Pamela Cundell
Pamela Cundell | |
|---|---|
St. Paul's Churchyard, London, England | |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouses | Robert O'Connor
(m. 1948, divorced)Leslie Newport-Gwilt
(m. 1955, divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Pamela Isabel Cundell
She was a descendant of Henry Condell, one of the managers of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the playing company of William Shakespeare.[3] Henry Condell also helped put together the first folio of Shakespeare's works after his death.
Early life
Pamela Cundell was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1920[4] into a show business family, and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, before gaining experience in rep and summer shows as a stand up comic.
Career
Making her first television appearance in 1957 with
Cundell appeared in many television shows, including
On 3 August 2008 Pamela Cundell was interviewed, alongside Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee and Frank Williams, about her time on Dad's Army for the 40th anniversary tribute programme Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army, presented by Ross. She explained that her character Mrs Fox was so called because of the fox fur which she always wore draped over her shoulders.
Pamela Cundell was involved with amateur theatre in her later years and was President of the Harlequins Theatre Club of Mill Hill, where she directed several shows, along with fellow Dad's Army actor Frank Williams.
Personal life and death
In 1981, she married the Scottish-born actor William Simpson Fraser, aka Bill Fraser. He died from emphysema in Bushey, Hertfordshire, aged 79, on 9 September 1987.
Cundell died at the age of 95 on 14 February 2015.[6][3]
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "Pamela Cundell". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ a b Anthony Hayward (16 February 2015). "Pamela Cundell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ ""Bless This House" and Afterwards At... (TV Episode 1974) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "LatestNews". dadsarmy.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
External links
- Pamela Cundell at IMDb