Eva Griffith

Known for Acting

1/1/1963(Age 62)

Knightsbridge, London, England, UK

Biography

Eva Griffith (born 1963) is a British actress, and a historian of the English Renaissance theatre.

Known For (11 credits)

5.9

Movie

Young Toscanini

1988

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.

7.0

The Diary of Anne Frank

1987

The Diary of Anne Frank is 1987 BBC televised miniseries. It was based on The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, and it starred Elizabeth Bell, Janet Amsbury, Katharine Schlesinger and Emrys James.

8.0

Movie

The Witches and the Grinnygog

1983

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.

9.0

The Witches and the Grinnygog

1983

When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.

6.4

The Day of the Triffids

1981

Following mysterious bright lights in the sky, the human race is rendered blind and helpless. The survivors find themselves stalked by sentient flesh-eating plants.

6.0

Movie

Ride a Wild Pony

1975

Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an inseparable team, until one day the pony suddenly disappears. Soon after, the ranch owner's handicapped daughter Josie has a wild pony especially trained to pull her cart. But Scott is convinced that Josie's pony is actually his, which leads to a court battle that divides their small Australian town. One child must ultimately lose the pony when true ownership is decided.

6.5

Movie

The Turn of the Screw

1974

An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.

5.1

Movie

Voices

1973

After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be, the couple begin to feel an uneasy and oppressive presence, and the mother starts to see things that may, or may not, be hallucinations.

5.0

Divorce His, Divorce Hers

1973

The dissolution of an 18-year marriage, seen first from his point-of-view and then from hers.

6.3

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.