Norman Wisdom

He has announced that he intends to retire on his 90th birthday. Her films have included Dune (1984). In 1995, he visited the country where he was, to his surprise, greeted by many appreciative fans and the then president of Albania, Sali Berisha. She continued to be a leading television actress throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing in series such as Edward the Seventh (as Lillie Langtry, a role she reprised in Lillie (1978)), Madame Bovary and Parnell and the Englishwoman, in which she played Kitty O'Shea. Norman Wisdom is a well known and loved cult film icon in Albania, being the only Western actor whose films were allowed in the country during the Communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha (the archetypal Wisdom plot -- the common working man getting the better of his bosses -- was considered ideologically sound by Hoxha). Her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's controversial 1971 film of Macbeth gained her notoriety. He was knighted in 1999. While becoming an increasingly well known face on screen, she enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He is a supporter and a former board member of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.. She also presented children's television programmes. UK chart singles - Don't Laugh At Me (Cause I'm A Fool) (1954): The Wisdom Of A Fool (1957). In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. He created an accident prone "gump" or fool character called Norman Pitkin, who appeared in several films, most notably, The Early Bird, His famous cry as Pitkin was, "Mr Grimsdale! Mr Grimsdale!". Francesca Annis began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. Sir Norman Wisdom (born February 4, 1915, other dates reported) is an English comedian, singer and actor. Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944) is an English actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC Television series Wives and Daughters and Deceit.

Happy Ending/The Wisdom Of A Fool. Follow A Star/Give Me A Night In June. 1957 Original Chart Hits. Follow A Star.

Nobody's Fool. Wisdom of a Fool. The Very Best of Norman Wisdom. 2004 Coronation Street guest appearace.

2003 Between the Sheets. 2002 Dalziel and Pascoe - Mens Sana. 2002 Last of the Summer Wine - A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft. 2000 Last of the Summer Wine - The Coming of the Beast.

Katy Manning. 1998 Where On Earth Is .. 1994 Last of the Summer Wine - The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti. 1992 Double X: The Name of the Game (Double X, Run Rabbit Run).

1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones. 1981 BBC PlayHouse : Going Gently. 1974 A Little Bit of Wisdom. 1973 Nobody Is Norman Wisdom.

1970 Music Hall. 1970 Norman. 1969 What's Good for the Goose (Girl Trouble). 1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's (The Night They Invented Striptease).

1967 Androcles and the Lion. 1966 Press for Time. 1966 The Sandwich Man. 1965 The Early Bird.

1963 A Stitch in Time. 1962 The Girl on the Boat. 1962 On The Beat. 1960 The Bulldog Breed.

1960 There Was a Crooked Man. 1959 Follow A Star. 1958 The Square Peg. 1957 Just My Luck.

1956 Up in the World. 1955 Man of the Moment. 1955 As Long as They're Happy. 1954 One Good Turn.

1953 Trouble in Store. 1948-1950 Wit and Wisdom. 1948 A Date with a Dream.