Violet Farebrother

Acting

Violet Farebrother

Born 1888-08-22 · Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Acting credits

Murder! poster
5.9

When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.

Murder!

1930

Downhill poster
5.7

When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.

Downhill

1927

The Pearls of the Crown poster
6.5

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

The Pearls of the Crown

1937

Easy Virtue poster
5.3

Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.

Easy Virtue

1928

No artwork available
9.0

A king goes on strike and takes a holiday. A double is found to impersonate him who brings disgrace to the throne.

Change for a Sovereign

1937

An Alligator Named Daisy poster
6.4

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

Fortune Is a Woman poster
6.8

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Fortune Is a Woman

1957

Man of the Moment poster
6.6

Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress

Man of the Moment

1955

At the Villa Rose poster
7.0

Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.

At the Villa Rose

1930

No artwork available
9.0

'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)

Where's Sally?

1936

The Woman for Joe poster
7.0

A carnival boss and a little person from the sideshow compete for the same woman.

The Woman for Joe

1955

Look Before You Love poster
7.0

Romance in Rio for a girl of the embassy staff.

Look Before You Love

1948

It's a Bet poster
7.0

A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.

It's a Bet

1935

No artwork available
6.0

Dennis O'Shea joins a gang of smugglers in order to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. But after he accidentally kills a constable during a smuggling trip, the policeman's dog begins to follow him.

The Voice Within

1946

No artwork available
7.0

“The reconciliation of a divorced couple following the publisher husband's marriage to his secretary.” - BFI.

The Office Wife

1934

Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk poster
7.1

Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.

Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

1935

The Solitary Child poster
6.0

A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.

The Solitary Child

1958

No artwork available
8.0

A lighthearted look at the personal struggles of two newlywed stage performers who are driven to separation by their interfering parents.

This Acting Business

1933

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Enemy of the Police

1933

No artwork available
7.0

“Light farcical comedy with humour of the Old School brand. A young French woman married to a selfish games-fan Englishman is the centre of the story.” - BFI.

It’s Not Cricket

1937

Cup-Tie Honeymoon poster
6.0

Joe Butler, a soccer player whose father is the company chairman, is faced with a difficult choice: should he play the championship match on his father's team or should he play it on his school's team. He chooses wisely and finds love and happiness with a secretary.

Cup-Tie Honeymoon

1948