Gwen Watford

Gwendoline "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.

Awards

• She won a Society of Film and Television Arts Television award in 1958, and again in 1965, for Best Performance by an Actress in Television.
• She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Present Laughter.

Additional selected filmography

• The Mirror Crack'd (1992) (TV) .... Mrs. Dolly Bantry
• The Winslow Boy (1990) (TV) .... Grace Winslow
• Relatively Speaking (1990) (TV) .... Sheila Carter
• Behaving Badly (1989) (TV) .... Frieda
• Miss Marple The Body in the Library (1984) (TV).... Mrs Dolly Bantry
• The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (1982) (TV) .... Maria Packington
• In This House of Brede (1975) (TV) .... Dame Catherine
• The Ghoul (1975) .... Ayah
• A Face of Your Own (1973) (TV) .... Moira
• The Rise and Rise of Cesar Birotteau (1965) (TV) .... Constance Birotteau
• Do You Know This Voice? (1964) .... Jackie Hopta
• Valley of the Kings (1964) .... Mrs. Marsh
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1961) (TV) .... Elizabeth Barrett
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