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Acting

Shirley Cain

Career

Active from 1965 to 1992, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shirley Cain Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      31
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      1990s

      2 titles · average score 78
      A Question of Identity
      A Question of Identity (1992)

      as Johanna van Haarlem

      The Darling Buds of May
      The Darling Buds of May (1991)
      GoodWatch score 78

      TV show · as Mrs. Hall

      1980s

      7 titles · average score 67
      Victoria Wood
      Victoria Wood (1989)
      GoodWatch score 78

      TV show · as Marge

      Harem
      Harem (1986)
      GoodWatch score 57

      as Embassy Hostess

      Love and Marriage
      Love and Marriage (1984)

      TV show · as Mrs Murphy

      Dombey and Son
      Dombey and Son (1983)
      GoodWatch score 65

      TV show · as Miss Tox

      Diamonds
      Diamonds (1981)

      TV show · as Catherine Coleman

      Pride and Prejudice
      Pride and Prejudice (1980)
      GoodWatch score 71

      TV show · as Mrs Philips

      God's Wonderful Railway
      God's Wonderful Railway (1980)

      TV show · as Jane Grant

      1970s

      14 titles · average score 70
      Tales of the Unexpected
      Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
      GoodWatch score 72

      TV show · as Sister Wyman

      Thomas & Sarah
      Thomas & Sarah (1979)

      TV show · as Mrs Hughes

      Malice Aforethought
      Malice Aforethought (1979)

      TV show · as Miss Peavy

      Beloved
      Beloved (1976)

      as Julia Starky

      Victorian Scandals
      Victorian Scandals (1976)

      TV show · as Julia Starky

      Playhouse
      Playhouse (1974)

      TV show · as Mrs. Nevinson

      Churchill's People
      Churchill's People (1974)

      TV show · as Alice

      K Is for Killing
      K Is for Killing (1974)
      GoodWatch score 68

      as Mrs. Terril

      New Scotland Yard
      New Scotland Yard (1972)

      TV show · as Mary Tyrell

      The Uninvited
      The Uninvited (1971)

      as Frances Mervyn

      Upstairs, Downstairs
      Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
      GoodWatch score 81

      TV show · as Miss Treadwell

      Villain
      Villain (1971)
      GoodWatch score 62

      as Mrs Matthews

      1960s

      8 titles · average score 73
      ITV Playhouse
      ITV Playhouse (1967)

      TV show · as Miss Kindle

      Not in Front of the Children
      Not in Front of the Children (1967)

      TV show · as Hilary

      Boy Meets Girl
      Boy Meets Girl (1967)

      TV show · as Khaddouj

      Great Expectations
      Great Expectations (1967)

      TV show · as Mrs Gargery

      Out of the Unknown
      Out of the Unknown (1965)
      GoodWatch score 73

      TV show · as Frances Mervyn

      The Dead Past
      The Dead Past (1965)

      as Miss Clements

      The Desperate People
      The Desperate People (1963)

      TV show · as Claire Seldon

      Return of a Stranger
      Return of a Stranger (1961)

      as Dorothy