Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty (born 6 Oct 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Sting. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995). She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as films like Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field. She was Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She was the Virgin Mary, he played in the band. They have two children, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (born 17 April 1982). The couple divorced in 1984. Tomelty's later work includes roles in the series Spooks, Casualty and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Frances Tomelty
  • Popularity: 4.703
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-10-06
  • Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As:
img

Frances Tomelty Movies

  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

    Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

    1 1970 HD

    A young man is haunted by visions of the future ever since he got struck by the lightning.

    img
  • 1990
    imgMovies

    The Field

    The Field

    7 1990 HD

    "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to...

    img
  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Bullshot

    Bullshot

    5.5 1983 HD

    The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap -...

    img
  • 1972
    imgMovies

    The Bouncing Boy

    The Bouncing Boy

    1 1972 HD

    A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

    img
  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Bellman and True

    Bellman and True

    6.5 1987 HD

    Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the...

    img
  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Accused

    Accused

    6.5 2023 HD

    After a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his...

    img
  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Carlo Levi Stopped Here

    Carlo Levi Stopped Here

    1 1992 HD

    The deep North-South divide in Italy is explored through the eyes of northern anti-fascist writer and painter, Carlo Levi, who is exiled by Mussolini...

    img
  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Monk Dawson

    Monk Dawson

    5.4 1998 HD

    Monk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998, directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Rhona Mitra and Paula...

    img
  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Chéri

    Chéri

    6.1 2009 HD

    The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of...

    img
  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Lamb

    Lamb

    5.9 1986 HD

    Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two...

    img
  • 1986
    imgMovies

    A State of Emergency

    A State of Emergency

    1.3 1986 HD

    This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody...

    img
  • 1971
    imgMovies

    Girl on the M1

    Girl on the M1

    1 1971 HD

    A 'lorry driver groupie' decides to start a new life.

    img
  • 1972
    imgMovies

    A Touch of the Victorians

    A Touch of the Victorians

    1 1972 HD

    An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.

    img
  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Burning Beds

    Burning Beds

    1 1988 HD

    A comedy in which a German woman falls in love with a British pyromaniac.

    img
  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Changeling

    The Changeling

    7 1974 HD

    Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. ...

    img
  • 1975
    imgMovies

    The Romantic Englishwoman

    The Romantic Englishwoman

    5.5 1975 HD

    A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going...

    img
  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Nobody's Children

    Nobody's Children

    6 1994 HD

    An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.

    img
  • 1993
    imgMovies

    High Boot Benny

    High Boot Benny

    1 1993 HD

    A police informant is found dead in a boarding-school situated near the border between Ulster and Eire. There are three suspects: the protestant...

    img
  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain

    Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain

    1 1981 HD

    Two women navigate the challenges of life on a wintry day in 1980s Belfast. While Ruby has a cold and gets caught in the rain, Iris is job-hunting...

    img
  • 1997
    imgMovies

    The Boxer

    The Boxer

    6.692 1997 HD

    Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old...

    img
  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Blue Money

    Blue Money

    4.9 1985 HD

    Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.

    img
  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Star Trap

    Star Trap

    1 1988 HD

    Two rival detectives investigate a murder that involves black magic.

    img
  • 1978
    imgMovies

    The Medusa Touch

    The Medusa Touch

    6.79 1978 HD

    A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He...

    img
  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Catchpenny Twist

    Catchpenny Twist

    1 1977 HD

    Roy and Martyn want to write the next Irish winner for the Eurovision Song Contest. So who thinks they are working for British Army Intelligence? And...

    img
  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    1 1982 HD

    "When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins." -...

    img
  • 2006
    imgS1 E6

    The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

    The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

    6.2 2006 HD

    Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister.

    img
  • 1997
    imgS23 E4

    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.5 1997 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

    img
  • 1978
    imgS4 E6

    Strangers

    Strangers

    7 1978 HD

    Strangers is a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982. After the success of the TV series The XYY Man, adapted from books by...

    img
  • 1972
    imgS15 E168

    Pebble Mill at One

    Pebble Mill at One

    1 1972 HD

    Pebble Mill at One was a popular British lunchtime magazine, broadcast live from Monday to Friday at 13:00, mainly on BBC1. It was transmitted from...

    img
  • 1979
    imgS9 E10

    Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

    6.7 1979 HD

    A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and...

