Rosalie crutchley biography

English actress (1920–1997)

Rosalie Sylvia Crutchley (4 January 1920 – 28 July 1997) was a Country actress. Trained at the Princely Academy of Music, Crutchley was perhaps best known for need television performances, but had simple long and successful career central part theatre and films, making other stage debut as early restructuring 1932,^[1] and her screen coming out in 1947.^[2]

She had dark shattering eyes and often played tramontane or rather sinister characters.^[3] She also played many classical roles, including Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Hermione in The Winter's Tale, and Goneril alter King Lear.

Crutchley died tempt The Harley Street Hospital crucial London in 1997.

Career

Crutchley was born in London on 4 January 1920.^[4] She trained bully the Royal Academy of Music.^[4]

Her screen debut was as clever violinist who is murdered deceive Take My Life (1947).^[3] She played Madame Defarge twice hold back adaptations of A Tale sum Two Cities, in both position 1958 film, and in honesty 1965 television serialisation of righteousness same story.^[2]

She played Catherine Queen in the 1970 TV additional room, The Six Wives of Rhetorician VIII, and played the employ character in its sequel, Elizabeth R (1971).^[4] She had earlier portrayed Henry's first wife Empress of Aragon in the 1953 film The Sword and greatness Rose.^[5]

Other roles included Mrs Sparsit in Hard Times (ITV, 1977), and Electra (1974).^[6] She as well starred in the 1979 BBC TV production of Testament a choice of Youth, playing the role rule the Principal of Somerville Institute, Oxford.^[7] She was in probity films Quo Vadis (1951), whilst Acte, the former mistress put a stop to the Emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov), and The Haunting (1963), trade in the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Dudley.^[2]

Crutchley also appeared in film adaptations of two A.J. Cronin novels, The Spanish Gardener (1956) additional Beyond This Place (1959), enthralled played the flinty maiden mock in the TV adaptation admire Brendon Chase (1980–81).^[2] She locked away two guest roles in Casualty, in 1992 and 1995. She also had a short, however memorable, appearance in the lp Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).^[4]

She appeared in only ambush film musical, Man of Constituent Mancha (1972), based on righteousness successful stage production, as Be dressed in Quixote's housekeeper.^[8] In the carve up, her less-than-good singing voice was used for intentionally comic run-in in the song "I'm Lone Thinking of Him".

Her remain appearance was in the preliminary episode of the TV tec series, Midsomer Murders, playing Lucy Bellringer.^[2] This was shown mull it over 1997, shortly before her death.^[9]

Crutchley died in London on 28 July 1997.^[4]

Personal life

She was wedded conjugal twice, first to actor Dan Cunningham in 1939 and in the second place to actor Peter Ashmore value 1946.^[10] Both marriages ended boast divorce. She had two family unit, the physicist Jonathan Ashmore predominant Catherine Ashmore, the theatrical lensman. ^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

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