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Both of her husbands died of cancer; her only son died in childhood of asthma. moreFilmography
Actress:
- "The Vet" .... Kath Paley (1 episode, 1996)
- Stormy Weather (1996) TV episode .... Kath Paley - "Performance" .... Grandmother (1 episode, 1995)
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995) TV episode .... Grandmother - "Men of the World" .... Mrs Daff (12 episodes, 1994-1995)
- Farewell My Lovely (1995) TV episode .... Mrs Daff
- Stolen Kiss (1995) TV episode .... Mrs Daff
- Happy Birthday Kendle (1995) TV episode .... Mrs Daff
- The Walking Wounded (1995) TV episode .... Mrs Daff
- The Girl I Love (1995) TV episode .... Mrs Daff
(7 more) - "Casualty" .... Carrie Springett (1 episode, 1993)
- The Final Word (1993) TV episode .... Carrie Springett - Riders (1993) (TV) .... Granny Maxwell
... aka Jilly Cooper's Riders (UK: complete title) - Splitting Heirs (1993) .... Mrs. Bullock
- "The Riff Raff Element" (1993) TV series .... Granny Grogan
- "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" .... Nurse (1 episode, 1992)
- Romeo and Juliet (1992) TV episode (voice) .... Nurse - "Growing Rich" (1992) TV series .... Mrs. Baker (unknown episodes)
- "Goodbye Cruel World" (1992) TV mini-series .... Marjory
- Growing Rich (1992) (TV) .... Mrs. Baker
- Harnessing Peacocks (1992) (TV) .... Amy Tremayne
- Antonia and Jane (1991) .... Therapist
- Finding Sarah (1991) (TV)
- December Bride (1991) .... Martha Gilmartin
- "The New Statesman" .... Beryl (1 episode, 1991)
- Keeping Mum (1991) TV episode .... Beryl - "Lovejoy" .... Mrs. Jaglom (1 episode, 1991)
- Bin Diving (1991) TV episode .... Mrs. Jaglom - Back Home (1990) (TV) .... The Honourable Lady Beatrice "Beattie" Langley
- "Jeeves and Wooster" .... Aunt Dahlia Travers (3 episodes, 1990)
- How Does Gussie Woo Madeline? (or, Hunger Strike) (1990) TV episode .... Aunt Dahlia Travers
- Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court? (or, the Matchmaker) (1990) TV episode .... Aunt Dahlia Travers
- Bertie Is in Love (or, Golf Tournament) (1990) TV episode .... Aunt Dahlia Travers - "Bergerac" .... Karen Markham (1 episode, 1990)
- In Love and War (1990) TV episode .... Karen Markham - The Tenth Man (1988) (TV) .... Madame Mangeot (Michel and Therese's mother)
- "Worlds Beyond" (1 episode, 1988)
- Home (1988) TV episode - Menace Unseen (1988) (TV) .... Norma Trisk
- Little Dorrit (1988) .... Duchess
... aka Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault (UK: first part title)
... aka Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story (UK: second part title)
... aka Little Dorrit's Story
... aka Nobody's Fault - "The Return of the Antelope" .... Mrs. Henshaw (1 episode, 1988)
- Travelling Companions (1988) TV episode .... Mrs. Henshaw - "London Embassy" .... Madge Cowrie (1 episode, 1987)
- Tomb with a View (1987) TV episode .... Madge Cowrie - "Doctor Who" .... Tilda (3 episodes, 1987)
- Paradise Towers: Part 3 (1987) TV episode .... Tilda
- Paradise Towers: Part 2 (1987) TV episode .... Tilda
- Paradise Towers: Part 1 (1987) TV episode .... Tilda - The Secret World of Polly Flint (1987) (TV) .... Granny Porter
- "David Copperfield" .... Betsy Trotwood (7 episodes, 1986)
- Episode #1.10 (1986) TV episode .... Betsy Trotwood
- Episode #1.9 (1986) TV episode .... Betsy Trotwood
- Episode #1.8 (1986) TV episode .... Betsy Trotwood
- Episode #1.6 (1986) TV episode .... Betsy Trotwood
- Episode #1.5 (1986) TV episode .... Betsy Trotwood
(2 more) - Time After Time (1986) .... June Swift
- Steaming (1985) .... Mrs. Meadows
- "Connie" .... Bea (13 episodes, 1985)
- Episode #1.13 (1985) TV episode .... Bea
- Episode #1.12 (1985) TV episode .... Bea
- Episode #1.11 (1985) TV episode .... Bea
- Episode #1.10 (1985) TV episode .... Bea
- Episode #1.9 (1985) TV episode .... Bea
(8 more) - "Weekend Playhouse" .... Margaret (1 episode, 1984)
- Winter Break (1984) TV episode .... Margaret - "Crown Court" .... Angela Stacey (2 episodes, 1976-1984)
- Oddball (1984) TV episode .... Angela Stacey
- A Matter of Honour (1976) TV episode .... Angela Stacey - Macbeth (1983) (TV) .... First Witch
