Annette Whiteley

  • Charles Frend – Girl on Approval (1961)

    Drama1961-1970Charles FrendUnited Kingdom


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    Sheila’s 14. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum’s in jail and she’s stuck in a
    children’s home. Every family that’s tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now
    Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can’t make a home for her, her
    future looks bleak…

    Starring Oscar Nominated actress Rachel Roberts (This Sporting Life, O Lucky Man!) as
    Anne and sensitively directed by Charles Frend (The Cruel Sea, Scott of the Antarctic) Girl
    on Approval is a major example of the British New Wave, a brilliant study of troubled lives.Read More »

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