Toast 16,133 Posted October 14, 2023 50 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Hm, why did I post it here and not in the Brian Blessed thread? Because she was an British actress and more than somebody's wife? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted October 14, 2023 50 minutes ago, Toast said: Because she was an British actress and more than somebody's wife? Well, that was unexpected! Cuts both ways, we constantly discuss Timothy West in the Prunella Scales thread. If the thread fits... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,133 Posted October 14, 2023 58 minutes ago, Toast said: Because she was an British actress 6 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Well, that was unexpected! I originally put "an actress", added "British" and forgot to edit. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted October 20, 2023 Terrible news Haydn Gwynne has died Only a month ago she withdrew from a West End production of Old Friends for Personal reasons 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,585 Posted October 20, 2023 Got a BBC Breaking News push notification and I still don’t know who she is. EDIT: No, I actually do. She plays Camilla in that really unfunny show “The Windsors”. With any luck they’ll cancel it now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted October 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Got a BBC Breaking News push notification and I still don’t know who she is. EDIT: No, I actually do. She plays Camilla in that really unfunny show “The Windsors”. With any luck they’ll cancel it now. She is probably most recognisable from Drop The Dead Donkey but she did a lot of stage work (Four time Oliver award nominee) and I saw her in Peer Gynt at the RSC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 20, 2023 I agree that The Windsor's is shite. Drop the Dead Donkey was incredible though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,322 Posted October 20, 2023 She played Clothilde, Cogsworth wife in Disney film Beauty and the Beast (2017) God, sad RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted October 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Terrible news Haydn Gwynne has died Only a month ago she withdrew from a West End production of Old Friends for Personal reasons Confirmed by the BBC that she withdrew from that due to the Cancer diagnosis that ultimately killed her. She was still on stage until the end of July in a play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,116 Posted October 20, 2023 31 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Confirmed by the BBC that she withdrew from that due to the Cancer diagnosis that ultimately killed her. She was still on stage until the end of July in a play where she played Clementine Churchill. She died before the character she portrayed, Camilla Parker Bowles, though she was 10 years her junior. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,585 Posted October 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: She died before the character she portrayed, Camilla Parker Bowles, though she was 10 years her junior. And probably smoked far less ciggies than Camilla has. What does that tell you? Smoke more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted October 20, 2023 https://imgur.com/a/TTXHosb This is what the programme on sale at the current run of Old Friends had written about her withdrawal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philheybrookbay1 247 Posted October 20, 2023 To me, Haydn will always be Alex in Drop the Dead Donkey. Its forgotten what a show that was in the early years when we had John Major and the end of USSR etc. The Christmas party 1991 is a masterpiece in comedy. https://youtu.be/oNFz0hkPXvA?si=tW5SjL4Rzu7fKInu 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 526 Posted October 21, 2023 10 hours ago, The Old Crem said: https://imgur.com/a/TTXHosb This is what the programme on sale at the current run of Old Friends had written about her withdrawal. Still kind of curious why she would be in a Sondheim tribute show given that she doesn't have as big of an association to Sondheim as a lot of those cast on Broadway and even the West End. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted October 21, 2023 9 hours ago, Comped said: Still kind of curious why she would be in a Sondheim tribute show given that she doesn't have as big of an association to Sondheim as a lot of those cast on Broadway and even the West End. A few of the cast of that concert hadn’t had much Sondheim experience . