# Gwendolyn Watts

Gwendolyn Watts (23 September 1937 – 5 February 2000) was an English actress of the 1960s and 1970s. she was best known for her role as Iris in On The Buses.

## Career

Born in Carhampton, Somerset, the daughter of Colin B. Watts and Annie née Lewis, Watts made her first television appearance in 1958 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, going on to appear in Walk a Crooked Mile (1961), The Rag Trade (1962), The Avengers (1963), Maigret (1963), a French au pair in Steptoe and Son (1964), Esther Waters (1964), Mary Barton (1964), Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964), The Benny Hill Show (1965), The Worker (1965), Softly, Softly (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Z-Cars (1962–1967), On the Buses (1969), Coronation Street (1971), Love Thy Neighbour (1972), Sam (1973) and The Final Cut (1995).
Her film appearances include Sons and Lovers (1960), So Evil, So Young (1961), Rita in Billy Liar (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), The System (1964), Fanatic (1965), The Wrong Box (1966), Carry On Doctor (1967), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), Carry On Again Doctor (1969), The Games (1970) and Carry On Matron (1972).

## Personal life

Married to actor Gertan Klauber from 1959 until her death, Watts gave up full-time acting in the early 1970s to bring up her children, but she returned a few years later. She was the sister of actress Sally Watts.
Gwendolyn Watts died in 2000, aged 62, from a heart attack.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1960 | Sons and Lovers | May | |
| 1961 | So Evil, So Young | Edna | |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | Wife | Uncredited |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | Rita | |
| 1964 | The System | First Class Girl | |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Cook | Uncredited |
| 1965 | Fanatic | Gloria | |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking! | Young wife | |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Maidservant | |
| 1967 | Carry On Doctor | Mrs Barron | |
| 1969 | All Neat in Black Stockings | Suburban housewife | |
| 1969 | Carry On Again Doctor | Night Sister | |
| 1970 | The Games | Barmaid | |
| 1972 | Carry On Matron | Frances Kemp | |

## TV credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sir Francis Garrold's wife Mrs. Garrold | Season 3 Episode 38: "The Impromptu Murder" |
| 1960 | Yorky (TV series) | Bet | Episode: 'Good with His Hands' |
| 1960 | Man from Interpol (TV series) | | Episode: 'The Big Racket' |
| 1960 | No Hiding Place | Iris | Episode: 'The Final Chase' |
| 1961 | Walk a Crooked Mile (TV mini-series) | Blonde | |
| 1961 | Harpers West One (TV series) | Maureen | |
| 1961 | It's a Square World | Various | |
| 1961 | Here's Harry (TV series) | Elsie the cashier | Episode: 'The Overdraft' |
| 1962 | The Rag Trade | | |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | Vera Smales | Episode: 'Full Remission' |
| 1963 | ITV Television Playhouse | Betty | Episode: 'Adam's Apple' |
| 1963 | The Plane Makers | Betty | |
| 1963 | The Odd Man | Delia | Episode: 'The Town That Dies at Eight' |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork | Rose Wolf | Episode: 'The Case of Ella Barnes' |
| 1963 | The Avengers | Julie | Episode: 'Man with Two Shadows' |
| 1963 | Maigret | | Episode: 'A Taste of Power' |
| 1964 | Steptoe and Son | Monique | Episode: 'Steptoe a la Cart' |
| 1964 | The Villains (TV series) | Mavis | Episode: 'Les Girls' |
| 1964 | Mary Barton | Margaret Legh | |
| 1964 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | | Episode: 'Admirer at Number Eight' |
| 1964 | Redcap | Vera and Gerda | Episode: 'A Town Called Love' |
| 1964 | Esther Waters (TV series) | Margaret Gale | Episode: 'The Lottery' |
| 1964 | Thursday Theatre | Ruby Birtle | Episode: 'When We Are Married' |
| 1965 | The Benny Hill Show | Various | |
| 1965 | Call It What You Like (TV series) | Various | |
| 1965 | Blackmail (TV series) | | Episode: 'Cut Yourself a Slice of Throat' |
| 1965 | The Worker | Cilla Puce | Episode: 'The Man Who Moved His Head' |
| 1966 | No Hiding Place | Nell Burdon | Episode: 'The Lifer' |
| 1966 | Pardon the Expression | Miss Huxley | Episode: 'January Sale' |
| 1966 | Softly, Softly | Anne Bryant | Episode: 'Blind Man's Bluff' |
| 1966 | Mrs Thursday (TV series) | Carol | Episode: 'The Girl from Fuller Street' |
| 1966 | Thirteen Against Fate (TV series) | Sylvie Baron | Episode: 'The Lodger' |
| 1966 | Adam Adamant Lives! | Janine | Episode: 'To Set a Deadly Fashion' |
| 1967 | Mr Rose (TV series) | Eve | Episode: 'The Tin God' |
| 1967 | Theatre 625 | Janet | Episode: 'The Loser' |
| 1967 | Z-Cars | Betty | Episode: 'She's Not Yours, She's Mine' |
| 1967 | Sorry I'm Single (TV series) | Brenda | |
| 1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | Mrs. Cecil | Episode: 'Tennyson' |
| 1968 | Crime Buster (TV series) | Susan Taylor | Episode: 'The Volterra Affair' |
| 1968 | Mystery and Imagination | Sarah Mangles | Episode: 'Uncle Silas' |
| 1969 | On the Buses | Iris | Episodes: 'The Darts Match' and 'The New Conductor' |
| 1969 | Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV series) | Edie Hentill | Episode: 'Pity Poor Edie... Married to Jim' |
| 1969 | The Expert | Maggie Poole | Episode: 'Protection' |
| 1971 | Coronation Street | Candy Brown | |
| 1971 | Justice (TV series) | Greta Hardy | Episode: 'When Did You First Feel the Pain?' |
| 1972 | Love Thy Neighbour | Joan Booth | Episode: 'Pilot' |
| 1972 | Villains (TV series) | Evie | Episode: 'Sand Dancer' |
| 1973 | Sam | Ruby Barraclough | Episode: 'Breadwinners' |
| 1977 | Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV series) | Mrs Shooter | Episode: 'Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2' |
| 1983 | Small & Frye | Old woman | Episode: 'The Case of the Concerned Husband' |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Sturdy woman | (final appearance) |