Brenda de Banzie

Brenda De Banzie

Brenda De Banzie (28 July 1909 - 5 March 1981) was a British actress of stage and screen and daughter of Edward De Banzie and his second wife Dorothy whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the three of them were living in Salford.

She appeared as Maggie Hobson in the David Lean film version of Hobson's Choice (1954) with John Mills and Charles Laughton. Her most notable film role was as Phoebe Rice, the hapless wife of comedian Archie Rice (played by Laurence Olivier), in the 1960 film version of The Entertainer. She had also appeared on Broadway in John Osborne's original play, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.

Two other memorable roles were in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, as an apparently innocuous English tourist, and The Pink Panther (1963) directed by Blake Edwards.

Brenda De Banzie died during surgery on a benign brain tumour. Her niece, Lois De Banzie, is also an actress.

Partial filmography

• Hobson's Choice (1954)
• The Purple Plain (1954)
• A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• Passport to Shame (1958)
• Too Many Crooks (1959)
• The 39 Steps (1959)
• The Entertainer (1960)
• The Mark (1961)
• Flame in the Streets (1961)
• Come September (1961)
• A Pair of Briefs (1962)
• I Thank a Fool (1962)
• The Pink Panther (1963)
• Pretty Polly (1967)

External links

• Brenda De Banzie at IMDb
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