Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974) was an English actress, born to an Australian WW1 soldier, Captain Gunning Francis Plunkett, and Alice Park. Born in

Streatham Streatham ( ) is a district in south London, England. Centred south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. Streatham was in Surrey ...

, London, she trained at

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...

and had an early stage hit in ''Pick-Up Girl'' (1946) by the American dramatist Elsa Shelley.Lorraine Greenslad
"Patricia Plunkett - My Sister"
''Herne Hill Society Newsletter'', #102, Spring 2008, p.12-13 Plunkett appeared in 12 films."Plunkett, Patricia"
credits, BFI Film & TV database She was usually in supporting roles, but she was the female lead (with above-the-title billing) in both her 1949 films: ''

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'' and ''

For Them That Trespass ''For Them That Trespass'' is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray (actor), Stephen Murray. It is an adaptation of the 1944 For Them That Trespass (novel), novel ...

''. The best known of her supporting roles is probably ''

It Always Rains on Sunday ''It Always Rains on Sunday'' is a 1947 British film adaptation of Arthur La Bern's novel by the same name, directed by Robert Hamer. The film has been compared with the poetic realism movement in the French cinema of a few years earlier by the ...

'' (1947), in which her character, Doris Sandigate, is the step-daughter of Rose (

Googie Withers Georgette Lizette Withers, CBE, AO (12 March 191715 July 2011), known professionally as Googie Withers, was an English entertainer who was a dancer and actress with a lengthy career spanning some nine decades in theatre, film, and television. ...

), the leading role. Her husband was the actor

Tim Turner Tim Turner (7 September 1924 – 1987) was an English actor who performed during the 1950s and 1960s. Life and career He was born John Freeman Turner in Bexley, Kent. Before becoming a film and television actor, Turner was a popular leading ...

(died 1987).

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* 1926 births 1974 deaths English film actresses People from Streatham 20th-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English stage actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub