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Brenda Bruce (1918–1996)

Actress

Trivia:

Both of her husbands died of cancer; her only son died in childhood of asthma. See more trivia »

Born:

in Manchester, England, UK

Died:

(age 77) in London, England, UK
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1996 The Vet (TV series)
Kath Paley
– Stormy Weather (1996) … Kath Paley
 
1995 Performance (TV series)
Grandmother
– The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995) … Grandmother
 
1994-1995 Men of the World (TV series)
Mrs Daff
– Farewell My Lovely (1995) … Mrs Daff
– Stolen Kiss (1995) … Mrs Daff
– Happy Birthday Kendle (1995) … Mrs Daff
– The Walking Wounded (1995) … Mrs Daff
– The Girl I Love (1995) … Mrs Daff
See all 12 episodes »
 
1993 Harnessing Peacocks (TV movie)
Amy Tremayne
 
1993 Casualty (TV series)
Carrie Springett
– The Final Word (1993) … Carrie Springett
 
1993 Riders (TV movie)
Granny Maxwell
 
1993 The Riff Raff Element (TV series)
Granny Grogan
 
1993 Splitting Heirs
Mrs. Bullock
 
1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV series)
Nurse
– Romeo and Juliet (1992) … Nurse (voice)
 
1992 Growing Rich (TV series)
Mrs. Baker
 
1992 Goodbye Cruel World (TV mini-series)
Marjory
 
1992 Growing Rich (TV movie)
Mrs. Baker
 
1991 4 Play (TV series)
Sarah
– Finding Sarah (1991) … Sarah
 
1991 The New Statesman (TV series)
Beryl
– Keeping Mum (1991) … Beryl
 
1991 Lovejoy (TV series)
Mrs. Jaglom
– Bin Diving (1991) … Mrs. Jaglom
 
1991 December Bride
Martha Gilmartin
 
1990 Screenplay (TV series)
Therapist
– Antonia and Jane (1990) … Therapist
 
1990 Theatre Night (TV series)
Old woman
– Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990) … Old woman
 
1990 Back Home (TV movie)
The Honourable Lady Beatrice "Beattie" Langley
 
1990 Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)
Aunt Dahlia Travers
– How Does Gussie Woo Madeline? (or, Hunger Strike) (1990) … Aunt Dahlia Travers
– Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court? (or, the Matchmaker) (1990) … Aunt Dahlia Travers
– Bertie Is in Love (or, Golf Tournament) (1990) … Aunt Dahlia Travers
 
1986-1990 Screen Two (TV series)
June Swift
– Circles of Deceit (1990)
– Time After Time (1986) … June Swift
 
1990 Bergerac (TV series)
Karen Markham
– In Love and War (1990) … Karen Markham
 
1988 The Tenth Man (TV movie)
Madame Mangeot (Michel and Therese's mother)
 
1988 Worlds Beyond (TV series)
– Home (1988)
 
1988 Menace Unseen (TV mini-series)
Norma Trisk
 
1988 Little Dorrit
Duchess
 
1988 The Return of the Antelope (TV series)
Mrs. Henshaw
– Travelling Companions (1988) … Mrs. Henshaw
 
1987 London Embassy (TV mini-series)
Madge Cowrie
– Tomb with a View (1987) … Madge Cowrie
 
1987 Doctor Who (TV series)
Tilda
– Paradise Towers: Part Three (1987) … Tilda
– Paradise Towers: Part Two (1987) … Tilda
– Paradise Towers: Part One (1987) … Tilda
 
1987 The Secret World of Polly Flint (TV movie)
Granny Porter
 
1986 David Copperfield (TV mini-series)
Betsy Trotwood
– Episode #1.10 (1986) … Betsy Trotwood
– Episode #1.9 (1986) … Betsy Trotwood
– Episode #1.8 (1986) … Betsy Trotwood
– Episode #1.6 (1986) … Betsy Trotwood
– Episode #1.5 (1986) … Betsy Trotwood
See all 7 episodes »
 
1985 Steaming
Mrs. Meadows
 
1985 Connie (TV series)
Bea
– Episode #1.13 (1985) … Bea
– Episode #1.12 (1985) … Bea
– Episode #1.11 (1985) … Bea
– Episode #1.10 (1985) … Bea
– Episode #1.9 (1985) … Bea
See all 13 episodes »
 
