Muriel George (29 August 1883 – 22 October 1965) was an English singer and film actress. She appeared in 55 films between 1932 and 1955. She also appeared on the variety stage and sang on radio with her second husband

Ernest Butcher Edward Ernest Butcher (7 April 1885 – 8 June 1965) was a British actor, on stage from 1935, and with many film and TV appearances. He was the second husband of the actress Muriel George, and stepfather to her son, the critic John Davenpor ...

for thirty years. Her hobbies were gardening and antiques. By her first marriage, to Robert (known as 'Robin' or 'Arthur') Davenport, an author and lyricist, she had a son, the critic John Davenport.''The New Review'', vol. 3, issue 31, 1976, p. 69

Selected filmography

* '' His Lordship'' (1932) – Mrs.Emma Gibbs * '' Yes, Mr Brown'' (1933) – Cook * '' Cleaning Up'' (1933) – Mrs. Hoggenheim * '' Something Always Happens'' (1934) – Mrs. Badger * '' My Song for You'' (1934) – Mrs. Newberg * ''

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'' (1934) – Meg * ''

Key to Harmony ''Key to Harmony'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Belle Chrystall, Fred Conyngham and Reginald Purdell. The film is a quota quickie made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios for release by Paramount P ...

'' (1935) – Mrs. Meynell * ''

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'' (1935) – Martha Brown * '' Whom the Gods Love'' (1936) – Frau Weber * '' Not So Dusty'' (1936) – Mrs. Clark * '' The Happy Family'' (1936) – Housekeeper * ''

The Song of the Road ''The Song of the Road'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Bransby Williams, Ernest Butcher and Muriel George. It was made at Shepperton Studios. It was made as a supporting feature A B movie or B film is a ...

'' (1937) – Mrs. Trelawney * '' Busman's Holiday'' (1936) – Mrs. Green * ''

Merry Comes to Town ''Merry Comes to Town'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Guy Newall and Betty Ann Davies. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.95 Cast * Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield * Guy Newall as Prof. Joh ...

'' (1937) – Cook * ''

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'' (1937) – Mrs. Kaye * '' Who's Your Lady Friend?'' (1937) – Mrs. Somers * '' Talking Feet'' (1937) – Mrs. Gumley * ''

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'' (1937) – Mrs. Waggetts, Pub Owner * ''

Lancashire Luck ''Lancashire Luck'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass. It is notable as the film debut of Wendy Hiller, and the first credited appearance of Nigel Stock (actor), Nigel Stock. Plot The film is set around the paterfamilia of the ...

'' (1937) – Mrs. Lovejoy * '' A Sister to Assist 'Er'' (1938) – Mrs. May / Mrs. le Browning * '' Darts Are Trumps'' (1938) – Mrs. Drake * ''

Weddings Are Wonderful ''Weddings Are Wonderful'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring June Clyde, Esmond Knight and René Ray. It was made at Walton Studios.Wood p.99 Synopsis When she discovers that he has been cut off by his fa ...

'' (1938) – Betty's maid * '' Crackerjack'' (1938) – Mrs. Humbold * ''

21 Days ''21 Days'' (also known as ''21 Days Together'', ''The First and the Last'' and ''Three Weeks Together'') is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play '' The First and the Last'' by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and ...

'' (1940) – Ma (uncredited) * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1940) – Mrs. Perkins * ''

The Briggs Family ''The Briggs Family'' is a 1940 UK, British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman (actor), Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. During the Second World War, a special constable ...

'' (1940) – Mrs. Brokenshaw * ''

Freedom Radio ''Freedom Radio'' (a.k.a. ''A Voice in the Night'') is a 1941 British propaganda film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley and Derek Farr. It is set in Nazi Germany during the Second World War a ...

'' (1941) – Hanna * ''

You Will Remember ''You Will Remember'' is a 1941 British musical drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams and Dorothy Hyson. It portrays the life of the composer Leslie Stuart. Featured songs include, '' Tell Me Pretty Maiden ...

'' (1941) – Manchester Landlady (uncredited) * ''

Love on the Dole ''Love on the Dole'' is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working-class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film. The novel Walter Greenwood's novel (1933) was written during the early 1930s as a respons ...

'' (1941) – Landlady (uncredited) * ''

Quiet Wedding ''Quiet Wedding'' is a 1941 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Marjorie Fielding. The screenplay was written by Terence Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald based on the play ''Qui ...

'' (1941) – The Cook (uncredited) * ''

Cottage to Let ''Cottage to Let'' is a 1941 British spy thriller film directed by Anthony Asquith starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills. Filmed during the Second World War and set in Scotland during the war, its plot concerns Nazi spies trying to ...

