Rosalie Crutchley
Biography
Rosalie Crutchley was a British actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Music and began her stage career in 1932, moving into films in 1947. She often played foreign or sinister characters, and she took classical parts including Juliet, Hermione and Goneril. Her screen debut came in Take My Life (1947), and she was Madame Defarge in both the 1958 film and the 1965 television version of A Tale of Two Cities. She appeared as Acte in Quo Vadis (1951), as the housekeeper Mrs Dudley in The Haunting (1963), and as Catherine of Aragon in The Sword and the Rose (1953), later playing Catherine Parr in the television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R. Further roles included Don Quixote's housekeeper in Man of La Mancha (1972), and her last part was in the pilot of Midsomer Murders, shown in 1997.
77years old at death
- Born London
- Died London
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Rosalie Sylvia Crutchley
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 37 years1951 to 1988
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Crutchley's sole film musical was Man of La Mancha (1972), taken from the hit stage show, in which she played Don Quixote's housekeeper. Her weak singing voice was used for deliberate comic effect in "I'm Only Thinking of Him".
Rosalie Crutchley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Fred Zinnemann directed two of these films, Don Chaffey two. 21 actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Fred Zinnemann
Don ChaffeyDirector, 2 films, 1961 to 1971
All films by Don Chaffey
Also two films together15 more actors
- Hugh GriffithWhoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) and Wuthering Heights (1970)
- Ronald PickupEleni (1985) and Mahler (1974)
- Martin BensonThe Message (1976) and Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
- Andrew KeirBlood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) and Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
- Ian OgilvyAnd Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) and Wuthering Heights (1970)
- Mildred DunnockBehold a Pale Horse (1964) and The Nun's Story (1959)
- Freda JacksonGreyfriars Bobby (1961) and A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
- John BennettThe Message (1976) and The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
- Robert PowellThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) and Mahler (1974)
- James CossinsBlood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) and Wuthering Heights (1970)
- Judy CornwellWhoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) and Wuthering Heights (1970)
- Hugh BurdenThe House in Nightmare Park (1973) and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
- Leonard SachsFreud: The Secret Passion (1962) and The Gamma People (1956)
- Stephen MurrayThe Nun's Story (1959) and A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
- D.A. Clarke-SmithThe Sword and the Rose (1953) and Quo Vadis (1951)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Rosalie Crutchley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$69.5 million
7 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$21M30.3% of the total
- 2$15M21.6% of the total
- 3$13M18.4% of the total
- 4$12M16.5% of the total
- 5$4.5M6.5% of the total
- 6$3.7M5.3% of the total
- 7$1.0M1.5% of the total
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