Lally Bowers

Lally Bowers
Born
Kathleen Bowers

(1914-01-21)21 January 1914
Oldham, Lancashire, UK
Died18 July 1984(1984-07-18) (aged 70)
London, England, UK
Years active1936–1984

Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1914[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.[2][3]

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 (also on Broadway), 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. 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).[2][4][5][6] She also appeared in the 1982 adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Case of The Discontented Soldier in the role of Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, in the television series The Agatha Christie Hour.[7] She Was the vicar sister in episode 4 of Rumpole of the Bailey on the radio.

Bowers died on 18 July 1984 in London, aged 70.[8]

  1. ^ Year of birth taken from Brian McFarlane (ed) The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.75
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  3. ^ "Lally Bowers – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ League, The Broadway. "The Killing of Sister George – Broadway Play – Original – IBDB". Internet Broadway Database.
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  6. ^ "Lally Bowers". Archived from the original on 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "The Case of the Discontented Soldier (1982)". Archived from the original on 4 December 2018.
  8. ^ League, The Broadway. "Lally Bowers – Broadway Cast & Staff – IBDB". Internet Broadway Database.