Mary Morris
From Wikipedia Mary Lilian Agnes Morris (13 December 1915 โ 14 October 1988) was a British actress Morris made her stage debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre, London, in 1935. In 1943, she played Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war movie Undercover as the wife of a Serbian guerrilla leader, and appeared in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. On television, she played Professor Madeleine Dawnay in the science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (and its sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough), and Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (as part of the BBC's adaptation of Shakespeare's Roman plays, The Spread of the Eagle, 1963). As a Number Two in The Prisoner episode "Dance of the Dead" she dressed as Peter Pan during a masquerade ball. After a 25-year absence she reappeared in films as the mother of the murdered boy in the 1977 horror film Full Circle. She also appeared on television in Doctor Who in the story Kinda (1982), playing the pivotal role of the shaman Panna opposite Peter Davison.[citation needed] Other television appearances included the Countess Vronsky in the BBC's Anna Karenina (1977), the macabre, ancient relative in the Walter de la Mare story, Seaton's Aunt (1983) in Granada Television's Shades of Darkness series and the formidable matriarch in Police at the Funeral, an adaptation of one of Margery Allingham's Albert Campion stories for the BBC's Campion (1989).
Known For
Credits
- 1990 ยทSometime in Augustas Mrs. Wan
- 1989 ยทCampionas Caroline Faraday
- 1987 ยทClawsas Miss Browning-Browning
- 1985 ยทThe Moon Over Sohoas Frieda King
- 1985 ยทThe Ray Bradbury Theateras Matilda Hanks
- 1984 ยทThe Life and Death of King Johnas Queen Elinor
- 1983 ยทSeatonโs Auntas Seatonโs Aunt
- 1982 ยทDoctor Who: Kindaas Panna
- 1978 ยทRichard IIas Duchess of Gloucester
- 1978 ยทThe BBC Television Shakespeareas Duchess of Gloucester
- 1978 ยทFull Circleas Greta Braden
- 1977 ยทAnna Kareninaas
- 1975 ยทBallet Shoesas Madame Fidolia
- 1974 ยทAn Unofficial Roseas
- 1974 ยทBoy Dominicas Lady Bulman
- 1967 ยทThe Prisoneras Number Two
- 1963 ยทDoctor Whoas Panna
- 1962 ยทThe Andromeda Breakthroughas Madeleine Dawnay
- 1961 ยทA for Andromedaas Professor Madeleine Dawnay
- 1960 ยทAn Age of Kingsas
- 1959 ยทInterpol Callingas Ingrid Hoffman
- 1951 ยทHigh Treasonas Anna Braun
- 1949 ยทTrain of Eventsas Louise
- 1948 ยทThe Philco Television Playhouseas
- 1945 ยทThe Man from Moroccoas Sarah Duboste
- 1945 ยทThe Agitatoras Lettie Shackleton
- 1943 ยทUndercoveras Anna Petrovitch
- 1941 ยท'Pimpernel' Smithas Ludmilla Koslowski
- 1941 ยทMajor Barbaraas A Girl
- 1940 ยทThe Thief of Bagdadas Halima
- 1940 ยทWho Killed Jack Robins?as
- 1939 ยทThe Spy in Blackas Chauffeuse
- 1938 ยทPrison Without Barsas Renee
- 1937 ยทVictoria the Greatas Duchess of Kent