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Name
  
Gwen Watford


Role
  
Film actress

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Died
  
February 6, 1994, London, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Richard Bebb (m. 1952–1994)

Awards
  
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, British Academy Television Award for Best Actress

Movies and TV shows
  
Taste the Blood of Dracula, Never Take Sweets from a Str, The Body in the Library, Miss Marple, The Fall of the House of Usher

Similar People
  
Cyril Frankel, Peter Sasdy, Richard Bebb, Anthony Hinds, Silvio Narizzano

Gwendoline "Gwen" Watford (10 September 1927 – 6 February 1994) was an English film, stage and television actress. She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952.

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Early life and education

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Born in London, Watford attended an independent school in Hastings where her father, a retired army officer, ran a public house. She trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic.

Career

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Watford made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1950). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987).

Death

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She died from cancer in London in 1994, aged 66,.

Awards

  • She won a Society of Film and Television Arts Television award in 1958, and again in 1965 (the award is now known as the BAFTA TV Award) for Best Performance by an Actress in Television.
  • She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Present Laughter.

    • Selected TV and filmography

  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1950) .... Lady Usher
  • The Winslow Boy (1958) (TV) .... Katherine Winslow
  • Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) .... Sally Carter
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960) .... Hairdresser's receptionist (uncredited)
  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1961) (TV) .... Elizabeth Barrett
  • The Very Edge (1963) .... Sister Holden
  • Cleopatra (1963) .... Calpurnia
  • Do You Know This Voice? (1964) .... Jackie Hopta
  • Valley of the Kings (1964) .... Mrs. Marsh
  • The Rise and Rise of Cesar Birotteau (1965) (TV) .... Constance Birotteau
  • Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) .... Martha Hargood
  • Shadows of Fear (1970) .... Moira Astle (episode Did You Lock Up?)
  • A Face of Your Own (1973) (TV) .... Moira
  • The Ghoul (1975) .... Ayah
  • In This House of Brede (1975) (TV) .... Dame Catherine
  • Don't Forget To Write! (1977-1979) (TV) .... Mable Maple
  • The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (1982) (TV) .... Maria Packington
  • Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) (TV).... Mrs. Dolly Bantry
  • Sorrell and Son (1984)
  • Cry Freedom (1987) .... Wendy's Mother
  • Behaving Badly (1989) (TV) .... Frieda
  • Relatively Speaking (1990) (TV) .... Sheila Carter
  • The Winslow Boy (1990) (TV) .... Grace Winslow
  • Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992) (TV) .... Mrs. Dolly Bantry (final film role)

    • References

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