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Elizabeth Moody (actress)

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Nationality
  
New Zealand

Name
  
Elizabeth Moody

Spouse
  
Terence Moody (m. ?–2010)

Occupation
  
actress, director

Role
  
Film actress

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Born
  
29 October 1939 (
1939-10-29
)
Worthing, Sussex, England

Died
  
January 12, 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand

Movies
  
Dead Alive, The Lord of the Rings: The Fello, Heavenly Creatures, The Scarecrow, Huhu Attack!

Similar People
  
Jamie Selkirk, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Sam Neill, Sam Pillsbury

Elizabeth Moody (née Bromley, 29 October 1939 – 12 January 2010) was a English-born New Zealand film, television and theatre actress and director.

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Career

Born in Worthing, Sussex, England, on 29 October 1939, Moody emigrated to New Zealand, becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1957. She first came to note nationally in New Zealand during the late 1970s and early 1980s as a regular panellist on the television show Beauty and the Beast hosted by Selwyn Toogood. Her first feature film role was playing Mabel in The Scarecrow. She also played in Undercover Gang, Braindead, Turn of the Blade, and Heavenly Creatures. Her last film role was playing in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as the character Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

Death

Moody had been diagnosed with an abscess on the brain and stayed in the hospital for almost three weeks when she died from pneumonia on 12 January 2010. She is survived by her husband, Terence Moody, and other family members.

Filmography

Actress
2010
Huhu Attack! (Short) as
Aunty Maude
2004
Offensive Behaviour as
Crystal
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Special Extended Edition Scenes (Video) as
Lobelia
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as
Lobelia (extended edition)
1996
The Adventures of Cumie the Cloud (TV Series)(voice)
1994
Heavenly Creatures as
Miss Waller
1994
Turn of the Blade as
Girl in Headshots and Auditions
1992
Braindead as
Mum (Vera Cosgrove)
1986
Undercover Gang as
Mrs. Marwick
1983
Rabbiter's Rest (TV Series)
1982
Klynham Summer as
Mabel
1978
Fuller's Earth (TV Series) as
Mrs. Stubbins
Archive Footage
2007
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Mum (Vera Cosgrove)
- Braindead Aka Dead Alive (1992) (2007) - Mum (Vera Cosgrove)
1995
Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Vera Cosgrove
- Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995) - Vera Cosgrove

References

Elizabeth Moody (actress) Wikipedia