She played Number Two in The Prisoner's episode "Dance of the Dead". After an absence of many years, she reappeared in diverse film roles such as Madame Fidolia the Russian ballerina and theatre school director in the BBC television serial Ballet Shoes (1975), and the mother of the murdered boy in the 1977 horror film Full Circle. She also appeared on television in Doctor Who in the story Kinda (1982), playing the pivotal role of the shaman Panna opposite Peter Davison.
Her other television appearances included the Countess Vronsky in the BBC's Anna Karenina (1977); the macabre, ancient relative in the Walter de la Mare story Seaton's Aunt (1983) in Granada Television's Shades of Darkness series; a recently deceased woman attempting to cheat death in a 1988 episode of HBO's Ray Bradbury Theater; Mrs Browning-Browning in Stephen Wyatt's Claws (BBC 1 1987); and the formidable matriarch in Police at the Funeral, an adaptation of one of Margery Allingham's Albert Campion stories for the BBC's Campion (1989).
In addition to her film role, she played Elizabeth the First on a 'Makers of History' LP record, using the queen's spoken and written words and contemporary music, issued by EMI in 1964.[3]
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Morris died from heart failure, aged 72, on 14 October 1988 in Aigle, Switzerland.[citation needed]
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For other people named Mary Morris see Mary Morris disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mary Morris news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mary Lilian Agnes Morris 13 December 1915 14 October 1988 was a Fijian born British actress Mary MorrisBornMary Lilian Agnes Morris 1915 12 13 13 December 1915Lautoka FijiDied14 October 1988 1988 10 14 aged 72 Aigle SwitzerlandOccupationActressYears active1937 1988 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Death 3 Complete filmography 3 1 Feature films 3 2 Television 4 References 5 External linksLife and career editMorris was the daughter of Australian born Herbert Stanley Morris a botanist and his wife Sylvia Ena de Creft Harford She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Morris made her debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre London in 1936 She performed with Leslie Howard in Pimpernel Smith 1941 1 and Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war movie Undercover 1943 as the wife of a Serbian guerrilla leader On television she played Professor Madeleine Dawnay in the science fiction television drama A for Andromeda and its sequel The Andromeda Breakthrough Queen Margaret in the BBC s An Age of Kings a version of Shakespeare s History Plays Lady Macbeth in the 1960 radio production of Macbeth and Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra as part of the BBC s adaptation of Shakespeare s Roman plays The Spread of the Eagle in 1963 2 She played Number Two in The Prisoner s episode Dance of the Dead After an absence of many years she reappeared in diverse film roles such as Madame Fidolia the Russian ballerina and theatre school director in the BBC television serial Ballet Shoes 1975 and the mother of the murdered boy in the 1977 horror film Full Circle She also appeared on television in Doctor Who in the story Kinda 1982 playing the pivotal role of the shaman Panna opposite Peter Davison Her other television appearances included the Countess Vronsky in the BBC s Anna Karenina 1977 the macabre ancient relative in the Walter de la Mare story Seaton s Aunt 1983 in Granada Television s Shades of Darkness series a recently deceased woman attempting to cheat death in a 1988 episode of HBO s Ray Bradbury Theater Mrs Browning Browning in Stephen Wyatt s Claws BBC 1 1987 and the formidable matriarch in Police at the Funeral an adaptation of one of Margery Allingham s Albert Campion stories for the BBC s Campion 1989 In addition to her film role she played Elizabeth the First on a Makers of History LP record using the queen s spoken and written words and contemporary music issued by EMI in 1964 3 Death editMorris died from heart failure aged 72 on 14 October 1988 in Aigle Switzerland citation needed Complete filmography editFeature films edit Victoria the Great 1937 Duchess of Kent Prison Without Bars 1938 Renee 4 The Spy in Black 1939 Chauffeuse The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Halima the Silver Maiden Who Killed Jack Robins 1940 Major Barbara 1941 A Girl Pimpernel Smith 1941 Ludmilla Koslowski 5 Undercover 1943 Anna Petrovitch 6 The Man from Morocco 1945 Sarah Duboste The Agitator 1945 Lettie Shackleton Train of Events 1949 Louise segment The Actor High Treason 1951 Anna Braun 7 The Pythoness 1951 Narrator voice Full Circle 1977 Greta BradenTelevision edit The Trial of Madeleine Smith 1949 BBC Television Madeleine Smith The Young Elizabeth 1953 BBC Television Elizabeth Tudor The Philco Television Playhouse 1953 Six Characters in Search of an Author 1954 BBC Television The Step Daughter The Face of Love 1954 BBC Television Cressida Uncle Harry 1958 BBC Television Lettie Quincey Under Western Eyes 1962 TV Movie Tekla An Age of Kings 1960 Queen Margaret widow to Henry VI Interpol Calling 1960 Ingrid Hoffman A for Andromeda 1961 Professor Madeleine Dawnay The Andromeda Breakthrough 1962 Madeleine Dawnay Ghost Squad 1963 Dr Ibanez Theatre 625 1965 1968 Sister Leonora Agatha Doktor von Zahnd Thirty Minute Theatre 1967 The woman The Prisoner 1967 Number Two 8 Plays of Today Men of Iron 1969 Scotch Ellen An Unofficial Rose 1974 1975 Emma Sands Ballet Shoes 1975 Madame Fidolia Play for Today 1976 Bernarda Anna Karenina 1977 Countess Vronsky King Richard II 1978 BBC Television Shakespeare Duchess of Gloucester Doctor Who 1982 Panna Diana 1984 Miss Westcott The Life and Death of King John 1984 BBC Television Shakespeare Queen Elinor The Moon Over Soho 1985 TV play Frieda King Claws 1986 The Ray Bradbury Theater 1988 Matilda Hanks Campion 1989 posthumous Caroline FaradayReferences edit Pimpernel Smith Leslie Howard talking with Mary Morris in her dressing room Day 1 of filming Getty Images 8 February 1941 Retrieved 6 April 2021 Profile permanent dead link genome ch co uk Retrieved 20 February 2016 The Makers of History Elizabeth the GreatEMI CSD 1529 Laureate Series Mary Morris and Lorraine Clewes are amongst the young actresses Getty Images 1938 Retrieved 6 April 2021 Mister V aka Pimpernel Smith lobbycard Mary Morris Leslie Howard Getty Images 1941 Retrieved 6 April 2021 Undercover aka Underground Guerrillas lobbycard Mary Morris Getty Images 1943 Retrieved 6 April 2021 High Treason lobbycard Mary Morris 1951 Getty Images Retrieved 6 April 2021 Mary Morris British actress wearing a green lace up blouse Getty Images 1 January 1967 Retrieved 6 April 2021 External links editMary Morris at IMDb Profile tv com Profile filmreference com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Morris amp oldid 1177356304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
