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Hilda Fenemore

1919 – 2004 · St. Pancras, London, England, UK · Active 1950–1992

Hilda Lilian Fenemore (22 April 1914 – 13 April 2004) was an English actress with a prolific career in film and television from the 1940s to the 1990s. Fenemore played mainly supporting roles which were characterised in her obituary in The Stage as "friends, neighbours, mothers and passers-by"; however, her many credits meant that she fell into the category of actresses who a majority of film and TV viewers would have been unable to name, yet whose face was instantly recognisable. Her longest-running role was recurring character Jennie Wren in TV series Dixon of Dock Green, who she played for...

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The Strange World of Planet X

The Strange World of Planet X

1958 ★ 4.8
as Mrs. Hale

Dr. Laird pushes his magnetic research far beyond safe limits, despite warnings from his Canadian colleague. As strange atmospheric events spread and oversized insects begin attacking the countryside, an unexpected visitor arrives with a warning that Earth’s experiments are threatening more than one world. In a small English village, Dr. Laird and his assistants Gil Graham and Michele Dupont are conducting experiments with magnetic fields. The results may have military applications as his equipment can rearrange molecules to make solid metal brittle or stiff metal pliable. Gil notices that the magnetic and affecting the village but Baird won't stop his tests. A mysterious stranger, known simply as Mr. Smith, assists them in solving several mysteries, including a series of attacks in a public park. Their greatest challenge is the sudden appearance of giant insects, bugs that have mutated as a result of the experiments. Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exceptional scientific knowledge. A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters.

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Filmography

71 credits
1990s 3 credits
1992
Gone to Seed as Miss Pringle
TV ★ 3.3
1991
Killing Time as Mrs Thackeray
Movie
1991
Broke as Sylvia Bannister
Movie ★ 9.0
1980s 9 credits
1987
Up Line as Mrs Coombes
Movie
1987
TV ★ 6.6
1987
Vanity Fair as Mrs Firkin
TV
1983
Movie ★ 8.0
1983
TV ★ 9.0
1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer as Mrs. Pettifeather
Movie ★ 10.0
1980
Ladies as Mrs. Wendell
Movie
1980
Together as Dora Klein
TV ★ 5.5
1970s 15 credits
1978
Absolution as Mrs. Hoskins
Movie ★ 6.5
1978
The Stud as Tony's Mother
Movie ★ 4.9
1978
Flayed as Mrs Hewlings
Movie
1978
Born and Bred as Mrs. White
TV ★ 6.0
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week as Mrs. Hewlings
TV ★ 7.0
1976
Movie ★ 3.5
1976
TV ★ 7.9
1975
Movie
1973
Movie ★ 7.3
1973
The Offence as Woman on Common
Movie ★ 6.8
1972
The Stone Tape as Bar Helper
Movie ★ 6.0
1972
Movie
1972
Crown Court as Martha Cousins
TV ★ 5.7
1972
Emma as Mrs Cole
TV ★ 6.9
1971
Justice as Olive Parsons
TV ★ 7.3
1960s 14 credits
1968
Dad's Army as Queenie Beal
TV ★ 7.4
1965
Movie
1965
Londoners as Mrs. Mollins
TV
1964
Movie ★ 7.2
1964
Witchcraft as Nurse
Movie ★ 6.7
1964
Movie ★ 5.9
1963
Doctor in Distress as Railway Station Barmaid (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1963
Sergeant Cork as Nellie
TV ★ 7.3
1962
The Boys as Mrs. Thompson
Movie ★ 7.5
1962
Strongroom as Charlady
Movie ★ 6.5
1961
Movie ★ 10.0
1961
Drama 61-67 as Victoria Poster
TV
1960
Feet of Clay as Mrs. Clarke
Movie ★ 9.0
1960
Carry On Constable as Woman Needing a Penny
Movie ★ 6.3
1950s 30 credits
1959
Carry On Nurse as Rhoda Bray
Movie ★ 6.4
1958
The Young and the Guilty as Maude Marshall
Movie ★ 6.2
1958
Movie ★ 7.5
1958
Movie ★ 4.7
1958
Movie ★ 6.5
1957
Black Ice as Lillian Dodds
Movie ★ 10.0
1957
Movie ★ 7.0
1957
Movie ★ 5.6
1957
The Secret Place as Mrs. Haywood's Neighbour (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1957
Many Mansions as Mary Bell
Movie
1956
Johnny, You're Wanted as Joke Shop Customer
Movie ★ 7.0
1956
Movie ★ 5.6
1956
TV ★ 6.0
1955
Room in the House as Mrs. Peters
Movie ★ 10.0
1955
Quatermass II as Mother
TV ★ 6.3
1954
Souls in Conflict as Ruth Stock
Movie ★ 9.0
1954
Movie ★ 7.0
1954
Movie ★ 10.0
1954
Nineteen Eighty-Four as Mrs. Parsons
Movie ★ 7.3
1954
Movie ★ 6.5
1953
The Large Rope as Pub Landlady
Movie ★ 6.0
1953
Turn the Key Softly as Granny's Daughter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Movie ★ 5.3
1953
Movie
1953
Skid Kids as Mrs. Clarke
Movie ★ 5.0
1952
Movie ★ 5.6
1952
The Wallet as Alice Maythorpe
Movie ★ 8.0
1951
Movie ★ 8.0
1950
Movie ★ 6.6
1950
Sunday Night Theatre as Mrs. Parsons
TV ★ 3.5