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Billington, Michael. "Three Sisters at Greenwich",
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1102:(1977) (TV) | The Silencer - Barbara Truscott
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1116:(1982) (TV) .... Maria Packington
1110:(1977-1979) (TV) .... Mable Maple
1068:(1970) .... Moira Astle (episode
989:Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
828:Society of West End Theatre Award
367:. For the BBC and the commercial
344:(1950), but as her obituarist in
196:Cooper. Percy Watford had been a
179:Society of West End Theatre Award
1114:The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
620:When Did You Last See My Mother?
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1052:(1966) (TV) .... Lettice Broome
957:TV and filmography (incomplete)
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3150:Laurence Olivier Award winners
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1168:(1990) (TV) .... Grace Winslow
1160:(1990) (TV) .... Sheila Carter
1005:The Barretts of Wimpole Street
965:The Fall of the House of Usher
501:The Barretts of Wimpole Street
466:, which she had played at the
341:The Fall of the House of Usher
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3160:Deaths from cancer in England
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1721:Herbert, Ian, ed. (1977).
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1060:(1969) .... Martha Hargood
1057:Taste the Blood of Dracula
830:in 1981. In Shakespeare's
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833:All's Well That Ends Well
473:A Midsummer Night's Dream
88:(m. 1952–1994; her death)
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1300:"Obituary: Gwen Watford"
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1032:(1964) .... Jackie Hopta
992:(1960) .... Sally Carter
947:St Paul's, Covent Garden
556:, Sibyl Railton-Bell in
527:ITV Sunday Night Theatre
386:A Woman of No Importance
324:The Queen and the Rebels
308:A Streetcar Named Desire
198:non-commissioned officer
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1515:Illustrated London News
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1457:"Mary Queen of Scots",
1315:Gielgud, pp. 73 and 487
1154:(1989) (TV) .... Frieda
1127:The Body in the Library
1029:Do You Know This Voice?
976:(1956) .... Rose Dartle
604:Do You Know This Voice?
377:, Catherine Winslow in
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1582:"Coward in Two Keys",
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1107:Don't Forget To Write!
1091:In This House of Brede
1078:(1973) (TV) .... Moira
1038:(1964) .... Mrs. Marsh
968:(1950) .... Lady Usher
752:Don't Forget to Write!
447:The Woman on the Stair
301:and Blanche DuBois in
250:, she appeared at the
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161:Don't Forget to Write!
37:Watford (unknown year)
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855:A Man for All Seasons
749:in the comedy series
383:and Mrs Arbuthnot in
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1649:The Evening Standard
1621:"Television Today",
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1481:. "At the Theatre",
1471:Hope-Wallace, Philip
997:The Grass Is Greener
562:, the title role in
545:Let's Murder Vivaldi
533:ITV Play of the Week
2808:Simon Russell Beale
2504:Edward Petherbridge
2258:Anna Maxwell Martin
2234:Anna Maxwell Martin
1636:The Daily Telegraph
1608:"The visionaries",
1543:"Maugham revival",
1528:The Daily Telegraph
1433:The Daily Telegraph
1399:"Jesus of Nazareth"
1278:The Daily Telegraph
1246:"The Good Ladies",
1158:Relatively Speaking
1036:Valley of the Kings
905:Relatively Speaking
860:Chichester Festival
624:Christopher Hampton
612:Royal Court Theatre
599:Valley of the Kings
443:Westminster Theatre
437:'s awards (now the
400:The Daily Telegraph
260:St Martin's Theatre
3061:No Ceremony (2021)
2971:No Ceremony (2021)
2966:Adrian Scarborough
2918:Adrian Scarborough
2698:Barbara Leigh-Hunt
2692:Frances de la Tour
2443:Margaret Courtenay
1076:A Face of Your Own
720:, and Gertrude in
539:The Wednesday Play
510:and Lea Markat in
458:Friedrich Schiller
334:First screen roles
303:Tennessee Williams
256:No Room at the Inn
218:White Rock Theatre
206:St Leonards-on-Sea
190:Gwendoline Watford
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1704:Gielgud's Letters
1595:"News in Brief",
1306:, 7 February 1994
973:David Copperfield
784:Daphne du Maurier
677:Greenwich Theatre
668:The Constant Wife
657:in October 1968.
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819:Present Laughter
788:Terence Rattigan
614:, and later the
597:(both 1963) and
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