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Years active
  
1942-1975

Name
  
Pamela Brown


Role
  
Film actress

Albums
  
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Pamela Brown (actress) Pamela Brown 19171975

Full Name
  
Pamela Mary Brown

Born
  
8 July 1917 (
1917-07-08
)
Hampstead, London, England, UK

Partner(s)
  
Michael Powell (till 1975)

Died
  
September 19, 1975, Avening, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Peter Copley (m. 1941–1953)

Parents
  
Helen Blanche Brown, George Edward Brown

Movies
  
Cleopatra, Lust for Life, I Know Where I'm Going!, Becket, The Tales of Hoffmann

Similar People
  
Michael Powell, John Gielgud, Emeric Pressburger, Peter Glenville, Joseph L Mankiewicz

Pamela Mary Brown (8 July 1917 – 19 September 1975) was an English stage and film actress.

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She was born in Hampstead, London to George Edward Brown, a journalist, and his wife, Helen Blanche (née Ellerton). Brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, she attended St Mary's School, Ascot. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she made her stage debut in 1936 as Juliet in a Stratford-upon-Avon production of Romeo and Juliet. Three of her early film roles were in Powell and Pressburger films: her first screen part in One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942), a memorable supporting role in I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), and in the fantasy film-opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). She played a bitter spinster in Personal Affair, starring Gene Tierney (1953).

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From the early 1950s, her arthritic condition (first appearing when she was sixteen), began to make playing on the stage difficult; her mobility was restricted and she was in great pain, which was kept at bay by drugs. Nevertheless, she was a notable success as Jennet in the London production of The Lady's Not For Burning, opposite Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and John Gielgud (1949), which transferred to Broadway for an extended run (1950–51). Time magazine wrote (20 November 1950): "As the lady, Pamela Brown proves that Fry did not write the part for her in vain. No one has a more gloriously uppity charm; no voice can simultaneously so rasp and thrill; no one ever made standoffishness more come-hitherable."

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Her success in film continued as Jane Shore in Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955) and opposite Kirk Douglas in the Van Gogh biopic Lust for Life (1956). Highlights of her 1960s work include the epic Cleopatra (High Priestess; 1963), Becket (Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; 1964) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (High Priestess; 1966). She played Lady Bessborough in Lady Caroline Lamb (1972).

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Personal life

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In February 1953, she divorced her husband, Peter Copley, for infidelity. They had no children. A devout Roman Catholic, she could not remarry while Copley was still alive so she lived with her partner Michael Powell, the director who had given her her early film roles. They remained together until her death from pancreatic cancer in 1975, aged 58, in Avening, Gloucestershire. She was buried in Holy Cross churchyard, Avening.



