Marion Mathie (6 February 1925 – 20 January 2012) was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

who appeared in the last four series of ''

Rumpole of the Bailey ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, o ...

'' as his fearsome wife, Hilda ("She Who Must Be Obeyed") and many other roles in other productions, including Mrs Susan Wyse in the

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adaptation of the

Mapp and Lucia ''Mapp and Lucia'' is a 1931 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the fourth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. It bring ...

books by E. F. Benson." Marion Mathie (1925–2012)"
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''The Stage'' 1925 births 2012 deaths English television actresses People from Kingston upon Thames {{UK-tv-actor-1920s-stub