Gwen Watford

Biography

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.

Known For

Play for Today

Play for Today

ITV Playhouse

The Wednesday Play

The Comic Strip Presents...

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

All Movies (29)

• Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side1992 · as Mrs. Dolly Bantry
• Relatively Speaking1989 · as Sheila Carter
• The Winslow Boy1989 · as Grace Winslow
• The Yob1988 · as Mrs Kendel
• Cry Freedom1987 · as Wendy's Mother
• Reluctant Chickens1983 · as Jo
• John David1982 · as Cynthia
• Present Laughter1981 · as Monica Reed
• Age of Hypocrisy1977 · as Rita Iverson
• Tomkinson's Schooldays1976 · as Mummy
• The Ghoul1975 · as Ayah
• In This House of Brede1975 · as Dame Catherine
• Man Above Men1973 · as Susan
• Just in Time for Christmas1972 · as Janet Nottage
• Taste the Blood of Dracula1970 · as Martha Hargood
• Gareth1968 · as Megan Owen
• Stand by Your Screen1968 · as Ada Gritter
• Let's Murder Vivaldi1968 · as Monica
• The Noise Stopped1966 · as Diana
• Do You Know This Voice?1964 · as Jackie Hopta
• Jackals in the Desert1964
• Jackals in the Desert1964 · as Mrs Marsh
• Cleopatra1963 · as Calpurnia
• The Very Edge1963 · as Sister Holden
• The Threatening Storm1961
• The Grass Is Greener1960 · as Hairdresser's Receptionist (uncredited)
• Never Take Sweets from a Stranger1960 · as Sally Carter
• A Woman of No Importance1960 · as Mrs. Arbuthnot
• The Fall of the House of Usher1950 · as Lady Usher

All TV Shows (37)

• Behaving Badly1989
• Miss Marple: The Body in the Library1984 · as Dolly Bantry
• Weekend Playhouse1984 · as Regina
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Mrs. Kendel
• The Agatha Christie Hour1982 · as Mariah Packington
• Shillingbury Tales1981 · as Martha Langton
• Don't Forget To Write!1977 · as Mabel Maple
• Jubilee 19771977 · as Rita Iverson
• Ripping Yarns1976
• Ten from the Twenties1975 · as Aunt Lizzie
• Bedtime Stories1974 · as Irene James
• Between the Wars1973 · as Mrs. Tonge
• The Train Now Standing1972
• Play for Today1970 · as Susan
• Play for Today1970 · as Jo
• Menace1970 · as Hilly Parsloe
• Husbands and Lovers1970 · as Baroness
• Shadows of Fear1970
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Nicola
• The Company of Five1968 · as Mrs Gifford
• The Company of Five1968 · as Helen Sinclair
• The Company of Five1968 · as Amanda Conroy
• The Company of Five1968 · as Ada Gritter
• The Company of Five1968 · as Megan Owen
• The Gamblers1967 · as Rachel Grant
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Dola
• Half Hour Story1967 · as Ruth
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Carla Hudson
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Isobelle
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Monica
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Paula
• The Silver Sword1957
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Marion Sharpe
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Diana
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Dorothy
• Jesus of Nazareth1956 · as Mary, mother of Jesus