Occupation British actress Name Sylvia Coleridge | Role Television actress | |
Full Name Kathleen Sylvia Duke Coleridge Died May 31, 1986, London, United Kingdom Nominations Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Movies and TV shows Tess, I Met a Murderer, Bleak House, The Lotus Eaters, Jude the Obscure Similar People Ghislain Cloquet, Roman Polanski, Roy Kellino, Michael J Bird | ||
Sylvia Coleridge (10 December 1909 – 31 May 1986) was a British stage, radio and television actress.
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Birth
Coleridge was born in Darjeeling, British India, now India.
Career
Her TV acting credits include: Out of the Unknown, The Avengers, Paul Temple, The Lotus Eaters, Ace of Wands, The Tomorrow People, Z-Cars, Public Eye, Sutherland's Law, Dixon of Dock Green, The Onedin Line, Doctor Who (in the serial The Seeds of Doom), Survivors, Armchair Thriller (in the serial Quiet as a Nun), Blake's 7 (in the episode Gambit as the Croupier), Shoestring, The Flipside of Dominick Hide, Angels, Rumpole of the Bailey, Artemis 81 and Bleak House.
Tom Baker mentioned on the DVD commentary for The Robots of Death that he had been so taken with Coleridge's eccentric performance in The Seeds of Doom that he had suggested her as the new Doctor Who companion to producer Graham Williams.
Death
She died in London, England and was interred in the East London Cemetery.
Filmography
Actress
1986
Paradise Postponed (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs. Amulet
- Living in the Past (1986) - Mrs. Amulet
1986
The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Grantley
1985
Behind Enemy Lines (TV Movie) as
Mavis
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) as
René
- Molière (1985) - René
1985
Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (TV Mini Series) as
Miss Flite / Miss Flyte
- Episode #1.8 (1985) - Miss Flyte
- Episode #1.6 (1985) - Miss Flite
- Episode #1.4 (1985) - Miss Flite
- Episode #1.3 (1985) - Miss Flite
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Miss Flite
- Episode #1.1 (1985) - Miss Flite
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (TV Series) as
Laundry Lady
- Episode #1.5 (1985) - Laundry Lady
1984
Who Dares Wins (TV Series)
- Episode #1.6 (1984)
1984
Secret Places as
Miss Trott
1983
Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) as
Nancy
- Rumpole and the Genuine Article (1983) - Nancy
1983
Tartuffe, or The Impostor (TV Movie) as
Mme Pernelle
1976
Angels (TV Series) as
Aunty Evelyn / Ailsa Russell / Ailsa
- Episode #8.31 (1982) - Aunty Evelyn
- Episode #8.29 (1982) - Aunty Evelyn
- Episode #5.28 (1979) - Ailsa Russell
- Episode #5.27 (1979) - Ailsa Russell
- Concert (1976) - Ailsa
- Day Hospital (1976) - Ailsa
1980
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Great Aunt Mavis
- Another Flip for Dominick (1982) - Great Aunt Mavis
- The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) - Great Aunt Mavis
1969
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) as
Nancy Coote / Mme. Barbaret / Madame Georges
- The Boxwallah (1982) - Nancy Coote
- The Best of Enemies (1977) - Mme. Barbaret
- Colombe (1969) - Madame Georges
1981
Artemis 81 (TV Movie) as
Library Scholar
1981
Funny Man (TV Series) as
Mrs. Fouracre
- The Good of the Cause (1981) - Mrs. Fouracre
1981
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
Miss Samson
- Elizabeth Alone: Part 3 (1981) - Miss Samson
- Elizabeth Alone: Part 2 (1981) - Miss Samson
- Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 (1981) - Miss Samson
1980
Premiere (TV Series) as
Miss. Berman
- Some of My Best Friends (1980) - Miss. Berman
1980
The Ghost Sonata (TV Movie) as
Fiancée
1979
The Human Factor as
Mrs. Halliday
1979
Shoestring (TV Series) as
C J Daniels
- The Link-Up (1979) - C J Daniels
1979
Tess as
Mrs d'Urberville
1979
Rings on Their Fingers (TV Series) as
Miss Walters
- Home Market (1979) - Miss Walters
1979
Blake's 7 (TV Series) as
Croupier
- Gambit (1979) - Croupier
1979
The BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) as
Old Lady, Anne Bullen's friend
- Henry VIII (1979) - Old Lady, Anne Bullen's friend
1979
Rebecca (TV Mini Series) as
Grandmother
- Episode #1.3 (1979) - Grandmother
1978
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Sonia Forrester
