Brenda Bruce was born on July 7, 1919 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. She was an actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), All Creatures Great and Small (1975) and Macbeth (1983). She was married to Clement McCallin and Roy Rich. She died on February 19, 1996 in London, England.
Clement McCallin (m. ?–1977), Roy Rich (m. ?–1970)
Awards
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
TV Shows
Connie, David Copperfield (1986), Goodbye Cruel World, The Mad Death, Honey for Tea
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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She had twin baby girls with her husband Roy Rich.
2
She ran a hotel near Stratford during her RSC years.
3
During the 1950s she worked prolifically on television, presenting a chat show with her husband Roy Rich called "Rich and Rich" and appearing in many dramas.
4
Was the RSC's resident Mistress Page in "The Merry Wives of Windor", playing the role in 1964, 1968, 1975 and 1995.
5
Both of her husbands died of cancer; her only son died in childhood of asthma.
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Started on the stage as a teenage chorus girl.
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Long-time actress with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as the Birmingham Repertory Company (1936-1939).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Vet
1996
TV Series
Kath Paley
Performance
1995
TV Series
Grandmother
Men of the World
1994
TV Series
Mrs. Daff
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
TV Movie
Amy Tremayne
Casualty
1993
TV Series
Carrie Springett
Riders
1993
TV Movie
Granny Maxwell
Splitting Heirs
1993
Mrs. Bullock
The Riff Raff Element
1993
TV Series
Granny Grogan
Growing Rich
1992
TV Movie
Mrs. Baker
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
TV Mini-Series
Nurse
Growing Rich
1992
TV Series
Mrs. Baker
Goodbye Cruel World
1992
TV Mini-Series
Marjory
4 Play
1991
TV Series
Sarah
The New Statesman
1991
TV Series
Beryl
Lovejoy
1991
TV Series
Mrs. Jaglom
December Bride
1991
Martha Gilmartin
Screenplay
1990
TV Series
Therapist
Theatre Night
1990
TV Series
Old woman
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
TV Series
Aunt Dahlia
Screen Two
1986-1990
TV Series
Maisie / June Swift
Bergerac
1990
TV Series
Karen Markham
Hard Cases
1989
TV Series
Mrs. Pearce
Back Home
1989
TV Movie
The Honourable Lady Beatrice "Beattie" Langley
The Tenth Man
1988
TV Movie
Madame Mangeot (Michel and Therese's mother)
The Return of the Antelope
1988
TV Series
Mrs. Henshaw
Worlds Beyond
1988
TV Series
Miss Robertson
Menace Unseen
1988
TV Mini-Series
Norma Trisk
Little Dorrit
1987
Duchess
London Embassy
1987
TV Mini-Series
Madge Cowrie
Doctor Who
1987
TV Series
Tilda
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
TV Series
Granny Porter
David Copperfield
1986
TV Mini-Series
Betsy Trotwood
Steaming
1985
Mrs. Meadows
Connie
1985
TV Series
Bea
Weekend Playhouse
1984
TV Series
Margaret
Sharing Time
1984
TV Series
Alice
Love and Marriage
1984
TV Series
Rosa Curzon
Crown Court
1976-1984
TV Series
Angela Stacey
Macbeth
1983
TV Movie
First Witch
The Mad Death
1983
TV Mini-Series
Miss Stonecroft
The Plot to Murder Lloyd George
1983
TV Movie
Alice Wheeldon
The Home Front
1983
TV Series
Mrs. Place
Milk and Honey
1983
TV Movie
Peggy Tims
Farmers Arms
1983
TV Movie
Mrs. Casson
Prisoners of Conscience
1981
TV Series
Bukovsky's mother
Henry V
1979
TV Movie
Hostess
Henry IV Part II
1979
TV Movie
Hostess Quickly
Henry IV Part I
1979
TV Movie
Mistress Quickly
Play for Today
1973-1978
TV Series
Mrs. Hackett / Madge
Do You Remember?
