Gwen Taylor

Acting

Gwen Taylor

Born 1939-02-19 · Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK

Acting credits

Life of Brian poster
7.8

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Life of Brian

1979

The Lady in the Van poster
6.4

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

The Lady in the Van

2015

Small Town Killers poster
5.7

The two tradesmen Ib and Edward are tired of their lifeless marriages and dream of living the good life from the stash of money they've earned moonlighting for years. After a huge fight with their wives the two men get drunk and hire a Russian contract killer to do a hit on their spouses. But they have badly underestimated their wives, and this becomes the start of an absurd journey where Ib and Edward to their own horror end at the top of a kill list.

Small Town Killers

2017

Lorna poster
9.0

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.

Lorna

1987

Richard's Things poster
4.9

Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.

Richard's Things

1980

Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again poster
1.0

A short film in which an innocent northern girl discovers her sexual identity on a trip to London, where she goes into a lesbian bar/club, and considers revealing her gayness to her mother.

Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again

1991

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash poster
6.8

The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978

Another Mother's Son poster
6.7

The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.

Another Mother's Son

2017

No artwork available
2.5

An upbeat 30 minute single camera comedy which follows a group of female friends united by a shared history but divided by almost everything else. Most friends meet for dinner, or at the pub, but for these four old school friends their monthly get together is in the unsettling surroundings of an intensive care unit. Siobhan is a failing TV presenter, Sarah is a rather reluctant mother of three, Pip is a pseudo bohemian and Lucy, well Lucy is in a coma. After the initial shock, the three old school friends soon realise that Lucy is in dire need of help, if only they could provide it. As Lucy becomes more aware of what is going on around her, we delve into unexpected and funny moments from her subconscious.

Coma Girl

2011

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus poster
8.0

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

1986

The Light Princess poster
7.0

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.

The Light Princess

1978

James Ellis: An Actor's Life poster
NR

Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

2007

Happy Christmas, I Love You poster
NR

It is Christmas Eve. Bruce and Renee speak to us from the appropriate corners of their home and we discover that, after 23 years of marriage, they know absolutely nothing about each other.

Happy Christmas, I Love You

1989

The North London Book of the Dead poster
3.8

Grown man, W, struggles to come to terms with the death of his domineering mother, only to discover that she's spending her dead existence very happily in a suburb of London.

The North London Book of the Dead

2011

Golden Gordon poster
8.0

Barnestoneworth United is the worst football team of 1935, who lose every match. Gordon Ottershaw is, however, their loyal fan, determined to prevent them from being disbanded after their final game. To this end he recruits the players from the renowned winning team of 1922 who turn up to defeat rivals Denley Moor.

Golden Gordon

1979

Theban Plays: Antigone poster
9.0

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

National Theatre Live: Allelujah! poster
NR

Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town in Yorkshire, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward, and the triumphs of the old people’s choir.

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

2018

No artwork available
NR

A social comedy about the relationship between two couples with different political beliefs. Edward and Jane Noble are right wing, but with some liberal leanings, whereas Sean and Marcia are more radical and left wing.

The Common

1973

A Coming to Terms for Billy poster
7.0

Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy.

A Coming to Terms for Billy

1984

No artwork available
NR

Young housewife Alison tries to care for both her husband, who became brain-damaged after a motorbike accident, and their young child. Her husband's mother and best friend make things even more difficult.

Some Kind of Life

1995

Land of Green Ginger poster
10.0

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?

Land of Green Ginger

1973

Keeping Tom Nice poster
NR

Doug and Winnie have tried hard to keep their disabled son Tom 'nice', but when Stephen, a young social worker, takes a professional interest it has tragic consequences.

Keeping Tom Nice

1990

Return Fare poster
NR

' If he's been locked up all these years why is it all right to let him out now? ' ' New thinking.' But what happens when new thinking comes up against the same old behaviour?

Return Fare

1978

Do You Dig It? poster
NR

If you ought to finish that bathroom, but NATO goes on Nuclear Alert, and curious people appear at the bottom of your garden - you dig a hole to hide in, don't you?

Do You Dig It?

1976