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Patsy Rowlands (1931–2005)

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Born in 1934, she attended a succession of Convent Schools without any sense of direction until a new elocution teacher recognised her potential, and encouraged her to apply for a Guildhall School of Speech and Drama scholarship. She won it when she was just 15, coming top in the whole of England. ... See full bio »

Born:

Patricia Rowlands
in Palmers Green, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 74) in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
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2001 The Cazalets (TV series)
Miss Millament
– Episode #1.6 (2001) … Miss Millament
– Episode #1.5 (2001) … Miss Millament
– Episode #1.4 (2001) … Miss Millament
– Episode #1.3 (2001) … Miss Millament
– Episode #1.2 (2001) … Miss Millament
See all 6 episodes »
 
2000 The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
Mrs. Rowland
– The Journey Back (2000) … Mrs. Rowland (voice)
 
2000 Peak Practice (TV series)
Grace Page
– Hit and Run (2000) … Grace Page
 
1998 The Cater Street Hangman (TV movie)
Mrs. Dunphy
 
1998 Vanity Fair (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Tinker
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Mrs. Tinker
 
1997 Get Well Soon (TV series)
Mrs. Clapton
– Poison Ivy (1997) … Mrs. Clapton
– Sons, Mothers, Lovers and Others (1997) … Mrs. Clapton
– Snowbound (1997) … Mrs. Clapton
– The New Arrival (1997) … Mrs. Clapton
 
1995 The Bill (TV series)
Rachel Armfield
– Off Limits (1995) … Rachel Armfield
 
1993 Screen Two (TV series)
Mrs. Harty
– Femme Fatale (1993) … Mrs. Harty
 
1992 In Dreams (TV movie)
Royalist Housewife
 
1992 Bottom (TV series)
Lil Potato
– Parade (1992) … Lil Potato
 
1987-1992 Rainbow (TV series)
Auntie
– Auntie Pays a Visit (1992) … Auntie
– Family in the Garden (1989) … Auntie
– Social Behaviour: Group (1988) … Auntie
– Family Ties (1987) … Auntie
 
1991 Gone to the Dogs (TV mini-series)
Madame Jocasta
– Episode #1.4 (1991) … Madame Jocasta
 
1991 Zorro (TV series)
Senora Jones
– Miracle of the Pueblo (1991) … Senora Jones
 
1990 Crimestrike
 
1989 Never the Twain (TV series)
Pamela Davenport
– Neighbours (1989) … Pamela Davenport
 
1989 Capstick's Law (TV series)
Miss Foster
– Episode #1.5 (1989) … Miss Foster
 
1989 That's Love (TV series)
Shirley
– Episode #2.3 (1989) … Shirley
 
1989 Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin (TV series)
Landlady
– Episode #1.4 (1989) … Landlady
 
1987 Imaginary Friends (TV mini-series)
Felicity Coppard
– Episode #1.3 (1987) … Felicity Coppard
– Episode #1.2 (1987) … Felicity Coppard
– Episode #1.1 (1987) … Felicity Coppard
 
1987 One by One (TV series)
– A Dying Breed (1987)
 
1987 A Little Princess (TV mini-series)
Baker's Wife
– Episode #1.6 (1987) … Baker's Wife
– Episode #1.5 (1987) … Baker's Wife
 
1987 When We Are Married (TV movie)
Lottie Grady
 
1985-1986 The Setbacks (TV series)
Lily Setback
– Moving Out (1986) … Lily Setback
– Moving On (1986) … Lily Setback
– Moving Up (1986) … Lily Setback
– Moving In (1986) … Lily Setback
– Episode #4.4 (1985) … Lily Setback
See all 8 episodes »
 
1982-1986 In Loving Memory (TV series)
Tiger-Lily Longstaff
– They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They? (1986) … Tiger-Lily Longstaff
– Bowls (1982) … Tiger-Lily Longstaff
 
