Gillian Raine

Acting

Gillian Raine

Born 1926-12-28 · Ceylon

Gillian Mary Lorraine, known professionally as Gillian Raine, was a British actress and singer. She was married to actor Leonard Rossiter from 1972 until his death in 1984; they had one daughter, Camilla (b. 1972).

Acting credits

Sweet as You Are poster
5.2

A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.

Sweet as You Are

1988

Suddenly, Last Summer poster
6.4

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

Suddenly, Last Summer

1993

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NR

Four lads decide to meet up and do a robbery planned by Sweeny, an angry, agressive but small young man who is like a time bomb waiting to go off. The robbery never happens because the boys soon realise Sweeny hasn't put enough thought into the job. His closest friend Tel has a more gentle side to him and falls for a girl at a party called Kak. Gombo is released from a young offenders, and along with Tony finds Sweeny to give him a kicking which actually ends up with Sweeny giving Gombo a kicking! In the end they find an empty house where the owners are away on holiday so they decide to break in. This doesn't quite go to plan either.

Skulduggery

1991

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NR

'Imagine. The whole sky filled with silent sportsmen.' Henry is a teacher, and a very good one, but his dream of man-powered flight, and his habit of destroying the odd greenhouse on his test runs, threatens his career. Also there's his daughter Ruth, who would dearly love to retrieve her bicycle wheels from his flying machine.

Flights

1985

Who Killed Lamb? poster
9.0

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.

Who Killed Lamb?

1974

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade poster
5.7

Darkly comic murder mystery adapted from a novel by Booker Prize-winning author Bernice Rubens. Luke Wakefield is not so much a knight in shining armour as an oddball in a suit. And his crusade is more of a "who ami" than a "whodunit".

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

1992

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NR

Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.

This Happy Breed

1969

The Picture of Dorian Gray poster
9.0

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976

No artwork available
3.3

Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the lover he left in 1980, or their son. Then his boss gives him a new mission: to find out what has become of one of Dominick's students, Pyrus Bonnington, who has gone missing in 1982.

Another Flip for Dominick

1982

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams poster
5.8

In 1956, the ultra-respectable seaside resort of Eastbourne was shocked when a local doctor, John Bodkin Adams, was arrested for murdering one of his elderly patients.

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

Happy Feet poster
NR

The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.

Happy Feet

1991

No artwork available
6.0

A bright, pretty and determined young lady named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward agency rules--like showing up for work on time--and her overall demeanor. However, the agency's owner takes a shine to her and assigns her to what seems to be a relatively straightforward case: finding a young girl who's gone missing and whose family is worried about her. As it turns out, the case involves quite a bit more than just a missing girl.

Anna Lee: Headcase

1993

Children Crossing poster
3.7

Is Joe really having an affair - or is Rosie imagining it all? A story of sexual jealousy, betrayal and vengeance - an emotional journey which keeps you guessing to the bitter end.

Children Crossing

1990

Awkward Customers poster
9.0

Shows John Cleese learning how to deal with "difficult customers" in a professional yet friendly manner and turn them into clients.

Awkward Customers

1975

Random Moments in a May Garden poster
NR

A middle-aged couple give a dinner party to their friends. In the room is a photograph of another group of people, taken in a garden in May.

Random Moments in a May Garden

1981

Out of Step poster
NR

A keen ballroom dancer begins to drink heavily when she discovers she's infertile

Out of Step

1982

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter poster
7.0

Tribute to the much-loved character actor.

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

2000

Frankenstein's Baby poster
NR

Paul quarrels with his girlfriend Jane about when to start a family and Dr Eva Frankenstein comes to his aid by helping him to become the world's first pregnant man

Frankenstein's Baby

1990