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Gwen Watford

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Birth Date:
10.09.1927
Death date:
06.02.1994
Extra names:
Gwendoline Watford
Categories:
Actor
Nationality:
 english
Cemetery:
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Gwendoline "Gwen" Watford (10 September 1927 — 6 February 1994) was an English film, stage and television actress. She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952.

Early life and education

Born in London, Watford attended an independent school in Hastings where her father, a retired army officer ran a public house. She trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic.

Career

Watford made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1950). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987).

Death

She died from cancer, aged 66, in 1994.

Awards

  • She won a Society of Film and Television Arts Television award in 1958, and again in 1965 (the award is now known as the BAFTA TV Award) for Best Performance by an Actress in Television.
  • She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Present Laughter.

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