Nationality British Role Actress Occupation Actress | Years active 1958–1995 Siblings Sally Watts Name Gwendolyn Watts | |
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Born 23 September 1937 ( 1937-09-23 ) Carhampton, Somerset, England, UK Died 5 February 2000 (aged 62) Family Sally Watts (sister) Zodiac Sign Virgo Nationality British Similar Helen Fraser (actress), Gertan Klauber, Wilfred Pickles | ||
Gwendolyn Watts - The Benny Hill Show (1964)
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Watts (23 September 1937 – 5 February 2000) was an English actress of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Career
Watts was born in Carhampton, Somerset, Watts made her first television appearance in 1958 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, going on to appear in The Rag Trade (1962), The Avengers (1963), Maigret (1963), a French au pair in Steptoe and Son (1964), Mary Barton (1964), Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964), The Benny Hill Show (1965), The Worker (1965), Softly, Softly (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Z-Cars (1962-1967), On the Buses (1969), Coronation Street (1971), Love Thy Neighbour (1972), Sam (1973) and The Final Cut (1995).
Her film appearances include Sons and Lovers (1960), So Evil, So Young (1961), Billy Liar (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), Fanatic (1965), The Wrong Box (1966), Carry On Doctor (1967), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), Carry On Again Doctor (1969), The Games (1970) and Carry On Matron (1972).
Personal life
Married to actor Gertan Klauber from 1959 until her death, Watts gave up full-time acting in the early 1970s in order to bring up her children, but she returned a few years later. She was the sister of actress Sally Watts.
Gwendolyn Watts died in 2000, aged 62, from a heart attack.
Filmography
Actress
1995
The Final Cut (TV Mini Series) as
Sturdy Woman
- Episode #1.1 (1995) - Sturdy Woman
1995
The Plant (TV Movie) as
Pauline (as Gwen Watts)
1983
Small & Frye (TV Series) as
Old Woman
- The Case of the Concerned Husband (1983) - Old Woman
1977
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV Series) as
Mrs Shooter
- Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2 (1977) - Mrs Shooter
1973
Sam (TV Series) as
Ruby Barraclough
- Breadwinners (1973) - Ruby Barraclough
1972
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) as
Joan Booth
- Pilot (1972) - Joan Booth
1972
Villains (TV Series) as
Evie
- Sand Dancer (1972) - Evie
1972
Carry on Matron as
Frances Kemp
1971
Justice (TV Series) as
Greta Hardy
- When Did You First Feel the Pain? (1971) - Greta Hardy
1971
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Candy Brown
- Episode #1.1077 (1971) - Candy Brown
- Episode #1.1076 (1971) - Candy Brown
1971
The Doctors (TV Series) as
Sylvia Orient
- Episode #1.138 (1971) - Sylvia Orient
- Episode #1.137 (1971) - Sylvia Orient
1970
The Games as
Barmaid
1969
Carry on Again Doctor as
Night Sister
1969
Canterbury Tales (TV Series) as
Wife
- The Shipman's Tale/The Nun's Priest's Tale (1969) - Wife (as Gwendoline Watts)
1969
The Expert (TV Series) as
Maggie Poole
- Protection (1969) - Maggie Poole
1969
Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV Series) as
Edie Hemphill
- Pity Poor Edie- Married to Him (1969) - Edie Hemphill
1969