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Macbeth (USA: video title) - "The Mad Death" (1983) TV mini-series .... Miss Stonecroft (unknown episodes)
- "The Home Front" (1983) TV series .... Mrs. Place (unknown episodes)
- Farmers Arms (1983) (TV) .... Mrs. Casson
- The Life of Henry the Fift (1979) (TV) .... Hostess
... aka The BBC Shakespeare: The Life of Henry the Fifth (UK: complete title)
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry V (USA: video title) - The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth Containing His Death: And the Coronation of King Henry the Fift (1979) (TV) .... Mistress Quickly
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part II (USA: video title) - Henry IV, Part I (1979) (TV) .... Mistress Quickly
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I (USA: video title) - "Play for Today" .... Madge / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1978)
- A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts (1978) TV episode .... Mrs. Hackett
- Jingle Bells (1973) TV episode .... Madge - "The Devil's Crown" .... Empress Matilda (1 episode, 1978)
... aka "La couronne du diable" (France)
- If All the World Were Mine (1978) TV episode .... Empress Matilda - "Armchair Thriller" .... Sister Elizabeth (4 episodes, 1978)
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 6 'Death and Decision' (1978) TV episode .... Sister Elizabeth
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 4 'Witness and Wills' (1978) TV episode .... Sister Elizabeth
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 3 'The Black Nun' (1978) TV episode .... Sister Elizabeth
- Quiet as a Nun Part 1: The Tower (1978) TV episode .... Sister Elizabeth - "BBC Play of the Month" .... Lady Bountiful (1 episode, 1978)
- The Beaux Stratagem (1978) TV episode .... Lady Bountiful - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1978) (TV) .... Aunt Miranda
- "Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle" .... Lucilla Teatime (4 episodes, 1977)
- The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2 (1977) TV episode .... Lucilla Teatime
- The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1 (1977) TV episode .... Lucilla Teatime
- Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2 (1977) TV episode .... Lucilla Teatime
- Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1 (1977) TV episode .... Lucilla Teatime - "Centre Play" .... Auntie Kathleen (1 episode, 1977)
- Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes (1977) TV episode .... Auntie Kathleen - The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV) .... Queen Anne of Austria
- Ubu roi (1976) (TV) .... Ma Ubu
- All Creatures Great and Small (1975) (TV) .... Miss Harbottle
... aka All Things Great and Small - "Dial M for Murder" .... Kath (1 episode, 1974)
- Recording Angel (1974) TV episode .... Kath - "Bedtime Stories" .... Gertie (1 episode, 1974)
- Hansel and Gretel (1974) TV episode .... Gertie - Alice Through the Looking Glass (1974) (TV) .... White Queen
- Swallows and Amazons (1974) .... Mrs. Dixon
- Cheri (1973) (TV) .... Charlotte
- That'll Be the Day (1973) .... Doreen
- "Country Matters" .... Mrs. Holland (1 episode, 1972)
- The Mill (1972) TV episode .... Mrs. Holland - "Thirty-Minute Theatre" .... Pat Pendleton / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1972)
- Not Counting the Savages (1972) TV episode .... The Wife
- Give the Clown His Supper (1965) TV episode .... Pat Pendleton - "The Man from Haven" (1972) TV series .... Mary Balfour (unknown episodes)
- "A Family at War" .... Mrs. Thomas (1 episode, 1971)
- Happy Returns (1971) TV episode .... Mrs. Thomas - "Budgie" .... Janey Baib (1 episode, 1971)
- Sunset Mansions or Whatever Happened to Janey Babe? (1971) TV episode .... Janey Baib - "The Wednesday Play" .... Betty Bradshaw / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1969)
- Happy (1969) TV episode .... Ma
- Death of a Teddy Bear (1967) TV episode .... Mollie
- Way Off Beat (1966) TV episode .... Betty Bradshaw - The Virgin Soldiers (1969) .... Nursing Sister
