Lisa Daniely obit

Lisa Daniely obituary

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My friend Lisa Daniely, who has died aged 84, was a familiar face in the films of the 1950s and 60s. She also appeared on stage and continued working as an actor well into her late 70s.

She was born Elizabeth Bodington in Reading, Berkshire, to an English solicitor father and a French mother. She was educated in Paris, where she trained at the Sarah Bernhardt theatre, and made her film debut in 1950 at the age of 21 in the title role of Lilli Marlene. Her film-star looks were on the cover of Picturegoer the following year. Her notable films included High Jump (1959) with Richard Wyler (who also acted under the name Richard Stapley), The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962) with Francis Matthews, Stranger in the House (1967) with James Mason and Geraldine Chaplin, and, perhaps most famously, Hindle Wakes (1952) with Leslie Dwyer.

On the stage she played Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, the title role in Hedda Gabler, and Mrs Alving in Ghosts, as well as using her considerable gifts for comedy as Lady Sneerwell in School for Scandal and Rebecca Huntley-Pike in Chorus of Disapproval.

Her many television roles included Madeleine Issigri in The Space Pirates episodes of Doctor Who, the sister of Peter Brady in The Invisible Man (1958) and alongside Jeremy Brett in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-85). In 1996, she played the Queen in the television film Princess in Love.

Her distinctive, sexy voice never left her, and in her late 70s she made radio recordings of Sapphire and Steel with David Warner and Susannah Harker, and recorded audio books, including Trouble for Lucia by EF Benson.

Fascinated by the craft of writing, she wrote her own one-woman show about Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt, whose extraordinary life led her from the fields of Belgium to the barricades of revolutionary Paris at the head of a ragged band of sans-culottes. Lisa mounted a highly successful production of this piece at the Edinburgh festival and was working on turning the script into a novel when she died. It was typical of her to have identified so much with this historical character, whose feistiness, love of life and courage echoed her own.

She took up singing late in life with zest – and, typically, was exploring the internet with determination in her 80s.

She was married to the actor Grey Blake, who died in 1971. She is survived by a stepson, Sean Blake, a niece and two nephews.

 

Actress

Sapphire & Steel

8.2

Podcast Series

Mrs. Leslie (voice)

2006

1 episode

 

Julie Cox in Princess in Love (1996)

Princess in Love

4.2

TV Movie

Queen Elizabeth II

1996

 

Charles Dance and Ian Fleming in Goldeneye (1989)

Goldeneye

6.1

TV Movie

Wren Captain

1989

 

Christopher Plummer in Souvenir (1988)

Souvenir

7.1

Mme Lorion

1988

 

Jeremy Brett in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

8.7

TV Series

Nancy Barclay

1984

1 episode

 

Donald Churchill in Goodnight and God Bless (1983)

Goodnight and God Bless

TV Series

Simone Dulay

1983

1 episode

 

The Enigma Files (1980)

The Enigma Files

7.0

TV Series

Jill Robbins (as Elizabeth Bodington)

1980

1 episode

 

A Family Affair (1979)

A Family Affair

6.2

TV Mini Series

Diana Russell

1979

1 episode

 

Paul Daneman, Lisa Daniely, and Janet Ellis in The Spencer Side (1978)

The Spencer Side

TV Movie

Deirdre's Mother (as Elizabeth Bodington)

1978

 

Barry Foster in Van der Valk (1972)

Van der Valk

7.1

TV Series

Mrs. VisserMargo Roslin

1973–1977

2 episodes

 

Omnibus (1967)

Omnibus

7.2

TV Series

Fanny Stevenson

1974

1 episode

 

In Venice, Like Rome-Milan-Turin, the Spiral of Crime (1974)

In Venice, Like Rome-Milan-Turin, the Spiral of Crime

Marquesa Visconti

1974

 

Robert Vaughn, Tony Anholt, and Nyree Dawn Porter in The Protectors (1972)

The Protectors

6.7

TV Series

Marquesa Visconti

1973

1 episode

 

Menace (1970)

Menace

7.2

TV Series

Mrs. Brewer

1973

1 episode

 

Patrick O'Connell and Joanna Van Gyseghem in Fraud Squad (1969)

Fraud Squad

6.8

TV Series

Yvonne Schenk

1970

1 episode

 

Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

5.8

TV Series

Henrietta

1970

1 episode

 

