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Full Name
  
Miriam Samuels

Years active
  
1946–2009

Cause of death
  
Cancer

Name
  
Miriam Karlin

Residence
  
Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress


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Born
  
23 June 1925 (
1925-06-23
)
Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

Organization
  
Royal Shakespeare CompanyAnti-Nazi LeagueBritish Humanist AssociationEquity

Died
  
June 3, 2011, St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom

Parents
  
Harry Samuels, Celine Samuels

Movies
  
A Clockwork Orange, Flashbacks of a Fool, The Millionairess, Children of Men, The Entertainer

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Miriam Karlin, OBE (23 June 1925 – 3 June 2011) was an English actress whose career lasted for more than 60 years. She was best known for her role as Paddy in The Rag Trade, a 1960s BBC and 1970s LWT sitcom, and in particular for the character's catchphrase "Everybody out!" Her trademark throughout her career was her deep, husky voice and London accent.

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Early life

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Born Miriam Samuels in Hampstead, North London, she was brought up in an Orthodox Jewish family; members of her extended family were among those who later died at Auschwitz. She was the daughter of Céline (née Aronowitz) and Harry Samuels, a barrister, who specialised in industrial and trade union law. Her elder brother was Michael Samuels (1920–2010), a historical linguist responsible for the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. When performing in one of her first radio shows, Terry-Thomas's Top of the Town, Karlin based some of the zany characters that she invented and played on people who had appeared before the rent tribunal chaired by her father.

Career

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After training at RADA, Karlin made her stage debut for the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) in wartime shows, and subsequently appeared in repertory theatre and cabaret. She appeared in productions of The Diary of Anne Frank, The Bad Seed, The Egg, Fiddler on the Roof and Bus Stop, among others. She made her film debut in 1952's Down Among the Z Men, as well as featuring in A Touch of the Sun, Room at the Top, The Millionairess, Heavens Above!, Ladies Who Do, The Small World of Sammy Lee, The Bargee, Just like a Woman, A Clockwork Orange and Mahler (by Ken Russell). In 1954 she had the part of a Martian alien in the BBC radio series Journey into Space.

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From 1992 to 1994, she appeared as a Jewish ghost, Yetta Feldman, in the BBC sitcom So Haunt Me, alongside Tessa Peake-Jones and George Costigan.

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In 1960, she appeared opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in the film adaptation of John Osborne's play The Entertainer. She performed in the stage version of Fiddler on the Roof at Her Majesty's Theatre, starring the Israeli actor Topol. In 1972, Karlin appeared in the title role in Mother Courage and her Children at the Palace Theatre, Watford, in a production notable for the force of her performance, and its faithfulness to the Brechtian Verfremdungseffekt.

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In television, Karlin became known for playing the belligerent shop steward Paddy in The Rag Trade, a BBC sitcom set in a textile factory, between 1961 and 1963. Her character would take advantage of the slightest opportunity to call a strike; her trademark was blowing a whistle and shouting "Everybody out!" The show was revived by rival channel ITV in 1977. In 1966, she appeared as a regular team member in the Australian satirical series The Mavis Bramston Show. She also appeared in the TV film Jekyll & Hyde (1990) starring Michael Caine.

Karlin performed on stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, the Aldwych Theatre, and the Barbican Centre. She appeared in a national tour of 84 Charing Cross Road, and in 1990 became the first woman to play the title role in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, in a production at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. In 2008, at the age of 83, she appeared in Stewart Permutt's Many Roads to Paradise at the Finborough Theatre in London.

Personal life

Karlin, who never married and was known to be a lesbian, lived in South London. A self-proclaimed atheist, she was a lifelong campaigner for Jewish and left-wing political causes, as well as an anti-fascist activist.

A member of the Anti-Nazi League, she was prominent in protests against Holocaust denier David Irving, and campaigned to expose what she claimed were the Nazi sympathies of the Austrian politician Jörg Haider. She was an active member of the actors' union, Equity, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1975 for her union and welfare work. Karlin was a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association, a patron of both the Burma Campaign UK (which campaigns for democracy and human rights in Burma) and Dignity in Dying (which campaigns for changes to laws on assisted dying) and a trustee of the Eddie Surman Trust (an HIV charity).

Death

In 2006, while filming an Agatha Christie TV mystery, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Karlin was told that she had cancer and that part of her tongue would have to be removed. She died on 3 June 2011.