- "Sherlock Holmes" .... Saunders (1 episode, 1968)
- The Dancing Men (1968) TV episode .... Saunders - "The First Lady" .... Mary Tunnicliffe (1 episode, 1968)
- Mrs. Whatever (1968) TV episode .... Mary Tunnicliffe - "Late Night Horror" .... Mary Pearl (1 episode, 1968)
- William and Mary (1968) TV episode .... Mary Pearl - "The Gamblers" .... Gertie (1 episode, 1968)
- Give and Take (1968) TV episode .... Gertie - "Armchair Theatre" (2 episodes, 1962-1967)
- The Girl (1967) TV episode
- Girl in a Bird Cage (1962) TV episode - "Softly Softly" .... Hilda Berry (1 episode, 1967)
... aka "Softly, Softly: Task Force" (UK: new title)
- An Eye for an Eye (1967) TV episode .... Hilda Berry - "Knock on Any Door" (2 episodes, 1966)
- The First Day of Spring (1966) TV episode
- The Dear Ones (1966) TV episode - "ITV Play of the Week" .... Millie Crocker Harris (2 episodes, 1962-1966)
... aka "Play of the Week" (UK: short title)
- The Browning Version (1966) TV episode .... Millie Crocker Harris
- A Lily in Little India (1962) TV episode - "Armchair Mystery Theatre" .... Ellen (1 episode, 1965)
- The Lodger (1965) TV episode .... Ellen - The Uncle (1965) .... Addie
- Nightmare (1964) .... Mary Lewis
... aka Here's the Knife, Dear: Now Use It (UK) - "Dr. Finlay's Casebook" .... Bridie Bell (1 episode, 1963)
- The Face Saver (1963) TV episode .... Bridie Bell - "Zero One" .... Sarah Elkinson (1 episode, 1962)
- Stoneface (1962) TV episode .... Sarah Elkinson - The Winter's Tale (1962) (TV) .... Paulina
- "BBC Sunday-Night Play" .... Elaine / ... (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
- This Happy Breed (1962) TV episode .... Ethel Gibbons
- The Wrong Side of the Park (1961) TV episode .... Elaine
- Nearer to Heaven (1961) TV episode .... May Sommers - Peeping Tom (1960) .... Dora
... aka Face of Fear
... aka The Fotographer of Panic - "Mary Britten, M.D." .... Mary Britten (13 episodes, 1958)
- No Room for Janet (1958) TV episode .... Mary Britten
- A Partner from the Past (1958) TV episode .... Mary Britten
- The Doctor in the Dark (1958) TV episode .... Mary Britten
- English Without Tears (1958) TV episode .... Mary Britten
- Bonfire Night (1958) TV episode .... Mary Britten
(8 more) - Behind the Mask (1958) .... Elizabeth Fallon
- Law and Disorder (1958) .... Mary
- "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" .... Emily (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Matinee" (UK: informal short title)
... aka "Rheingold Theatre" (USA)
- Man Who Heard Everything (1954) TV episode .... Emily - "The Motorola Television Hour" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "Motorola TV Hour" (USA: alternative title)
... aka "Motorola TV Theatre" (USA)
- Westward the Sun (1953) TV episode - The Final Test (1953) .... Cora
- Two on the Tiles (1951) .... Janet Lawson
... aka School for Brides - Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) .... Miss Smith
- Marry Me (1949) .... Brenda Delamere
- My Brother's Keeper (1948) .... Winnie Forman
- When the Bough Breaks (1947) .... Ruby Chapman
- While the Sun Shines (1947) .... Mabel Crum
- Carnival (1946) .... Maudie Chapman
- Piccadilly Incident (1946) .... Sally Benton
- I See a Dark Stranger (1946) (uncredited) .... American Waitress
... aka The Adventuress (USA) - Night Boat to Dublin (1946) .... Lily Leggett
- I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) .... Girl in Guard's Van
... aka A Yank in London (USA) - They Came to a City (1945) .... One of couple on hillside
- Millions Like Us (1943) (uncredited) .... Brenda, Worker at the Factory
- The Wooing of Anne Hathaway (1938) (TV) .... Katharine Hathaway
- Laugh with Me (1938) (TV) .... Rose Dinwiddy
Self:
- A Very British Psycho (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- Behind the Mask (1991)
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1988) She acted in N.F. Simpson's play, "One Way Pendulum," at the Old Vic Theatre in England with Graham Crowden, Kathryn Pogson, John Bird, John Fortune, directed by Jonathan Miller CBE. moreMessage Boards
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