Cast & creator
Gwen Watford
Best known for Play for Today, Play for Today, The Wednesday Play
Gwen Watford (10 September 1927 — 6 February 1994) was an English film, stage, and television actress. She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952. Born in London, Watford trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic. She made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1949). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987). She died from cancer, aged 66, in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gwen Watford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Гвен Уотфорд, Gwendoline Watford, Гвендолин Уотфорд
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film credits
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television credits
71
1950–1992 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
Play for Today
Susan
1970Play for Today
Jo
1970
The Wednesday Play
Monica
1964
ITV Playhouse
Dola
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Carla Hudson
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Isobelle
1965
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Nicola
1969
The Comic Strip Presents...
Mrs. Kendel
1982Ten from the Twenties
Aunt Lizzie
1975
The Agatha Christie Hour
Mariah Packington
1982Armchair Mystery Theatre
Paula
1960Jubilee 1977
Rita Iverson
1977
Cleopatra
Calpurnia
1963
Miss Marple
Mrs. Bantry
1984
Half Hour Story
Ruth
1967
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Dolly Bantry
1984Sharing Time
Belle
1984Blackmail
Alice Rollings
1965
Ripping Yarns
1976
The Company of Five
Mrs Gifford
1968The Company of Five
Helen Sinclair
1968The Company of Five
Amanda Conroy
1968The Company of Five
Ada Gritter
1968The Company of Five
Megan Owen
1968Menace
Hilly Parsloe
1970
Armchair Theatre
Marion Sharpe
1956Armchair Theatre
1956Armchair Theatre
Diana
1956Armchair Theatre
Dorothy
1956
Shadows of Fear
1970The Gamblers
Rachel Grant
1967
Cry Freedom
Wendy's Mother
1987
Don't Forget to Write!
Mabel Maple
1977The Root of All Evil?
Mabel Maple
1968
Shillingbury Tales
Martha Langton
1981
Bedtime Stories
Irene James
1974
The Train Now Standing
1972Weekend Playhouse
Regina
1984
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Martha Hargood
1970
Behaving Badly
1989
The Grass Is Greener
Hairdresser's Receptionist (uncredited)
1960Between the Wars
Mrs. Tonge
1973
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Mrs. Dolly Bantry
1992Do You Remember?
Lady Frinton
1978Husbands and Lovers
Baroness
1970
Jesus of Nazareth
Mary, mother of Jesus
1956
The Fall of the House of Usher
Lady Usher
1950
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Sally Carter
1960
In This House of Brede
Dame Catherine
1975
Reluctant Chickens
Jo
1983The Silver Sword
1957Stand by Your Screen
Ada Gritter
1968
Do You Know This Voice?
Jackie Hopta
1964
Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
1984Just in Time for Christmas
Janet Nottage
1972
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Mummy
1976
The Ghoul
Ayah
1975The Winslow Boy
Grace Winslow
1989A Woman of No Importance
Mrs. Arbuthnot
1960
Man Above Men
Susan
1973The Noise Stopped
Diana
1966The Threatening Storm
1961
Present Laughter
Monica Reed
1981Let's Murder Vivaldi
Monica
1968
John David
Cynthia
1982
The Yob
Mrs Kendel
1988Age of Hypocrisy
Rita Iverson
1977
The Very Edge
Sister Holden
1963
Relatively Speaking
Sheila Carter
1989Jackals in the Desert
1964Jackals in the Desert
Mrs Marsh
1964