- Episode #1.1806 (1978) - Sonia Forrester
1978
Armchair Thriller (TV Series) as
Sister Boniface
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 6: Death and Decision (1978) - Sister Boniface
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 5: Powers of Darkness (1978) - Sister Boniface
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 4: Witness and Wills (1978) - Sister Boniface
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 3: The Black Nun (1978) - Sister Boniface
- Quiet as a Nun: Part 2: The Chapel (1978) - Sister Boniface
1978
Maggie and Her (TV Series) as
Miss Spinney
- The Naughty Window Cleaner (1978) - Miss Spinney
1977
Supernatural (TV Mini Series) as
Herr Steekebeck's Mother
- Mr. Nightingale (1977) - Herr Steekebeck's Mother
1977
Survivors (TV Series) as
Mrs. Butterworth
- A Little Learning (1977) - Mrs. Butterworth
1976
The Onedin Line (TV Series) as
Mrs. Salt
- The Gamble (1976) - Mrs. Salt
1976
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
Mrs. Collins
- Everybody's Business (1976) - Mrs. Collins
1976
Doctor Who (TV Series) as
Amelia Ducat
- The Seeds of Doom: Part Five (1976) - Amelia Ducat
- The Seeds of Doom: Part Four (1976) - Amelia Ducat
- The Seeds of Doom: Part Three (1976) - Amelia Ducat
1975
Beryl's Lot (TV Series) as
Edith Clark Mitchell
- The Last Straw (1975) - Edith Clark Mitchell
1975
Sutherland's Law (TV Series) as
Mrs. Antrim
- Creatures in a Private Zoo (1975) - Mrs. Antrim
1975
Ten from the Twenties (TV Series) as
Lady Harriet Burlington-Webb
- The Orsini Emeralds (1975) - Lady Harriet Burlington-Webb
1975
Village Hall (TV Series) as
Mrs. Annie Lubbock
- Silver Threads (1975) - Mrs. Annie Lubbock
1965
Public Eye (TV Series) as
Lydia Alexander / Master of Foxhounds
- No Orchids for Marker (1975) - Lydia Alexander
- You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere (1965) - Master of Foxhounds
1974
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Ada Taylor
- Old Bones (1974) - Ada Taylor
1974
The Carnforth Practice (TV Series) as
Miss Railton
- The Last Roman (1974) - Miss Railton
1974
The Tomorrow People (TV Series) as
Professor Freda Garner
- A Rift in Time: Turn of the Thumb (1974) - Professor Freda Garner
- A Rift in Time: Vase of Mystery (1974) - Professor Freda Garner
1972
Ace of Wands (TV Series) as
Letty Edgington
- Sisters Deadly: Part 3 (1972) - Letty Edgington
- Sisters Deadly: Part 2 (1972) - Letty Edgington
- Sisters Deadly: Part 1 (1972) - Letty Edgington
1972
The Man Outside (TV Series) as
Mrs. Bly
- Bye, Bye, Mrs Bly (1972) - Mrs. Bly
1972
The Lotus Eaters (TV Series) as
Miriam Woolley
- A Touch of Home (1972) - Miriam Woolley
- And Hera Had a Sister (1972) - Miriam Woolley
- The Present Mrs. Clive (1972) - Miriam Woolley
- A Cold Wind from the North (1972) - Miriam Woolley
1972
Omnibus (TV Series documentary) as
Mona
- Actor, I Said (1972) - Mona
1972
Jason King (TV Series) as
Mrs. Bishop
- It's Too Bad About Auntie (1972) - Mrs. Bishop
1971
Owen, M.D. (TV Series) as
Miss. Bannister
- The Bees, Part 2 (1971) - Miss. Bannister
- The Bees, Part 1 (1971) - Miss. Bannister
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Alice Collins / Jesse Griffin
- Alice Dancing (1971) - Alice Collins
- Hodinott Veiling (1970) - Jesse Griffin
1971
Doctor at Large (TV Series) as
Miss Medwin
- Where There's a Will- (1971) - Miss Medwin
1971
The Expert (TV Series) as
Mrs. Williams
- A Scientific Fact (1971) - Mrs. Williams
1971
Jude the Obscure (TV Mini Series) as
Miss Fontover
- To Christminster (1971) - Miss Fontover
- At Marygreen (1971) - Miss Fontover
1971
Long Ago, Tomorrow as
Celia
1971
Paul Temple (TV Series) as
Lady Bissett
- House of the Dead (1971) - Lady Bissett
1970
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Witch
- Macbeth (1970) - Witch
1970
Take Three Girls (TV Series) as
Lady Worthington
- Keep Hoping (1970) - Lady Worthington
1968
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
Paula / Mrs. Mackintosh / Veronica
- The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury (1969) - Paula
- Doctor Atkinson's Daughter (1969) - Mrs. Mackintosh
- House of Character (1968) - Veronica
1969
Sinister Street (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs. Carthew
- Spires and Tranquillity (1969) - Mrs. Carthew
