
Gwen Watford
Biography
Gwen Watford (10 September 1927 — 6 February 1994) was an English film, stage, and television actress. She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952. Born in London, Watford trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic. She made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1949). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987). She died from cancer, aged 66, in 1994. Description above from the Wikipe…
Known For
Cleopatra
Calpurnia
Cry Freedom
Wendy's Mother
The Grass Is Greener
Hairdresser's Receptionist (uncredited)
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Martha Hargood
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Sally Carter
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Dolly Bantry
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Mrs. Dolly Bantry
The Ghoul
Ayah
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Filmography
Acting (50)
Movies (28)
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992as Mrs. Dolly Bantry
The Winslow Boy
1989as Grace Winslow
Relatively Speaking
1989as Sheila Carter
The Yob
1988as Mrs Kendel
Cry Freedom
1987as Wendy's Mother
Reluctant Chickens
1983as Jo
John David
1982as Cynthia
Present Laughter
1981as Monica Reed
Age of Hypocrisy
1977as Rita Iverson
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976as Mummy
The Ghoul
1975as Ayah
In This House of Brede
1975as Dame Catherine
Man Above Men
1973as Susan
Just in Time for Christmas
1972as Janet Nottage
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970as Martha Hargood
Stand by Your Screen
1968as Ada Gritter
Gareth
1968as Megan Owen
Let's Murder Vivaldi
1968as Monica
The Noise Stopped
1966as Diana
Do You Know This Voice?
1964as Jackie Hopta
Jackals in the Desert
1964
Cleopatra
1963as Calpurnia
The Very Edge
1963as Sister Holden
The Threatening Storm
1961
The Grass Is Greener
1960as Hairdresser's Receptionist (uncredited)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960as Sally Carter
A Woman of No Importance
1960as Mrs. Arbuthnot
The Fall of the House of Usher
1950as Lady Usher
Television (22)
Behaving Badly
1989
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984as Dolly Bantry
Miss Marple
1984as Mrs. Bantry
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982as Mrs. Kendel
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Shillingbury Tales
1981as Martha Langton
Don't Forget To Write!
1977as Mabel Maple
Jubilee 1977
1977as Rita Iverson
Ripping Yarns
1976Bedtime Stories
1974as Irene James
The Train Now Standing
1972
Play for Today
1970as Susan
Shadows of Fear
1970Menace
1970
The Company of Five
1968
The Company of Five
1968as Mrs Gifford
The Gamblers
1967as Rachel Grant
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960as Paula
The Silver Sword
1957
Armchair Theatre
1956as Marion Sharpe
Jesus of Nazareth
1956as Mary, mother of Jesus
ITV Play of the Week
1955as Silia
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