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Dinah Sheridan was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970); the long-running BBC comedy series Don't Wait Up (1983–90); and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End.
Birth Name
Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg
Born
Friday, 17 September 1920
Died
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Chancellor Flavia | 2014 |
| Comedy Connections | Self | 2003 |
| Jonathan Creek | Kathleen Gilmore | 1997 |
| All Night Long | Clare | 1994 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | The hotel guest | 1990 |
| Lovejoy | Dotty Mayhew | 1986 |
| The Winning Streak | Frances Savage | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong | Herself-Interviewee / Self -Interviewee | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Herself-Interviewee | 1985 |
| Don't Wait Up | Angela Latimer | 1983 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Chancellor Flavia | 2014 |
| Comedy Connections | Self | 2003 |
| Jonathan Creek | Kathleen Gilmore | 1997 |
| All Night Long | Clare | 1994 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | The hotel guest | 1990 |
| Lovejoy | Dotty Mayhew | 1986 |
| The Winning Streak | Frances Savage | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong | Herself-Interviewee / Self -Interviewee | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Herself-Interviewee | 1985 |
| Don't Wait Up | Angela Latimer | 1983 |
| Sink or Swim | Lady Interviewer | 1980 |
| The Mirror Crack'd | Lady Amanda Ridgeley ('Murder at Midnight') / Lady Amanda Ridgeley (‘Murder at Midnight’) | 1980 |
| Hammer House of Horror | Gwen | 1980 |
| Blankety Blank | Herself | 1978 |
| Give Us a Clue | Self - Panellist | 1979 |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Village Hall | Mrs. Isobel Hope | 1974 |
| Crown Court | Mrs. Harper-Frost | 1972 |
| Sykes | Barmaid | 1972 |
| Whodunnit? | Mrs. Robinson | 1972 |
| Seasons of the Year | Mama | 1971 |
| The Railway Children | Mrs. Waterbury | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Matron | 1970 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Lady Adela / Lady Chiltern | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Doctor Who | Chancellor Flavia | 1963 |
| Armchair Theatre | Nan | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Guest | 1955 |
| Genevieve | Wendy McKim | 1953 |
| Raiders in the Sky | Eve Canyon | 1953 |
| Gilbert and Sullivan | Grace Marston | 1953 |
| The Sound Barrier | Jess / Jess Peel | 1952 |
| Ivory Hunter | Mary Payton | 1951 |
| Highly Dangerous | Train passenger at checkpoint | 1950 |
| Blackout | Pat Dale | 1950 |
| No Trace | Linda | 1950 |
| Paul Temple's Triumph | Steve Temple | 1950 |
| Dark Secret | Valerie Merryman | 1949 |
| The Story of Shirley Yorke | Shirley Yorke | 1949 |
| The Huggetts Abroad | Jane Huggett / The Huggett Family - Jane | 1949 |
| Calling Paul Temple | Steve Temple | 1948 |
| The Hills of Donegal | Eileen Hannay | 1947 |
| Query | Jill Masterick | 1945 |
| The Facts of Love | Pepper | 1945 |
| Get Cracking | Mary Pemberton | 1943 |
| Salute John Citizen | Evie | 1942 |
| Full Speed Ahead | Joan Barrymore | 1940 |
| Merely Mr. Hawkins | Betty Hawkins | 1938 |
| Behind Your Back | Kitty Hogan | 1937 |
