death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name
26 july 2005 guernsey , channel islands , uk willesden , middlesex , england , uk betty astell 23 may 1912 cyril 2005 ; his death -rrb- ; 1 child fletcher -lrb- 18 may 1941 -- 1 january betty astell
 betty julia hymans
betty astell

betty astell -lrb- 23 may 1912 -- 26 july 2005 -rrb- was an english actress .
born betty julia hymans at 54 cranhurst road in willesden , middlesex , she was married to entertainer cyril fletcher for more than 60 years , from 18 may 1941 until his death on 1 january 2005 .
they had a daughter , actress/comedienne jill fletcher .
astell acted with her husband on his television series , `` the cyril fletcher show '' , and was one of the first people to appear in john logie baird 's experimental television on the bbc 's 30 line shows .
astell died in a hospital near her home in guernsey , aged 93 , seven months after the death of her husband .
