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Correction:  In my prior list of narration in movies - Please note that "To Kill A Mockingbird" was narrated by KIM STANLEY and not Mary Badham the young actress who plays "Scout" in the film.

 

 

I'd like to add "The Age Of Innocence" with Joanne Woodward doing the narration.

 

King of Kings - Orson Welles

 

The History of the World Part I - Orson Welles

 

The Princess Bride - Peter Falk

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Correction:  In my prior list of narration in movies - Please note that "To Kill A Mockingbird" was narrated by KIM STANLEY and not Mary Badham the young actress who plays "Scout" in the film.

You're right...it was Kim Stanley. Loved her voice.

 

Thanks everyone for such a fantastic job yesterday..!

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two hundred sixty-ninth category
 

Classic servants and housekeepers
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Arthur Treacher as Jeeves in STEP LIVELY, JEEVES!

Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in GONE WITH THE WIND

E.E. Clive as Tennison in the Bulldog Drummond movies

Ellen Corby as Sophie in LITTLE WOMEN and Felicite in MADAME BOVARY

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Erich von Stroheim as Max in "Sunset Boulevard"

Eric Blore as Bates in "Top Hat" and Jamison, Valet in "The Lone Wolf" movie series

Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn in "Driving Miss Daisy"

Esther Rolle as Idella in "Driving Miss Daisy" and Florida in "Maude" TV Series

Patsy Kelly as Etta, cook in "Merrily We Live", Katie Callahan in "The Cowboy and the Lady", Emily in "Topper Returns"

Alan Mowbray as Grosvenor, butler in "Topper" and "Topper Takes a Trip"

Butterfly McQueen as Prissy in "Gone With The Wind", Vashti in "Duel In The Sun"199

Ethel Waters as Berenice in "The Member of The Wedding", Delsey in "The Sound and the Fury", Beulah in the original TV Series "Beulah"

Ian Wolfe as Carter, valet to Sir Wilfred Robarts in "Witness For The Prosecution"

Una O'Connor as Janet McKenzie in "Witness For The Prosecution" and Bess in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938)

Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere, general all around housekeeper and baby sitter in "Sitting Pretty".

Shirley Booth as "Hazel" in TV series of same name 

Ann B. Davis as Alice housekeeper in "The Brady Brunch" TV series

Entire ensemble "Downstairs" cast in the original "Upstairs Downstairs" BBC TV Series 1971-1975

Entire ensemble "downstairs" cast in "Downton Abbey" BBC TV Series (2010-2015)

Stephen Fry as Jeeves in "Jeeves and Wooster" BBC TV Series (1990-1993)

 

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Edgar Norton-- Poole, Stage and Screen Butler for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1931

 

Butler in--

 

Benson, Son of Frankenstein

 

Imitation of Life

Brother orchid

Just around the corner

The Cowboy and the lady

 

My favorite role for him--that's not exactly a butler but still very stiff--the hotel manager at the London hotel in Top Hat

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Clifton Webb --- "Lynn Belvedere" in "SITTING PRETTY" (1948), "MR. BELVEDERE GOES TO COLLEGE" (1949) and "MR. BELVEDERE RINGS THE BELL" (1951)

 

Alec Guinness--- "Jamesssir Bensonmum" and Nancy Walker "Yetta" in "MURDER BY DEATH" (1976)

 

TV Series: 

 

Alan Napier --- "Alfred" on "BATMAN" (ABC 1966-68)

 

Chao-Li Chi --- "Chao-Li" on "FALCON CREST" (CBS (1982-90)

 

Sebastian Cabot --- "Giles French" on "FAMILY AFFAIR" (CBS 1966-71)

 

Christopher Hewett --- "Lynn Belvedere" on "MR. BELVEDERE" (ABC 1985-90)

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Do nannies count? I'll include them in case they do...

