Margaret Burton (actress)
Margaret Burton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 March 1924 Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 23 November 1984 (aged 60) Hove, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and singer |
| Spouse(s) |
Arnold Moseley (m. 1952–1960)Michael Garvey (m. 1979) |
Margaret Burton (18 March 1924 — 23 November 1984) was an English actress who appeared in roughly a dozen British films between 1964 and 1985, including in Sex and the Other Woman (1972) and Secrets of a Superstud (1976), and in the TV series The Tomorrow People.[1][2][3]
Career
Burton trained at the Royal Manchester College of Music, and had a successful musical comedy career in the theatre, including as principal boy in pantomime at the London Palladium in 1954, and as Louella Parsons in Marilyn! the Musical at the Adelphi Theatre in 1983.[4][5][6]
On TV, she played Gordon's mother in the Last of the Summer Wine episode "Going to Gordon's Wedding" (1976), and appeared in four episodes of Coronation Street in 1980 as Poppy Watts.[4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Sex and the Other Woman | Flora | |
| 1976 | It's Getting Harder All the Time | Aunt Sophie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Harpers West One | Barmaid | Episode #2.10 |
| 1964 | Detective | Kath | Episode: "The Quick One" |
| 1971 | Z-Cars | Teresa O'Farrell | Episode: "Nobody Wins, Nobody Loses: Part 1" |
| 1973 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Landlady | Episode: "Free as a Bird" |
| 1973 | Orson Welles Great Mysteries | Secretary Miss Ford | Episode: "For Sale - Silence" |
| 1974 | Comedy Playhouse | Mrs. Kintoul | Episode: "Pygmalion Smith" |
| 1974 | South Riding | Madame Hubbard | 3 episodes |
| 1975 | The Tomorrow People | The Momma | |
| 1975 | Three Comedies of Marriage | Barmaid | Episode: "Feeling His Way" |
| 1976 | Last of the Summer Wine | Gordon's Mum | Episode: "Going to Gordon's Wedding" |
| 1978 | Send in the Girls | Ida Mawson | Episode: "Chickabiddy" |
| 1978 | Angels | Mrs. Harris | Episode: "Present Imperfect" |
| 1979 | Sally Ann | Mrs. Glendill | Episode: "Put Out to Grass" |
| 1980 | Coronation Street | Poppy Watts | 4 episodes |
| 1982 | Horace | Madame Henrietta | 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Being Normal | Shop assistant | Television film |
| 1985 | The Personal Touch | Street Singer |
References
- ^ "Margaret Burton". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "Margaret Burton". aveleyman.com.
- ^ "A Man for Emily[23/04/75] (1975)". BFI.
- ^ a b "Peter Sellers' secret love revealed". The Argus.
- ^ "Margaret Burton | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Marilyn! (1983-03-Adelphi Theatre-London)". musicalsworld.be.
External links
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