Barbara New

Acting

Barbara New

Born 1923-05-09 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Acting credits

Ali G Indahouse poster
6.1

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.

Ali G Indahouse

2002

Thin Ice poster
5.0

Lesbian romantic comedy about two girls entering a figure skating competition at the Gay Games in New York 1994. Steffi, an ambitious photographer and previously straight Natalie win the gold medal for Britain.

Thin Ice

1995

Witness for the Prosecution poster
6.6

An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Happy Since I Met You poster
8.0

A play by Victoria Wood. Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim, and finds she has decisions to make.

Happy Since I Met You

1981

Edward II poster
6.3

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

Edward II

1991

We Think the World of You poster
6.4

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.

We Think the World of You

1988

The Black Panther poster
5.9

A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

The Black Panther

1977

Buddy's Song poster
5.7

Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...

Buddy's Song

1991

Anna Karenina poster
5.6

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

Anna Karenina

1985

Tales from Hollywood poster
3.0

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds out, that there are gaps between the artistical attitudes and the real live behavior of authors like Thomas or Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger or Bertold Brecht.

Tales from Hollywood

1992

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite poster
8.5

Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. As a result Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor.

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

1977

Just One Kid poster
8.0

A 1974 dramatised documentary based on the memories of Alfred Maron.

Just One Kid

1974

By the Sea poster
7.3

A crusty old General leads his dotty family on a relaxing weekend at the seaside, and comic chaos ensues.

By the Sea

1982

The Picnic poster
7.2

A crusty old English General leads his eccentric family on a family picnic trip, and comic chaos ensues.

The Picnic

1976

The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery poster
5.8

On Christmas Eve in 1874, the turkey has been stolen from Sir Giles and Lady Hampton. What are they going to serve their guests? They call in the detectives Piggy Malone and Charley Farley to find who stole it.

The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery

1973

No artwork available
8.0

A social scientist working in a New Town development discovers that the community television system is being used to monitor and control the population.

Sin with Our Permission

1981