Gwen Watford

Gwen Watford (unknown year)

Gwendoline "Gwen" Watford (10 September 1927 6 February 1994) was an English film, stage and television actress. She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952.

Early life and education

Born in London, Watford attended an independent school in Hastings where her father, a retired army officer ran a public house.[1] She trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic.[2]

Career

Watford made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1950). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987).

Death

She died from cancer, aged 66, in 1994.

Awards

Selected TV and filmography

External links

References

  1. Who's Who on Television 1970. Independent Television Publications Ltd
  2. Obituary, Independent.co.uk, 7 February 1994.


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