Biography
Brenda Rose Cowling (23 April 1925 β 2 October 2010) was an English actress from London. Cowling wanted to be a film actress from the time she was a child; however, upon leaving school, she trained instead as a shorthand typist. After a time she joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she was a member of the same class as Warren Mitchell and Jimmy Perry. While there, she made her film debut in a small role in Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950).Much of her early acting work was in repertory, before she began her television career. She also appeared in films, such as The Railway Children (1970), Please Sir! (1971), Carry On Girls (1973), Carry On Behind (1975). International Velvet (1978), Oliver Twist (1982) and Octopussy (1983). Television serials in which she appeared include Follyfoot, Miss Marple in They Do It With Mirrors as Mrs. Rodgers in 1991, Fawlty Towers as a nurse in "The Germans", Only When I Laugh as the matron nurse in "Last Tango" in 1980, Are You Being Served? as a customer in "The Erotic Dreams of Mrs Slocombe", Jonathan Creek in "Gorgons Wood" as Mrs. Thrimpson (2004), Dad's Army as Mrs. Prentice in "All is Safely Gathered In", It Ain't Half Hot Mum in "The Last Roll Call" as the WVS Lady, The Famous Five, three episodes of Hi-De-Hi, notably as a (voice only role) station announcer in "Together Again", a camper in "Raffles", and a maid in "Wedding Bells", and Mrs. Wren in The Legacy of Reginald Perrin. One of her better known roles was as the cook, Mrs. Lipton, in You Rang, M'Lord?.
Filmography
all 32
Movies 19
TV Shows 13
The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)
The Last Detective (2003)
The Many Lives of Albert Walker (2002)
Greenfingers (2001)
Jonathan Creek (1997)
The Detectives (1993)
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
The Upper Hand (1990)
You Rang M'Lord (1990)
Seal Morning (1986)
St. Ursula's in Danger (1983)
Octopussy (1983)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The Bells of Astercote (1980)
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Potter (1979)
The Black Panther (1977)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Fawlty Towers (1975)
The Black Windmill (1974)
Carry On Girls (1973)
My Wife Next Door (1972)
The Man and the Snake (1972)
Justice (1971)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee (1971)
Please Sir! (1971)
The Railway Children (1970)
Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966)
The Flood (1963)
Stage Fright (1950)
Television Club
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GenderFemale
Birthday1925-04-23
Deathday2010-10-02 (85 years old)
Birth NameBrenda Rose Cowling
Birth PlaceLondon Borough of Islington, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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