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Ingrid Hafner (13 November 1936 – 20 May 1994) was a British actress, born in
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Ingrid Hafner (13 November 1936 – 20 May 1994) was a British actress, born in London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. Her father was Raoul Hafner, an Austria
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n helicopter pioneer, and her mother Eileen Myra McAdam was a descendant of Scottish-born John Loudon McAdam
John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, " macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of ...
, the road builder.
Career
Film and television
Her first film role was as Ursula in 'The Quarry', made for television and directed byJohn Boorman
Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ...
- his first fiction
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work as distinct from his documentary films for the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...West of England
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. She is best remembered for her role as Carol Wilson in the first season of the television
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series '' The Avengers''. She had previously played Amanda Gibbs opposite Ian Hendry
Ian Mackendrick Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was a British actor. He worked on several British TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, including the lead in the first series of '' The Avengers'' and '' The Lotus Eaters'', and played ...
in the series '' Police Surgeon''. She also appeared as Laura Granton in ''The Main Chance
''The Main Chance'' is a British television series first aired on ITV in four series between 1969 and 1975. It is a drama series that depicts the sudden transformation in the life of a solicitor, David Main (played by John Stride), after he ...
''. She appeared as Kay Price in an episode of Public Eye in 1975.On cinema she played Giselle Dureaux in the 1960 film '' Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' starring George Sanders
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous chara ...
, and later appeared opposite Sanders again in ''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' is a 1965 British historical comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, and Angela Lansbury. It is based on the 1722 novel '' Moll Flanders'' by Daniel Defoe.
...
'' (1965). One of her later roles was as Sheila Clare in the HTV series "The Clifton House Mystery", in 1978.
Theatre
Hafner studied at theBristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre.
BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. I ...
and subsequently joined the Old Vic under Michael Benthall, where she played ‘Sylvia’ in ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona
''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying ...
''; ‘Lavina’ in ''Titus Andronicus
''Titus Andronicus'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593, probably in collaboration with George Peele. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy and is often seen ...
'', ‘Iris’ in ''Anthony and Cleopatra
''Antony and Cleopatra'' (First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around ...
'' and ‘Lady Anne’ in ''Richard III
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''.
Her other theatre work included repertory at Windsor, Colchester, Glasgow Citizens, Richmond Theatre (15 plays), ''From the French'' at the Strand Theatre in the West End, ''Jungle in the Cities'' at Stratford East and numerous productions at the Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a fin ...
, including her first appearance there in ''Cyrano Cyrano may refer to:
Astronomy
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Stage and film
* ''Cyrano'' (Damrosch), a 1913 opera by Walter Damrosch
* ''Cyrano'', a 195 ...
'', in which she played Roxanne.
Death
The 57-year-old Hafner died in 1994 frommotor neurone disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most comm ...
, leaving husband Richard Clothier and two sons, Ben and William.
Selected filmography
* '' Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' (1960) - Giselle *Edgar Wallace Mysteries
The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The E ...
(1963) Episode: Five to One (film) - Pat Dunn
* ''Dilemma
A dilemma ( grc-gre, δίλημμα "double proposition") is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. The possibilities are termed the ''horns'' of the dilemma, a clichéd usage, but disti ...
'' (1962) - Jean Barnes
* ''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' is a 1965 British historical comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, and Angela Lansbury. It is based on the 1722 novel '' Moll Flanders'' by Daniel Defoe.
...
'' (1965) - Elder Sister
References
External links
* 1936 births 1994 deaths English television actresses Deaths from motor neuron disease Neurological disease deaths in England 20th-century English actresses English people of Austrian descent English people of Scottish descent {{UK-screen-actor-stub