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Queen Elizabeth or Queen Elisabeth may refer to:
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations. She is also head of state of the Crown Dependencies.
Elizabeth was born in London, and educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne as George VI in 1936 on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. On the death of her father in 1952, she became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation service in 1953 was the first to be televised. Between 1956 and 1992, the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence and some realms became republics. Today, in addition to the first four aforementioned countries, Elizabeth is Queen of Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Actors: Anne-Marie Hughes (actor), Alisha Hasan (producer), Alisha Hasan (writer), Alisha Hasan (director), Cieran Burt (editor), Julie Porter (actor), Stephen Scheurer-Smith (actor), Samantha Grady (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Claire Bloom (actress), Bob Weinstein (producer), Helena Bonham Carter (actress), Timothy Spall (actor), Geoffrey Rush (actor), Geoffrey Rush (producer), Guy Pearce (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Colin Firth (actor), Anthony Andrews (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Alexandre Desplat (composer), Harvey Weinstein (producer),
Plot: Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.
Keywords: 1930s, abdication, apostrophe-in-title, archbishop-of-canterbury, australian, biplane, britain, british-royal-family, bromance, brother-brother-relationshipActors: Sally Kirkland (actress), Maggie Wagner (actress), Steven Williams (actor), Anne Jeffreys (actress), Jennifer Sciole (actress), Danny Trejo (actor), Richard Tyson (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Luca Bercovici (actor), Navid Negahban (actor), Maria Conchita Alonso (actress), David Carradine (actor), Vincent De Paul (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), David Carradine (producer),
Plot: "Now is the winter of our discontent..." With these timeless words, Duke Richard - lounging on his sun deck - sets his murderous plans in motion. His goal: to eliminate the hated rival Lancaster dynasty, and reign as undisputed king. Standing between him and the throne are his brothers Clarence and King Edward, his nephews the Princes, his bitter adversary Queen Elizabeth, and a host of enemies, rivals, and dubious allies. In the Los Angeles of "Shakespeare's Richard III", violence is the norm: every member of the nobility expects to kill or be killed, according to the code duel lo. They prefer death before dishonor. The women in this society are just as dangerous, courageous, and brutal as the men. The York and Lancaster families - rival branches of the former England Studios - exert a mafia-like control of the city and local politics/law enforcement. Aided by his sinister counselor Buckingham, Richard will stop at nothing - seduction, bribery, conspiracy, and wholesale slaughter - in his bloodthirsty quest, until finally just one adversary remains: his arch-rival Lord Richmond. But why, as the opposing forces join battle, is Richard smiling? What does he know that Richmond doesn't...?
Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, death, evil-power, hate, hollywood-california, kingdom, knife-fight, los-angeles-california, loveActors: Richard Griffiths (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), John Castle (actor), Nicholas Rowe (actor), Justin Hardy (director), Nadia Cameron-Blakey (actress), Richard Blair-Oliphant (composer), Liz Hartford (producer), Mark Umbers (actor), Paul Hilton (actor), Sally Edwards (actress), Catia Di Giorgio (miscellaneous crew), Tina Pepler (writer), Timotei Cresta (actor), Correntin Combeau (actor),
Plot: 16 years after the 'deaths' of the two boy Princes held captive in the Tower, Perkin Warbeck makes his claim to the throne as the rightful King Richard. Did the younger brother survive? Is he an imposter or is he, as he says 'King Richard'.
Keywords: 1490's, 15th-century, based-on-real-events, cloth, death-by-hanging, death-sentence, doubt, england, henry-vii, impostorActors: Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Robert Hardy (actor), Jeremy Child (actor), David Ryall (actor), Rebecca Eaton (producer), Dave Evans (miscellaneous crew), Eileen Atkins (actress), Alan Bates (actor), Paul Brooke (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Geoffrey Beevers (actor), James Wilby (actor), Simon Day (actor), Peter Eyre (actor), Terence Harvey (actor),
Plot: The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI. Now he expects to be, as constitutional monarch, little more then a figure head, but again faith has more in store for him: Nazi Germany proves such a formidable war challenger to the British Empire that the nearly desperate nation looks to its royal couple as comforting symbol of the unbroken spirit, a part they play with great success, while hosting chased monarchs and governments from continental Europe. After victory, life returns to normal, but pulmonary disease soon ends George's, leaving the throne to his still young firstborn, queen Elisabeth II.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, abdication, archbishop-of-canterbury, attack-on-pearl-harbor, bagpipes, british-royal-family, british-royalty, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smokingActors: Kevin Kline (actor), Kevin Conway (actor), Paul Gleason (actor), James Earl Jones (actor), Gil Bellows (actor), Kevin Conway (actor), John Gielgud (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Al Pacino (actor), Michael Maloney (actor),
Plot: Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. Interviews with mostly British actors are also included, attempting to explain why American actors have more problems performing Shakespearean plays than they do.
Keywords: acting, ambition, based-on-play, behind-the-scenes, birthplace, character-name-in-title, cripple, globe-theatre, hunchback, interviewActors: Mel Smith (actor), Ennio Antonelli (actor), Ballard Berkeley (actor), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Paul Bartel (actor), Victor Lanoux (actor), Gary Owens (actor), John Astin (actor), Salvatore Billa (actor), Willy Millowitsch (actor), Jacques Herlin (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Beverly D'Angelo (actress), Robbie Coltrane (actor),
Plot: The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language...
Keywords: 1980s, airplane, american-abroad, american-in-the-uk, annoying-tourist, bare-breasts, bavaria, blonde, breasts, british-stereotypeActors: Leon Charles (actor), Gloria Grahame (actress), John Houseman (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Addison Randall (actor), Jack Manning (director), Bert Hinchman (actor), David Allen Brooks (actor), Richard Cordery (actor), David Stifel (actor), Lisa Barnes (actress), Joel Asher (actor), Lanny Broyles (actor), Lucinda Dooling (actress), Phillip Persons (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Lajos Öze (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Sándor Kömíves (actor), Zoltán Latinovits (actor), Tamás Major (actor), Mária Sulyok (actress), Péter Haumann (actor), Ildikó Bánsági (actress), András Kozák (actor), István Egri (actor), László Helyey (actor), Rita Békés (actress), Béla Both (actor), Mária Czeilik (editor), József Gáti (actor),
Genres: Drama,