Vivian Pickles
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Vivian Pickles | |
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Born | London, England | 21 October 1931
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1944–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Vivian Pickles (born 21 October 1931) is an English actress.
Biography
Pickles began her career as a child star after being chosen by Mary Field for a series of Saturday Morning children's films, including the lead roles in Jean's Plan (1944) and the serial The Adventures of Peter Joe (1945).
At the age of 14, she played Alice in
After being educated at Le Collège Feminin de Bouffément in Paris, she started her adult performing career acting in repertory and progressed to featured roles in West End revues. In 1952, she appeared with Roger Moore in I Capture the Castle at the Aldwych Theatre. The production won Roger Moore an MGM contract. When Moore left for Hollywood, Bill Travers assumed Moore's role.
In 1959, she worked with her future husband,
Hired by
Her appearance in Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World helped Pickles win the role of Mrs. Chasen in Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude (1971), playing Harold's weary mother. It is the only American-based film she has made. In the booklet accompanying the soundtrack album of the film, Ashby was quoted,
"Vivian Pickles is one of the finest actresses in the world. I'd seen the thing that she did for Ken Russell – 'Isadora'".
Another memorable performance on British television was as
Her later television films include Miss Morrison's Ghosts (1981) with Wendy Hiller, Alan Bennett's The Insurance Man (1986), with Daniel Day-Lewis and Jim Broadbent. On the stage, she worked in a work by Alan Bennett in the première production of Kafka's Dick at the Royal Court Theatre. She has also worked in productions for radio.
From 1990–1992 she appeared as Aunt Sylvie in Birds of a Feather.
In 1999, she was a guest star in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death's Shadow".
In 2014, she collaborated with writer Paul Sutton on the book Six English Filmmakers (978-0957246256), in which she talks about her work, particularly for Ken Russell's Isadora Duncan film.
References
External links
- Vivian Pickles at IMDb
- Vivian Pickles