# Beryl Cooke

Beryl Cooke (1 November 1906 – 21 August 2001) was an English actress. Her career spanned six decades; she is most familiar to British audiences as Aunt Lucy in the sitcom Happy Ever After and Mrs. Vance in the BBC drama Tenko.

## Early life

Cooke was born in Westminster, London on 1 November 1906.

## Career

Cooke made an appearance in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, in the episode The Second Time Around, as a woman Del Boy (David Jason) and Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) believe to be their Aunt Rose, only for it to emerge that the real Aunt Rose moved away some years beforehand.

## Death

Cooke died in London on 21 August 2001 aged 94. She is buried in East London Cemetery.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1954 | Conflict of Wings | Miss Nelson | |
| 1954 | Knave of Hearts | Kind Typist | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Someone Else's Child | Miss Larner | Short film |
| 1957 | The Crooked Sky | Landlady | |
| 1958 | Them Nice Americans | Undetermined Role | Uncredited |
| 1961 | The Monster of Highgate Ponds | Miss Haggerty | |
| 1966 | The Ghost of Monk's Island | Aunt Edna | |
| 1968 | The Blood Beast Terror | Housekeeper | |
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like Me | Bridal Gowns Assistant | Credited as Beryl Cook |
| 1971 | She'll Follow You Anywhere | Perfume Tester | |
| 1980 | High Rise Donkey | Miss Pringle | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1957 | On Stage - London | Unknown | Episode: #1.2 |
| 1959 | Don't Tell Father | Miss Fletcher | Episode: #1.1 |
| 1959 | Emergency Ward 10 | Alice Knox | Episode: #1.274 |
| 1961 | Flower of Evil | Frau Elrich | Episode: "The Camp in the Mountains" |
| 1963–1965 | Compact | Mrs. Chater | 162 episodes |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Mrs. Finch | Episode: "The Black Doctor" |
| 1967 | Angel Pavement | Mrs. Pearson | 2 episodes |
| 1967 | Vanity Fair | Miss Jemima | Episode: "The Famous Little Becky Puppet" |
| 1967–1968 | The Newcomers | Celia Stuart | 52 episodes |
| 1969 | Mr. Digby Darling | Olive | 3 episodes |
| 1969 | Out of the Unknown | Mrs. Gale | Episode: "Random Quest" |
| 1969 | Imperial Palace | Miss. Prentiss | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Jackanory | Storyteller | 5 episodes |
| 1969 | The Ugliest Girl in Town | Saleslady | Episode: "The Track Star" |
| 1970 | Father, Dear Father | Mrs. Schultz | Episode: "This Is Your Wife" |
| 1970 | The Doctors | Mrs. Roache | Episode: #1.62 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Storyteller (as Beryl Cook) | Episode: "Angels Are So Few" |
| 1971 | Bless This House | Mrs. Gordon | Episode: "Another Fine Mess..." |
| 1971 | The Runaway Summer | Aunt Alice | 4 episodes |
| 1970–1971 | The Troubleshooters | Miss Jenkins | 7 episodes |
| 1972 | A Family at War | Cafe Manageress | Episode: "Coming Home" |
| 1972 | Villains | 1st Miss Sinclair | Episode: "Move In, Move On" |
| 1972 | Public Eye | Receptionist | Episode: "Many a Slip" |
| 1971–1973 | Z Cars | Mary Brent Matron Miss Gladwell | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Emmerdale | Mavis Scott | 2 episodes |
| 1972–1973 | Follyfoot | Miss Patience Headmistress | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | The Dragon's Opponent | Mrs. Morden | Episode: "The Drawn Sword" |
| 1973 | Jackanory Playhouse | Fairy godmother | Episode: "The Magician's Heart" |
| 1974 | The Onedin Line | Lucy Armitage | Episode: "The Silver Caddy" |
| 1974 | Marked Personal | Dorothy Turner | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Badger's Set | Mrs. Badger | Television film |
| 1974 | No, Honestly | Aunt Augusta | Episode: "Bed, Beautiful Bed" |
| 1974–1975 | Comedy Playhouse | Aunt Lucy Molly | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Hogg's Back | Mrs. Witherspoon (as Beryl Cook) | Episode: #1.6 |
| 1974–1978 | Happy Ever After | Aunt Lucy | 38 episodes |
| 1979 | The Other One | Mrs. Swift | Episode: #2.1 |
| 1980 | The Greeks: A Journey in Space and Time | Persian Queen | Episode: "The Greek Beginning" |
| 1980 | The Boy Who Never Was | Old Lady | Television film |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses | Auntie Rose | Episode: "The Second Time Around" |
| 1982 | Tenko | Mrs. Vance | Episode: "Part Three" |
| 1985 | Oliver Twist | Anny | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Fresh Fields | Winnie | Episode: "The Old Folks at Home" |
| 1987 | ScreenPlay | Lesevre | Episode: "The Trial of Klaus Barbie" |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Gladys Twocurry | Episode: "Greece: October 1940" |
| 1987 | Casualty | Mrs. Joyce Arthur | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | The Real Eddy English | Mrs. English | 4 episodes |
| 1989 | Surgical Spirit | Old Lady | Episode: "The Country, Right or Wrong" |
| 1989 | Sob Sisters | Edna (as Beryl Cook) | 6 episodes |
| 1989 | The Endless Game | Second Patient | Episode: #1.1 |
| 1989 | Bluebirds | Dora Jenkinson | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | Chelmsford 123 | Old Lady | Episode: "Ode et Amo" |
| 1991 | Taking the Floor | Old Lady 1 | Episode: "In the Mood" |
| 1991 | Doctor at the Top | Mrs. Bickerstaff | Episode: "Bye Bye, Bickerstaff" |
| 1991 | A Perfect Hero | Receptionist | Episode: #1.1 |
| 1990–1992 | The Bill | Mrs. Fisher Old Woman | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Love Hurts | Elderly Woman | Episode: "Charity Begins at Home" |
| 1992 | Waiting for God | Lady Resident | Episode: "Great Aunt Diana" |
| 1993 | Then Churchill Said to Me | Unknown | Episode: "Those Who Loot We Shoot" |
| 1993 | Century Falls | Miss Cooper | 5 episodes |
| 1994 | Frank Stubbs | Lady Dunstable | Episode: "Charity" |
| 1995 | Health and Efficiency | Mrs. Rossi | Episode: "The Old Dope Peddler" |