Daphne Anderson obit

Actress Daphne Anderson Has Died

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Daphne Anderson (née Scrutton; 27 April 1922 – 15 January 2013) was an English stage, film, and television actress, as well as a dancer and singer. She made her London theatre debut in 1938 at the Windmill Theatre. Anderson appeared in such films as The Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice and The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Anderson was born on 27 April 1922, in London, to parents Alan Edward Scrutton and Gladys Amy Scrutton (née Juler). Her surname was originally "Scrutton", but she later changed it to "Anderson". Anderson attended Kensington High School. She married Lionel William Carter. Her aunt was the composer Mary Anderson Lucas.

Daphne Anderson studied dancing under Zelia Raye. She made her first stage performance in 1937 at the Richmond Theatre as a chorus member in a production of Cinderella. The following year, Anderson made her London theatre debut in the chorus of the Revudeville at the Windmill Theatre.

She played several roles in various theatrical productions of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 1943, she played Father William in a production of Alice in Wonderland and the Walrus in Alice Through the Looking-Glass, both at the Scala Theatre in London. She was a prominent member of Leonard Sachs' Players Theatre Company in London, appearing regularly at the Charing Cross Villiers Street venue and featured on recordings made there.  In 1951 she appeared at the Princes Theatre in The Seventh Veil.

 

In 1972, she assumed the role of the Red Queen in Alice Through the Looking-Glass at the Ashcroft Theatre.

Actress

The English Programme (1976)

The English Programme

4.5

TV Series

Alice Hobson

1994

4 episodes

 

Performance (1991)

Performance

6.6

TV Series

Guest

1992

1 episode

 

Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, and Una Stubbs in In Sickness and in Health (1985)

In Sickness and in Health

7.0

TV Series

the DHSS Officer

1985

1 episode

 

Real Life (1984)

Real Life

5.8

Morality Lady

1984

 

Jane Eyre (1983)

Jane Eyre

8.0

TV Mini Series

Mrs. Eshton

1983

1 episode

 

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

The Scarlet Pimpernel

7.6

TV Movie

Lady Grenville

1982

 

Lisa Harrow, Alistair Pagnamenta, and Robert Pagnamenta in The Waterfall (1980)

The Waterfall

TV Series

Mrs. Dickenson

1980

2 episodes

 

Hammer House of Horror (1980)

Hammer House of Horror

7.5

TV Series

Matron

1980

1 episode

 

Elizabeth Bennett, Diane Keen, Ray Lonnen, Alan MacNaughtan, Roy Marsden, Richard Vernon, and Jerome Willis in The Sandbaggers (1978)

The Sandbaggers

8.7

TV Series

Mary Herron

1980

1 episode

 

George Cole in Minder (1979)

Minder

7.8

TV Series

Katie

1979

1 episode

 

The Old Curiosity Shop (1979)

The Old Curiosity Shop

7.1

TV Mini Series

Mrs. George

1979

1 episode

 

Thomas and Sarah (1979)

Thomas and Sarah

6.5

TV Series

Mrs. Armitage

1979

1 episode

 

Jubilee (1977)

Jubilee

TV Series

Lorna Beaumont

1977

1 episode

 

Dick Emery in The Dick Emery Show (1963)

The Dick Emery Show

6.8

TV Series

1976

1 episode

 

Au Pair Girls (1972)

Au Pair Girls

4.9

Mrs. Howard

1972

 

Anne Heywood in I Want What I Want (1972)

I Want What I Want

5.8

1972

 

James Ellis, John Slater, and Gary Watson in Z Cars (1962)

Z Cars

7.0

TV Series

Emily Bannister

1972

1 episode

 

Francis Matthews in Paul Temple (1969)

Paul Temple

7.4

TV Series

Elizabeth Cordway

1970

1 episode

 

ITV Playhouse (1967)

ITV Playhouse

7.0

TV Series

Mrs. Harper

1969

1 episode

 

Galton and Simpson Comedy (1969)

Galton and Simpson Comedy

8.0

TV Series

Mother

1969

1 episode

 

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Sister

Dot Robbins

1967–1968

2 episodes

 

Theatre 625 (1964)

Theatre 625

7.5

TV Series

Lucia Franzia

1967

1 episode

 

Patrick Mower and Jane Jordan Rogers in Haunted (1967)

Haunted

TV Mini Series

Ginny Granger

1967

1 episode

 

Comedy Playhouse (1961)

Comedy Playhouse

7.2

TV Series

Louise Pinfold

Mrs. Nicholson

Marion ...

1961–1967

4 episodes

 

The Whitehall Worrier

TV Series

Mrs. Nicholson

1967

5 episodes

 

Gideon C.I.D. (1964)

Gideon C.I.D.