1986 Telephone Behaviour: The Power and the Perils (video short)
 
1985 Super Gran (TV series)
Lady Valerie Glutt
– Supergran and the Course of True Love (1985) … Lady Valerie Glutt
 
1983-1984 Hallelujah! (TV series)
Sister Alice Meredith / Little Nell
– A Goose for Mrs. Scratchitt (1984) … Sister Alice Meredith / Little Nell
– It Happened One Night (1984) … Sister Alice Meredith
– Rock Bottom (1984) … Sister Alice Meredith
– The Snake Pit: Part 2 (1984) … Sister Alice Meredith
– The Snake Pit: Part 1 (1984) … Sister Alice Meredith
See all 13 episodes »
 
1983 Perishing Solicitors (TV movie)
 
1982 Rep (TV series)
Flossie Nightingale
– Frippery Tip (1982) … Flossie Nightingale
– She Knew Her Onions (1982) … Flossie Nightingale
– No Tears for McTavish (1982) … Flossie Nightingale
– The Angry Twilight (1982) … Flossie Nightingale
 
1982 Emery Presents: Legacy of Murder (TV series)
Thelma
– Corpse in the Act (1982) … Thelma
– Bizarre Bazaar (1982) … Thelma
– Bang, Bang You're Dead (1982) … Thelma
 
1981 Kinvig (TV series)
Netta Kinvig
– The Mystery of Netta (1981) … Netta Kinvig
– The Humanoid Factor (1981) … Netta Kinvig
– Where Are You Miss Griffin? (1981) … Netta Kinvig
– The Big Benders (1981) … Netta Kinvig
– Double, Double... (1981) … Netta Kinvig
See all 7 episodes »
 
1981 Juliet Bravo (TV series)
Muriel Davis
– Arlene (1981) … Muriel Davis
 
1981 Break in the Sun (TV series)
Mrs. Granger
– Episode #1.6 (1981) … Mrs. Granger
– Episode #1.5 (1981) … Mrs. Granger
– Episode #1.4 (1981) … Mrs. Granger
– Episode #1.3 (1981) … Mrs. Granger
– Episode #1.2 (1981) … Mrs. Granger
See all 6 episodes »
 
1981 The Incredible Mr Tanner (TV series)
Martha
– The Better Half (1981) … Martha
 
1981 Robin's Nest (TV series)
Edna
– The Homecoming (1981) … Edna
– Move Over Darling (1981) … Edna
 
1981 Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (TV movie)
Madame Tarantella
 
1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV movie)
Mrs. Dibble
 
1980 Can We Get on Now, Please? (TV series)
Sophie Towler
– The Unmarried Wife's Tale (1980) … Sophie Towler
 
1980 The Nesbitts Are Coming (TV series)
WPC Kitty Naylor
– Moving Day (1980) … WPC Kitty Naylor
– Look on the Black Side (1980) … WPC Kitty Naylor
– Race Day (1980) … WPC Kitty Naylor
– The Big Job (1980) … WPC Kitty Naylor
– It's All a Game (1980) … WPC Kitty Naylor
See all 6 episodes »
 
1980 Cribb (TV series)
Mrs. Body
– Abracadaver (1980) … Mrs. Body
 
1980 Play for Today (TV series)
Miriam
– Ladies (1980) … Miriam
 
1980 The History of Mr. Polly (TV mini-series)
Fat Lady
– Episode #1.4 (1980) … Fat Lady
 
1980 Your Own Front Door (short)
 
1979 George & Mildred (TV series)
Beryl
– The Twenty Six Year Itch (1979) … Beryl
 
1979 Tess
Landlady
 
1979 My Son, My Son (TV mini-series)
Annie Suthurst
– Episode #1.8 (1979) … Annie Suthurst
– Episode #1.7 (1979) … Annie Suthurst
– Episode #1.6 (1979) … Annie Suthurst
– Episode #1.5 (1979) … Annie Suthurst
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Annie Suthurst
See all 6 episodes »
 
1978 Sammy's Super T-Shirt
Mum
 
1977 Raven (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Young
– Episode #1.6 (1977) … Mrs. Young
– Episode #1.5 (1977) … Mrs. Young
– Episode #1.4 (1977) … Mrs. Young
– Episode #1.3 (1977) … Mrs. Young
– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Mrs. Young
See all 6 episodes »
 
