Acting

Edith MacArthur

Born 1926-03-08 · Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Acting credits

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NR

Golden Wedding is the story of an elderly couple, Eddie (Cosmo) and Martha (Edith MacArthur), who live alone on the edge of a loch. Eddie's illness means that he is trapped in the past, in an age when he was fighting fit in the Greenock yards. On the day of their golden wedding, Martha is left helpless after a fall, and suddenly their roles are reversed and Eddie must find the strength to come to her aid. Part of the Two Lives series of films produced by RTE

Golden Wedding

1998

Some Women poster
NR

A film about four women who have been in prison.

Some Women

1969

The Long Roads poster
7.0

An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.

The Long Roads

1993

Joanna poster
5.6

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.

Joanna

1968

An Enemy of the People poster
7.0

Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests, Ibsen had no qualms remarking on the irrational nature of the masses and the corrupt political systems which encourage them.

An Enemy of the People

1980

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It poster
10.0

When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

1968

New Town poster
NR

Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but when the head of Scottish Heritage falls from the church tower in a mysterious accident, it becomes a question of whether he fell or was pushed.

New Town

2009

Degree of Uncertainty poster
8.0

Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.

Degree of Uncertainty

1979

When the Bough Breaks poster
10.0

NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.

When the Bough Breaks

1971