Mollie Harris
Mollie Harris | |
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| Born | Mollie Woodley 23 June 1913 |
| Died | 2 October 1995 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | actress,author |
Mollie Harris (born Mollie Woodley, 23 June 1913 – 2 October 1995) was an English actress and author, known for her appearances as village shopkeeper Martha Woodford in the BBC Radio soap opera The Archers.[1]
Life
Mollie Woodley was born in Ducklington, Oxfordshire[2] and raised in that county.[1] After World War II, she became a writer and broadcaster for BBC Radio, on programmes such as In The Country, with Phil Drabble.[2] She joined The Archers in 1970. and appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 8 October 1983.[1]
Harris's books about her life in Oxfordshire, include her three-volume autobiography, A Kind of Magic (1969), Another Kind of Magic (1971) and The Green Years (1976).[2] She wrote From Acre End (1982) about Eynsham, the village where she lived,[2] under the nom-de-plume of Margaret Woodford. Mollie Harris wrote the book "The Archers Country Cookbook" and was for a while a country cook resident on BBC television programme Pebble Mill at One". She also wrote books about privies.[2]
She married Ginger Harris, a heating engineer, in 1937 and adopted his surname.[2] He died in 1982.[2] Harris died on 2 October 1995 in Oxford.[2]
The painter Gary Woodley, who illustrated some of her books, was her cousin.[2]
Bibliography
- Harris, Molly (1969). A Kind of Magic.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1971). Another Kind of Magic.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1976). The Green Years.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1977). The Archer's Country Cookbook.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1982). From Acre End: a portrait of a village.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1984). Cotswold Privies.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1987). The Magic of the Cotswold Way.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1989). Where the Windrush Flows.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1990). Privies Galore.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Harris, Molly (1991). Wychwood: the secret Cotswold forest.
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References
- ^ a b c "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Mollie Harris". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Fergusson, James (4 October 1995). "OBITUARY:Mollie Harris". The Independent. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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