The attractive but little known Renee Godfrey, wife of ex-British director Peter Godfrey, had a most interesting biography, posted by Brumbaugh on IMDB (See link below). -- Steven P Hill, University of Illinois. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324021/bio
sharehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324021/bio
"Her director-husband, who had flourished on 50s TV, was in ill health by the end of the decade. Taking secretarial and real estate classes to help support the family income...."
Hummmm....I find this odd that even with his ill health she would have to go out and get a job....esp. as a secretary or a real estate agent (well I can see how real estate might be an idea). Hard to believe also perhaps, that they didn't have enough connections that she might get bigger roles during this period...*
With that said, "Terror By Night" is the only film I have seen her in....and she is very very captivating, and I love her character (as well as the boy at the coffin-makers shop :), but....a comment not introduced to 'bash' her, she seems to have a bit of a problem with some of her lines, as in inflection/etc.
Maybe its just me....and/or as above, I really don't care if she isn't the best acresss in the world
Her bio is great, and I hope in spite of everything she had a happy life.
Thank You for introducing this.
* I am rather an idiot though when it comes to Hollywood of the past (and spelling/etc )
"Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso."
She is captivating. I couldn't quite figure out her look. At times she almost looked more ethnic.
"Hot sun, cool breeze, white horse on the sea, and a big shot of vitamin B in me!"share
She is captivating. I couldn't quite figure out her look. At times she almost looked more ethnic.
"Hot sun, cool breeze, white horse on the sea, and a big shot of vitamin B in me!"share
Pardon my astonishment at the wealth of favorable comments she's received here, but, setting her background aside, I find her performance in this film appallingly bad. Her British accent is atrocious, her looks are wan (if not unattractive), and she swallows half her lines. She looks and sounds like nothing so much as an girl from the midwest trying to play Eliza Dolittle in a school play; "contract bit player" is written all over her. She comes close to completely wrecking the movie for me.
shareI have to agree with you.
I could never make out what kind of accent she was trying to portray in this movie. Very irritating IMO.
I have been unable to delete this film from my Sky planner as I keep looking at it to see Renee.I find her captivating, accent and all.She was absolutely gorgeous...just my cup of tea.
shareAt first, I thought it might be Patricia Morison who made such a big impression in the following year's Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code but this one isn't half the actress.
shareI always get her and Morrison confused too for some reason, but Godfrey is very attractive for sure. She looks like she is sleepwalking through some of the scenes. The accent is awful too "aint it", but who cares!
shareThat accent was so bad as to be unidentifiable. Why not just make her character American for all the difference it would make to the plot?
"Worthington, we're being attacked by giant bats!"
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