Lisa Daniely in Confession (1970)

Confession

TV Series

Wendy Hammond

1970

1 episode

 

Susan Hampshire and John Neville in The First Churchills (1969)

The First Churchills

8.1

TV Mini Series

Princess MaryQueen Mary

1969

6 episodes

 

Kaz Garas, Anthony Quayle, and Anneke Wills in Strange Report (1969)

Strange Report

8.0

TV Series

Madeleine

1969

1 episode

 

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

7.0

TV Series

Valerie Gautier

1969

1 episode

 

Who-Dun-It

TV Series

Adel Parry

1969

1 episode

 

Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who

8.4

TV Series

Madeleine Issigri

1969

5 episodes

 

Frederick Jaeger in The Inside Man (1969)

The Inside Man

TV Series

Julia Gregory

1969

1 episode

 

Mr. Rose (1967)

Mr. Rose

8.0

TV Series

Mrs. Johnson

1968

1 episode

 

Clinton Greyn and Veronica Strong in Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)

Virgin of the Secret Service

7.2

TV Series

Lady Clea Merrion

1968

1 episode

 

Detective (1964)

Detective

6.9

TV Series

Louise de Gascoigne

1968

1 episode

 

Claire Nielson and Calum Mill in The Revenue Men (1967)

The Revenue Men

6.3

TV Series

Ann Rowlands

1968

1 episode

 

Edith Evans in The Gambler (1968)

The Gambler

6.6

TV Mini Series

Mademoiselle Blanche

1968

2 episodes

 

James Mason and Geraldine Chaplin in Cop-Out (1967)

Cop-Out

5.5

Diana Sawyer

1967

 

Steve Forrest and Sue Lloyd in The Baron (1966)

The Baron

7.1

TV Series

Lisa Delair (as Lisa Danielly)

1967

1 episode

 

William Lucas and Neil McCallum in Vendetta (1966)

Vendetta

7.4

TV Series

Mrs. Albert

1966

1 episode

 

Roger Moore in The Saint (1962)

The Saint

7.5

TV Series

Milo Gambodi

1966

1 episode

 

The Man Who Never Was (1966)

The Man Who Never Was

7.7

TV Series

Catharine Martan

1966

1 episode

 

Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in The Man in Room 17 (1965)

The Man in Room 17

7.1

TV Series

Fidessa Elphinstone

1966

1 episode

 

Arthur Lowe in Pardon the Expression (1965)

Pardon the Expression

7.3

TV Series

Maria Solare

1966

2 episodes

 

The Spies (1966)

The Spies

6.5

TV Series

Janine Corri

1966

1 episode

 

Patrick McGoohan in Secret Agent (1964)

Secret Agent

8.2

TV Series

Linda Janson

1966

1 episode

 

The Liars

8.5

TV Series

The woman

1966

1 episode

 

The Wednesday Play (1964)

The Wednesday Play

7.3

TV Series

Gilda

1966

1 episode

 

Out of the Unknown (1965)

Out of the Unknown

7.5

TV Series

Eleanor

1965

1 episode

 

Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)

The Third Man

7.6

TV Series

Janine

1965

1 episode

 

Curse of the Voodoo (1965)

Curse of the Voodoo

3.7

Janet Stacey (as Lisa Danielly)

1965

 

Fothergale Co. Ltd.

TV Series

Jane Hilton, commercial director's P.A.

1965

4 episodes

 

Love Story (1963)

Love Story

6.9

TV Series

Jackie Manning

1964

1 episode

 

Richard the Lionheart (1962)

Richard the Lionheart

7.4

TV Series

CatherineMartha

1962–1963

2 episodes

 

Jezebel ex UK (1963)

Jezebel ex UK

5.8

TV Series

Martha Jackson

1963

1 episode

 

The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)

The Lamp in Assassin Mews

6.1

Mary Clarke

1962

 

Rupert Davies in Maigret (1960)

Maigret

7.8

TV Series

Else Andersen

1962

1 episode

 

No Hiding Place (1959)

No Hiding Place

7.4

TV Series

Anya Komeda

1962

1 episode

 

Noel Dyson in The Middle Course (1961)

The Middle Course

4.1

Anna

1961

 

Louis Hayward in The Pursuers (1961)

The Pursuers

6.7

TV Series

Cathy

1961

1 episode

 

Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)

Two Wives at One Wedding

5.5

Annette

1961

 

