Cast & creator
Brenda Cowling
Best known for The Avengers, Theatre 625, Jonathan Creek
25
film credits
48
television credits
73
1950–2004 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
The Avengers
Masseuse
1961
Theatre 625
Joanna
1964
Jonathan Creek
Mrs. Thrimpson
1997Sunday-Night Play
Mrs. Bowden
1960
Sykes
Sister
1972Sykes
Molly Pickling
1972
The Upper Hand
The Nun
1990
Justice
Mrs. Cosgrove
1971
BBC2 Play of the Week
Vera Collings
1977
Dad's Army
Mrs Prentice
1968
Shoestring
Mrs Margaret Billington
1979
The Duchess of Duke Street
Elsie Richards
1976
Budgie
Customer in Supermarket
1971
Goodnight Sweetheart
Miss Weatherell
1993
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Maid
1971
Sergeant Cork
Sarah Jenkins
1963
Fawlty Towers
Sister
1975
In Sickness and in Health
Home Help
1985In Sickness and in Health
Patient
1985
The Detectives
Bride's Grandmother
1993
The Agatha Christie Hour
Miss Draper
1982
Hammer House of Horror
Nurse Davies
1980
Suspense
Emma
1962
The Pallisers
Mrs Bunce
1974
You Rang, M'Lord?
Blanche Lipton
1990
Octopussy
Schatzi
1983
Murder in Suburbia
Mrs Kirkman
2004
The Last Detective
Old Lady
2003
Lytton's Diary
Customer
1985
Only When I Laugh
Matron
1979
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Teacher
1982
Romany Jones
Betty's Mother
1972
Happy Ever After
Mrs Robinson
1974
Shadows
Cook
1975
All Gas and Gaiters
Mary
1967All Gas and Gaiters
Mrs Russell
1967
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Matron
1985
Stage Fright
Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)
1950
Oliver Twist
Nursemaid
1985
Q.E.D.
Nun on Train
1982
Nicholas Nickleby
Mrs. Kenwigs
1968
Oh, Father!
Mrs Rourke
1973
The Old Curiosity Shop
Landlady
1979
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
Mrs Wren
1996
Jabberwocky
Mrs Fishfinger
1977
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Mrs. Rodgers
1991
Potter
Jane
1979Doctors and Nurses
Jean
2004
Sink or Swim
Matron
1980
Seal Morning
Mrs Beales
1986
Greenfingers
Bookshop Customer
2001
Young Winston
Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)
1972
Sharon and Elsie
Waitress
1984
Carry On Girls
Matron
1973
Carry On Behind
Wife (uncredited)
1975
The Black Windmill
Secretary (uncredited)
1974
Dream Lover
Hotel Manager
1986
The Black Panther
1977
The Railway Children
Mrs Viney
1970Good Girl
Gwen Botley
1974
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Mrs Martin
2004
Room to Rent
Church Lady
2001Television Club
Mrs. Brent
1962
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Jean Crowley's Mother
2002
Bindle (One of Them Days)
Martha Hearty
1966
Up in the Air
Lady Pennyweight
1969
Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Mrs. Knowles
1971The Man and the Snake
Molly
1972
The Bells of Astercote
Mrs Fletcher
1980St. Ursula's in Danger
Mrs. Trimble
1983
Foreign Affairs
Vera Collings
1978
Please Sir!
Mrs. Duffy
1971
The Flood
Mrs. Grout
1963