Isabel Dean (born Isabel Hodgkinson, 29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English stage, film and television actress.[1][2]
Isabel Dean | |
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| Born | Isabel Hodgkinson 29 May 1918 Aldridge, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 27 July 1997 (aged 79) Wandsworth, London, England |
| Years active | 1949-1990 |
| Spouse(s) | William Fairchild (1953-1970s; divorced); 2 children |
Life and career edit
Born in Aldridge, Staffordshire, Dean studied painting at Birmingham Art School. In 1937, she joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist.[3] She was soon involved in acting with some small parts.
She appeared on stage in London in Agatha Christie's Peril at End House in 1940.[4] Her stage appearances included The Deep Blue Sea, Breaking the Code and John Osborne's The Hotel in Amsterdam, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.[3] In 1949 she appeared in The Foolish Gentlewoman at the Duchess Theatre in London.[5]
By 1953, she was also appearing on British television in The Quatermass Experiment and over her career appeared in television series such as I, Claudius (1976) and Inspector Morse (1990).[6][7] She appeared with Paul Scofield in an ITV Saturday Night Theatre production of The Hotel in Amsterdam broadcast on 14 March 1971.[8][9]
Among her film appearances are roles in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and the film version of Inadmissible Evidence (1968).[3]
Personal life edit
In 1953, Dean married writer William Fairchild; the couple had two daughters, Caroline and Angela. The marriage was later dissolved.[3]
Radio edit
- Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery (1965) BBC
- Home at seven (1966) by RC Sherriff
- The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)
- The Bird Table (1982)
- A Photograph of Lindsey Mowatt (1986) by Ellen Dryden
- Summer Attachment (1986) by Michael Sharp
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | The Passionate Friends | Pat Stratton | |
| 1952 | The Last Page | May Harman | US title: Man Bait |
| 1952 | The Woman's Angle | Isobel Mansell | |
| 1952 | 24 Hours of a Woman's Life | Miss Johnson | AKA, Affair in Monte Carlo |
| 1953 | The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan | Mrs. Gilbert | |
| 1953 | Twice Upon a Time | Miss Burke | |
| 1955 | Out of the Clouds | Mrs. Malcolm | |
| 1955 | Handcuffs, London | Doris Tedford | |
| 1958 | Davy | Helen Carstairs | |
| 1958 | Virgin Island | Mrs. Lomax | |
| 1962 | Light in the Piazza | Miss Hawtree | |
| 1965 | A High Wind in Jamaica | Alice Thornton | |
| 1966 | A Man Could Get Killed | Miss Bannister | |
| 1968 | Inadmissible Evidence | Mrs. Gamsey | |
| 1971 | To Catch a Spy | Celia | |
| 1975 | Ransom | Mrs. Palmer | AKA, The Terrorists |
| 1976 | The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones | Bridget | |
| 1980 | Rough Cut | Mrs. Willis | |
| 1982 | Five Days One Summer | Kate's Mother |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Afterglow | Ilona | TV film |
| 1948 | Berkeley Square | Helen Pettigrew | TV film |
| 1949 | The Happiest Days of Your Life | Joyce Harper | TV film |
| 1950 | Man of Two Minds | Madrigal Grey | TV film |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Antistia | "The Tragedy of Pompey the Great" |
| 1951 | Nocturne in Scotland | Jane Stirling | TV film |
| 1952 | The Man with the Gun | Martha Graham | TV film |
| 1952 | Sunday Night Theatre | Alison Parrilow | "The Morning Star" |
| 1952 | Another Language | Stella Hallam | TV film |
| 1953 | The Quatermass Experiment | Judith Carroon | TV series |
| 1953 | Sunday Night Theatre | Celia / Mary Drew | "As You Like It", "The Return of Peggy Atherton" |
| 1954 | Patrol Car | Mrs. Regis | "The Extra Bullet" |
| 1955 | Patrol Car | Doris Tedford | "Nell Gwynn's Tear" |
| 1955 | Sunday Night Theatre | Anne Eilers | "The Devil's General" |
