Margaret Barton

Margaret Barton
Born	Margaret Ann Barton (1926-05-27) 27 May 1926 Finsbury Park, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Spouses	Raymond James ​ ​ (m. 1949; died 2016)​ Rob Cave ​ (m. 2018)​

Margaret Ann Barton (born 27 May 1926) is a British retired actress. She is best known for her role in the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter in which she played Beryl Walters, a girl who works in the railway station cafe.

Early career

Barton began acting in the theatre at the age of 12. Because she was small for her age, during World War II she portrayed children and young women. At 17 she appeared in Pink String and Sealing Wax at the Duke of York's Theatre and remembered performing while doodlebugs flew overhead. While on the West End stage she was spotted by David Lean and Noël Coward and cast for the part of Beryl in Brief Encounter. Her scenes were shot at Denham Film Studios and for other scenes she was invited by Lean to watch from behind the camera.

Postwar

After the war, Barton continued acting on stage, in film, and for television. She married Raymond James; their son, Michael, died of cancer at the age of 30, and his parents set up the Michael James Music Trust in his memory. Raymond James died in 2016, aged 93. Barton lives in Dorset, where she runs a tea room, and still receives many letters relating to Brief Encounter. On 30 August 2018, aged 92, she married Rob Cave, aged 91, in Wimborne. Their combined age of 183 was believed to make them Britain's oldest newlyweds.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1945	Brief Encounter	Beryl Walters - Tea Room Assistant
1947	Temptation Harbour	Betty Mallison
1948	Good-Time Girl	Agnes
1948	Fly Away Peter	Myra Hapgood
1949	Landfall	Rick's Sister
1949	The Romantic Age	Bessie
1952	The Happy Family	Anne
1954	The Gay Dog	Peggy
1983	Chautauqua Girl	Mrs. Lucas

External links

• Margaret Barton at IMDb