Mollie Maureen (16 August 1904 – 26 January 1987) was an Irish actress who worked mainly in Britain.
Life and career
Maureen was born Elizabeth Mary Campfield in 1904 in Ireland. Her acting career began in 1939, wherein she acted in a film entitled A Ship in the Bay. Maureen mainly worked in television, with many minor and/or recurring roles in major shows such as Z-Cars, Open All Hours, Last of the Summer Wine and The Sweeney. She also appeared as an elderly lady in an episode of Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, which co-starred Christopher Lee. More prominently, from 1981 to 1983, she had various roles on the Kenny Everett Show. Other television appearances included playing Lady Glenmire in the 1972 version of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, alongside Pat Coombs. She played Queen Victoria on two separate occasions on screen, one of them in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, the other in the mini-series The Edwardians. Her last film appearance was the role of the violently eccentric Mr. F's Aunt in Christine Edzard's two-part adaptation of Little Dorrit, co-starring Joan Greenwood, Max Wall and Sir Alec Guinness.
She died in London, aged 82.
Selected TV and filmography
Little Dorrit as Mr. F's Aunt - 1987The Comic Strip Presents... (episode: Consuela, or, the New Mrs Saunders) as Mrs Tattle - 1986Travelling Man (episode: Hustler) - 1985Hammer House of Horror and Suspense (episode: The Corvini Inheritance) as an elderly lady - 1985Past Caring as Susan - 1985Angels (2 episodes) as Miss Draper - 1983Curse of the Pink Panther as Rich Old Lady - 1983The Wicked Lady as Doll Skelton - 1983The Kenny Everett Show (Various Roles) - 1981-1983Open All Hours (episode: The Cool Cocoa Tin Lid) as Old Woman - 1982The Setbacks (7 episodes) as Gran - 1981Great Expectations (3 episodes) as Sarah Pocket - 1981A Chance to Sit Down as Landlady - 1981Shoestring (episode: The Farmer had a Wife) as Mother Superior - 1980Oh Happy Band (episode: Let Bygones be Bygones) - 1980Born and Bred (episode: C'est si bon) as Mildred - 1980ITV Playhouse (episode: Hands) as Mrs Spinks - 1980All Creatures Great and Small (episode: Will to Live) as Alice Temple - 1980The Orchard End Murder as Old Lady at Station - 1980Play for Today (episode: Chance of a Lifetime) as Old Mrs. Gallagher - 1980Danger UXB (episode: Dead Man's Shoes) as Old Woman - 1979The Hound of the Baskervilles as Mrs Oviatt - 1978Spearhead (episode: Suspect) as Old Woman - 1978Jabberwocky as Head Nun (uncredited) - 1977Beryl's Lot as Mrs Pargeter - 1977Doctor on the Go (episode: I Love Paris... When I get there) as Sister Murphy - 1977Happy Ever After (episode: Old Folks' Party) as Mrs. Turner - 1976Angels (episode: Celebration) as Ellen - 1976The Return of the Pink Panther as Little Old Lady - 1975Crossroads as Granny Fraser - 1975The Sweeney (episode: The Placer) as the Old Woman - 1975The Venturers (episode: Gilt Edged) as Mrs. Norwood - 1975Z-Cars (episode: House to House) as Mrs. Best - 1974Callan as Old Lady in the Strand - 1974Last of the Summer Wine (episode: The New Mobile Trio) as Walter's Mother - 1973Crown Court (episode: No Smoke Without Fire Part 1) as Nellie Kent - 1973Armchair 30 (episode: Ross Evan's Story) as Old Lady - 1973Follyfoot (episode: The Distant Voice) as Mrs. Padgett - 1973Owen, M.D. (episode: The Witch of Addington) as Mrs. Gudle - 1973The Fenn Street Gang (episode: Is Anybody There?) as Lady in Church - 1973The Edwardians (episode: Daisy) as Queen Victoria - 1973Cranford (4 episodes) as Lady Glenmire - 1972Sykes (episode: Marriage) as Muriel - 1972Clochemerle (4 episodes) as Madame Lagousse - 1972Spyder's Web (episode: Romance on Wheels) as Mrs. Danvers - 1972Bachelor Father (episode: Gently Does it) as Great-Aunt Freda - 1971Public Eye (episode: Who Wants to Be Told Bad News?) as Miss Bain - 1971The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Queen Victoria - 1970