 

William Powell & Jean Dixon in MY MAN GODFREY

Joan Fontaine, Sara Allgood & Edith Barrett in JANE EYRE (and those who played the same characters in various remakes)

Julie Andrews, Hermione Baddely and Reta Shaw in MARY POPPINS

Tommy Steele & Hermione Baddely in THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE

Gladys Cooper & Elsa Lanchester in THE SECRET GARDEN (ditto about remakes)

Julie Andrews, Norma Varden and Gilchrist Stuart in THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Mona Washbourne, John Holland, and many others in MY FAIR LADY

Raymond Walburn in MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN

Halliwell Hobbes in PLATINUM BLONDE

George Rose in A NEW LEAF

Herbert Marshall (and I forget who plays his butler) & Jean Arthur in IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK

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Just remembered some more

 

Dick Van Dyke and most of the cast of FITZWILLY

Richard Haydn and Queenie Leonard in AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (plus its remakes)

Lillian Yarbo in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Louise Beavers in MR BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAMHOUSE, HOLIDAY INN, LOVER COME BACK, and many others

 

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This is such an enjoyable ClassiCategory that's simply loaded with all kinds of individuals who serve others, so here are a few more that I came up with:

 

Loretta Young as Katrin Holstrom in "The Farmer's Daughter" and Rachel, Bond Servant, in "Rachel And The Stranger".

 

Flora Robson as Ellen Dean in "Wuthering Heights" and Angelique Buiton in "Saratoga Trunk"

 

Angela Lansbury as Nancy in "Gaslight"

 

Greer Garson as Mary Rafferty in "The Valley of Decision"

 

Jennifer Jones as "Cluny Brown"

 

Signe Hasso as "Mademoiselle" in "Heaven Can Wait"

 

Joan Crawford in "Sadie McKee"

 

William Powell as Charles, chauffeur, in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney"

 

Ralph Fiennes as Gustav H., Concierge, and Zero Moustafa, Lobby Boy, in "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

 

Tom Hiddleston, Concierge, in "The Night Manager" - AMC 6 Part Mini-Series

 

Dorothy McGuire as Helen in "The Spiral Staircase"

 

Mildred Natwick as Mrs. Minnett in "The Enchanted Cottage"

 

Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. Oates and Rhys Williams as Mr. Oates in "The Spiral Staircase"

 

Mary Wickes as Emma Allen, Housekeeper, in "White Christmas", as Stella in "On Moonlight Bay" and "By The Light of the Silvery Moon", and Anna in "I'll See You In My Dreams"

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Marjorie Main: 

"Katie" in "MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS" (1944) 

"Sonora Cassidy" in "THE HARVEY GIRLS" (1946)

"Esme" in "SUMMER STOCK" (1950)

 

Lillian Yarbo --- "Josephine" in "NIGHT UNTO NIGHT" (1949)

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John Gielgud

Ralph Richardson

Michael Redgrave

Peter Ustinov

Sean Connery

John Mills

Roger Moore

Richard Attenborough

Dirk Bogarde

Rex Harrison

Christopher Lee

Ben Kingsley

John Hurt

Derek Jacobi

Kenneth Branagh

Alan Bates

Charles Chaplin

Tom Courtenay

Noel Coward

Michael Gambon

Alec Guinness

Anthony Quayle

Ian Holm

Anthony Hopkins

Ian McKellan

Patrick Stewart

Cedric Hardwicke

 

Peggy Ashcroft

Celia Johnson

Julie Andrews

Maggie Smith

Angela Lansbury

Judi Dench

Gladys Cooper

Edith Evans

Helen Mirren

Sian Phillips

Joan Plowright

Wendy Hiller

Diana Rigg

Flora Robson

Margaret Rutherford

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Peggy Ashcroft

Celia Johnson

Julie Andrews

Maggie Smith

Angela Lansbury

Judi Dench

Gladys Cooper

Edith Evans

Helen Mirren

Sian Phillips

Joan Plowright

Wendy Hiller

Diana Rigg

Flora Robson

Margaret Rutherford

Nice list. I think we can add Judith Anderson to the group of women honored.

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