'' (1941) – Mrs. Trimm * ''

South American George ''South American George'' is a 1941 British, black-and-white, comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby in a dual role, Linden Travers, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Felix Aylmer, Ronald Shiner as Swifty, Mavis Villiers and Herbert ...

'' (1941) – Auntie (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1941, Short) – Violet (uncredited) * ''

Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light ''Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light'' is a 1941 British World War II public information/propaganda short film, directed by Herbert Mason and produced by Edward Black for 20th Century Fox. The film had a number of well-known actors of the period, featu ...

'' (1941, Short) – Mrs. Proudfoot * ''

They Flew Alone ''They Flew Alone'' (released in the US as ''Wings and the Woman'') is a 1942 British biopic about aviator Amy Johnson directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Robert Newton and Edward Chapman. It was distributed in the ...

'' (1942) – Kitty, the Housekeeper * ''

Unpublished Story ''Unpublished Story'' is a 1942 British black-and-white war film directed by Harold French and starring Richard Greene and Valerie Hobson. It was produced and co-written by Anthony Havelock-Allan. The film served as a propaganda film during Wo ...

'' (1942) – Landlady * ''

Alibi An alibi (from the Latin, '' alibī'', meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person, who is a possible perpetrator of a crime, of where they were at the time a particular offence was committed, which is somewhere other than where the crim ...

'' (1942) – Mme. Bretonnet * '' The Young Mr. Pitt'' (1942) – Mrs. Carr (uncredited) * ''

Went the Day Well? ''Went the Day Well?'' is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It was produced by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios and served as unofficial propaganda for the war effort. The film shows ...

'' (1942) – Mrs. Collins * ''

The Bells Go Down ''The Bells Go Down'' is a 1943 black-and-white wartime film made by Ealing Studios. The reference in the title is to the alarm bells in the fire station that "go down" when a call to respond is made. The film is an ensemble piece that covers ...

'' (1943) – Ma Robbins * ''

Dear Octopus ''Dear Octopus'' is a comedy by the playwright and novelist Dodie Smith. It opened at the Queen's Theatre, London on 14 September 1938. On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 the run was halted after 373 performances; after ...

'' (1943) – Cook * ''

Schweik's New Adventures ''Schweik's New Adventures'' is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Lloyd Pearson, Maggie Rennie, Richard Attenborough and Julien Mitchell. It is also known by the alternative title ''It Started at Midnight''. It was ...

'' (1943) – Mrs. Millerova * '' Kiss the Bride Goodbye'' (1945) – Mrs. Fowler * ''

A Place of One's Own ''A Place of One's Own'' is a 1945 British film directed by Bernard Knowles. An atmospheric ghost story based on the 1940 novel of the same title by Osbert Sitwell, it stars James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Dulc ...

'' (1945) – Nurse * ''

For You Alone ''For You Alone'' is a 1945 British World War II romance melodrama, one of only two films directed by cinematographer Geoffrey Faithfull, starring Lesley Brook, Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanley. The film was made by a smaller studio, Butcher's ...

'' (1945) – Mrs. Johns * ''

I'll Be Your Sweetheart ''I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' is a 1945 British historical musical film directed by Val Guest and starring Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver and Michael Rennie. It was the first and only musical film produced by Gainsborough Studios. Commissioned by t ...

'' (1945) – Mrs. Le Brunn * '' Perfect Strangers'' (1945) – Minnie * '' Jassy'' (1947) – Court Matron (uncredited) * '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1947) – 1st Landlady * '' A Sister to Assist 'Er'' (1948) – Gladys May * ''

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'' (1948) – Maid (uncredited) * '' Last Holiday'' (1950) – Lady Oswington * ''

The Dancing Years ''The Dancing Years'' is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. The story takes place in Vienna, from 1911 until 1938. It follows the life of a penniless Jewish composer and his love for two women of di ...

'' (1950) – Hatti * ''

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'' (1951) – Mrs. Robinson (uncredited) * ''The Triangle'' (1953) – Martha Popple (segment "Priceless Pocket") * ''

Simon and Laura ''Simon and Laura'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Peter Finch and Kay Kendall. Play Satirising the early days of BBC Television, ''Simon and Laura'' focuses on an argumentative theatrical couple called Simon a ...

'' (1955) – Grandma (final film role)

References

External links

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Muriel George's memoirs
1883 births 1965 deaths English film actresses Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses 20th-century English singers 20th-century English women singers {{England-film-actor-stub