On the Buses (TV Series) as
Iris
- The Darts Match (1969) - Iris
- The New Conductor (1969) - Iris
1969
All Neat in Black Stockings as
Housewife
1968
Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) as
Sarah Mangles
- Uncle Silas (1968) - Sarah Mangles
1968
Crime Buster (TV Series) as
Susan Taylor
- The Volterra Affair (1968) - Susan Taylor
1968
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (TV Series) as
Mrs. Cecil
- Tennyson (1968) - Mrs. Cecil
1967
Carry on Doctor as
Mrs. Barron
1967
Sorry I'm Single (TV Series) as
Brenda
- The Window Box (1967) - Brenda
- The Walking Tour (1967) - Brenda
- The Kids Upstairs (1967) - Brenda
- The Best Man (1967) - Brenda
- The Flute (1967) - Brenda
- Clearing Up (1967) - Brenda
- The Polka Dot Matching Set (1967) - Brenda
- The Budgie (1967) - Brenda
- Cleaning Up (1967) - Brenda
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Betty / Vera Smales
- She's Not Yours, She's Mine: Part 2 (1967) - Betty
- She's Not Yours, She's Mine: Part 1 (1967) - Betty
- Full Remission (1962) - Vera Smales
1967
Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
Janet
- The Loser (1967) - Janet
1967
Mr. Rose (TV Series) as
Eve
- The Tin God (1967) - Eve
1967
Four Tall Tinkles (TV Series) as
Gladys
- A Row of Potted Plants (1967) - Gladys
1966
Harry Worth (TV Series) as
Muriel
- Tails You Lose (1966) - Muriel
1966
Meet the Wife (TV Series) as
Toni
- My Husband's Brother (1966) - Toni
1966
Adam Adamant Lives! (TV Series) as
Janine
- To Set a Deadly Fashion (1966) - Janine
1966
Thirteen Against Fate (TV Series) as
Sylvie Baron
- The Lodger (1966) - Sylvie Baron
1966
The Wrong Box as
Maidservant
1963
Sergeant Cork (TV Series) as
Judith / Rose Wolf
- The Case of the Dutiful Bride (1966) - Judith
- The Case of Ella Barnes (1963) - Rose Wolf
1966
Mrs Thursday (TV Series) as
Carol Summers
- The Girl from Fuller Street (1966) - Carol Summers
1966
Softly Softly (TV Series) as
Anne Bryant
- Blind Man's Bluff (1966) - Anne Bryant
1966
Pardon the Expression (TV Series) as
Miss Huxley
- January Sale (1966) - Miss Huxley
1960
No Hiding Place (TV Series) as
Nell Burdon / Iris
- The Lifer (1966) - Nell Burdon
- The Final Chase (1960) - Iris
1965
Hudd (TV Series)
- Episode #1.4 (1965)
1965
The Benny Hill Show (TV Series) as
Various Roles
- Opportunity Calls (1965) - Various Roles
- Episode #6.1 (1965) - Various Roles
1965
The Worker (TV Series) as
Cilla Puce
- The Man Who Moved His Head (1965) - Cilla Puce
1965
Blackmail (TV Series) as
Maudlin Cregwig
- Cut Yourself a Slice of Throat (1965) - Maudlin Cregwig
1965
You Must Be Joking! as
Young Wife
1965
Call It What You Like (TV Series) as
Various Roles
- Episode #1.6 (1965) - Various Roles
- Episode #1.5 (1965) - Various Roles
- Episode #1.4 (1965) - Various Roles
- Episode #1.3 (1965) - Various Roles
- Episode #1.2 (1965) - Various Roles
- Episode #1.1 (1965) - Various Roles
1965
Die! Die! My Darling! as
Gloria
1964
Thursday Theatre (TV Series) as
Ruby Birtle
- When We Are Married (1964) - Ruby Birtle
1961
It's a Square World (TV Series) as
Various Characters
- Episode #7.11 (1964) - Various Characters
- Episode #2.5 (1961) - Various Characters
- Episode #2.3 (1961) - Various Characters
- Episode #2.2 (1961) - Various Characters
1964
Esther Waters (TV Series) as
Margaret Gale
- The Favourite Wins (1964) - Margaret Gale