| 1955 | Saber of London | Sylvia Pemberton | "Code Name: Murder" |
| 1956 | Sunday Night Theatre | Mrs. Seddon | "The Seddons" |
| 1957 | Dixon of Dock Green | Mrs. Dyce | "The Silent House" |
| 1957 | ITV Play of the Week | Rona | "Accolade" |
| 1958 | Armchair Theatre | Helène Madinier | "The Web of Lace" |
| 1959 | ITV Television Playhouse | Rose Hanbury | "A Bit of Happiness" |
| 1959 | ITV Play of the Week | Gabrielle Broadbent / Liz Heyward | "Sugar in the Morning", "The Signal" |
| 1960 | A Life of Bliss | Anne Fellows | TV series |
| 1960 | Barnaby Rudge | Mrs. Rudge | Regular role |
| 1961 | Sunday Night Play | Evelyn Hunter | "Off Centre" |
| 1961 | ITV Play of the Week | Margaret Adams | "Faraway Music" |
| 1961 | The Bun House Wedding | Miss Cushing | TV film |
| 1961 | No Hiding Place | Gretel Naunton | "Caught and Bowled" |
| 1963 | ITV Play of the Week | Elizabeth Hollis / Enid | "The Eve of St. Marks", "Three Roads to Rome" |
| 1965 | 199 Park Lane | Stella Graham | Recurring role |
| 1965 | Armchair Theatre | Gwen Timwood | "A Cold Peace" |
| 1966 | Public Eye | Jean Clayton | "I Could Set It to Music" |
| 1966 | Blackmail | Lady Belmont | "A Man of Reputation" |
| 1968 | A Man of our Times | Lydia Laing | "Someone I Knew", "Long Time Since You've Got My Breakfast" |
| 1969 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Peggy | "The Comic" |
| 1970 | The Wednesday Play | Mrs. Hammond | "The Italian Table" |
| 1970 | Husbands and Lovers | Eva Muller | TV miniseries |
| 1971 | Sense and Sensibility | Mrs. Dashwood | Recurring role |
| 1971 | Shadows of Fear | Gwen | "Sour Grapes" |
| 1971 | Play of the Month | Empress Alexandra | "Rasputin" |
| 1971 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | "The Hotel in Amsterdam" | |
| 1972 | The Man Outside | Hilda Frisby | "Eric" |
| 1972 | Kate | Miss Wren | "People Depend on You" |
| 1973 | The Man in the Wood | Mrs. Farren | TV film |
| 1973 | Orson Welles Great Mysteries | Christine Kaye | "Money to Burn" |
| 1973 | Play for Today | Mrs. Richardson | "Jack Point" |
| 1974 | The Aweful Mr. Goodall | Alexandra Winfield | TV series |
| 1974 | Centre Play | Fay Casaubon | "Mutinies" |
| 1974 | Dial M for Murder | Jean Browning | "Should Anyone Answer" |
| 1975 | Churchill's People | Anne, Lady Rochester | "A Bill of Mortality" |
| 1975 | Ten from the Twenties | Mrs. Garthorne | "Motherlove" |
| 1975 | Against the Crowd | Lady Peggy Frobisher | "Blind Man's Buff" |
| 1975 | Couples | Mrs. Brierley | TV series |
| 1976 | Life and Death of Penelope | Lady Cartwright | "The Affair" |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Lollia | "Queen of Heaven" |
| 1977 | Supernatural | Charlotte Gall | "Ghost of Venice" |
| 1977 | Ripping Yarns | Lady Chiddingfold | "Murder at Moorstones Manor" |
| 1979 | The Old Crowd | Betty | TV film |
| 1980 | Company and Co | Barbara Harris | TV series |
| 1983 | The Weather in the Streets | Mrs. Curtis | TV film |
| 1986 | The Understanding | Eva | TV film |
| 1986 | A Dangerous Kind of Love | Mrs. Walker | TV film |
| 1989 | Mystery!: Campion | Donna Beatrice | "Death of a Ghost: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1990 | Inspector Morse | Isobel Radford | "The Sins of the Fathers" |
References edit
- ^ "Isabel Dean - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Isabel Dean - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ a b c d Vallance, Tom (9 August 1997). "Obituary: Isabel Dean". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ "Production of Peril at End House - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Isabel Dean". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Inspector Morse: The Sins of the Fathers (1990) – Peter Hammond – Cast and Crew – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971)". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Osborne, John (1929–1994) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.