Margaret Courtenay (actress)
Appearance
Margaret Courtenay | |
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Born | Margaret Courtenay 14 November 1923 |
Died | 15 February 1996 | (aged 72)
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer and entertainer |
Years active | 1930—1996 |
Spouse |
Ivan Pinfield (m. 1947–1968) |
Children | Julian Courtenay-Pinfield |
Margaret Courtenay (British actress, singer and entertainer, best known for her British theatre roles during the 1970s and 1980s. She was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
November 14, 1923 – February 15, 1996) was aLife and career
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Award
In 1976, Margaret Courtenay won the Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year for her stage role in the play Separate Tables, by author Terence Rattigan, directed by Michael Blakemore, at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End.[1]
Death
At the end of her career, Margaret Courtenay retired at Denville Hall, a retirement home for professional actors set in Northwood, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Margaret Courtenay died of cancer on February 15, 1996, at age 72.
Stage work
Filmography
Film
TV
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Maxine Elliott | Ferdinand Fairfax | An 8-part drama Miniseries, originally broadcast on ITV, and starring Robert Hardy in the title role. |
1983 | Don't Wait Up | Lady Cranbourne | Harold Snoad | A British sitcom, aired on BBC1, and starring Nigel Havers, Tony Britton and Dinah Sheridan. |
1983-1987 | Never the Twain | Lady Deveraux | Peter Frazer-Jones, Robert Reed | A British sitcom, created by Thames Television for the ITV network. |
1984 | Fresh Fields | Margaret Richardson | Peter Frazer-Jones | A British sitcom starring Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers. |
1986 | Paradise Postponed | Lady Naboth | Alvin Rakoff | A TV serial based on a novel by John Mortimer. |
1986 | Executive Stress | Shirley Lee Sheffield | John Howard Davies | A British sitcom, aired on ITV, and starring Penelope Keith. |
1987 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Madame Sophia | John Erman | A NBC television miniseries, starring Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert. |
1987 | Vanity Fair | Miss Pinkerton | Diarmuid Lawrence | A BBC Pebble Mill production set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. |
1992 | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Miss Knight | Norman Stone | The 12th episode of BBC's series Miss Marple, starring Joan Hickson as Jane Marple.[17] |
References
- ^ London Theatre Guide (2008). The Society of London Theatre (ed.). "The Laurence Olivier Awards : Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (PDF). www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2016..
- ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Romeo and Juliet" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Troilus and Cressida" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Hamlet" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "King Henry V" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Alfie !" Original Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Mame" cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Ambassador" Original London cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ Other works for Alan Bennett : (1973) Alan Bennett's "Habeus Corpus" performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, on the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2012). "Cards on the Table (1981), Leslie Darbon (England)". In Scarecrow Press (ed.). Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. p. 193. ISBN 0810883554. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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ignored (help) - ^ "42nd Street" 1984 London revival cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ 1987 London revival of "Follies" : West End cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, on www.Aboutmaria.com : The Maria Friedman website, accessed February 2, 2016.
- ^ Legended stage stills of Margaret Courtenay, on www.Tumblr.com, accessed February 2, 2016.
- ^ 1990 RSC revival of "Show Boat" : West End cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ^ Agatha Christie's Miss Marple : The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side : Overview, full cast & crew, on the Internet Movie Database.
External links
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Categories:
- 1923 births
- Actresses from Cardiff
- British musical theatre actresses
- Welsh film actresses
- British film actresses
- British television actresses
- 20th-century British actresses
- 20th-century British singers
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Laurence Olivier Award winners
- Death in London
- 1996 deaths