Acting

Selma Vaz Dias

Born — Died

1911-11-23 — 1977-08-30

Place of birth

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 7 titles

Young Wives' Tale poster
5.3

A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.

Young Wives' Tale

1951

Wicked as They Come poster
5.0

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

Wicked as They Come

1956

Cat Girl poster
4.9

A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse.

Cat Girl

1957

Cat Girl poster
4.9

A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse.

Cat Girl

1957

Orders to Kill poster
7.2

A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.

Orders to Kill

1958

The Flanagan Boy poster
6.0

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan to murder her husband.

The Flanagan Boy

1953

Strangers' Meeting poster
9.0

A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The beautiful Delphi Lawrence heads a stellar cast, including such reliables as Victor Maddern, Norman Rossington, Conrad Phillips and Reginald Hearne. The plot centers around acrobat Peter Arne, falsely accused of murder. Escaping from the authorities, Arne hides out in a rustic inn, allowing first-time director (and former cinematographer) Robert Day ample opportunity for dark, menacing shadows and sinister underlighting. The genuine murderer is revealed just seconds before the culprit's death. Stranger's Meeting was held back from release until Robert Day's "official" directorial debut, The Green Man, had made the rounds.

Strangers' Meeting

1957

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