- The Parti-Coloured Years (1969) - Mrs. Carthew
1968
The Rolling Stones: Child of the Moon (Music Video short) as
Old Lady
1968
Half Hour Story (TV Series) as
Margaret
- Happy Anniversary (1968) - Margaret
1957
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Mrs. Loft / Cousin May
- Mrs Capper's Birthday (1968) - Mrs. Loft
- Autumn (1957) - Cousin May
1967
The Gamblers (TV Series)
- The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley (1967)
1967
Pride and Prejudice (TV Series) as
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Destiny (1967) - Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Prejudice (1967) - Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Proposal (1967) - Lady Catherine de Bourgh
1967
Boy Meets Girl (TV Series) as
Alice
- The Raging Moon (1967) - Alice
1967
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (TV Series) as
Lady Emily Rood
- The New Catacomb (1967) - Lady Emily Rood
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Alice
- Go Tell It on Table Mountain (1967) - Alice
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
Ivy / Aunt Maud / Mrs. Satterthwaite
- The Family Reunion (1966) - Ivy
- The Queen and Jackson (1966) - Aunt Maud
- Parade's End #1: Some Do Not (1964) - Mrs. Satterthwaite
1966
Mr. John Jorrocks (TV Series) as
Mrs. Flather
- These Lawyers Are a Lot of Hignorant Screws (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- I Propose Mr. Jorrocks as the Fit and Proper Knight to Represent Our Interests in Parliament (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- These Are the Blessings of the Reform Bill (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- Now That We Are Worshipful, It Becomes Us to Be Grave and Respectable Looking (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- Make Two Blades Grow Where One Grew Before (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- If We Encourage Vulgar People Coming Here, Where Might Not the Matter End? (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- The Duke and Duchess of Donkeyton Request the Honour of Mr. And Mrs. Jorrocks's Company (1966) - Mrs. Flather
- 'Untin' Is the Sport of Kings - The Liver and Bacon of My Existence (1966) - Mrs. Flather
1966
Thirteen Against Fate (TV Series) as
Constance Ropiquet
- Trapped (1966) - Constance Ropiquet
1966
The Avengers (TV Series) as
Aunt Hetty
- The Girl from Auntie (1966) - Aunt Hetty
1965
Out of the Unknown (TV Series) as
Caroline Potterley
- The Dead Past (1965) - Caroline Potterley
1965
Cluff (TV Series) as
Cissie Lawton
- The Chicken (1965) - Cissie Lawton
1957
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Mme Marmeladov / Rose Griggs / Dolly Talbo
- Crime and Punishment (1964) - Mme Marmeladov
- The Autumn Garden (1960) - Rose Griggs
- The Grass Harp (1957) - Dolly Talbo
1963
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) as
Debbie Wilson
- The Deep End (1963) - Debbie Wilson
1962
Somerset Maugham Hour (TV Series) as
Carmencita
- The Closed Shop (1962) - Carmencita
1960
Inside Story (TV Series) as
Miss Davidson
- The New Broom (1960) - Miss Davidson
- A Present for Penny (1960) - Miss Davidson
1957
Bonehead (TV Series) as
Vague Lady
- Pilot (1957) - Vague Lady
1956
Nathaniel Titlark (TV Series) as
Miss Llandovery
- A Vote for Titlark (1956) - Miss Llandovery
1955
As I Was Saying (TV Series) as
Miss Bellamy
- The Day Off (1955) - Miss Bellamy
1953
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Miss Ada Green / Alena
- The Adventurer (1955) - Miss Ada Green
- Crime and Punishment (1953) - Alena
1949
Buoyant Billions (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Secondborn
1948
Sigh No More, Ladies (TV Movie)
1948
Loyalties (TV Movie) as
Lady Adela Winsor
1940
Jail Birds as
Mrs. Smith
1939
I Met a Murderer as
Martha Warrow
1938
St. Simeon Stylites (TV Movie)
1937
Ghosts (TV Movie) as
Regina
1937
The Importance of Being Earnest (TV Movie) as
Cecily Cardew
1937
Cross My Heart as
Alice
Archive Footage
2020
Victoria Wood: The Secret List (TV Series) as
Laundry Lady
- Episode #1.2 (2020) - Laundry Lady (uncredited)
2005
Pride and Prejudice Revisited (TV Movie documentary) as
Lady Catherine de Bourgh (uncredited)
References
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