Gwen Nelson
Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson (30 June 1901 – 15 October 1990) was an English actress who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre Company. Born in Muswell Hill, London, she originally intended to be a singer, and made her West End musical debut in "Tough at the Top" at the Adelphi Theatre in July 1949. She went on to act in Eleanor Farjeon's "The Silver Curlew" at London's Arts Theatre (1949), "And So To Bed" at the New Theatre (1951), "Oh, My Papa" at the Garrick Theatre (1957), "Virtue in Danger" (1963 ), "All in Love" at The May Fair Theatre (1964), and "Saved" at the Royal Court Theatre (1965). In 1976 she appeared in a revival of Arnold Ridley's "The Ghost Train" at the Old Vic Theatre in London with Wilfrid Brambell, James Villiers, Geoffrey Davies, Allan Cuthbertson and Judy Buxton. In 1981 she acted in "Rose" by Andrew Davies at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey with Honor Blackman and Hilda Braid. Her television appearances included "Z-Cars" (1962–72), "No Hiding Place" (1960–64), "ITV Playhouse" (1969-1980), "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" (1970) (in the episode The Trouble with Women), "Catweazle" (1970–71 ), "Jude the Obscure" (1971), "Callan" (1972), "Clochemerle" (1972), "Steptoe and Son" (1974), "Looking For Clancy" (1975), "Juliet Bravo" (1981), "Terry and June" (1983), "Shine on Harvey Moon" (1984), "Casualty" (1988), " Clarence" (1988), "Hill Street Blues" (1989), and "Ruth Rendell Mysteries" (1989). She acted in the films "Ah, Wilderness!" (1938), "Laugh With Me" (1938), "The Teckman Mystery" (1954), "Tunes of Glory" (1960), "A Kind of Loving" (1962), "Stolen Hours" (1963), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), "The Reckoning" (1969), "Staircase" (1969), "Say Hello to Yesterday" (1971), "Love Among the Ruins" (1975), "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" (1976), "The Last Remake of Beau  Geste" (1977), "National Lampoon's European Vacation" (1985) and "84 Charing Cross" (1987). Nelson's last appearance was in an episode of "The Bill" in 1989. She died of natural causes in Long Melford, Suffolk, aged 89.