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Acting

Brenda Bruce

Career: Active from 1945 to 1995, busiest in 1983 and 1990 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Peeping Tom
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Brenda Bruce Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.8, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2
Violence
3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 3
British Cinema 3
Social Commentary 3
Witty Dialogue 2
Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

14 titles · average score 63

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

as Grandmother

Men of the World

TV show · as Mrs Daff

The Riff Raff Element

TV show · as Granny Grogan

Harnessing Peacocks

57

as Amy Tremayne

Splitting Heirs

27

as Mrs. Bullock

Riders

53

as Granny Maxwell

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

72

TV show · as Nurse (voice)

Performance

TV show · as Grandmother

Antonia and Jane

83

as Therapist

Jeeves and Wooster

80

TV show · as Aunt Dahlia

December Bride

69

as Martha Gilmartin

Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death

as Old Woman

1980s

23 titles · average score 59

Back Home

as Lady Beatrice 'Beattie' Langley

The Tenth Man

66

as Madame Mangeot

TV show · as Norma Trisk

The Secret World of Polly Flint

TV show · as Granny Porter

Casualty

62

TV show · as Carrie Springett

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Mrs. Jaglom

Time After Time

as June Swift

Steaming

44

as Mrs. Meadows

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Maisie

The Mad Death

TV show · as Miss Stonecroft

Macbeth

66

as First Witch

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Karen Markham

1970s

24 titles · average score 68

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

TV show · as Aunt Miranda

Quiet as a Nun

as Sister Elizabeth

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

as Mrs Hackett

Armchair Thriller

59

TV show · as Sister Elizabeth

The Man in the Iron Mask

65

as Reine Anne d'Autriche

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

TV show · as Lucilla Teatime

All Creatures Great and Small

67

as Miss Harbottle

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as The White Queen

TV show · as Charlotte

Centre Play

TV show · as Auntie Kathleen

Budgie

73

TV show · as Janey-Baib

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Madge

1960s

20 titles · average score 69

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Lady Bountiful

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Avis Abdey / Wife

Give the Clown His Supper

as Pat

Knock on Any Door

TV show · as Wife / Sarah Scoullar

The Uncle

as Addie Morton

Nightmare

67

as Mary Lewis

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Ma / Mollie

Sherlock Holmes

72

TV show

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Tilda

Zero One

TV show

Peeping Tom

87

as Dora

Armchair Mystery Theatre

TV show · as Ellen Bunting

1950s

6 titles · average score 69

Behind the Mask

63

as Elizabeth Fallon

Law and Disorder

63

as Mary Cooper / Blacky

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Miss Cashcart / Miss Johns

The Final Test

66

as Cora

Two on the Tiles

as Janet Lawson

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Miss Harbottle / Madame Mangeot

1940s

12 titles · average score 65

Don't Ever Leave Me

as Miss Smith

Marry Me

as Brenda Delamere

My Brother's Keeper

63

as Winnie Foreman

While the Sun Shines

as Mabel Crum

When The Bough Breaks

as Ruby Chapman

Piccadilly Incident

65

as Sally Benton

I See a Dark Stranger

75

as American Waitress (uncredited)

Night Boat to Dublin

65

as Lily Leggett

What's the Next Job?

as Helen

I Live in Grosvenor Square

67

as Girl in Guard's Van

They Came to a City

62

as WAAF (uncredited)

Millions Like Us

62

as Brenda