# Meg Wynn Owen

Margaret Wright (née Shuttleworth, 8 November 1939 – June 2022), better known as Meg Wynn Owen, was a British actress known for her role as Hazel Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs. She also appeared in Gosford Park, Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice, Irina Palm, The Duellists and A Woman of Substance.

## Early life

Wynn Owen was born Margaret Shuttleworth on 8 November 1939 in Lancaster, daughter of Margaret (née Brinnand) and Miles Shuttleworth. When she was 13, she moved to Hoyland to live with her mother's friend Ruth Wynn Owen, who was a drama coach and actor, and her husband Ian Danby. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1956, she used her professional name, Meg Wynn Owen.

## Personal life and death

Wynn Owen was married to Australian artist William Wright from 1967 to 1987. In later life she suffered from dementia. She died in June 2022, aged 82.
In November 2022, it was reported that her friend Brian Malam, to whom she had given power of attorney, had pleaded guilty to fraud for stealing £65,000 from her bank accounts, and was sentenced to 32 months in prison.

## Filmography (selected)
### Films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1962 | Only Two Can Play | Dilys |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Lily Smalls |
| 1973 | Blue Blood | Beate Krug |
| 1973 | Malachi's Cove | Mally's Mother |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Leonie d’Hubert |
| 1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Julia Flamands |
| 2001 | Last Orders | Joan |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Lewis |
| 2002 | Possession | Mrs Lees |
| 2003 | Love, Actually | PM's secretary |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Lady Crawley |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Mrs Reynolds |
| 2006 | Scoop | housekeeper |
| 2007 | Irina Palm | Julia |
| 2010 | Hereafter | Mirror lady |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | The Franchise Affair | Betty Kane | 3 episodes |
| 1963 | Lorna Doone | Annie Ridd | 10 episodes |
| 1964 | Esther Waters | Esther Waters | |
| 1970 | Smith | Miss Mansfield | 5 episodes |
| 1972 | Breeze Anstey | Lorn | |
| 1973-1974 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Hazel Bellamy, née Forrest | 21 episodes |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare | Anne Shakespeare | |
| 1983 | On the Razzle | Frau Fischer | TV film |
| 1984 | Scarecrow and Mrs King | Lady Gwyneth Bromfield | 1 episode |
| 1984 | The Wedding | Mrs Jackson | |
| 1984 | Travelling Man | Gwen Owen | 1 episode |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Elizabeth Harte | |
| 1985 | The Mimosa Boys | Kathleen | TV film |
| 1987 | White Lady | White Lady | |
| 1994 | The Lifeboat | Vera Parry | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Doctors | Marjorie Blake | 1 episode: series 5, episode 28 |
| 2004 | Family Business | Iris Brooker | 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Holby City | Anna Jones | 1 episode: series 6, episode 38 |
| 2007 | The Last Detective | Sheila Hopper | 1 episode: series 4, episode 3 |
| 2008 | The Bill | Vera Andrews | 1 episode: series 24, episode 5 |
| 2009 | Doctors | Eloise Beckley | 1 episode: series 11, episode 79 |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Old Isabella | A Christmas Carol episode |
| 2011 | The Jury | Olive Livingstone | Series 2 |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1965 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Assembly Hall, Edinburgh |
| 1975 | Travesties | Gwendolen Carr | Albery Theatre, London, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) |
| 1977 | Absent Friends | Marge | Eisenhower Theater, Washington DC |
| 1978 | Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelks | Center Stage, Baltimore |
| 1979 | A Meeting by the River | Penelope | Palace Theater, Broadway |
| 1981 | Bodies | Helen | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven |
| 1982 | Good | Helen | The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (RSC) |
| 2009 | Pygmalion | Mrs Higgins | Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
| 2010 | In The Pipeline | Joan | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh |