Acting

Gwen Cherrell

Born 1926-03-12 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Acting credits

The Walking Stick poster
7.0

A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.

The Walking Stick

1970

The Lie poster
6.5

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal

The Lie

1970

Brief Encounter poster
5.0

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

Brief Encounter

1976

No artwork available
NR

Ben Spray is a fantasist who tries to impress people with outrageous tales of his life. His girlfriend's flatmate, Louise asks him come to a Bonfire Party, exposing himself as the fool but she is lonely and desperate which scares him.

Ben Spray

1972

Train of Events poster
6.3

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Train of Events

1949

One Wild Oat poster
5.2

A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father becomes involved.

One Wild Oat

1951

Salad Days poster
NR

A boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park in a heatwave.

Salad Days

1983

For Services to Myself poster
NR

A proud socialist and community activist wrestles with the decision to accept an honour from the Queen

For Services to Myself

1976

Behind the camera