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The Killing of Sister George: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser. The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.
- (2.6K)
- Drama
- Robert Aldrich
- 1968-12-16
Apr 21, 2024 · A film that contains a brilliant performance by Beryl Reid who plays June, an actress who portrays the popular Sister George in a British wireless soap opera. The actress spends her time...
- 140 min
- 24
- Union Jackie
The Killing of Sister George is a 1968 American film directed by Robert Aldrich and filmed at his Aldrich Studios in Los Angeles. It is based on the 1964 play by British playwright Frank Marcus. In the film, an ageing lesbian television actress, June "George" Buckridge ( Beryl Reid, reprising her role from the stage play), simultaneously faces ...
After a tour, the production moved to the Duke of York's Theatre in London, opening on 17 June 1965, with the original cast including Beryl Reid as June Buckridge, Eileen Atkins as Childie and Lally Bowers as Mercy Croft. [4] In April 1966, the production moved to the St Martin's Theatre.
She transferred her Tony award winning performance of the lesbian radio star to the screen in The Killing of Sister George (1968). But she was best known and loved for her (slightly tipsy) older ladies such as in The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) .