1984 Weekend Playhouse (TV series)
Margaret
– Winter Break (1984) … Margaret
 
1984 Sharing Time (TV series)
Alice
– The Prodigal Grandfather (1984) … Alice
 
1984 Love and Marriage (TV series)
Rosa Curzon
– A Matter of Will (1984) … Rosa Curzon
 
1976-1984 Crown Court (TV series)
Angela Stacey
– Oddball: Part 1 (1984) … Angela Stacey
– A Matter of Honour: Part 1 (1976) … Angela Stacey
 
1983 Macbeth (TV movie)
First Witch
 
1983 The Mad Death (TV mini-series)
Miss Stonecroft
 
1983 The Plot to Murder Lloyd George (TV movie)
Alice Wheeldon
 
1983 The Home Front (TV series)
Mrs. Place
– Walk in My Shoes (1983) … Mrs. Place
– The Poodle Strikes Back (1983) … Mrs. Place
– Low Key Lady on High Speed Train (1983) … Mrs. Place
– Baby, Baby (1983) … Mrs. Place
– At the Grammar (1983) … Mrs. Place
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Farmers Arms (TV movie)
Mrs. Casson
 
1981 Prisoners of Conscience (TV series)
Bukovsky's mother
– Vladimir Bukovsky (1981) … Bukovsky's mother
 
1979 Henry V (TV movie)
Hostess
 
1979 Henry IV Part II (TV movie)
Hostess Quickly
 
1979 Henry IV Part I (TV movie)
Mistress Quickly
 
1973-1978 Play for Today (TV series)
Madge / Mrs. Hackett
– A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts (1978) … Mrs. Hackett
– Jingle Bells (1973) … Madge
 
1978 Do You Remember? (TV series)
Annie
– Night School (1978) … Annie
 
1978 The Devil's Crown (TV series)
Empress Matilda
– If All the World Were Mine (1978) … Empress Matilda
 
1978 Armchair Thriller (TV series)
Sister Elizabeth
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 6 'Death and Decision' (1978) … Sister Elizabeth
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 4 'Witness and Wills' (1978) … Sister Elizabeth
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 3 'The Black Nun' (1978) … Sister Elizabeth
– Quiet as a Nun Part 1: The Tower (1978) … Sister Elizabeth
 
1978 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Lady Bountiful
– The Beaux Stratagem (1978) … Lady Bountiful
 
1978 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (TV movie)
Aunt Miranda
 
1977 Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV series)
Lucilla Teatime
– The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2 (1977) … Lucilla Teatime
– The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1 (1977) … Lucilla Teatime
– Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2 (1977) … Lucilla Teatime
– Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1 (1977) … Lucilla Teatime
 
1977 Centre Play (TV series)
Auntie Kathleen
– Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes (1977) … Auntie Kathleen
 
1977 The Man in the Iron Mask (TV movie)
Anne of Austria
 
1976 Ubu roi (TV movie)
Ma Ubu
 
1975 All Creatures Great and Small (TV movie)
Miss Harbottle
 
1974 Dial M for Murder (TV series)
Kath
– Recording Angel (1974) … Kath
 
1974 Swallows and Amazons
Mrs. Dixon
 
1974 Bedtime Stories (TV series)
Gertie
– Hansel and Gretel (1974) … Gertie
 
1974 2nd House (TV series)
Ekaterina
– An Artist's Story (1974) … Ekaterina
 
1973 Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV movie)
White Queen
 
1973 Late Night Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Croxley
– Feet Together, Hands to the Sides (1973) … Mrs. Croxley
 
1973 Cheri (TV movie)
Charlotte
 
1973 That'll Be the Day
Doreen
 
1972 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Holland
– The Mill (1972) … Mrs. Holland
 
1972 The Man from Haven (TV series)
Mary Balfour
– Episode #1.1 (1972) … Mary Balfour
 
1965-1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Pat Pendleton / The Wife
– Not Counting the Savages (1972) … The Wife
– Give the Clown His Supper (1965) … Pat Pendleton
 
1971 A Family at War (TV series)
Mrs. Thomas
– Happy Returns (1971) … Mrs. Thomas
 
1971 Budgie (TV series)
Janey Baib
– Sunset Mansions or Whatever Happened to Janey Baib? (1971) … Janey Baib
 
1966-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Betty Bradshaw / Ma / Mollie
– Happy (1969) … Ma
– Death of a Teddy Bear (1967) … Mollie
– Way Off Beat (1966) … Betty Bradshaw
 
