01 Cicely Courtneidge appears in this British farce about a fur salesman whose attempts to hide an affair from his wife spiral into chaos.
Directed by Ray Cooney & David Croft · 1h 37m · Rated R
Where to watch
Stream: Philo
6 Best Cicely Courtneidge Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 24, 2026
Cicely Courtneidge brought boisterous, larger-than-life comic energy to British stage and screen across seven decades. The Wrong Box schemes over a tontine, The L-Shaped Room finds community for a pregnant woman in a rundown boarding house, Not Now, Darling spirals a fur salesman’s hidden affair into farce, and Lady in Danger turns a publicity scheme into mistaken identity. Me and Marlborough and Aunt Sally round out the list.
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02 Cicely Courtneidge appears as a pregnant, unmarried woman who finds an unlikely community among the residents of a shabby boarding house.
Directed by Bryan Forbes · 2h 06m
Where to watch
Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, BFI Player, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
03 Cicely Courtneidge features in this comedy about two feuding elderly brothers who scheme against each other over a valuable tontine.
Directed by Bryan Forbes · 1h 45m
Where to watch
Stream: Britbox Apple TV channel
04 Cicely Courtneidge appears in this British comedy about a theatre star whose scheme to boost publicity spirals into a farcical case of mistaken identity.
Directed by Tom Walls · 1h 08m
05 Cicely Courtneidge is in this British historical comedy about a resourceful woman who disguises herself as a soldier to follow her husband into battle.
Directed by Victor Saville · 1h 24m
06 Cicely Courtneidge features in this musical comedy about a famous singer who swaps places with a lookalike fortune teller to escape her overwhelming fame.
Directed by Tim Whelan · 1h 24m
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