1978
TV Series
Annie Billet
The Devil's Crown
1978
TV Series
Empress Matilda
Armchair Thriller
1978
TV Series
Sister Elizabeth
BBC Play of the Month
1978
TV Series
Lady Bountiful
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1978
TV Series
Aunt Miranda
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
TV Series
Lucilla Teatime
Centre Play
1977
TV Series
Auntie Kathleen
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
TV Movie
Anne of Austria
Ubu roi
1976
TV Movie
Ma Ubu
All Creatures Great and Small
1975
TV Movie
Miss Harbottle
Dial M for Murder
1974
TV Series
Kath
The ITV Play
1974
TV Series
Florence Maclean
Swallows and Amazons
1974
Mrs. Dixon
Bedtime Stories
1974
TV Series
Gertie
2nd House
1974
TV Series
Ekaterina
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973
TV Movie
White Queen
Late Night Theatre
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Croxley
Cheri
1973
TV Series
Charlotte
Owen, M.D.
1973
TV Series
Dorothy Reynolds
That'll Be the Day
1973
Doreen
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-1972
TV Series
Avis Abdey / The Wife / Pat Pendleton
Country Matters
1972
TV Mini-Series
Mrs. Holland
The Man from Haven
1972
TV Series
Mary Balfour
A Family at War
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Thomas
Budgie
1971
TV Series
Janey-Baib
The Wednesday Play
1966-1969
TV Series
Ma / Mollie / Betty Bradshaw
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
Nursing Sister (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes
1968
TV Series
Saunders
The First Lady
1968
TV Series
Mary Tunnicliffe
Late Night Horror
1968
TV Series
Mary Pearl
The Gamblers
1968
TV Series
Gertie
Armchair Theatre
1962-1967
TV Series
Miss Cashcart / Miss Johns
Softly Softly
1967
TV Series
Hilda Berry
Knock on Any Door
1966
TV Series
Wife / Sarah Scoullar
ITV Play of the Week
1962-1966
TV Series
Millie Crocker-Harris / Mrs. Hanker
The Uncle
1965
Addie Morton
Love Story
1964-1965
TV Series
Hilda Muff / Angela Crimmon
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1965
TV Series
Ellen Bunting
Nightmare
1964
Mary Lewis
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1963
TV Series
Bridie Bell
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1961-1962
TV Mini-Series
Nancy Stewart / Ethel Gibbons / Elaine / ...
Zero One
1962
TV Series
Sarah Elkinson
This Year, Next Year
1962
TV Movie
Louie
The Winter's Tale
1962
TV Movie
Paulina
Probation Officer
1961
TV Series
Fay Loring
Peeping Tom
1960
Dora
Nothing Is for Ever
1959
TV Movie
Milly
Mary Britten, M.D.
1958
TV Series
Mary Britten
Behind the Mask
1958
Elizabeth Fallon
Theatre Night
1958
TV Series
Lily Loudon
Law and Disorder
1958
Mary Cooper
I Spy
1958
TV Movie
Mrs. Morgan
Esmé Divided
1957
TV Movie
Esmé's Heart
Home Is the Sailor
1956
TV Movie
Daisy
Fanny's First Play
1956
TV Movie
Dora Delaney
Rheingold Theatre
1954
TV Series
Emily
Both Ends Meet
1954
TV Movie
Margaret Ross
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
TV Series
The Final Test
1953
Cora
What's New?
1953
TV Short
Two on the Tiles
1951
Janet Lawson
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
Miss Smith
Marry Me
1949
Brenda Delamere
She Stoops to Conquer
1949
TV Movie
Miss Hardcastle
My Brother's Keeper
1948
Winnie Foreman
When the Bough Breaks
1947
Ruby Chapman
While the Sun Shines
1947
Mabel Crum
Carnival
1946
Maudie Chapman
Piccadilly Incident
1946
Sally Benton
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
American Waitress (uncredited)
Night Boat to Dublin
1946
Lily Leggett
A Yank in London
1945
Girl in Guard's Van
They Came to a City
1944
One of couple on hillside
Millions Like Us
1943
Brenda, Worker at the Factory (uncredited)
The Wooing of Anne Hathaway
1938
TV Movie
Katharine Hathaway
Laugh with Me
1938
TV Movie
Rose Dinwiddy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Behind the Mask
1991
Documentary
Double Image
1966
TV Mini-Series documentary
Gwen Driver
The Celebrity Game
1964
TV Series
Herself
Rich and Rich
1957
TV Series
Herself - Presenter
The Name's the Same
1953-1954
TV Series
Herself - Panellist
Why?
1953
TV Series
Herself - Panellist
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film