Works

  • Karlin, Miriam (2007). Jan Sargent, ed. Some Sort of a Life. London: Oberon Books. ISBN 978-1-84002-780-8.  (Autobiography)
  • Filmography

    Actress
    2008
    Flashbacks of a Fool as
    Mrs. Rogers
    2006
    Children of Men as
    Caged German Grandmother
    2006
    Ex Memoria (Short) as
    Gertrude, German resident
    2006
    Marple (TV Series) as
    Marjorie Moody
    - By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006) - Marjorie Moody
    2005
    Waverley (Short) as
    Audrey
    2005
    Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) as
    Judith Bateman
    - Heads You Lose: Part 2 (2005) - Judith Bateman
    - Heads You Lose: Part 1 (2005) - Judith Bateman
    2001
    Doctors (TV Series) as
    Margaret Joseph / Eva Dubrowska
    - Uncertain Justice (2004) - Margaret Joseph
    - Nothing to Fear (2001) - Eva Dubrowska
    2004
    Suzie Gold as
    Sadie
    2002
    Esther's Pool (Short) as
    Esther
    2001
    The Bill (TV Series) as
    Elvi Bright
    - Lifelines (2001) - Elvi Bright
    2000
    Kissing Buba (Short) as
    Buba
    2000
    The Man Who Cried as
    Madame Goldstein
    1999
    Dark Ages (TV Series) as
    Hag
    - The End of the World (1999) - Hag
    1999
    Holby City (TV Series) as
    Rachel
    - You Can Choose Your Friends (1999) - Rachel
    1997
    Incognito as
    Saleswoman in Paint Shop
    1996
    Casualty (TV Series) as
    Florence Clay
    - Thicker Than Water (1996) - Florence Clay
    1992
    So Haunt Me (TV Series) as
    Yetta Feldman
    - Stake Out (1994) - Yetta Feldman
    - A Mother and Her Mate (1994) - Yetta Feldman
    - The Star Ad (1994) - Yetta Feldman
    - A New Life (1994) - Yetta Feldman
    - A Writer's Life (1994) - Yetta Feldman
    - A Haunting We Will Go (1993) - Yetta Feldman
    - The Exorcist (1993) - Yetta Feldman
    - I Want to Be Alone (1993) - Yetta Feldman
    - Mid-Death Crisis (1993) - Yetta Feldman
    - Pete's Mother (1993) - Yetta Feldman
    - A New Client (1993) - Yetta Feldman
    - Special (1992) - Yetta Feldman
    - Long Lost Daughter (1992) - Yetta Feldman
    - Yetta's Birthday (1992) - Yetta Feldman
    - Unemployment (1992) - Yetta Feldman
    - A Haunted House (1992) - Yetta Feldman
    1992
    Utz as
    Grandmother
    1990
    Jekyll and Hyde (TV Movie) as
    Mrs. Hackett
    1988
    The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (TV Movie) as
    Mrs. Samson
    1981
    Can I Help You? (Short)
    1977
    The Rag Trade (TV Series) as
    Paddy Fleming
    - Fenner's Folly (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - Self Defence (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - Come Back Paddy (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - A Bad Patch (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - Stress (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Leather Line (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Annual Ball (1978) - Paddy Fleming
    - Christmas Rush (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The New Brother (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Accident (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Bet (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The New Girl (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Guvnor's Wife (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Sideline (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Wedding Dress (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - Olive's Baby (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Italian Line (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Export Order (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Lunch Problem (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - Fixing the Rate (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Sample (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    - Stay in Strike (1977) - Paddy Fleming
    1977
    The Punch Review (TV Series) as
    Various Characters
    - Episode #1.3 (1977) - Various Characters
    1974
    Rooms (TV Series) as
    Mrs. Glickston
    - Dorothy and Clive: Compilation (1976) - Mrs. Glickston
    - Dorothy & Clive: Part Two (1974) - Mrs. Glickston
    - Dorothy & Clive (1974) - Mrs. Glickston
    1975
    Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done as
    Little Buttercup / Utopian Maiden (voice)
    1975
    Crown Court (TV Series) as
    Shirley Ann Simons
    - Take Back Your Mink: Part 3 (1975) - Shirley Ann Simons
    - Take Back Your Mink: Part 2 (1975) - Shirley Ann Simons
    - Take Back Your Mink: Part 1 (1975) - Shirley Ann Simons
    1974
    BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
    Friedel
    - The Joke (1974) - Friedel
    1974
    Mahler as
    Aunt Rosa
    1971
    Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
    Marcella Vankuchen
    - A Wen (1971) - Marcella Vankuchen
    1971
    A Clockwork Orange as
    Catlady
    1970
    The Mating Machine (TV Series) as
    Flo
    - Flo and Monty and Henry- and Henry (1970) - Flo
    1970
    Two D's and a Dog (TV Series) as
    Miss Mawker
    - Mr. and Mrs. Chick-Chick (1970) - Miss Mawker
    1969
    The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (TV Movie) as
