD

    Italian Film Drama

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  • 1965
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    Darling

    Darling

    6.7 1965 HD

    The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored...

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  • 1945
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    I Didn't Do It

    I Didn't Do It

    6.6 1945 HD

    Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only...

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  • 1948
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    Woman Hater

    Woman Hater

    7 1948 HD

    A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

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  • 1961
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    Five Golden Hours

    Five Golden Hours

    6 1961 HD

    A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely...

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  • 1960
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    Your Money or Your Wife

    Your Money or Your Wife

    4 1960 HD

    Newly wed couple Gay and Pel Butterworth are forced to take in some strange paying guests when their inheritance proves troublesome, but all is not...

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  • 1967
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    The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    7.762 1967 HD

    After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders...

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  • 1968
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    Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

    1 1968 HD

    Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken...

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  • 1968
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    Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

    1 1968 HD

    Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken...

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  • 1967
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    The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    7.762 1967 HD

    After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders...

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  • 1960
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    Emma

    Emma

    1 1960 HD

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