Olwen Brookes (26 November 1901 – 17 September 1976) was an English actress, known for ''

An Inspector Calls ''An Inspector Calls'' is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is c ...

'', '' The Happiest Days of Your Life'' and ''The First Night of Pygmalion''. Her career spanned over a quarter of a century, and as well as stage work, included 29 films and 25 television appearances.

Filmography

* ''Men of Rochdale (Short)'' (1944) - Mrs. Clackman * '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945) - Slave Girl (uncredited) * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) - Spinster (uncredited) * ''

The Mark of Cain The curse of Cain and the mark of Cain are phrases that originated in the story of Cain and Abel in the Book of Genesis. In the stories, if someone harmed Cain, the damage would come back sevenfold. Some interpretations view this as a physica ...

'' (1947) - Mrs. Fisher (uncredited) * '' My Sister and I'' (1948) - Mrs. Lippincott * ''

Warning to Wantons ''Warning to Wantons'' is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Donald Wilson and starring Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon and David Tomlinson. The screenplay, written by art historian James Laver and the director, was based upon Mary ...

'' (1949) - (uncredited) * ''

Stop Press Girl ''Stop Press Girl'' is a 1949 British fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Barry and starring Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne; the latter two appearing in several different roles in the film. The film was ...

'' (1949) - Hotel Receptionist (uncredited) * ''

Poet's Pub ''Poet's Pub'' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Derek Bond, Rona Anderson and James Robertson Justice. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Eric Linklater. The film was one of four of Dav ...

'' (1949) - Bridge Player (uncredited) * ''Choir Practice'' (1949, TV film) - Mrs. Davies * ''

Trottie True ''Trottie True'' is a 1949 British musical comedy film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Jean Kent, James Donald and Hugh Sinclair. It was known as ''The Gay Lady'' in the US, and is an infrequent British Technicolor film of the per ...

'' (1949) - Lady Talman (uncredited) * '' Obsession'' (1949) - * '' The Happiest Days of Your Life'' (1950) - Mrs. Parry * ''

Appointment with Venus ''Appointment with Venus'' () is a novel by Jerrard Tickell published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1951, leading to a British film adaptation the same year and Venus fra Vestø, a Danish film adaptation in 1962. The story is based on a real incident ...

'' (1951) - F.A.N.Y. * ''Nocturne in Scotland'' (1951, TV film) - Princess Marceline Czartoyska * ''

Something Money Can't Buy ''Something Money Can't Buy'' is a 1952 British comedy drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Patricia Roc, Anthony Steel and Moira Lister. The film was made with backing from the NFFC as part of its British Film-Makers project with t ...

'' (1952) - Lady at party * ''

Valley of Song ''Valley of Song'' is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson and the London Welsh Association Choral Society. It marked the film debut of actress Rachel Roberts. It ...

'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''

'' (1954) - Miss Francis * '' The Black Knight'' (1954) - Lady Ontzlake * ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...

'' (1955-1964, TV Series) - Mrs. Randall / Mrs. Iver / Mrs. Ross / Mrs. Manton / Mrs. Welsh / Miss Braithwaite / Mrs. Cunningham * ''

The Gentle Touch ''The Gentle Touch'' is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which began on 11 April 1980 and ran until 1984. The series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police of ...

'' (1956) - Other Sister * '' Women Without Men'' (1956) - Hackett (uncredited) * ''Life Without Lyons'' (1956, TV Series) * ''

High Terrace ''High Terrace'' is a 1956 black and white UK, British mystery film directed by Henry Cass and starring Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell, Derek Bond, Eric Pohlmann and Lionel Jeffries. Plot Beautiful fledgeling actress Stephanie Blake (Lois Maxwell ...

'' (1956) - Mother Superior * ''Ivor Novello'' (1956, TV film) * ''

The Good Companions ''The Good Companions'' is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley. Written in 1929, it follows the fortunes of a concert party on a tour of England. It is Priestley's most famous novel and established him as a national figure. It won ...

