Movies: Stage actress

  • 1966
    Persona

    Persona (1966)

    Persona

    8.11966HD

    A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer....

    Persona
  • 1980
    Somewhere in Time

    Somewhere in Time (1980)

    Somewhere in Time

    7.51980HD

    Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more ...

    Somewhere in Time
  • 1933
    Dinner at Eight

    Dinner at Eight (1933)

    Dinner at Eight

    6.71933HD

    An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff...

    Dinner at Eight
  • 2024
    The Critic

    The Critic (2024)

    The Critic

    5.12024HD

    Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over...

    The Critic
  • 2004
    Being Julia

    Being Julia (2004)

    Being Julia

    6.42004HD

    Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of bor...

    Being Julia
  • 1950
    Stage Fright

    Stage Fright (1950)

    Stage Fright

    6.81950HD

    A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer....

    Stage Fright
  • 1954
    There's No Business Like Show Business

    There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

    There's No Business Like Show Business

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    Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart....

    There's No Business Like Show Business
  • 1949
    The Barkleys of Broadway

    The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

    The Barkleys of Broadway

    6.91949HD

    Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by...

    The Barkleys of Broadway
  • 1961
    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    6.71961HD

    Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off ...

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
  • 1926
    Nana

    Nana (1926)

    Nana

    6.71926HD

    Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed....

    Nana
  • 2024
    Aattam

    Aattam (2024)

    Aattam

    7.92024HD

    After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues....

    Aattam
  • 1954
    Black Widow

    Black Widow (1954)

    Black Widow

    6.41954HD

    A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer....

    Black Widow
  • 1981
    Ranganayaki

    Ranganayaki (1981)

    Ranganayaki

    71981HD

    The movie explores the nuance of Oedipus Complex. The heroine, a popular theatre artist, falls in love with a rich, young man. They eventually get married and beget a child. But the heroine is bored of married life and wants to dabble in acting. The ...

    Ranganayaki
  • 1955
    The Tender Trap

    The Tender Trap (1955)

    The Tender Trap

    6.11955HD

    A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made....

    The Tender Trap
  • 2023
    Sarah Bernhardt, pionnière du show business

    Sarah Bernhardt, pionnière du show business (2023)

    Sarah Bernhardt, pionnière du show business

    8.52023HD

    On the centenary of Sarah Bernhardt's death, we take a look back at the whimsical life of the whimsical and eventful life of "la Divine", who defied theatrical traditions....

    Sarah Bernhardt, pionnière du show business
  • 1933
    Morning Glory

    Morning Glory (1933)

    Morning Glory

    6.11933HD

    Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like ...

    Morning Glory
  • 1930
    The Royal Family of Broadway

    The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)

    The Royal Family of Broadway

    5.71930HD

    Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling...

    The Royal Family of Broadway
  • 1928
    The Shopworn Angel

    The Shopworn Angel (1928)

    The Shopworn Angel

    01928HD

    Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins....

    The Shopworn Angel
  • 2004
    Elaine Stritch at Liberty

    Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2004)

    Elaine Stritch at Liberty

    9.22004HD

    Judy at the Palace. Sinatra at Carnegie Hall. Streisand at the Garden. Stritch on Broadway. Legendary performances come along so rarely. Elaine Stritch At Liberty is an autobiographical one-woman show written by Elaine Stritch and John Lahr. The sh...

    Elaine Stritch at Liberty
  • 1947
    The Voice of the Turtle

    The Voice of the Turtle (1947)

    The Voice of the Turtle

    6.61947HD

    An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City....

    The Voice of the Turtle