Discover
Gwen Watford was an English actress. She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the 1981 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Noël Coward's play Present Laughter. Her film appearances included Cleopatra (1963), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) and Cry Freedom (1987). She was married to actor Richard Bebb from 1952 until her death in 1994.
Birth Name
Gwendoline Watford
Born
Saturday, 10 September 1927
Died
Sunday, 06 February 1994
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Comedy Connections | Mummy | 2003 |
| Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Mrs. Dolly Bantry / Dolly Bantry | 1992 |
| Relatively Speaking | Sheila Carter | 1990 |
| Behaving Badly | Frieda | 1989 |
| Cry Freedom | Wendy's Mother | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | Mrs. Bantry / Dolly Bantry | 1984 |
| Sorrell and Son | Dora Sorrell | 1984 |
| The Comic Strip Presents | Mrs. Kendel | 1982 |
| The Agatha Christie Hour | Maria Packington | 1982 |
| Masterpiece Mystery | Dolly Bantry | 1980 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Comedy Connections | Mummy | 2003 |
| Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Mrs. Dolly Bantry / Dolly Bantry | 1992 |
| Relatively Speaking | Sheila Carter | 1990 |
| Behaving Badly | Frieda | 1989 |
| Cry Freedom | Wendy's Mother | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | Mrs. Bantry / Dolly Bantry | 1984 |
| Sorrell and Son | Dora Sorrell | 1984 |
| The Comic Strip Presents | Mrs. Kendel | 1982 |
| The Agatha Christie Hour | Maria Packington | 1982 |
| Masterpiece Mystery | Dolly Bantry | 1980 |
| Shillingbury Tales | Martha Langton | 1980 |
| Ripping Yarns | Mummy | 1976 |
| The Ghoul | Ayah | 1975 |
| In This House of Brede | Dame Catherine | 1975 |
| Crown Court | Nina Miles QC / Mrs. Barbara Truscott / Nina Miles | 1972 |
| Seasons of the Year | Mrs Arbuthnot | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Susan / Jo / Cynthia | 1970 |
| Husbands and Lovers | Baroness | 1970 |
| Shadows of Fear | Moira Astle | 1970 |
| Taste the Blood of Dracula | Martha Hargood | 1970 |
| Special Branch | Mrs. Dolland | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Dorrie / Nicola / Olwen Peel | 1969 |
| The Company of Five | Mrs. Gifford / Megan Owen / Helen Sinclair / Amanda Conroy / Ada Gritter | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | Dola / Lady Frinton | 1967 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Carla Hudson / Isobelle | 1965 |
| Court Martial | Laura McGregor | 1965 |
| Do You Know This Voice? | Jackie Hopta / Mrs. Hopta | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Monica | 1964 |
| Maupassant | Mme. Caillard | 1963 |
| Cleopatra | Calpurnia | 1963 |
| Love Story | Moira / Fay / Caroline Grant | 1963 |
| The Very Edge | Sister Holden | 1963 |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Nan MacKenzie | 1962 |
| The Grass Is Greener | Hairdresser's Receptionist | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Paula | 1960 |
| Never Take Candy from A Stranger | Sally Carter | 1960 |
| Armchair Theatre | Marion Sharpe / Louise Ridgeway / Dorothy / Diana / Bertha Morris | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Elizabeth Wiedman / Lina M'Leod / Miss Ferguson / Mrs. Arbuthnot / Mrs. John Logie Baird / Rose Arbuthnot / Signora Ualdi / Silia / The Mistress | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Anna Cooksley / Miss Harris / Brenda Stanham | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Jennifer Davis | 1955 |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | Lady Madeline Usher / Lady Usher | 1950 |