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 23, 2023 On 09/02/2023 at 13:34, Ulitzer95 said: Melvyn Hayes appeared on Talking Pictures the other day... Turned 88 last month. Has a tinge of the "I may last another 3 years, I may die tomorrow" about him. A pick for three teams in this year's DDP. Melvyn Hayes just showed up to promote another episode of this. He looked great for his age being interviewed in October 2021 but has deteriorated drastically since then. He was struggling to speak which combined with the rapid frailty suggests stroke to me. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted November 2, 2023 Bit part actor Howard Coggins reportedly dead: https://www.livingspit.co.uk/ Doc Martin, Sherlock, Casualty, Waking The Dead, etc etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted November 7, 2023 On 30/05/2020 at 01:50, msc said: I mean, we've got this lot still acting to varying degrees (with some added notable exceptions): 1932 –Bill Roache, Gabriel Woolf (retired in 2015) 1933– , Sian Philips, Joan Collins, David McCallum, Derek Martin (retired in 2017 to "put his feet up"), Brian Murphy, Barbara Knox, Donald Douglas (honorary mention as retired 15 years ago) 1934: Tom Baker (mostly sticking to voice work now), Annette Crosbie, Alan Bennett, Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh (full time acting career ending in 2015 by massive stroke she was meant to survive, but bounced back from), Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Vernon Dobtcheff, Christopher Benjamin (sticks to voice work now), Slyvia Sims, Timothy West (still busy despite being carer for Pru), Wendy Craig, John Standing 1935: Julian Glover (tbh Glover could die and I'd still expect him to show up for 5 new projects a year), David Prowse (retired in 2017 after some ill health),Donald Sutherland, Michael Jayston, James Bolam (has pretty much retired off Cbeebies royalty repeats on daily showings of Grandpa in my Pocket!), Johnny Briggs (pretty much retired with Mike Baldwin), Jim Dale (voice acting), Barry Cryer, Judy Parfitt, Amanda Barrie (mostly appearing as herself), Melvyn Hayes (Semi-retired, does voice work), Wanda Ventham, Janet Henfrey, Anne Reid The Democrat West Coast firewall of British acting, that lot. James Bolam popped up in Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small recently and for someone 88 (Maybe 87 at time of filming) he looks quite well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted November 8, 2023 Ewan Hooper, Scottish born actor known for various things but Camp Controller Alec Foster in Hi-De-Hi and the caretaker in the factory in Kinky Boots stand out, apparently died way back in April: http://www.ashburnhamtriangle.com/2023/05/ewan-hooper.html I briefly toyed with picking him this year, given the lack of an obit, rather glad I didn't! Other film roles include How I Won The War (featuring John Lennon) and Dracula Has Risen From The Grave. TV includes Coronation Street, Hunter's Walk, Boon and Casualty, among others. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393739/ 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,028 Posted November 10, 2023 Seeing numerous reports on Twitter from earlier today that Tim Woodward (son of Edward & Actor in his own right) has died but can't find an Obit. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted November 12, 2023 On 02/11/2023 at 16:08, YoungWillz said: Bit part actor Howard Coggins reportedly dead: https://www.livingspit.co.uk/ Doc Martin, Sherlock, Casualty, Waking The Dead, etc etc. Local newspaper report on death of Howard Coggins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted November 17, 2023 On 10/11/2023 at 01:04, Commtech Sio Bibble said: Seeing numerous reports on Twitter from earlier today that Tim Woodward (son of Edward & Actor in his own right) has died but can't find an Obit. Here's an actual, proper, obit for Tim Woodward. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpyRabbit 52 Posted November 28, 2023 Melvyn Hayes is on the BBC’s Christmas edition of Would I Lie to You?. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc-christmas-whats-on-tv-iplayer-2023/. Another chance to see how he’s holding up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKeysOfMarinus 390 Posted November 28, 2023 The press release features a Not Going Out Christmas special entitled “Wilfred” that “sees the couple invite Wilfred, a lonely pensioner from the nearby care home, to join them for Christmas dinner”. The actor playing Wilfred isn’t included, though (could well be Hayes too); might be another opportunity for form spotting, whoever it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,133 Posted November 28, 2023 9 hours ago, GrumpyRabbit said: Melvyn Hayes is on the BBC’s Christmas edition of Would I Lie to You?. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc-christmas-whats-on-tv-iplayer-2023/. Another chance to see how he’s holding up. Here he is in one of my locals about a week ago. He looks in fine form. (Photo nicked from the Book of Face - I wasn't there) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