Filmography

Actress
1975
Spy Trap (TV Series) as
Hester
- Truth Won't Out (1975) - Hester
1975
In This House of Brede (TV Movie) as
Dame Agnes
1974
Affairs of the Heart (TV Series) as
Mary Tredick
- Mary and Louisa (1974) - Mary Tredick
1974
The Carnforth Practice (TV Series) as
Nancy Burton
- Adam (1974) - Nancy Burton
1974
Fall of Eagles (TV Mini Series) as
Archduchess Sophia
- Death Waltz (1974) - Archduchess Sophia
1974
Dracula (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Westenra
1973
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Alexandra Ford
- Nuisance (1973) - Alexandra Ford
1973
The Song of Songs (TV Series) as
Fraulein von Schwert
- Episode #1.2 (1973) - Fraulein von Schwert
1972
Lady Caroline Lamb as
Lady Bessborough
1972
Six Faces (TV Series) as
Margaret
- An Old Deceiver (1972) - Margaret
1971
The Night Digger as
Mrs. Edith Prince - Mother
1970
Wuthering Heights as
Mrs. Linton
1970
Figures in a Landscape as
Widow (uncredited)
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as
Mrs. Fitzherbert
1969
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Queen Elizabeth
- Mary Queen of Scots (1969) - Queen Elizabeth
1968
Secret Ceremony as
Hilda
1968
The Admirable Crichton (TV Movie) as
Lady Brocklehurst
1967
Half a Sixpence as
Mrs. Walsingham
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Lady Neville
- Come Death (1967) - Lady Neville
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as
High Priestess
1966
The Witness (TV Movie) as
Madame Pontreau
1966
Thirteen Against Fate (TV Series) as
Madame Pontreau
- The Witness (1966) - Madame Pontreau
1966
Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
Madame Arkadina
- The Seagull (1966) - Madame Arkadina
1965
Riviera Police (TV Series) as
Eva Marceau
- There's Something Moving in the Water/Lucky for Some (1965) - Eva Marceau
1965
Six Shades of Black (TV Series) as
Lady Masterman
- There Is a Happy Land- (1965) - Lady Masterman
- The Good Woman of Chester Square (1965) - Lady Masterman
1964
Thursday Theatre (TV Series) as
Freda Jefferies
- Murder Mistaken (1964) - Freda Jefferies
1964
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Lady Bracknell
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1964) - Lady Bracknell
1964
NET Playhouse (TV Series) as
Lady Bracknell
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1964) - Lady Bracknell
1964
Becket as
Queen Eleanor [of Aquitaine]
1956
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Marguerite Gautier / The Countess / Emma Lovat / ...
- Camino Real (1964) - Marguerite Gautier
- The Rehearsal (1963) - The Countess
- A Matter of Principle (1962) - Emma Lovat
- Ivanov (1961) - Anna Petrovna
- Miss Treeves (1961) - Miss Treeves
- Hay Fever (1960) - Myra Arundel
- John Gabriel Borkman (1958) - Miss Ella Rentheim
- Hedda Gabler (1957) - Hedda Gabler
- The Innocents (1956)
1964
Espionage (TV Series) as
Miss Jensen
- Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1964) - Miss Jensen
1958
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Helen Hilderson / Lily
- To Bury Caesar (1963) - Helen Hilderson
- What Shall We Tell Caroline? (1958) - Lily
1963
The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) as
Helen Hilderson
- To Bury Caesar (1963) - Helen Hilderson
1963
Cleopatra as
High Priestess
1962
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
Miss Plum
- The Tiger (1962) - Miss Plum
1961
Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) as
Catherine De Medici
- Mission to Paris (1961) - Catherine De Medici
1961
Deadline Midnight (TV Series) as
Sarah Dryden
- Libel Story (1961) - Sarah Dryden
1961
Victoria Regina (TV Movie) as
Duchess of Kent
1961
One Step Beyond (TV Series) as
Miss Cartwright - Governess
- The Tiger (1961) - Miss Cartwright - Governess
1960
Maigret (TV Series) as
Giselle
- Unscheduled Departure (1960) - Giselle
1960
Startime (TV Series) as
Janet Spence
- The Gioconda Smile (1960) - Janet Spence
1959
The House in Paris (TV Movie) as
Naomi
1959
The Scapegoat as
Blanche
1959
Dark Possession (TV Movie) as
Charlotte Bell Wheeler
1958
Suspicion (TV Series) as
Solange Rogers
- The Woman Turned to Salt (1958) - Solange Rogers
1958
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Baronesse Von Heinrich
- The Violent Heart (1958) - Baronesse Von Heinrich
1956
Lust for Life as
Christine
1956
Now and Forever as
Mrs. Grant
1955
Richard III (TV Short) as
Jane Shore
1955
Richard III as
Jane Shore
1955
Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV Series) as
Kitty, later Lady Bodmin
- The Great Healer (1955) - Kitty, later Lady Bodmin
1955
Baker's Dozen (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Carewe
1955
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall (TV Movie) as
Excerpt from Baker's Dozen
1953
Personal Affair as
Evelyn
1952
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray as
Paula Tanqueray
1951
Celanese Theatre (TV Series) as
Susan Trexel
- Susan and God (1951) - Susan Trexel
1951
The Tales of Hoffmann as
Nicklaus
1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Jennet Jourdemayne
- The Lady's Not for Burning (1950) - Jennet Jourdemayne
1949
Alice in Wonderland as
The Queen of Hearts (voice)
1946
Death of a Rat (TV Movie) as
Yolan
1945
I Know Where I'm Going! as
Catriona Potts
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing as
Els Meertens
Self
1970
Barbra: Yesterday, Today and Forever! (Documentary short) as
Self / Mrs. Fitzherbert (uncredited)
1964
Tempo (TV Series documentary) as
Gertrude
- The Prince Maker (1964) - Gertrude
- A Wind of Change: The Art of Franco Zeffirelli (1964)
1962
The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1952
Winnie-the-Pooh (TV Series) as
Self - Introduction
- In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday (1952) - Self - Introduction
- In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day (1952) - Self - Introduction
- In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One (1952) - Self - Introduction
- Piglet Meets a Heffalump (1952) - Self - Introduction
- Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast (1952) - Self - Introduction
- In Which a House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore (1952) - Self - Introduction
1951
The Faye Emerson Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Gielgud and Brown (1951) - Self - Guest
1951
The Lilli Palmer Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Pamela Brown (1951) - Self

References

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