Mirren has appeared in a large number of films throughout her career. Some of her earlier film appearances include roles in Herostratus (1967) Dir. Don Levy, "Midsummer Night's Dream" (1968), "Age of Consent" (1969), "O Lucky Man!" (1973), "Caligula" (1979), "The Long Good Friday" (1980)—co-starring with Bob Hoskins in what was her breakthrough film role, "Excalibur" (1981), "2010" (1984), "White Nights" (1985), "The Mosquito Coast" (1986) and "When the Whales Came" (1989). She appeared in "The Madness of King George" (1994), "Some Mother's Son" (1996), "Painted Lady" (1997) and "The Prince of Egypt" (1998). One of her other film roles was in Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover", as the thief's wife, opposite Michael Gambon. In "Teaching Mrs. Tingle", she plays sadistic history teacher Mrs Eve Tingle.