    Mrs. Patrick Campbell
    1969
    The Magic Christian as
    Transvestite Cabaret Singer (singing voice)
    1969
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) as
    The Queen
    - Salve Regina (1969) - The Queen
    1968
    The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
    Manicurist
    - Monsieur Barnett (1968) - Manicurist
    1967
    Just Like a Woman as
    Ellen Newman
    1966
    The Lost Peace (TV Mini Series)
    - Who can conquer the street- (Goebbels) (1966) - (voice)
    - Poppa says there's a depression coming (Mrs Calvin Coolidge) (1966) - (voice)
    - -The popular masses are dull (Hitler) (1966) - (voice)
    - Not nostrums but normalcy (1966) - (voice)
    1965
    The Bruce Forsyth Show (TV Series)
    - Pilot (1965)
    1964
    The Mavis Bramston Show (TV Series) as
    Various (1965)
    1964
    The Bargee as
    Nellie Marsh
    1964
    First Night (TV Series) as
    Iris
    - Stray Cats and Empty Bottles (1964) - Iris
    1963
    Ladies Who Do as
    Mrs. Higgins
    1963
    Drama 61-67 (TV Series) as
    Loretta Marcus
    - Drama '63: Eyes Down and Look In (1963) - Loretta Marcus
    1963
    Suspense (TV Series) as
    Catherine
    - Wormwood (1963) - Catherine
    1963
    Love Story (TV Series) as
    Mrs Hersh
    - Some Grist from Mervyn's Mill (1963) - Mrs Hersh
    1963
    Comedy Four (TV Series) as
    Maria
    - Scoop (1963) - Maria
    1963
    Heavens Above! as
    Winnie Smith
    1963
    The Small World of Sammy Lee as
    Milly Leeman
    1961
    The Rag Trade (TV Series) as
    Paddy Fleming
    - The Engagement Ring (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - Babysitters Unlimited (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Italian Girl (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Budgie (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - Mistaken Tax (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - Baby Dolls (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - Triplets (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Australian (1963) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Bank Manager (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Barber's Shop (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Doctor (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Stainproofer (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Safety Precaution (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Fish and Chip Shop (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Stay-In Strike (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Client (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Painting Fenner's Flat (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Locked In (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Lily's Dog (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Thief (1962) - Paddy Fleming
    - Christmas Box (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Italian Designer (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - Doctor's Orders (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - Unhappy Customer (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Sample (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - French Fashions (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - Early Start (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - Getting Married (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    - The Baby (1961) - Paddy Fleming
    1962
    A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV Series) as
    Paddy Fleming - The Rag Trade segment
    - Episode dated 25 December 1962 (1962) - Paddy Fleming - The Rag Trade segment
    1962
    I Thank a Fool as
    Woman in the Black Maria
    1962
    The Phantom of the Opera as
    Charwoman (as Miriam Carlin)
    1961
    The Fourth Square as
    Josette
    1961
    On the Fiddle as
    Waaf Sergeant
    1961
    Watch It, Sailor! as
    Mrs. Lack
    1961
    The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
    Josetta
    - The Fourth Square (1961) - Josetta
    1961
    Hand in Hand as
    Mrs. Mathias
    1960
    Crossroads to Crime as
    Connie Williams
    1960
    The Millionairess as
    Mrs. Joe
    1960
    The Entertainer as
    Soubrette
    1955
    ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
    Deborah Pomfret / Dolly King / Valentine / ...
    - Clutterbuck (1959) - Deborah Pomfret
    - The Jukebox (1959) - Dolly King
    - Don't Listen Ladies (1958) - Valentine
    - Ashes in the Wind (1956) - Rose
    - No Escape (1956) - Violet Myers
    - Quay South (1955) - Hilda Thwaite
    1959
    The Highwayman (TV Movie) as
    Lady Sedgewick
    1959
    The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull (TV Series) as
    Coffee bar assistant
    - A Clubbable Man (1959) - Coffee bar assistant
    1956
    ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
    Jeannette / Tonya / Lady India / ...
    - The Wild Bird (1959) - Jeannette
    - Squaring the Circle (1958) - Tonya
    - Ring Round the Moon (1957) - Lady India
    - The Adding Machine (1956) - Mrs. Zero
    - Pink String and Sealing Wax (1956) - Pearl Bond
    1959
    Alfred Marks Time (TV Series)
    - Episode #4.3 (1959)
