Freda Kelly
Actor · b. 1944 · Dublin, Ireland
Freda Kelly is an Irish secretary who was employed by the Beatles and their manager, Brian Epstein, from 1962 until 1972 and was secretary of the group's official fan club. Kelly worked with the band as they rose from local popularity to world-wide fame and through their dissolution.
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Movie6.1DramaMusicChronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
Backbeat
1994 · 114 votes
Movie5.8DocumentaryMusicFeaturing interviews with former employees, fellow musicians, family members and journalists, and supported by original and exclusive never-seen-before footage, this star-studded rockumentary offers a fascinating insight into the creation and recording of one of the most ground-breaking and influential albums in pop history.
Movie4.6DramaRomanceIn England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
The Dressmaker
1988 · 5 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryI Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands – The Beatles. The programme includes rare archive footage of the Cavern Club in the sixties, including film of The Beatles performing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the club. On 9 February 1961, having recently returned to Liverpool from performing in Hamburg, The Beatles played at The Cavern for the first of nearly 300 appearances at the club. By the time they played their last gig there, Beatlemania had swept Britain and the band was conquering the world.
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011 · 3 votes
Movie7.1MusicDocumentaryThe story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.
Good Ol' Freda
2013 · 53 votes
Movie9.3MusicDocumentaryThe Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles songs ever. With interviews from Beatles’ insiders including musicians, friends, fellow performers and celebrity fans, we’ll hear about the stories behind the Fab Four’s best-loved hits
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 · 3 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryThe incredible story of how the Beatles emerged from post war Liverpool and turned music upon its head with their changes.
The Beatles: Made on Merseyside
2018 · 2 votes