1967-1977 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
– Episode #15.3 (1977)
– Episode #6.4 (1968)
– Episode #6.1 (1967)
 
1977 Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV series)
Mrs. McGreavey
– The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2 (1977) … Mrs. McGreavey
 
1977 Three Piece Suite (TV series)
Lady (Come in No. 1)
– Come in, No.1/This Situation/All in the Mind (1977) … Lady (Come in No. 1)
 
1977 Joseph Andrews
Gammer Andrews
 
1977 Two's Company (TV series)
Lil
– The Cleaning Ladies (1977) … Lil
 
1974-1977 The Squirrels (TV series)
Susan
– Men of Straw (1977) … Susan
– The Break In (1977) … Susan
– The Cover Up (1977) … Susan
– The Game's the Thing (1977) … Susan
– Shoulder to Shoulder (1977) … Susan
See all 28 episodes »
 
1971-1976 Bless This House (TV series)
Betty Lewis
– Some Enchanted Evening (1976) … Betty Lewis
– Friends and Neighbours (1976) … Betty Lewis
– Something of Value (1976) … Betty Lewis
– Beautiful Dreamer (1976) … Betty Lewis
– The Frozen Limit (1976) … Betty Lewis
See all 21 episodes »
 
1975 A Touch of the Casanovas (TV movie)
Clementina
 
1975 Carry on Behind
Linda Upmore
 
1975 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 18 October 1975 (1975)
 
1975 Dawson's Weekly (TV series)
First Clerk
– All Pools Day (1975) … First Clerk
 
1975 Carry on Laughing! (TV series)
Miss Dawkins
– The Nine Old Cobblers (1975) … Miss Dawkins
 
1975 Not on Your Nellie (TV series)
Clarissa Cholmondeley-Burnside
– High Society (1975) … Clarissa Cholmondeley-Burnside
 
1974 Follow That Dog (TV series)
Sgt. Bryant
– Episode #1.6 (1974) … Sgt. Bryant
– Episode #1.5 (1974) … Sgt. Bryant
– Episode #1.4 (1974) … Sgt. Bryant
– Episode #1.3 (1974) … Sgt. Bryant
– Episode #1.2 (1974) … Sgt. Bryant
See all 6 episodes »
 
1974 Carry on Dick
Mrs. Giles
 
1974 A Little Bit of Wisdom (TV series)
Daisy Plummer
– I Gotta Hearse (1974) … Daisy Plummer
 
1973 Carry on Girls
Mildred Bumble
 
1973 Thirty Minutes Worth (TV series)
– Episode #3.7 (1973)
– Episode #3.5 (1973)
– Episode #2.1 (1973)
 
1973 Ooh La La! (TV series)
Marceline
– Kept on a String (1973) … Marceline
 
1972 Carry on Abroad
Miss Dobbs
 
1972 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Cook
 
1972 General Hospital (TV series)
Peggy Finch / Miss Peggy Finch
– Episode #1.7 (1972) … Peggy Finch
– Episode #1.6 (1972) … Peggy Finch
– Episode #1.4 (1972) … Peggy Finch
– Episode #1.2 (1972) … Peggy Finch
– Episode #1.1 (1972) … Miss Peggy Finch
 
1972 Carry on Matron
Evelyn Banks
 
1971-1972 Tottering Towers (TV series)
Miss Twitty
– Episode #1.13 (1972) … Miss Twitty
– Episode #1.12 (1972) … Miss Twitty
– Episode #1.11 (1971) … Miss Twitty
– Episode #1.10 (1971) … Miss Twitty
– Episode #1.9 (1971) … Miss Twitty
See all 13 episodes »
 
1972 Opportunity Knocks (TV series)
Mrs. Murgatroyd
– The Script Writers Chart Show (1972) … Mrs. Murgatroyd
 
1972 Bless This House
Betty Lewis
 
1971 Carry on at Your Convenience
Hortence Withering
 
1971 Fathers and Sons (TV mini-series)
Kukshina
– Episode #1.2 (1971) … Kukshina
 
1971 For the Love of Ada (TV series)
Pauline Whitehead
– The Admirer (1971) … Pauline Whitehead
– Birth (1971) … Pauline Whitehead
 