1969 The Virgin Soldiers
Nursing Sister
 
1968 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Saunders
– The Dancing Men (1968) … Saunders
 
1968 The First Lady (TV series)
Mary Tunnicliffe
– Mrs. Whatever (1968) … Mary Tunnicliffe
 
1968 Late Night Horror (TV series)
Mary Pearl
– William and Mary (1968) … Mary Pearl
 
1968 The Gamblers (TV series)
Gertie
– Give and Take (1968) … Gertie
 
1962-1967 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Miss Cashcart
– The Girl (1967) … Miss Cashcart
– The Monkey and the Mohawk (1963)
– Girl in a Bird Cage (1962)
 
1967 Softly Softly (TV series)
Hilda Berry
– An Eye for an Eye (1967) … Hilda Berry
 
1966 Knock on Any Door (TV series)
– The First Day of Spring (1966)
– The Dear Ones (1966)
 
1962-1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Millie Crocker Harris
– The Browning Version (1966) … Millie Crocker Harris
– A Lily in Little India (1962)
 
1965 Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Ellen Bunting
– The Lodger (1965) … Ellen Bunting
 
1965 The Uncle
Addie Morton
 
1964 Love Story (TV series)
Angela Crimmon
– Domino (1964) … Angela Crimmon
 
1964 Nightmare
Mary Lewis
 
1963 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
Bridie Bell
– The Face Saver (1963) … Bridie Bell
 
1962 Zero One (TV series)
Sarah Elkinson
– Stoneface (1962) … Sarah Elkinson
 
1962 The Winter's Tale (TV movie)
Paulina
 
1961-1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Elaine / Ethel Gibbons / May Sommers
– This Happy Breed (1962) … Ethel Gibbons
– The Wrong Side of the Park (1961) … Elaine
– Nearer to Heaven (1961) … May Sommers
 
1960 Peeping Tom
Dora
 
1959 Nothing Is for Ever (TV movie)
Milly
 
1958 Mary Britten, M.D. (TV series)
Mary Britten
– No Room for Janet (1958) … Mary Britten
– A Partner from the Past (1958) … Mary Britten
– The Doctor in the Dark (1958) … Mary Britten
– English Without Tears (1958) … Mary Britten
– Bonfire Night (1958) … Mary Britten
See all 13 episodes »
 
1958 Behind the Mask
Elizabeth Fallon
 
1958 Law and Disorder
Mary Cooper
 
1958 I Spy (TV movie)
Mrs. Morgan
 
1956 Home Is the Sailor (TV movie)
Daisy
 
1954 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Emily
– Man Who Heard Everything (1954) … Emily
 
1954 The Final Test
Cora
 
1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
– Westward the Sun (1953)
 
1951 Two on the Tiles
Janet Lawson
 
1949 Don't Ever Leave Me
Miss Smith
 
1949 Marry Me
Brenda Delamere
 
1948 My Brother's Keeper
Winnie Foreman
 
1947 When the Bough Breaks
Ruby Chapman
 
1947 While the Sun Shines
Mabel Crum
 
1946 Carnival
Maudie Chapman
 
1946 Piccadilly Incident
Sally Benton
 
1946 The Adventuress
American Waitress (uncredited)
 
1946 Night Boat to Dublin
Lily Leggett
 
1945 A Yank in London
Girl in Guard's Van
 
1944 They Came to a City
One of couple on hillside
 
1943 Millions Like Us
Brenda, Worker at the Factory (uncredited)
 
1938 The Wooing of Anne Hathaway (TV movie)
Katharine Hathaway
 
1938 Laugh with Me (TV movie)
Rose Dinwiddy
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1991 Behind the Mask (documentary)
 
1953 Why? (TV series)
Herself - Panellist
– Episode #1.3 (1953) … Herself - Panellist
– Episode #1.2 (1953) … Herself - Panellist
– Episode #1.1 (1953) … Herself - Panellist
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1994) She acted in David Storey's play, "Home", at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, England with Paul Eddington and Richard Briers in the cast. See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Trivia:

Both of her husbands died of cancer; her only son died in childhood of asthma. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer