Eleanor Summerfield

Eleanor Summerfield
Born	(1921-03-07)7 March 1921 London, England
Died	13 July 2001(2001-07-13) (aged 80) London, England
Nationality	British
Years active	1936-1983
Spouse	Leonard Sachs (1947-1990; his death)
Children	Robin Sachs Toby Sachs

Eleanor Summerfield (7 March 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an English actress.

Summerfield was born in London in 1921. She received her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In the mid-1960s, she played P.G. Wodehouse's character Aunt Dahlia in BBC One's black-and-white TV series World of Wooster (1965–1967).

She was also a regular on radio panel games, including BBC Radio's Just a Minute, and was a team member for the entire 15-year run of BBC Radio 4's game show Many a Slip (1964–1979).

She was the wife of actor Leonard Sachs, the mother of actor Robin Sachs and Toby Sachs.

Eleanor Summerfield died in London on 13 July 2001, aged 80.

Filmography

• Take My Life (1947)
• London Belongs to Me (1948)
• The Weaker Sex (1948)
• The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)
• All Over the Town (1949)
• No Way Back (1949)
• Man on the Run (1949)
• The Third Visitor (1951)
• Laughter in Paradise (1951)
• Scrooge (1951)
• The Last Page (1952)
• Mandy (1952)
• Top Secret (1952)
• Street Corner (1953)
• Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
• Face the Music (1954)
• Murder by Proxy (aka Blackout) (1954)
• Final Appointment (1954)
• Lost (1956)
• It's Great to Be Young (1956)
• No Road Back (1957)
• A Cry from the Streets (1958)
• Dentist in the Chair (1960)
• Spare the Rod (1961)
• Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
• On the Fiddle (1961)
• Petticoat Pirates (1961)
• Guns of Darkness (1962)
• On the Beat (1962)
• The Running Man (1963)
• The Spy Killer (1969, TV film)
• Foreign Exchange (1970, TV film)
• Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
• The Watcher in the Woods (1981)
• The Island of Adventure (1982)

External links

• Eleanor Summerfield at IMDb
• Obituary in The Guardian
• Obituary in The Daily Telegraph