    1958
    Room at the Top as
    Gertrude (uncredited)
    1953
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
    Vassilisa, Kostylyov's wife / Miss Leighton / Anna
    - The Lower Depths (1958) - Vassilisa, Kostylyov's wife
    - Once in a Lifetime (1953) - Miss Leighton
    - Golden Boy (1953) - Anna
    1958
    Carve Her Name with Pride as
    Jennie Wilson - Bus Conductress (uncredited)
    1958
    East End, West End (TV Series)
    - Episode #1.3 (1958)
    - Episode #1.1 (1958)
    1957
    The New Adventures of Martin Kane (TV Series) as
    Saleswoman
    - The Heiress Story (1957) - Saleswoman
    1957
    The Flesh Is Weak as
    Betty (uncredited)
    1956
    The Big Money as
    Lady in Nightclub (uncredited)
    1956
    A Touch of the Sun as
    Alice Cann
    1956
    H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (TV Series) as
    Lina Szczepanowska
    - Misalliance (1956) - Lina Szczepanowska
    1955
    Fun at St Fanny's as
    'The Private Eye'
    1955
    The Case of Mr. Pelham (TV Movie) as
    Miss Davis
    1955
    The Woman for Joe as
    Gladys
    1955
    The Deep Blue Sea as
    Barmaid
    1954
    Sorry, Wrong Number (TV Movie) as
    Telephone operator
    1953
    The Case of Dr. Ambrose (TV Movie) as
    Miriam Bell
    1953
    Two of Everything (TV Movie) as
    Fanny Grant
    1953
    The Affair at Assino (TV Movie) as
    Tina Pacetti
    1952
    Down Among the Z Men as
    Woman in Shop
    1950
    The Whole World Over (TV Movie) as
    Nadya
    1949
    Down Our Street (TV Movie) as
    Tessie Bernstein
    1947
    The Soul of Anthony Nero (TV Movie) as
    Mrs. Nero
    1947
    ...And Talking of Tight-Ropes (TV Movie)
    1946
    Alice in Wonderland (TV Movie) as
    Cook
    Soundtrack
    1969
    The Magic Christian (performer: "Mad About The Boy")
    Self
    2009
    The Many Faces of... (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - June Whitfield (2009) - Self (as Miriam Karlin OBE)
    2004
    The Ultimate Film (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1998
    Best of British (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Barbara Windsor (1998) - Self
    1996
    Theatreland (TV Series) as
    Self
    1994
    Omnibus (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Joan Littlewood's Lovely War (1994) - Self
    1993
    Without Walls (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Forbidden Fruit (1993) - Self
    1991
    This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Bernard Braden (1991) - Self
    1981
    Question Time (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.28 (1981) - Self
    1979
    Give Us a Clue (TV Series) as
    Self - Panellist / Self - Panelist
    - Episode #3.17 (1980) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.3 (1979) - Self - Panelist
    1979
    Tell Me Another (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Stories from Early Radio and Television to the Present Time (1979) - Self
    - Embarrassing Stories (1979) - Self
    - Stories About Landladies (1979) - Self
    - A Very Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Theatre- (1979) - Self
    1978
    Wednesday at Eight (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.4 (1978) - Self
    1978
    3-2-1 (TV Series)
    - Fairground (1978)
    1978
    Golden Gala (TV Special) as
    Self
    1974
    Looks Familiar (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #4.3 (1974) - Self - Guest
    1974
    Password (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.21 (1974) - Self
    - Episode #2.8 (1974) - Self
    1972
    Tarbuck's Luck (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.4 (1972) - Self
    1970
    The Golden Shot (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.9 (1970) - Self
    1968
    The Gordon Chater Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    1968
    Dee Time (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.23 (1968) - Self
    1966
    Call My Bluff (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.6 (1966) - Self
    1965
    The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.7 (1965) - Self
    1962
    Juke Box Jury (TV Series) as
    Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.307 (1965) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.142 (1962) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.130 (1962) - Self - Panellist
    1964
    The Celebrity Game (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 24 July 1964 (1964) - Self
    - Episode dated 19 June 1964 (1964) - Self
    1963
    Don't Say a Word (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 25 December 1963 (1963) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #1.9 (1963) - Self - Guest
    1961
    The Bing Crosby Show (TV Special) as
    Self
    1960
    Showtime (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.1 (1960) - Self
    1956
    This Is Show Business (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #7.1 (1956) - Self
    1954
    Show Case (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.3 (1954) - Self
    Archive Footage
    1995
    Empire of the Censors (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self

    References

    Miriam Karlin Wikipedia