1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Jilly
– Jilly (1971) … Jilly
 
1971 Doctor at Large (TV series)
Liz Hickel
– You've Really Landed Me in It This Time (1971) … Liz Hickel
 
1971 Carry on Henry VIII
Queen
 
1971 Please Sir!
Angela Cutforth
 
1970 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– Mrs Pepperpot: 5 - Mrs Pepperpot to the Rescue (1970) … Storyteller
– Mrs Pepperpot: 4 - Mrs Pepperpot Minds the Baby/Mrs Pepperpot's Penny Watchman (1970) … Storyteller
– Mrs Pepperpot: 3 - The Ski Race (1970) … Storyteller
– Mrs Pepperpot: 2 - Mrs Pepperpot Buys Macaroni/Mrs Pepperpot Tries to Please Her Husband (1970) … Storyteller
– Mrs Pepperpot: 1 - Little Old Mrs Pepperpot/Mrs Pepperpot Finds Hidden Treasure (1970) … Storyteller
 
1970 If It Moves, File It (TV series)
Dorothy
– Current Affairs (1970) … Dorothy
 
1970 Carry on Loving
Miss Dempsey
 
1968-1970 Inside George Webley (TV series)
Rosemary Webley
– The Light Is Dark Enough (1970) … Rosemary Webley
– A Muse of Fire (1970) … Rosemary Webley
– Brief Encounter (1970) … Rosemary Webley
– A Lovesome Thing (1970) … Rosemary Webley
– A Lean and Hungry Look (1970) … Rosemary Webley
See all 12 episodes »
 
1970 Kate (TV series)
Nancy Heep
– The Love of Two Women (1970) … Nancy Heep
 
1970 Z Cars (TV series)
Vera Pye
– All Coppers Are Nanas: Part 2 (1970) … Vera Pye
– All Coppers Are Nanas: Part 1 (1970) … Vera Pye
 
1969 Carry on Again Doctor
Miss Fosdick
 
1969 World in Ferment (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1969)
– Episode #1.4 (1969)
– Episode #1.2 (1969)
 
1969 Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV series)
Mildred Evans
– An Extra Bunch of Daffodils (1969) … Mildred Evans
 
1969 The Avengers (TV series)
Thelma
– Love All (1969) … Thelma
 
1969 The Ugliest Girl in Town (TV series)
Aggie Plimpton
– A Little Advice Goes a Long Away (1969) … Aggie Plimpton
 
1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Trixie
– The Fabulous Frump (1969) … Trixie
 
1968 The Devil in the Fog (TV series)
Mrs. Dexter
– This Fell, Sergeant Death (1968) … Mrs. Dexter
– Fair Is Foul, and Foul Is Fair... (1968) … Mrs. Dexter
 
1968 Pere Goriot (TV mini-series)
Sylvie
– Gilded Youth (1968) … Sylvie
 
1968 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Gladys
– State of the Union (1968) … Gladys
 
1968 State of the Union (TV movie)
Gladys
 
1968 Public Eye (TV series)
Miss Welsh
– Strictly Private and Confidential (1968) … Miss Welsh
 
1967 The Gamblers (TV series)
Alice
– Arthur Through the Looking Class (1967) … Alice
 
1967 Sorry I'm Single (TV series)
Mrs. Budge
– The Window Box (1967) … Mrs. Budge
 
1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Hannah
– The Memorandum (1967) … Hannah
 
1967 Send Foster (TV series)
– Just Read That Back to Me, Young Man (1967)
 
1966 Love Story (TV series)
Pinkie Smith
– Pinkie (1966) … Pinkie Smith
 
1965 Out of the Unknown (TV series)
Anne Lovejoy
– Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...? (1965) … Anne Lovejoy
 
