Claire Davenport
Claire Davenport | |
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Born | Claire Bernice Davenport 24 April 1933 |
Died | 25 February 2002 London, England | (aged 68)
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1961 - 1994 |
Claire Bernice Davenport (24 April 1933 – 25 February 2002) was an English character actress well known for her large physique.[1]
Life and career
Davenport was born on 24 April 1933 in Sale, Cheshire, and began acting in 1961 with a theatre role in Caesar and Cleopatra at the Playhouse in Oxford.[2]
Her film work includes roles in
Death
Davenport stopped working after suffering a series of strokes in the 1990s. She died at the age of 68 in London on 25 February 2002[3] (not 4 March, as often stated) from kidney failure.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1963 | Ladies Who Do | Passerby | Uncredited |
1969 | Crossplot | Wedding guest | |
1969 | Carry On Again Doctor | Wedding Guest | Uncredited |
1970 | Some Will, Some Won't | Blowzy Woman | |
1971 | On the Buses | Peggy | |
1973 | The Best Pair of Legs in the Business | Eating lady | |
1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther | Masseuse | |
1976 | The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones | Mrs Bakewell | Uncredited |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Hotel Maid | Scenes deleted | |
Intimate Games | Fat stripper | ||
1978 | Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse |
Mrs Buchanan | |
Jubilee | First Customs Lady | ||
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate | Belinda | ||
Carry On Emmannuelle | Blonde in pub | ||
1979 | The Tempest | Sycorax | |
Birth of the Beatles | Nude | ||
1980 | The Elephant Man | Fat Lady | |
1983 | Screamtime | Mrs. Harlett | Uncredited |
Return of the Jedi | Yarna d'al' Gargan |
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1989 | War Requiem | Charge Sister / Britannia | |
1990 | Camping | English camper |
Partial television roles
Title | Year | Role |
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Bulldog Breed | 1962 | Landlady |
The Rag Trade | 1963 | Myrtle |
Doctor Who | 1964 | The Empress |
Love Story | 1964 | Miss Denning |
Crossroads | 1964 | Miss Montgomery |
The Sullavan Brothers | 1965 | Mrs Melvin |
The Baron | 1966 | Anna Lubovitch |
Gideon's Way | 1966 | Helen |
Ways with Words | 1966 | Woman in restaurant |
George and the Dragon | 1968 | Samantha |
ITV Playhouse |
1968 | Mrs Mosscrop |
Theatre 625 | 1968 | Mrs Bliss |
Boy meets Girl | 1968 | Nurse Vileski |
Armchair Theatre | 1969 | Mrs Kapodis |
W. Somerset Maugham | 1970 | Rosa |
The Other Reg Varney | 1970 | Various characters |
Play for Today | 1971 | Nurse |
The Misfit | 1971 | Boris |
Queenie's Castle | 1971 | Glenda |
Stage 2 | 1972 | Woman |
Menace | 1972 | Barmaid |
On the Buses | 1973 | Mrs Webb |
The Song of Songs |
1973 | Neighbour |
Hey Brian! | 1973 | Woman |
Pollyanna |
1973 | Mrs Spencer |
Shoulder to Shoulder | 1974 | Nurse Pine |
Fawlty Towers | 1975 | Mrs Wilson |
Don't Drink The Water | 1975 | Bertha |
Couples | 1976 | Mrs Bagley |
George and Mildred | 1976 | Shop assistant |
The Fuzz | 1977 | Miss Bullock |
Angels | 1978 | Doreen Smith |
George and Mildred | 1978 | Gloria Rumbold |
Mind Your Language | 1979 | Eva |
Metal Mickey | 1981 | Cavewoman |
By the Sword Divided | 1983 - 1985 | Mrs Dumfrey |
Minder | 1985 | Nigel's Mum |
Alice in Wonderland |
1986 | The Duchess |
Notes
- ISBN 9781526111968.
- ^ Noble 1982, p. 356.
- ^ a b "Claire Davenport". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Repent at Leisure (1979)". Archived from the original on 29 July 2017.
- ^
Davenport at IMDb.
Bibliography
- Noble, Peter, ed. (1982). 1982 Screen International Film And TV Year Book. London: King Publications.
External links
- Claire Davenport at IMDb
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130823072539/http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2013/08/19/star-wars-mysteries-who-is-wiebba-wiebba/