Brenda Cowling

Actor Apr 23 (died age 85) Islington, London, England, UK 1950–2004 (54 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

1975 · as Sister

The Duchess of Duke Street

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976 · as Elsie Richards

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982 · as Teacher

Known For

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Teacher

Octopussy

Octopussy

Schatzi

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

Mrs Fishfinger

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

Mrs Viney

The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

Secretary (uncredited)

Greenfingers

Greenfingers

Bookshop Customer

Young Winston

Young Winston

Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (61)

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Movies (25)

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

as Mrs Martin

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

as Jean Crowley's Mother

Greenfingers

Greenfingers

as Bookshop Customer

Room to Rent

Room to Rent

as Church Lady

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

as Mrs. Rodgers

Dream Lover

Dream Lover

as Hotel Manager

Octopussy

Octopussy

as Schatzi

St. Ursula's in Danger

as Mrs. Trimble

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

as Teacher

The Bells of Astercote

The Bells of Astercote

as Mrs Fletcher

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

as Vera Collings

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

as Mrs Fishfinger

The Black Panther

The Black Panther

Carry On Behind

Carry On Behind

as Wife (uncredited)

The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

as Secretary (uncredited)

Carry On Girls

Carry On Girls

as Matron

Young Winston

Young Winston

as Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)

The Man and the Snake

as Molly

Please Sir!

Please Sir!

as Mrs. Duffy

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee

as Mrs. Knowles

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

as Mrs Viney

Up in the Air

Up in the Air

as Lady Pennyweight

Bindle (One of Them Days)

Bindle (One of Them Days)

as Martha Hearty

The Flood

The Flood

as Mrs. Grout

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

as Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)

Television (36)

Murder in Suburbia

Murder in Suburbia

as Mrs Kirkman

Doctors and Nurses

as Jean

The Last Detective

The Last Detective

as Old Lady

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

as Mrs. Thrimpson

The Detectives

The Detectives

as Bride's Grandmother

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

as The Nun

You Rang, M'Lord?

You Rang, M'Lord?

as Blanche Lipton

Seal Morning

Seal Morning

as Mrs. Bates

In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health

as Matron

Lytton's Diary

Lytton's Diary

as Customer

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

as Matron

Sharon and Elsie

as Waitress

Hammer House of Horror

Hammer House of Horror

as Nurse Davies

Sink or Swim

Sink or Swim

as Matron

Shoestring

Shoestring

as Mrs Margaret Billington

Only When I Laugh

Only When I Laugh

as Matron

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Landlady

Potter

Potter

as Jane

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Vera Collings

The Duchess of Duke Street

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Elsie Richards

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

as Sister

Shadows

Shadows

as Cook

The Pallisers

The Pallisers

as Mrs Bunce

Good Girl

as Gwen Botley

Oh, Father!

Oh, Father!

as Mrs Rourke

Sykes

Sykes

as Sister

Romany Jones

Romany Jones

as Betty's Mother

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Maid

Justice

Justice

as Mrs. Cosgrove

Budgie

Budgie

as Customer in Supermarket

Dad's Army

Dad's Army

as Mrs Prentice

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

as Mrs. Kenwigs

All Gas and Gaiters

All Gas and Gaiters

as Mary

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Joanna

Suspense

Suspense

as Emma

Sunday-Night Play

as Mrs. Bowden