- Starter's Orders (1964) - Margaret Gale
- London Pride (1964) - Margaret Gale
- The Lottery (1964) - Margaret Gale
1961
Here's Harry (TV Series) as
Sylvia / Elsie the cashier / Library Assistant
- The Suitor (1964) - Sylvia
- Harry's American Cousin (1964)
- The Cat (1963)
- The Date (1962)
- The Insurance Stamps (1961)
- The Overdraft (1961) - Elsie the cashier
- The Dance (1961) - Library Assistant
- The Diet (1961)
1964
Redcap (TV Series) as
Vera and Gerda
- A Town Called Love (1964) - Vera and Gerda
1964
My Fair Lady as
Cook (uncredited)
1964
The Girl-Getters as
First Class Girl
1964
Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
Joan
- Admirer at Number Eight (1964) - Joan
1964
Mary Barton (TV Series) as
Margaret Legh
- Trial (1964) - Margaret Legh
- Murder (1964) - Margaret Legh
- Violence (1964) - Margaret Legh
- Fire (1964) - Margaret Legh
1964
The Villains (TV Series) as
Mavis
- Les Girls (1964) - Mavis
1964
Steptoe and Son (TV Series) as
Monique
- Steptoe a la Cart (1964) - Monique
1963
Boyd Q.C. (TV Series) as
Rita Shepherd
- The Fourteen Hundred Dollar Question (1963) - Rita Shepherd
1963
Maigret (TV Series) as
Germaine
- A Taste of Power (1963) - Germaine
1963
The Avengers (TV Series) as
Julie
- Man with Two Shadows (1963) - Julie
1963
Benny Hill (TV Series)
- The Trouble Maker (1963)
1963
Billy Liar as
Rita
1963
The Odd Man (TV Series) as
Delia
- The Town That Dies at Eight (1963) - Delia
1963
The Plane Makers (TV Series) as
Betty
- Lover Come Back (1963) - Betty
- Always Another Saturday (1963) - Betty
1963
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Betty
- Adam's Apple (1963) - Betty
1962
The Rag Trade (TV Series)
- The Bank Manager (1962)
- Barber's Shop (1962)
- Doctor (1962)
- Stainproofer (1962)
- Safety Precaution (1962)
- The Fish and Chip Shop (1962)
- The Stay-In Strike (1962)
- The Client (1962)
- Painting Fenner's Flat (1962)
- Locked In (1962)
- Lily's Dog (1962)
- The Thief (1962)
1962
The Notorious Landlady as
Wife (uncredited)
1961
So Evil, So Young as
Edna (as Gwendoline Watts)
1961
Harpers West One (TV Series) as
Maureen
- Episode #1.5 (1961) - Maureen
1961
Walk a Crooked Mile (TV Mini Series) as
Blonde
- Episode #1.1 (1961) - Blonde
1961
The Arthur Askey Show (TV Series) as
Mrs. Chobham
- The Sinister Neighbour (1961) - Mrs. Chobham
1961
The Cheaters (TV Series) as
Dolly
- For the Price of Two (1961) - Dolly (uncredited)
1961
The Afterthought (TV Movie) as
Kay
1960
Probation Officer (TV Series) as
Jenny / Betty Milson
- Episode #2.17 (1961) - Jenny
- Episode #2.7 (1960) - Betty Milson
1960
Man from Interpol (TV Series)
- The Big Racket (1960) - (uncredited)
1960
Yorky (TV Series) as
Bet
- Good with His Hands (1960) - Bet
1960
Sons and Lovers as
May
1959
Saturday Playhouse (TV Series) as
Sylvia
- Bed and Breakfast (1959) - Sylvia
1959
Call Me Sam (TV Series)
- Episode #1.6 (1959)
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Mrs. Garrold
- The Impromptu Murder (1958) - Mrs. Garrold (as Gwen Watts)
Archive Footage
2000
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven (Video) as
Various (as Gwendolen Watts)
2000
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jets (Video) as
Various (as Gwendolen Watts)
1981
Carry on Laughing (TV Series) as
Frances Kemp
- Episode #1.8 (1981) - Frances Kemp
References
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