Biography
Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson (30 June 1901 – 15 October 1990) was an English actress who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre Company.Born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, she originally intended to be a singer, and made her West End musical debut in Tough at the Top at the Adelphi Theatre in July 1949. She went on to act in Eleanor Farjeon's The Silver Curlew at London's Arts Theatre (1949), And So To Bed at the New Theatre (1951), Oh, My Papa at the Garrick Theatre (1957), Virtue in Danger (1963), All in Love at The May Fair Theatre (1964), and Saved at the Royal Court Theatre (1965). In 1976 she appeared in a revival of Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train at the Old Vic Theatre in London with Wilfrid Brambell, James Villiers, Geoffrey Davies, Allan Cuthbertson and Judy Buxton. In 1981 she acted in Rose by Andrew Davies at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey with Honor Blackman and Hilda Braid.
Her television appearances included Z-Cars (1962–72), No Hiding Place (1960–64), ITV Playhouse (1969-1980), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1970) (in the episode The Trouble with Women), Catweazle (1970–71), Jude the Obscure (1971), Callan (1972), Clochemerle (1972), Steptoe and Son (1974), Looking For Clancy (1975), Juliet Bravo (1981), Terry and June (1983), Shine on Harvey Moon (1984), Casualty (1988), Clarence (1988), Hill Street Blues (1989), and Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1989).She acted in the films Ah, Wilderness! (1938), Laugh With Me (1938), The Teckman Mystery (1954), Tunes of Glory (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962), Stolen Hours (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Reckoning (1969), Staircase (1969), Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), Love Among the Ruins (1975), It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and 84 Charing Cross (1987).Nelson's last appearance was in an episode of The Bill in 1989. She died of natural causes in Long Melford, Suffolk, aged 89.
Filmography
all 29
Movies 21
TV Shows 8
Clarence (1988)
Scoop (1987)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Casualty (1986)
A Seaside Story (1986)
Towers of Babel (1981)
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado (1981)
The Other Side: Connie (1979)
Scorpion Tales (1978)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
...And Mother Makes Five (1974)
And Mother Makes Three (1971)
Jude the Obscure (1971)
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971)
Catweazle (1970)
The Reckoning (1970)
Staircase (1969)
Goodnight Albert (1968)
ITV Playhouse (1967)
Poor Cherry (1967)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Stolen Hours (1963)
The Snag (1963)
Don't Talk to Strange Men (1962)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
The Kitchen (1961)
The Entertainer (1960)
The Teckman Mystery (1954)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1901-06-30
Deathday1990-10-15 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceMuswell Hill, United Kingdom
Height
FatherGeorge Nelson
MotherEmily Walsh Lewis
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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