Margo Cunningham(1922-1998)
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Margo was an accomplished and vivacious actress who trained as a
dancer. She worked steadily,mainly on stage and television until her
retirement. She began her career in Stars in Battledress at the end of
World War 2. Her first big break was as Noelle Gordon's understudy in
Brigadoon, in London in the late 1940s. Other musicals included Wedding
in Paris, The Water Gypsies, Maggie May and Showboat. She was a member
of the National Theatre from 1965-9 and toured with the company led by
Sir Lawrence Oliver when they went to Canada. For many years she was in
panto, often as a fairy, and worked with Ricki Fulton. She played
Caribosse the wicked witch in Sleeping Beauty at Glasgow. Margo
appeared in Z Cars, Take Three Girls, Crossroads and Scotch and Rye.
She was the murder victim in the long running 'Mousetrap'. She once
told me that she had a longer career because believed she was a
character actress. She retired to Devon, and a later marriage to John,
who had been a love of her youth. She was still able to do the splits
and cartwheels on her seventieth birthday. Unfortunately, she passed
away due to cancer. Margo remarked that of her movies, she never
realised one was so raunchy until it was released, as she missed that
part!
