Acting

Jean Rimmer

Born 1928-01-24 · Southport, England, UK

Acting credits

1914 All Out poster
7.5

A village cricket team plays its last match before most of its players go off to fight in World War I, confident that "it will all be over by Christmas".

1914 All Out

1987

No artwork available
NR

Mary stands trial for throwing vitriol in the face of Elizabeth, her rival for the love of Frank.

The Watercress Girl

1972

Rogue Male poster
6.5

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Rogue Male

1976

Radio Pictures poster
NR

Intrigues and tension surround the production of a radio drama. The leading lady is unhappy with the script, the leading man is attempting to seduce the leading lady and the peeping tom of the play within the play presides over them all.

Radio Pictures

1985

Baby Love poster
NR

Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.

Baby Love

1974

The Deadly Females poster
3.3

Toothsome Tracy Reed heads the cast of Deadly Females. The ladies in question are female assassins, specializing in knocking off lascivious males. Like the proverbial black widow spider, the girls lure their victims with promises of sexual favours, then strike when said victims are exhausted. Naturally, this requires plenty of exposed female flesh.

The Deadly Females

1976

On Giant's Shoulders poster
9.0

The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his childhood and adoption by the couple Len and Hazel Wiles who live on a remote farm, and the subsequent challenges and resistance to give Terry a 'normal' life.

On Giant's Shoulders

1979

No artwork available
NR

A man and a woman (both married to other people) are found dead in a show home in what appears to have been double suicide. Their respective children investigate this supposed affair but the surviving spouses seem unaffected

A Gift of Tongues

1982

Gotcha / Campion's Interview poster
8.0

Two stories about school. Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe: On his last day at school, a 'no hope' 16-year-old pupil holds his teachers hostage using a motor-bike petrol tank as a bomb. Campion's Interview by Brian Clark: A headmaster takes on the Education Authorities on behalf on his pupils, exposing the political pressures behind the creation of a comprehensive school.

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

1977

No artwork available
NR

Part two of the three-part play by William Corlett about a young man's emergence into the adult world.

The Gate of Eden: Part Two - Sue

1980

No artwork available
NR

1977: Edgar Parker is about to emigrate to Canada. His wife wants him to stay in London for the Jubilee celebrations.

Silver Lining

1977

Angel in the House poster
NR

Inspired by Virginia Woolf, a young writer worries that marriage will hinder her literary ambitions. The film includes extracts from Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse and her essay Professions for Women, both read by feminist filmmaker and theorist Laura Mulvey.

Angel in the House

1978