'' (1957) - Woman on Tram * '' After the Ball'' (1957) - Housekeeper * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) - Miss Evans (uncredited) * ''

Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in the autumn of 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer w ...

'' (1959) - Lady Almoner * '' Left Right and Centre'' (1959) - Right - Mrs. Samson * ''Dancers in The Mourning'' (1959, TV series) - Miss Finbrough * ''Don't Do It Dempsey'' (1960, TV Series) - Miss Twine * ''

Whack-O! ''Whack-O!'' is a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and broadcast from 1956 to 1960 and 1971 to 1972. The series (in black and white) ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960 and (in colour) from ...

'' (1960, TV Series) - Secretary * ''

Emergency – Ward 10 ''Emergency Ward 10'' is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like ''The Grove Family'', a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, ''Emergency Ward 10'' is considered to be one of British television's ...

'' (1960, TV Series) - Mrs. Gregory * ''

The Citadel The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1842, it is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. ...

'' (1960, TV Mini-Series) - Mrs. Morgan Senior * '' Jango'' (1961, TV Series) - Mrs. Bellew * ''

ITV Play of the Week ''Play of the Week'' is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television. Synopsis From 1955 to 1967 approximately 500 episodes ...

'' (1961, TV Series) - Mrs. Watkins * ''The Six Pound Walkers'' (1961, TV Series) - Mrs. Tindall * ''

Twice Round the Daffodils ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. The film was adapted from the ...

'' (1962) - Dorothy's mother * ''

Tales of Mystery ''Tales of Mystery'' was a British supernatural television drama anthology series based on the short stories of Algernon Blackwood. It was broadcast by ITV (Associated-Rediffusion) and ran over three seasons from 1961–1963. Produced by Peter ...

'' (1962, TV Series) - Mrs. Peters * ''Young and Willing'' (1962) - Miss Potter (uncredited) * ''

No Hiding Place ''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' (1957–1958) ...

'' (1962-1963, TV Series) - Mrs. Pike / Women's prison officer * '' Ghost Squad'' (1963, TV Series) - Miss Reeves * ''

80,000 Suspects ''80,000 Suspects'' is a 1963 British drama film directed by Val Guest and starring Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Yolande Donlan, and Cyril Cusack. It concerns an outbreak of smallpox in Bath, England. Plot Commencing on New Year's Eve in the ...

'' (1963) - Senior Nursing Officer (uncredited) * ''

Taxi! ''Taxi!'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney and Loretta Young. The film includes a famous, and often misquoted, line with Cagney speaking to his brother's killer through a locked closet: "Co ...

'' (1963-1964, TV Series) - Mrs. Stephens / Hotel Receptionist * ''

The Wednesday Play ''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction ...

'' (1965, TV Series) - Woman at the races * '' Devils of Darkness'' (1965) - Landlady * ''

Compact Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it may refer to: * Interstate compact * Blood compact, an ancient ritual of the Philippines * Compact government, a type of colonial rule utilized in British ...

'' (1965, TV Series) - Mrs. Bunny * ''

The Forsyte Saga ''The Forsyte Saga'', first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vici ...

'' (1967, TV Mini-Series) - Bilson * '' Honey Lane'' (1967, TV Series) - Customer * ''

Eye of the Devil ''Eye of the Devil,'' also known as ''13,'' is a 1966 British mystery horror film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence, Sharon Tate and David Hemmings. The film is set in rural France and was fil ...

'' (1967) - Party Guest (uncredited) * ''

Sexton Blake Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893. Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications ...

'' (1968, TV Series) - Miss Cranber * ''The First Night of Pygmalion'' (1969, TV film) - Edith Lyttleton * '' The Culture Vultures'' (1970, TV Series) - Dora * ''On the Run'' (1971) - Miss Fisher (final film role)

References

External links

* 1901 births 1976 deaths English stage actresses English film actresses English television actresses 20th-century English actresses {{england-film-actor-stub