CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 8, 2019 Here's an even more official obit for Jean Heywood to erase any remaining doubts ! https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/07/jean-heywood-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted November 9, 2019 Death Notice for Eileen Walsh, actress who played Mother in Letter To Brezhnev: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/237203/jeffries She was also the widow of the rather more prolific actor Lionel Jeffries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 17, 2019 Jane Hayward, a British character actress whose film debut was an uncredited role in 2001: A Space Odyssey and who'd later appear on shows like The Consultant and films like My Month with Mrs. Potter, has died. She was 69. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50408408 (Obit refers to one as Ms. Haywood) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,598 Posted November 17, 2019 Nicholas Amer dead at 96 according to Wikipedia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dean1991 116 Posted November 18, 2019 9 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Nicholas Amer dead at 96 according to Wikipedia Alive again now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,598 Posted November 18, 2019 2 hours ago, dean1991 said: Alive again now Editor left a note saying info came from his next on kin. Supposedly died in Denville Hall. News seems to be slow in coming out of there. I suspect an obit will surface in the coming week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,579 Posted December 13, 2019 On 18/11/2019 at 11:33, Ulitzer95 said: Editor left a note saying info came from his next on kin. Supposedly died in Denville Hall. News seems to be slow in coming out of there. I suspect an obit will surface in the coming week. Wikipedia has now locked his death in. There looks like there was an obituary in The Stage but nothing elsewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,579 Posted December 20, 2019 Anyone who watched Series 3 of the Crown. Jane Lapotaire channeling her inner June Brown and Charles Dance now playing an old man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimK 16 Posted December 22, 2019 Tony Britton has died according to daughter Fern on twitter 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted December 29, 2019 My word, Colin Farrell (the Northern comedy actor) turned up in the Iceland 5 Gold Rings ad! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LoO8BxfzOg Was in Oh What A Lovely War, but I remember him best from In Loving Memory and Porridge. He's 81, you know. Wonder how Equity get round the fact that the original and best Colin's come out of retirement? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,598 Posted December 31, 2019 On 24/10/2019 at 13:25, msc said: Another one for you @Bibliogryphon. Thanks to Talking Pictures I've seen Elizabeth Sellars in three things this past week (Three Cases of Murder, Jet Storm and now Repent at Leisure) and apparently she's still alive aged 98. Someone has edited Elizabeth Sellars' Wikipedia page to say she died yesterday (30th). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 2, 2020 On 31/12/2019 at 16:23, Ulitzer95 said: Someone has edited Elizabeth Sellars' Wikipedia page to say she died yesterday (30th). Telegraph Death Notice for Elizabeth Sellars: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/238367/sellars IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783288/ Can't be many if any survivors from The Barefoot Contessa. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 9, 2020 Telegraph Obit for Beryl Calder who has died aged 93: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/09/beryl-calder-actress-became-1950s-radio-star-mrs-dales-diary/ Best known for playing Gwen Dale in Mrs Dale's Diary on the "wireless". Anyone here old enough to remember listening? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Telegraph Obit for Beryl Calder who has died aged 93: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/09/beryl-calder-actress-became-1950s-radio-star-mrs-dales-diary/ Best known for playing Gwen Dale in Mrs Dale's Diary on the "wireless". Anyone here old enough to remember listening? Not really, but the theme tune is burned into my brain as an early memory because my grandmother used to listen religiously to Mrs Dale's Diary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 2, 2020 Someone has tweeted Michael Ball to tell him that an actress he used to work with Sally Mates has passed away. She was aged roughly 76 and had appeared in quite a few shows on stage and screen including Cats Eyes, Wire in the blood, Suspects and Les Miserables on stage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted February 7, 2020 Report of the death of Gillian Martell: Appeared several times on stage with Ian McKellen in the 1960s according to McKellen's website. Plucking out my faves from her credits, they include K-9 And Company, Grange Hill, The Boy Who Won The Pools. Her last big role appears to be Diane Lewis in The Chief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 9, 2020 25 year old British actor Raphael Coleman who starred in Nanny McPhee has sadly died it has been announced on social media . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,391 Posted February 9, 2020 30 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: 25 year old British actor Raphael Coleman who starred in Nanny McPhee has sadly died it has been announced on social media . Toastie will fuck you up if you carry that on 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted February 9, 2020 Can you really be a character actor if you were only in one film? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Can you really be a character actor if you were only in one film? Well I could think of no other suitable thread and this one did say bit actor also! I wanted a specific thread not just the general one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: Toastie will fuck you up if you carry that on Tasty delicious crumble is more than ready to take on basic toast! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Well I could think of no other suitable thread and this one did say bit actor also! I wanted a specific thread not just the general one! Perhaps this one? 1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Tasty delicious crumble is more than ready to take on basic toast! Oi! Less of the "basic". 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted February 9, 2020 I would eat you both. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Lewd_Squirrel said: I would eat you both. I haven't quoted you a price yet!You may not be able to afford a slice and taste of me! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 9, 2020 29 minutes ago, Toast said: Perhaps this one? Oi! Less of the "basic". Good suggestion. In truth some names could arguably fall under a number of categories. Only teasing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
