Mary Morris
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| Born | Mary Lilian Agnes Morris 13 December 1915 Lautoka, Fiji |
| Died | 14 October 1988 (aged 72) Aigle, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937–1988 |
Mary Lilian Agnes Morris (13 December 1915 – 14 October 1988) was a Fijian born British actress.
Life and career
Morris was the daughter of Australian-born
Morris made her debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre, London in 1936. She performed with Leslie Howard in "Pimpernel" Smith (1941)[1] and Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war movie Undercover (1943) as the wife of a Serbian guerrilla leader. On television, she played Professor Madeleine Dawnay in the science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (and its sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough), Queen Margaret in the BBC's An Age of Kings (a version of Shakespeare's History Plays), Lady Macbeth in the 1960 radio production of Macbeth, and Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (as part of the BBC's adaptation of Shakespeare's Roman plays, The Spread of the Eagle) in 1963.[2]
She played Number Two in
Her other television appearances included the Countess Vronsky in the BBC's
In addition to her film role, she played Elizabeth the First on a 'Makers of History' LP record, using the queen's spoken and written words and contemporary music, issued by EMI in 1964.[3]
Death
Morris died from heart failure, aged 72, on 14 October 1988 in Aigle, Switzerland.[citation needed]
Complete filmography
Feature films
- Victoria the Great (1937) – Duchess of Kent
- Prison Without Bars (1938) – Renee[4]
- The Spy in Black (1939) – Chauffeuse
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940) – Halima/the Silver Maiden
- Who Killed Jack Robins? (1940)
- Major Barbara (1941) – A Girl
- "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) – Ludmilla Koslowski[5]
- Undercover (1943) – Anna Petrovitch[6]
- The Man from Morocco (1945) – Sarah Duboste
- The Agitator (1945) – Lettie Shackleton
- Train of Events (1949) – Louise (segment "The Actor")
- High Treason (1951) – Anna Braun[7]
- The Pythoness (1951) – Narrator (voice)
- Full Circle (1977) – Greta Braden
Television
- The Trial of Madeleine Smith (1949, BBC Television) – Madeleine Smith
- The Young Elizabeth (1953, BBC Television) – Elizabeth Tudor
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1953)
- Six Characters in Search of an Author (1954, BBC Television) – The Step-Daughter
- The Face of Love (1954, BBC Television) – Cressida
- Uncle Harry (1958, BBC Television) – Lettie Quincey
- Under Western Eyes (1962, TV Movie) – Tekla
- An Age of Kings (1960) – Queen Margaret, widow to Henry VI
- Interpol Calling (1960) – Ingrid Hoffman
- A for Andromeda (1961) – Professor Madeleine Dawnay
- The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) – Madeleine Dawnay
- Ghost Squad (1963) – Dr. Ibanez
- Theatre 625 (1965–1968) – Sister Leonora / Agatha / Doktor von Zahnd
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967) – The woman
- The Prisoner (1967) – Number Two[8]
- Plays of Today: Men of Iron (1969) – "Scotch Ellen
- An Unofficial Rose (1974–1975) – Emma Sands
- Ballet Shoes (1975) – Madame Fidolia
- Play for Today (1976) – Bernarda
- Anna Karenina (1977) – Countess Vronsky
- King Richard II (1978, BBC Television Shakespeare) – Duchess of Gloucester
- Doctor Who (1982) – Panna
- Diana (1984) – Miss Westcott
- The Life and Death of King John (1984, BBC Television Shakespeare) – Queen Elinor
- The Moon Over Soho (1985, TV play) – Frieda King
- Claws (1986)
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988) – Matilda Hanks
- Campion (1989; posthumous) – Caroline Faraday
References
- ^ "Pimpernel Smith - Leslie Howard talking with Mary Morris in her dressing room. Day 1 of filming". Getty Images. 8 February 1941. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Profile[permanent dead link], genome.ch.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ The Makers of History - Elizabeth the GreatEMI CSD 1529 Laureate Series.
- ^ "Mary Morris and Lorraine Clewes are amongst the young actresses". Getty Images. 1938. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Mister V (aka Pimpernel Smith), lobbycard, Mary Morris, Leslie Howard". Getty Images. 1941. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Undercover (aka Underground Guerrillas), lobbycard, Mary Morris". Getty Images. 1943. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "High Treason, lobbycard, Mary Morris , 1951". Getty Images. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Mary Morris, British actress, wearing a green lace-up blouse". Getty Images. 1 January 1967. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
External links
- Mary Morris at IMDb
- Profile, tv.com
- Profile, filmreference.com
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