1965 Dateline Diamonds
Mrs. Edgecomb
 
1965 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Cora Quilley
– Drama '65: Mrs. Quilley's Murder Shoes (1965) … Cora Quilley
 
1965 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (TV series)
– Episode #1.41 (1965)
 
1965 Secret Agent (TV series)
Mrs. Elsie Farebrother
– The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove (1965) … Mrs. Elsie Farebrother
 
1964 The Massingham Affair (TV series)
Georgina Deverel
 
1964 Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
Maud Carver
 
1963 A Stitch in Time
Amy
 
1963 Tom Jones
Honor
 
1960-1963 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Agatha Mannering / Sissie
– The Snag (1963) … Agatha Mannering
– The Rose Affair (1961) … Sissie
– Hail the Conquering Hero (1960)
 
1962 Not at All (TV movie)
 
1962 The Brain
Young Woman at Dance Hall (uncredited)
 
1962 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Ivy
– Freedom in September (1962) … Ivy
 
1962 In the Doghouse
Barmaid
 
1962 A Kind of Loving
Dorothy
 
1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Julia
– The Rivals (1962) … Julia
 
1962 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (TV movie)
Daisy
 
1961 The Charlie Drake Show (TV series)
– Bingo Madness (1961)
 
1961 Operation Snafu
Evie
 
1961 Danger Man (TV series)
Mrs. Harkness
– The Actor (1961) … Mrs. Harkness
 
1961 Over the Odds
Marilyn
 
1960 Stuff and Nonsense (TV movie)
June Pimble
 
1959 Gert and Daisy (TV series)
Bonnie
– Episode #1.6 (1959) … Bonnie
– Episode #1.5 (1959) … Bonnie
– Episode #1.4 (1959) … Bonnie
– Episode #1.3 (1959) … Bonnie
– Episode #1.2 (1959) … Bonnie
See all 6 episodes »
 
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1972 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (performer: "The Duchess' Lullaby")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1996 Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
1996-2003 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Anthony Andrews (2003) … Herself
– Dame Thora Hird OBE (1996) … Herself
 
2002 Most Haunted (TV series)
Herself
– Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Hattie Jacques (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Good Food Live (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 January 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2001 The Lesley Garrett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Pop (2001) … Herself
 
2001 Can We Carry On, Girls? (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Open House (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 August 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2000 The Unforgettable Sid James (TV special documentary short)
Herself
 
2000 Legends (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Norman Wisdom (2000) … Herself
 
2000 The Unforgettable Hattie Jacques (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 May 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
1998 What's a Carry On? (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee/Various Characters
 
1996 Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (video documentary)
Herself/Various
 
1983 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 December 1983 (1983) … Herself
 
1979-1983 3-2-1 (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Variety (1983)
– School Days (1979) … Herself - Guest
 
1980 On the Town (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 November 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1977 Those Wonderful TV Times (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.8 (1977) … Herself
 
1963 Steam, Sanctity and Song (TV movie)
Herself - Singer
 
1963 That Was the Week That Was (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.10 (1963) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2001 On Location: The Carry Ons (TV documentary)
Hortence Withering
 
1998 Carry on Darkly (TV documentary)
Hortence Withering (uncredited)
 
1998 Newsnight (TV series)
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Honor - in Tom Jones
 
1983-1984 What a Carry On (TV series)
 
1983 Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics (TV special short)
Various Characters
 
1981 Carry on Laughing (TV series)
 
1979 That's Carry On
Various characters
 
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Other Works:

In 2001 she appeared as housekeeper, Mrs. Pearce in Trevor Nunn's London revival of "My Fair Lady" at the Drury Lane Theatre opposite, Jonathon Pryce, Martine McCutcheon and Dennis Waterman. See more »

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Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Personal Quote:

[In reference to the Carry on Henry VIII ] "I had this speech to start the film, which was supposed to be dramatic but it was cut because Gerald Thomas said it was too dramatic for the Carry On films." See more »

Trivia:

Her public memorial service was held at The Actors Church (St. Andrews) at Covent Garden, London in April, 2005. Her son, Alan Sircom, and agent, Simon Beresford, were in attendance. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn