Josie Lawrence

Acting

Josie Lawrence

Born 1959-06-06 · Staffordshire, England, UK

Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence, June 6, 1959) is an English actress and comedian known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? and playing Manda Best in EastEnders.

Acting credits

Mother's Pride poster
5.6

A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.

Mother's Pride

2026

Finding Your Feet poster
7.0

When her life is turned upside down upon discovering her husband's affair, Sandra Abbott seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister Bif. She begins to find her feet again after letting Bif drag her along to a community dance class.

Finding Your Feet

2017

Enchanted April poster
6.8

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

Enchanted April

1991

No artwork available
NR

This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some not seen for over 50 years, plus rare footage of routines performed in Australia when Cook and Moore made two episodes of their show, Not Only... But Also..., for the country back in 1971. Rob Brydon narrates this very special programme as Pete and Dud fans, friends and colleagues watch these newly discovered clips in the studio for the very first time. The programme includes contributions from Not Only... But Also... producer Dick Clement, Pete and Dud collaborator Barry Humphries, and long-time fans Richard Ayoade, Josie Lawrence, Will Sharpe and Ronnie Wood as they enjoy the sketches and reflect on the career of one of Britain's best-loved comedy partnerships.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

2016

The Old Curiosity Shop poster
5.0

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007

Rachel and the Roarettes poster
NR

A musical about female rebels in the 18th and 20th centuries.

Rachel and the Roarettes

1985

No artwork available
NR

Three washed up 'has been' animation stars try and fail to come to terms with their former flat mate Bizzy's spiralling success, but will they have the last laugh?

Get Bizzy

2005

The Animal Train poster
7.0

Animation short about a little boy that sets off on a round-the-world night train to dreamland with only his toy dog for company. But soon all sorts of endangered animals are asking if they can jump up and join them on their journey.

The Animal Train

1998

A Clever Woman poster
6.0

Phoebe and Dot have returned to their family home on the Isle of Wight a year after the death of their composer mother. As they prepare the house for its sale, clearing decades of family clutter, they have started to work on a site-specific performance piece about their complex relationship with their mother and her serial infidelities.

A Clever Woman

2023

Bill's New Frock poster
NR

Bill wakes up one morning to discover - he's a girl!

Bill's New Frock

1998

Married 2 Malcolm poster
7.5

Malcolm tries to keep his dual lives -- and two wives -- separate, but when both of his spouses want to attend the same concert, he runs into a big problem.

Married 2 Malcolm

2000

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland poster
NR

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 6. Pigling Bland is a young pig who is forced to leave home, along with his brother Alexander, when his mother realizes that she is unable to feed all eight of her piglets. Pigling Bland becomes separated from Alexander and gets hopelessly lost.

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland

1994

Bonobo poster
4.9

Judith, an uptight widow, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a commune of hippie misfits who live according to the behavioural principles of the bonobo monkey, a species famous for its 'make love not war' philosophy.

Bonobo

2014

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre poster
5.0

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge is visited by three spirits, representing his past, present and future, and, after seeing what they have to show him, must make a determination of how he will continue to live his life.

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre

1979

The Flint Street Nativity poster
5.9

With angels crying in the toilets all because of a jealous Angel Gabriel, it could only be the eagerly awaited performance of the Primary school nativity play - this time with a twist! The UK's finest comedy actors take the leading roles as the eight year old performers. Through the inevitable mishaps, misunderstandings, young egos, fears of failure and fallings out, the children's characters evolve into mirror images of thier parents, the nativity play's audience. You'll be drawn into the amusing and enchanting worlds and minds of young children and reminisce about your own childhood performances!

The Flint Street Nativity

1999

An Audience with Ken Dodd poster
7.7

Marking 40 years in show business, legendary comedian and entertainer Ken Dodd presents this comedy extravaganza, entertaining a host of celebrities including Frank Carson, Samantha Fox and Warren Mitchell.

An Audience with Ken Dodd

1994

Acorn Antiques: The Musical poster
8.0

Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing, all-dancing and fully overalled stage version of the beloved TV spoof. The triumphant West End production brought together Julie Walters (Mrs Overall), Celia Imrie (Miss Babs) and Duncan Preston (Mr Clifford) - the original cast of the series. It was directed by Sir Trevor Nunn ("Les Miserables", "Woman in White", "Starlight Express") and written by Julie's understudy, the award-winning Victoria Wood. Filmed during the sell-out run at the beautiful Haymarket Theatre, the musical features an all-star supporting cast of Josie Lawrence, Neil Morrissey & Sally Ann Triplett.

Acorn Antiques: The Musical

2006

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening poster
7.0

This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical theatre was extraordinary, including 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and several film scores. Rodgers, together with lyricists Lorenz Hart and later Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote many of the best known musicals of the 20th Century, including Babes In Arms, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. This performance at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, directed for the stage by Simon Callow, includes songs, dance, staged numbers and anecdotes featuring leading stars from both Broadway and London's West End. The cast comprises luminaries drawn from Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate, Chicago, The King and I and other recent productions as well as from television. This musical extravaganza features many of Rodgers' best-loved classics.

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

2002

Round Ireland with a Fridge poster
5.3

The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.

Round Ireland with a Fridge

2010

Spot's Magical Christmas poster
6.8

An adventurous tale in which Spot and his friends help Santa find his special Christmas sleigh.

Spot's Magical Christmas

1995

Queen of the Wild Frontier poster
NR

Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and they wind up at a remote farmhouse occupied by Fiona and Susie, two sex-starved sisters who have been waiting to have babies with the right men, whilst these two may not be the right ones, they are certainly available.

Queen of the Wild Frontier

1993

The Man from Montevideo poster
NR

DC Davies investigates the murder of a limousine driver who is found in his limo, his neck was slashed with a broken bottle. The investigation focuses on his previous evening's customers but it appears the driver also had secrets. He'd been living in Uruguay until a few months before and apparently had undergone extensive plastic surgery. The case takes a decisive turn when the victim is identified as a former London cabbie who disappeared after a passenger left a case with 2 million pounds in his cab.

The Man from Montevideo

2007

Sales People from Hell poster
NR

John Cleese corporate training video

Sales People from Hell

1989

Norbert Smith: A Life poster
8.0

A mockumentary charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.

Norbert Smith: A Life

1989