Gwen Nelson | |
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| Born | Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson 30 June 1901 |
| Died | 15 October 1990 (aged 89) Long Melford, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson (30 June 1901 – 15 October 1990) was an English actress who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre Company.[1]
Born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, she originally intended to be a singer, and made her West End musical debut in Tough at the Top at the Adelphi Theatre in July 1949.[2][3] She went on to act in Eleanor Farjeon's The Silver Curlew at London's Arts Theatre (1949), And So To Bed at the New Theatre (1951), Oh, My Papa at the Garrick Theatre (1957), Virtue in Danger (1963), All in Love at The May Fair Theatre (1964), and Saved at the Royal Court Theatre (1965).[1] In 1976 she appeared in a revival of Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train at the Old Vic Theatre in London with Wilfrid Brambell, James Villiers, Geoffrey Davies, Allan Cuthbertson and Judy Buxton.[4] In 1981 she acted in Rose by Andrew Davies at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey with Honor Blackman and Hilda Braid.
Her television appearances included Z-Cars (1962–72), No Hiding Place (1960–64), ITV Playhouse (1969-1980), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970) (in the episode The Trouble with Women), Catweazle (1970–71), Jude the Obscure (1971), Callan (1972), Clochemerle (1972), Steptoe and Son (1974), Looking For Clancy (1975), Juliet Bravo (1981), Terry and June (1983), Shine on Harvey Moon (1984), Casualty (1988), Clarence (1988), Hill Street Blues (1989), and Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1989).[5][6][7]
She acted in the films Ah, Wilderness! (1938), Laugh With Me (1938), The Teckman Mystery (1954), Tunes of Glory (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962), Stolen Hours (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Reckoning (1969), Staircase (1969), Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), Love Among the Ruins (1975), It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and 84 Charing Cross (1987).[8] Her last appearance was in an episode of The Bill in 1989.[8] She died of natural causes in Long Melford, Suffolk, aged 89.[9][8]
- ^ a b "Nelson on musical-theatre.net". Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Gwen Nelson | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
- ^ "Gwen Nelson | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Production of The Ghost Train | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Nelson on the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Gwen Nelson". TV.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Gwen Nelson". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ a b c "Gwen Nelson". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.