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  • Stevenson & Jones slam acting ageism - 31 May 2010
    -Veteran actresses Juliet Stevenson and Gemma Jones have blasted the film industry's obsession with youth, accusing male executives of casting only "nubile and beautiful" young women.- -Emma star Stevenson, 53, is convinced the acting community is biased towards wome

Gemma Jones - what members say


  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Bridget Jones's Diary review by from TELFORD
    Rated - 2.0 stars 16 March 2004
    ...When her mother Pamela (Gemma Jones) steers Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) toward yet another disastrous hookup - this time with barrister and mamas boy Mark Darcy (Colin...   Read customer review
  • The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2
  • The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 review by pepi from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars enoyed it 25 May 2008
    ...Great series about a cook played by Gemma Jones in the edwardian era ,who ends up owning a hotel and has brushes with the upper crust. This series is enthralling showing...   Read customer review

Gemma Jones - filmography


  • Good on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Jason Isaacs,  Jodie Whittaker
    Director: Vicente Amorim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    John Halder is a 'good' and decent individual. A German literature professor in the 1930s, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,314 members
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  • Fragile on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Calista Flockhart,  Daniel Ortiz,  Gemma Jones
    Director: Carol Littleton,  Jaume Balaguero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Creaking along the dank, filthy corridors, metal rods piercing her skin, down to her brittle bones, the creature the terrified children call "The Mechanical Girl" roams in the shadows. When Amy (Calista Flockhart) arrives at the remote, dilapidated Mercy falls Children's Hospital to replace a nurse ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 9,544 members
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  • Bridget Jones's Diary - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Renee Zellweger,  Colin Firth,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Sharon Maguire
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 844 members
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  • Bridget Jones's Diary on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Renee Zellweger,  Colin Firth,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Sharon Maguire
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 47,753 members
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  • Captain Jack (1998)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Sadie Frost,  Peter McDonald
    Director: Robert Young
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bob Hoskins stars in this charming high seas adventure as Captain Jack, a tough, aging seaman whose travels are now restricted to ferrying tourists around Whitby Bay. Fed up with his now staid life, Jack to decides to retrace the steps of his hero, Captain Scorseby, who sailed from England to Jan ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 271 members
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  • The Theory of Flight (1998)
    Starring: Helena Bonham Carter,  Kenneth Branagh,  Gemma Jones
    Director: Paul Greengrass
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 7 members
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  • Wilde (1997)
    Starring: Stephen Fry,  Jude Law,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian Gilbert
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality. Thoughout the melodrama, the amazing performance of comic actor and author Stephen ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,359 members
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  • Paperhouse on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  Charlotte Burke,  Glenne Headly
    Director: Bernard Rose
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Childhood fantasies transform into terror filled nightmares when a house sketched by a lonely and very imaginative child comes to life in a recurring dream, which changes as the drawing is altered.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 846 members
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  • On The Black Hill on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Nicola Beddoe,  Patrick Godfrey,  Mike Gwilym
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The debut feature from Andrew Grieve (Kingdom, Hornblower) the film chronicles the bittersweet marriage of a Welsh farmer and an english lady and the lives of their twin sons.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 295 members
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  • The Merchant Of Venice on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Warren Mitchell,  Gemma Jones,  John Kettles
    Director: Johathan Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 153 members
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  • Spoils of Poynton on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Gemma Jones,  Pauline Jameson,  Ian Ogilvy
    Director: Peter Sasdy
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this powerful adaptation of the Henry James classic, valued possessions become playing pieces in a terrible battle of wills that can only end badly for all concerned; and one woman's decision to play by the rules may risk losing the game altogether. Adele Gereth has taken the young, attractive, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 6 members
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Gemma Jones facts

5 most recent films

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - 3.0 stars
Forget Me Not - 3.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 8 - 4.5 stars
Good - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Spooks - Complete Season 8 - 4.5 stars
The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse - The Dead of Jericho - 3.5 stars
The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Spoils of Poynton - 2.0 stars
The Theory of Flight - 3.0 stars
Midsomer Murders - The Fans' Favourites - 3.0 stars
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Feast Of July - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Firth - 9 times - show films
Christopher Cazenove - 7 times - show films
Martin Shaw - 6 times - show films
Joanna David - 6 times - show films
Freddie Jones - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gerry Mill - 12 times - show films
Cyril Coke - 6 times - show films
none - 5 times - show films
Sam Miller - 5 times - show films
Edward Hall - 5 times - show films