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  • Hotel Du Lac
  • Hotel Du Lac review by from from deep in the luscious green valleys of stunning Mid-Wales.
    Rated - 4.0 stars Intriguing Human Observation 27 October 2005
    ... to last. One of the film's finest and most important performances is given by Julia McKenzie as the seemingly silly Jennifer, daughter of the controlling and somewhat hyste...   Read customer review
  • Cranford - Complete BBC Series
  • Cranford - Complete BBC Series review by A customer from Lisburn, County Antrim
    Rated - 5.0 stars Simply superb 16 February 2008
    ...of Eileen Atkins, Francesca Annis, Judy Dench, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie and Philip Glennister. This is a DVD to watch, to buy, and to return to again ...   Read customer review

Julia McKenzie - filmography


  • Marple - Series 5 (4 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Lindsay Duncan,  Joanna Lumley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Celebrated actress Julia McKenzie (Cranford; Notes On A Scandal) stars as the world-famous crime writer, Miss Jane Marple in this stunning collection of 4 new murder mysteries. Miss Marple's sweet old lady exterior hides an excellent perception of human nature and a razor sharp intuition for ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 74 members
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  • Marple - Series 4 (4 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Rik Mayall,  Joan Collins
    Director: Charles Palmer,  Nicholas,  Renton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Donning the trademark tweeds as if they were made for her, the marvelous Julia McKenzie (Cranford, Notes on a Scandal) assumes the Marple mantle in four gripping new adaptations of Christie mysteries. With her ladylike manners and modest appearance, Dame Agatha’s spinster sleuth blends into the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 178 members
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  • Cranford - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2007)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Michael Gambon,  Francesca Annis
    Director: Simon Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in a 1840s Cranford - a small, idyllic Northern English town - where the residents are coping with a sea of change that includes a new railway network that threatens to unleash a tide of immigrant workers that the locals fear will reduce their town to lawlessness...
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 236 members
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  • Cranford - Complete BBC Series (2 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Michael Gambon,  Francesca Annis
    Director: Simon Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This is the DVD of the lavish BBC costume drama, Cranford, based on three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels including Cranford itself. The cast boasts some of Britain's best-loved and most experienced actresses, including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis. The ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 3,061 members
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  • French Fields - Series 3 - Complete (1991)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Anton Rodgers,  Pamela Salem
    Director: Mark Stuart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After four highly successful series, in 1989 the international Emmy Award-winning Fresh Fields became French Fields, as William and Hester Fields (Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers) followed their children s example and set up home across the Channel. They soon discover there s more than 22 miles of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3 members
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  • French Fields - Series 2 - Complete (1989)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Anton Rodgers
    Director: Mark Stuart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The family from the cult comedy show FRESH FIELDS moves to France as this hilarious show centres around the adjustment to and difficulties dealing with French culture. Contains all the episodes from the second series.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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  • French Fields - Series 1 - Complete (1989)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Anton Rodgers
    Director: Mark Stuart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After four highly successful series, the international Emmy Award-winning Fresh Fields became French Fields, as William and Hester Fields (Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers) followed their children s example and set up home across the Channel. They soon discover there s more than 22 miles of water ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 3 members
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  • Hotel Du Lac on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Anna Massey,  Denholm Elliott,  Patricia Hodge
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BBC TV adaptation of the award-winning novel by Anita Brookner, which vividly brings to life the characters and atmosphere of the elegant Hotel Du Lac. It is a production of wit, charm, and beautifully observed detail filmed amid the mountains and lakes of Switzerland.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 564 members
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  • Those Glory Glory Days on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Zoe Nathenson,  Sara Sugarman,  Cathy Murphy
    Director: Philip Saville
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 75 members
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  • Fresh Fields - Series 1 (1984)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Anton Rodgers,  Ann Beach
    Director: Peter Frazer-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    William and Hester Field have been very happily married for twenty years. Their children have flown the nest, and Hester thinks there should be a few things left to do between now and the pension book. With a renewed zest for life and a fresh dynamism in their relationship, she insists that the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8 members
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  • Maggie and Her - Series 2 - Complete (1977)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Irene Handl
    Director: John Reardon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BAFTA-nominated Julia McKenzie (Fresh Fields) stars alongside veteran comedy battleaxe Irene Handl in this engaging and highly popular LWT sitcom. Maggie (McKenzie) is a schoolteacher who lives on her own in a flat in London. Pensioner Mrs. P. is her : the nosy next-door neighbour whose continual ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Maggie and Her - Series 1 - Complete (1976)
    Starring: Julia McKenzie,  Irene Handl,  Carol Gillies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Fresh Fields Julia McKenzie is Maggie, a divorced schoolteacher who lives on her own in a flat in London. Comedy battleaxe Irene Handl is her Maggie s nosy next-door neighbour, Mrs. P., whose continual presence means that Maggie is never really alone. While Maggie s hoping that Mr. Right will ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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Julia McKenzie facts

5 most recent films

Marple - Series 5 - 4.0 stars
Marple - Series 4 - 3.5 stars
Cranford - E05 - May 1843 - 3 stars
Cranford - E01 - June 1842 - 3 stars
Cranford - E02 - August 1842 - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cranford - Complete BBC Series - 4.0 stars
Cranford - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Marple - Series 5 - 4.0 stars
Shirley Valentine - 3.5 stars
P.D. James - Death In Holy Orders / The Murder Room - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Maggie and Her - Series 1 - Complete - 3 stars
Maggie and Her - Series 2 - Complete - 3 stars
French Fields - Series 1 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Fresh Fields - Series 4 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Fresh Fields - Series 1 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Imelda Staunton - 14 times - show films
Judi Dench - 14 times - show films
Jim Carter - 10 times - show films
Anton Rodgers - 7 times - show films
Joanna Lumley - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Simon Curtis - 14 times - show films
Steve Hudson - 10 times - show films
none - 6 times - show films
Nicholas - 5 times - show films
Renton - 5 times - show films