Lally Bowers

Lally Bowers
Born Kathleen Bowers
(1917-01-21)21 January 1917
Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died 18 July 1984(1984-07-18) (aged 67)
London, England, UK
Years active 1939–1984

Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1917[1] – 18 July 1984) was an English actress.

Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School. She worked as a secretary before walking-on and understudying at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a professional actress Bowers appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guildford, Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic.

Her London debut came in 1944 and her many West End successes included Dinner With the Family for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957, Difference of Opinion, The Killing of Sister George, Dear Octopus and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B. She appeared in the sitcoms You're Only Young Twice, Going Straight, Hi-De-Hi, My Name is Harry Worth and A Fine Romance, and her film career included roles in We Joined the Navy (1962), Tamahine (1963), The Chalk Garden (1964), I Start Counting (1970), All the Way Up (1970), Up Pompeii (1971), Our Miss Fred (1972), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Slipper and the Rose (1976) and Screamtime (1983).

Death

Bowers died on 18 July 1984 in London, aged 67.

References

  1. ↑ Year of birth taken from Brian McFarlane (ed) The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.75

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