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Georgina Cookson
Actor
Born December 19, 1918Died October 1, 2011 (92 years)
Lean, aristocratic-looking British character actress,on stage from the 1940's. She was noted on Broadway for her performance (and for bringing the house down with her tango on opening night) as Lady India in Jean Anouilh's 'Ring Around the Moon' (1950-51). On television, her aquiline features and impeccable bearing led to her gravitating towards upper class roles as wealthy or snooty socialites -- few more memorable than her unnamed party-goer in the dream sequence of The Prisoner (1967) episode "A.B.and C."; and as Mrs. Butterworth, who not only resides in Patrick McGoohan's old flat and drives his sports car but turns out to be another Number 2 (in the episode "Many Happy Returns"). She also had to graciously scrape the mould of a bread-roll offered her by Steptoe and Son (1962) in "Loathe Story", as the hyphenated mother of Joanna Lumley.
Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) as Gary Merrill's crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices). In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite great British comic actors, from Sidney James to Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of friends included Denholm Elliott and Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in 1990.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) as Gary Merrill's crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices). In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite great British comic actors, from Sidney James to Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of friends included Denholm Elliott and Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in 1990.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Filmography
| 1983 | Number 10 (TV Series) · as Baroness Rothschild |
| 1974 | Affairs of the Heart (TV Series) · as Maud Lowder |
| 1972 | Clouds of Witness (TV Series) · as Helen, Duchess Of Denver |
| 1970 | UFO (TV Series) · as Jane Grant |
| 1969 | The Picasso Summer · as British Woman At Dinner |
| 1967 | The Prisoner (1967) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Butterworth / Number Two |
| 1965 | The Woman Who Wouldn't Die · as Ellen Garth |
| 1965 | Darling · as Carlotta Hale |
| 1964 | The Counterfeit Constable · as L'assistante Du Dentiste |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw · as Guest At Villa Salon (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Never Put It in Writing · as Cast |
| 1963 | Espionage (TV Series) · as Eve Mcavoy |
| 1963 | The Punch and Judy Man · as Lady Serving In Lingerie Shop |
| 1962 | Live Now - Pay Later · as Lucy |
| 1962 | The Girl on the Boat · as Passenger |
| 1962 | Hugh and I (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1962 | Steptoe and Son (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kennington-Stroud |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ferris |
| 1961 | Five Golden Hours · as Lady Passenger |
| 1960 | Citizen James (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wilton |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Miss Bishop |
| 1960 | Your Money or Your Wife · as Thelma Cressingdon |
| 1960 | The Shakedown · as Miss Firbank |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) · as Edith Sudbury |
| 1959 | Hot Money Girl · as Billie |
| 1958 | A Question of Infidelity · as Mrs. Duncan |
| 1957 | Your Past Is Showing · as Lady Lucy Mayley |
| 1957 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Lorna Loveday |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Connie Mercer |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs Bindy |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Iris Lenton |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Muriel |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Mme. Pouchelet |
| 1948 | Woman Hater · as Julia |
| 1945 | I Didn't Do It · as Willow Thane |