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Lesley Manville

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Grown-UpsGrown-Ups (1980)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Brenda Blethyn
A working class couple discovers the joys of living in a council flat in this early Mike Leigh drama for the BBC (part of the 'Play for Today'…
Topsy-TurvyTopsy-Turvy (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Allan Corduner
Rewarding biopic of Gilbert & Sullivan's ('HMS Pinafore', 'Pirates of Penzance') creative partnership that yields not so much drama as fascinating,…
All or NothingAll or Nothing (2002)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland
Director Mike Leigh returns to (overly) familiar turf for this ensemble drama about dysfunctional, poverty–stricken lives of three families…
SparkleSparkle (2007)
Dir. Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
Feat. Stockard Channing, Shaun Evans, Anthony Head
Easy–going Brit comedy about a ruthless young go–getter (Evans) whose career in public relations is turned upside down when the girl of…
Cranford (TV Mini-series)Cranford (TV Mini-series) (2007) Recommended
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister
Outstanding, atypical British costumer with Dame Judy and other bonneted Victorian women chewing the fat in 1840s Cheshire, England. Based on…
A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol (2009)
Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jim Carrey, Daryl Sabara, Gary Oldman
The sure hand of dir. Robert Zemeckis guides this lavish CGI–animated retelling of Dickens' classic about a Victorian–era miser taken on…
WombWomb (2010)
Dir. Benedek Fliegauf
Feat. Eva Green, Matt Smith, Lesley Manville
Thoughtful drama in which a woman's overwhelming grief over her dead lover leads her to birth his clone. Languidly paced and loaded with Oedipal…
Another YearAnother Year (2010) Recommended
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville
A happily married middle–aged couple attempt to fix up their cheery, if secretly depressed friend in this honest domestic drama, another winner…
Spike IslandSpike Island (2012)
Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Elliot Tittensor, Nico Mirallegro, Jordan Murphy
A rising indie band travels to Spike Island, Cheshire, in May of 1990 to see The Stone Roses.
Mayday (TV Series)Mayday (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Sophie Okonedo, Aidan Gillen, Lesley Manville
Off–beat thriller set in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until…

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