Gwen Watford

Gwen Watford (unknown year)

Gwendoline "Gwen" Watford (10 September 1927 – 6 February 1994) was an English film, stage and television actress. She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952.

Early life and education

Born in London, Watford attended an independent school in Hastings where her father, a retired army officer ran a public house.^[1] She trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic.^[2]

Career

Watford made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1950). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987).

Death

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 (the award is now known as the BAFTA TV Award) 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.

Selected TV and filmography

The Fall of the House of Usher (1950) .... Lady Usher
The Winslow Boy (1958) (TV) .... Katherine Winslow
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) .... Sally Carter
The Grass Is Greener (1960) .... Hairdresser's receptionist (uncredited)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1961) (TV) .... Elizabeth Barrett
The Very Edge (1963) .... Sister Holden
Cleopatra (1963) .... Calpurnia
Do You Know This Voice? (1964) .... Jackie Hopta
Valley of the Kings (1964) .... Mrs. Marsh
The Rise and Rise of Cesar Birotteau (1965) (TV) .... Constance Birotteau
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) .... Martha Hargood
A Face of Your Own (1973) (TV) .... Moira
The Ghoul (1975) .... Ayah
In This House of Brede (1975) (TV) .... Dame Catherine
Don't Forget To Write! (1977-1979) (TV) .... Mable Maple
The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (1982) (TV) .... Maria Packington
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) (TV).... Mrs Dolly Bantry
Sorrell and Son (1984)
Cry Freedom (1987) .... Wendy's Mother
Behaving Badly (1989) (TV) .... Frieda
Relatively Speaking (1990) (TV) .... Sheila Carter
The Winslow Boy (1990) (TV) .... Grace Winslow
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd (1992) (TV) .... Mrs. Dolly Bantry (Last appearance)

External links

Gwen Watford at the Internet Movie Database

References

↑ Who's Who on Television 1970. Independent Television Publications Ltd
↑ Obituary, Independent.co.uk, 7 February 1994.

BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress

1952–1959	Googie Withers (1955) Virginia McKenna (1956) Rosalie Crutchley (1957) Gwen Watford (1959)

1960–1979	Catherine Lacey (1960) Billie Whitelaw (1961) Ruth Dunning (1962) Brenda Bruce (1963) Vivien Merchant (1964) Katharine Blake (1965) Gwen Watford (1966) Vanessa Redgrave (1967) Judi Dench (1968) Wendy Craig (1969) Margaret Tyzack (1970) Annette Crosbie (1971) Patricia Hayes (1972) Billie Whitelaw (1973) Celia Johnson (1974) Lee Remick (1975) Annette Crosbie (1976) Siân Phillips (1977) Penelope Keith (1978) Francesca Annis (1979)

1980–1999	Cheryl Campbell (1980) Peggy Ashcroft (1981) Judi Dench (1982) Beryl Reid (1983) Coral Browne (1984) Peggy Ashcroft (1985) Claire Bloom (1986) Anna Massey (1987) Emma Thompson (1988) Thora Hird (1989) Diana Rigg (1990) Geraldine McEwan (1991) Helen Mirren (1992) Helen Mirren (1993) Helen Mirren (1994) Juliet Aubrey (1995) Jennifer Ehle (1996) Gina McKee (1997) Daniela Nardini (1998) Thora Hird (1999)

2000–2019	Thora Hird (2000) Judi Dench (2001) Julie Walters (2002) Julie Walters (2003) Julie Walters (2004) Anamaria Marinca (2005) Anna Maxwell Martin (2006) Victoria Wood (2007) Eileen Atkins (2008) Anna Maxwell Martin (2009) Julie Walters (2010) Vicky McClure (2011) Emily Watson (2012) Sheridan Smith (2013) Olivia Colman (2014) Georgina Campbell (2015) Suranne Jones (2016)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role

1977–1984

Actor	Nigel Hawthorne (1977) Robert Eddison (1978) Patrick Stewart (1979) David Threlfall (1980) Joe Melia (1981) David Healy (1982) Alan Devlin (1983) Edward Petherbridge (1984)

Actress	Mona Washbourne (1977) Elizabeth Spriggs (1978) Doreen Mantle (1979) Suzanne Bertish (1980) Gwen Watford (1981) Anna Massey (1982) Abigail McKern (1983) Marcia Warren (1984)

1985–1990

Merged	Imelda Staunton (1985) Paul Jesson (1986) Michael Bryant (1987) Eileen Atkins (1988) Michael Bryant (1989/1990)

1991–1995

Actor	David Bradley (1991) Oleg Menshikov (1992) Julian Glover (1993) Joseph Mydell (1994) Ken Stott (1995)

Actress	Sara Crowe (1991) Frances de la Tour (1992) Barbara Leigh-Hunt (1993) Helen Burns (1994) Dora Bryan (1995)

1996–2002

Actor	Trevor Eve (1997) Roger Allam (2000) Ben Daniels (2001) Toby Jones (2002)

Actress	Deborah Findlay (1997) Patricia Hodge (2000) Essie Davis (2001) Marcia Warren (2002)

Merged	Simon Russell Beale (1996) Sarah Woodward (1998) Brendan Coyle (1999)

2003–2009

Merged	Essie Davis (2003) Warren Mitchell (2004) Amanda Harris (2005) Noma Dumezweni (2006) Jim Norton (2007) Rory Kinnear (2008) Patrick Stewart (2009)

2010–present

Actor	Eddie Redmayne (2010) Adrian Scarborough (2011) Richard McCabe (2013) Jack Lowden (2014) Nathaniel Parker (2015) Mark Gatiss (2016)

Actress	Ruth Wilson (2010) Michelle Terry (2011) Nicola Walker (2013) Sharon D. Clarke (2014) Angela Lansbury (2015) Judi Dench (2016)

Merged	Sheridan Smith (2012)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 27278816 ISNI: 0000 0000 7364 860X SUDOC: 133684032 BNF: cb14238069k (data)

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