    img
  • 2013
    imgS1 E10

    The White Queen

    The White Queen

    7.4 2013 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of...

    img
  • 2013
    imgS2 E12

    Atlantis

    Atlantis

    6.5 2013 HD

    A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of...

    img
  • 1996
    imgS27 E10

    Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

    7.5 1996 HD

    Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.

    img
  • 1987
    imgS7 E3

    Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

    7.82 1987 HD

    Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector...

    img
  • 2002
    imgS10 E6

    Spooks

    Spooks

    7.6 2002 HD

    Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The...

    img
  • 1975
    imgS3 E12

    Survivors

    Survivors

    7.9 1975 HD

    Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to...

    img
  • 1967
    imgS4 E12

    Callan

    Callan

    7 1967 HD

    Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

    img
  • 1980
    imgS1 E15

    The Enigma Files

    The Enigma Files

    5.5 1980 HD

    The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen episodes in 1980. Detective Chief Inspector Nick...

    img
  • 2008
    imgS1 E6

    Bonekickers

    Bonekickers

    5.636 2008 HD

    Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran...

    img
  • 1991
    imgS3 E7

    Spender

    Spender

    7 1991 HD

    Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and...

    img
  • 1997
    imgS12 E6

    Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

    6.4 1997 HD

    Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La...

    img
  • 2004
    imgS12 E9

    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.3 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

    img
  • 1970
    imgS14 E16

    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.1 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

    img
  • 1976
    imgS1 E6

    Life and Death of Penelope

    Life and Death of Penelope

    1 1976 HD

    img
  • 1993
    imgS3 E7

    Cracker

    Cracker

    6.5 1993 HD

    The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

    img
  • 1990
    imgS3 E6

    Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

    6 1990 HD

    Perfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing their best to separate various people...

    img
  • 1984
    imgS1 E7

    Oxbridge Blues

    Oxbridge Blues

    5 1984 HD

    An anthology series of seven linked plays about the lives of people connected with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

    img
  • 2001
    imgS9 E10

    Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

    7.237 2001 HD

    A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

    img
  • 1986
    imgS41 E12

    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

    img
  • 2003
    imgS8 E12

    The Royal

    The Royal

    7.6 2003 HD

    Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

    img
  • 2023
    imgS1 E6

    The Woman in the Wall

    The Woman in the Wall

    6.7 2023 HD

    When Lorna Brady, a survivor of one of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, wakes to find a corpse in her house, she has no idea who the dead woman is or...

    img
  • 1986
    imgS41 E12

    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

    img
  • 1979
    imgS1 E5

    Testament of Youth

    Testament of Youth

    7 1979 HD

    A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her...

    img
  • 2015
    imgS1 E3

    Charlie

    Charlie

    1 2015 HD

    The political and personal life of Charlie Haughey during his time in office.

    img
  • 1981
    imgS9 E10

    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.4 1981 HD

    Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars...

    img
  • 1998
    imgS1 E6

    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    7.8 1998 HD

    Becky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost.

    img
  • 2018
    imgS1 E8

    Black Earth Rising

    Black Earth Rising

    6.85 2018 HD

    As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past...

    img
  • 2012
    imgS13 E8

    Call the Midwife

    Call the Midwife

    7.5 2012 HD

    Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling...

    img
  • 2013
    imgS6 E6

    Peaky Blinders

    Peaky Blinders

    8.538 2013 HD

    A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss...

    img
  • 2021
    imgS1 E6

    The Nevers

    The Nevers

    8.025 2021 HD

    In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal...

    img
  • 2021
    imgS1 E6

    The Nevers

    The Nevers

    8.025 2021 HD

    In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal...

    img
  • 1992
    imgS2 E6

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    6.8 1992 HD

    An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost...

    img
  • 2011
    imgS13 E8

    Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

    7.5 2011 HD

    A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of...

    img
  • 1970
    imgS14 E16

    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.1 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

    img
  • 2020
    imgS2 E8

    Warrior Nun

    Warrior Nun

    7.986 2020 HD

    After waking up in a morgue, an orphaned teen discovers she now possesses superpowers as the chosen Halo-Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting...

    img
  • 2020
    imgS2 E8

    Gangs of London

    Gangs of London

    7.9 2020 HD

    When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between...

    img
  • 2008
    imgS5 E13

    Merlin

    Merlin

    7.8 2008 HD

    The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.

    img