Nicola Pagett

Known for Acting

6/15/1945

Cairo, Egypt

Biography

Nicola Pagett was best known for playing Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs.

Known For (37 credits)

Up Rising

2000

Sitcom set in a pretty village, but with very different inhabitants - including: a retired professional, his refined wife, a wealthy but tasteless couple, 'alternative lifestyle' followers, a lawyer, and a drunkard farmer. Lots of ridiculous situations, mix-ups, and double-entendres.

6.7

Movie

An Awfully Big Adventure

1995

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

7.0

Ain't Misbehavin'

1994

When Clive and Sonia discover that their respective partners are having an affair, they join forces in an attempt to save their marriages.

5.0

Movie

Party Time

1992

At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.

6.4

A Bit of a Do

1989

A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television. The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger. The series begins with the wedding of Ted and Rita Simcock's son Paul to Laurence and Liz Rodenhurst's daughter Jenny; an event at which Ted and Liz begin an affair. The subsequent fallout from this affair forms the basis for most of the first series.

3.0

Movie

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

4.8

Movie

Scoop

1987

Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to Ishmaelia (a fictional African state) by accident.

6.0

Movie

Visitors

1987

A British businessman whose family company has been taken over by a multinational corporation clashes with his new American manager while they both vacation with their families at an Italian villa at their employer's expense. The manager's son fantasizes a murderous outcome.

Movie

Hand in Glove

1987

A woman finds herself on the verge of madness after experiencing a vision of her lovers imminent death.

7.1

A Woman of Substance

1985

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the twentieth century, to respected business woman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.

4.7

Movie

Privates on Parade

1983

It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, bible-bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) is in command of the unit. Flack is accompanied by an ageing, theatrical drama queen, Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) who hopes to entertain the troops with his flamboyant impressions, but the bored troops find other ways to enjoy themselves.

Movie

The Cottage

1982

A young woman is working in her remote country cottage. She is visited by an old lady who once lived in the house.