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Molly Urquhart
Born(1906-01-06)6 January 1906
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died6 October 1977(1977-10-06) (aged 71)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationActress

Molly Urquhart (6 January 1906 – 6 October 1977) was a Scottish actress.[1][2]

Roles included the maid in A Man For All Seasons[3] and the matron in Doctor Finlay's Casebook.[4] She was one of the co-founders of Glasgow's Curtain theatre company in 1933, and during World War Two she set up and ran her own theatre company, the MSU Theatre now known as the Rutherglen Repertory Theatre, in Rutherglen, Scotland.[5]

A dramatised version of her life was performed by Dumbarton People's Theatre. There is also a biography of Molly written by Helen Murdoch which is entitled Travelling Hopefully: The Story of Molly Urquhart.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1949 Floodtide Guest at Mrs. Dow's Uncredited
1950 Portrait of Clare Thirza
1951 Happy Go Lovely Madame Amanda's Assistant
1952 Hunted Barmaid
1952 You're Only Young Twice Lady Duffy
1955 Geordie Geordie's Mother
1956 Yield to the Night Matron Mason
1956 Child in the House Mrs. Parsons
1957 Doctor at Large Mrs. Ives Uncredited
1959 The Nun's Story Sister Augustine (Africa)
1959 Devil's Bait Mrs Tanner
1960 The Big Day Mrs. Deeping – Baker's secretary
1960 The Sundowners Mrs. Bateman
1964 Behold a Pale Horse Hospital Nurse
1966 A Man For All Seasons Maid
1973 Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World Aunt Ina
1974 The Black Windmill Margaret
1977 Julia Woman

Molly Urquhart at IMDb

References

  1. ^ Born: 21 January 1906, GlasgowDied: 6 October 1977, Glasgow. "Molly Urquhart | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  3. ^ "Overview for Molly Urquhart". Tcm.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Dr Finlay's Casebook (1962–71) Credits".
  5. ^ "gb247-stabq-bu – Papers of Molly s Urquhart, (1906–1977), Actress and Theatre Owner". Archives Hub. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ^ Murdoch, TRAVELLING HOPEFULLY The Story of Molly Urquhart,Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1981