The Cheaters (1960)

The Cheaters

7.0

TV Series

Peggy

1961

1 episode

 

Probation Officer (1959)

Probation Officer

6.3

TV Series

Carmen di Cunha

1961

1 episode

 

If the Crown Fits

TV Series

Simone

1961

1 episode

 

The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)

The Man Who Was Nobody

5.4

Alma Weston

1960

 

Man from Interpol (1960)

Man from Interpol

6.1

TV Series

DinahNicki

1960

2 episodes

 

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959)

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Alma Weston

1960

1 episode

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

6.5

TV Series

Lita PerelliMichelle Maslyn

1959–1960

2 episodes

 

International Detective (1959)

International Detective

6.3

TV Series

Lisa

1960

1 episode

 

Rupert Davies, Robert Urquhart, and Zena Walker in Danger Tomorrow (1960)

Danger Tomorrow

5.8

Marie

1960

 

The Last Train (1960)

The Last Train

6.9

Short

Thelma (as Lisa Danielly)

1960

 

Interpol Calling (1959)

Interpol Calling

7.3

TV Series

HeleneJane

1959–1960

3 episodes

 

An Honourable Murder (1960)

An Honourable Murder

5.2

Paula

1960

 

Next to No Wife

TV Movie

Lisette

1959

 

Tim Turner in The Invisible Man (1958)

The Invisible Man

7.0

TV Series

DianeJane Wilson

1958–1959

15 episodes

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Joan Garrick

1959

1 episode

 

High Jump (1959)

High Jump

4.0

Jackie Field

1959

 

J. Carrol Naish in The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957)

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

7.5

TV Series

Linda CoslowMrs. Marie Mazerac

1957–1958

2 episodes

 

John Mills in The Circle (1957)

The Circle

6.6

Frieda Veldon

1957

 

Tommy Steele in Rock Around the World (1957)

Rock Around the World

5.4

Hospital Nurse

1957

 

Matinee Theatre (1955)

Matinee Theatre

6.8

TV Series

Gwendolen

1957

1 episode

 

Marjolaine

TV Movie

Elise Garnier

1957

 

Sailor of Fortune (1955)

Sailor of Fortune

6.5

TV Series

Vicki

1956

1 episode

 

The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956)

The Errol Flynn Theatre

7.0

TV Series

Helene

1956

1 episode

 

Cyril Cusack, Derek Farr, Ella Raines, and Donald Wolfit in The Man in the Road (1956)

The Man in the Road

6.4

Nurse Mitzi (as Lisa Danielly)

1956

 

Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955)

Lilli Palmer Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Juana

1955

1 episode

 

Cross-Up (1954)

Cross-Up

5.8

Anna Ray

1954

 

The Six Proud Walkers

TV Series

Sally WalkerSenhora Rosa Romalho

1954

5 episodes

 

Operation Diplomat (1953)

Operation Diplomat

6.3

Lisa Durand

1953

 

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

4.6

Lilli Marlene

1953

 

Holiday Week (1952)

Holiday Week

6.3

Jenny Hawthorn

1952

 

Anything But Love

TV Movie

Michelle

1951

 

Lilli Marlene (1950)

Lilli Marlene

5.0

Lilli Marlene

1950

 

The Queen's Maries (1949)

The Queen's Maries

TV Movie

Marie Beaton (as Lisa Bodington)

1949

 

The Case of Thomas Pyke (1949)

The Case of Thomas Pyke

TV Movie

(as Lisa Bodington)

1949

 

The Passionate Friends (1949)

The Passionate Friends

7.2

Cinema Usherette (uncredited)

1949

 

Jean Kent and Albert Lieven in Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)

Sleeping Car to Trieste

6.6

Extra in crowd on station (uncredited)

1948

 

Soundtrack

Lilli Marlene (1950)

Lilli Marlene

5.0

performer: "Lilli Marlene" (uncredited)

1950

 

Self

Arena (1975)

Arena

7.7

TV Series

SelfSelf - Jenny Hawthorn

1989

1 episode

 

Call My Bluff (1965)

Call My Bluff

7.1

TV Series

Self

1967

1 episode

 

Archive Footage

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years

8.1

Video

Self - Madeleine Issigri (archive footage)

2012

 

Kraft Mystery Theater (1961)

Kraft Mystery Theater

7.7

TV Series

Marie (archive footage)

1961

1 episode