8.0

TV Series

Kate Gideon

1964–1966

25 episodes

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.5

TV Series

Gina Mavrides

1966

1 episode

 

Here's Harry (1960)

Here's Harry

7.3

TV Series

1965

1 episode

 

The Mask of Janus (1965)

The Mask of Janus

7.9

TV Series

Sara Trildy

1965

1 episode

 

The Wednesday Thriller (1965)

The Wednesday Thriller

TV Series

Miss la Verne

1965

1 episode

 

Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

7.7

TV Series

Dora Lennox

1965

1 episode

 

Silas Marner

TV Series

Mrs. Dolly Winthrop

1964

4 episodes

 

The Launching

Short

Julia Davis

1963

 

The Flood (1963)

The Flood

6.3

Mrs. Weathersfield

1963

 

Bitter Harvest (1963)

Bitter Harvest

6.2

Mrs. Medwin

1963

 

Suspense (1962)

Suspense

5.8

TV Series

Birdie

1963

1 episode

 

The Avengers (1961)

The Avengers

8.3

TV Series

Betty

1963

1 episode

 

Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)

BBC Sunday-Night Play

8.6

TV Series

Doris Abbott

Sally Pratt

1960–1963

2 episodes

 

Probation Officer (1959)

Probation Officer

7.3

TV Series

Margaret Fielden

1962

1 episode

 

Richard the Lionheart (1962)

Richard the Lionheart

7.7

TV Series

Lady Guinevere

1962

1 episode

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

6.8

TV Series

Emilie Ducotel

Connie Bliss

1958–1962

2 episodes

 

Night Creatures (1962)

Night Creatures

6.6

Mrs. Rash

1962

 

Compact (1962)

Compact

6.8

TV Series

Mrs. Lamb

1962

1 episode

 

Stork Talk (1962)

Stork Talk

2.9

Dr. Mary Willis

1962

 

Sean Connery and Claire Bloom in Anna Karenina (1961)

Anna Karenina

5.7

TV Movie

Dolly

1961

 

Persuasion

6.0

TV Mini Series

Mrs. Clay

1960–1961

4 episodes

 

Snowball (1960)

Snowball

6.8

Nora Hart

1960

 

Robert Tavener, Deceased

TV Movie

Martha Hunt, housekeeper

1960

 

The Herries Chronicle

TV Series

Alice Press

1960

2 episodes

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

7.9

TV Series

Joan Winter

Kate

Elizabeth Hinson

1959–1960

3 episodes

 

Saturday Playhouse (1958)

Saturday Playhouse

TV Series

Polly Ipplepen

1959

1 episode

 

The History of Mr. Polly

TV Series

Annie

Annie Larkins

1959

3 episodes

 

Sunday's Child

TV Series

Evelyn Proctor

1959

13 episodes

 

The Naked Lady

TV Series

Kitty Cusack

1959

4 episodes

 

Rush Hour

TV Series

1958

1 episode

 

Martin Benson in The Verdict Is Yours (1958)

The Verdict Is Yours

TV Series

1958

3 episodes

 

Sword of Freedom (1957)

Sword of Freedom

7.5

TV Series

Viola

1957

1 episode

 

Anna Neagle in No Time for Tears (1957)

No Time for Tears

6.2

Dr. Marian Cornish

1957

 

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

The Prince and the Showgirl

6.4

Fanny

1957

 

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

7.0

TV Series

Ellen North

Nell Gwyn

Flo Martin

1952–1957

3 episodes

 

The Chertsey Apprentice

TV Movie

Jessie Bowman

1956

 

Othello (1955)

Othello

7.5

TV Movie

Emilia

1955

 

Twenty Minutes South

TV Movie

Kitty Hemming

1955

 

Diana Dors, Jonathan Ashmore, and Joe Robinson in A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

A Kid for Two Farthings

6.4

Dora

1955

 

Charles Laughton, Brenda de Banzie, and John Mills in Hobson's Choice (1954)

Hobson's Choice

7.7

Alice Hobson

1954

 

Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Ronald Shiner, and Forrest Tucker in Laughing Anne (1953)

Laughing Anne

5.8

Blonde Singer

1953

 

The Two Bouquets

TV Movie

Patty Moss

1953

 

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

The Beggar's Opera

6.1

Lucy Lockit

1953

 

The Eric Barker Half-Hour

TV Series

1951

1 episode

 

Cloudburst (1951)

Cloudburst

6.6

Kate

1951

 

William Hartnell, Natasha Parry, Maxwell Reed, Edward Underdown, and Ernest Haines in The Dark Man (1951)

The Dark Man

6.2

Fisherwoman

1951

 

Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper

TV Movie

Lena Dresden

1950

 

James Donald and Jean Kent in The Gay Lady (1949)

The Gay Lady

5.7

Bertha True

1949

 

Soundtrack

Anna Neagle in No Time for Tears (1957)

No Time for Tears

6.2

performer: "Magic Carpet"

1957

 

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

The Beggar's Opera

6.1

performer: "How Cruel Are The Traitors" (Uncredited)

1953