caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title name partner
'' , 1945 i know where i 'm going ! '' 19 september 1975 avening , gloucestershire , england , uk pamela mary brown hampstead , london , england , uk 180px 08 july 1917 peter copley -lrb- 1941 -- 1953 ; divorced -rrb- 1942-1975 pamelabrown.jpg pamela brown -lrb- actress -rrb-
 pamela brown michael powell -lrb- till 1975 -rrb-
pamela brown -lrb- actress -rrb-

pamela mary brown -lrb- 8 july 1917 -- 19 september 1975 -rrb- was an english stage and film actress .
she was born in hampstead , london to george edward brown , a journalist , and his wife , helen blanche -lrb- née ellerton -rrb- .
brought up in the roman catholic faith , she attended st mary 's school , ascot .
after attending the royal academy of dramatic art , she made her stage debut in 1936 as juliet in a stratford-upon-avon production of `` romeo and juliet '' .
three of her early film roles were in powell and pressburger films : her first screen part in `` one of our aircraft is missing '' -lrb- 1942 -rrb- , a memorable supporting role in `` i know where i 'm going ! ''
-lrb- 1945 -rrb- , and in the fantasy film-opera `` the tales of hoffmann '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- .
she played a bitter spinster in `` personal affair '' , starring gene tierney -lrb- 1953 -rrb- .
from the early 1950s , her arthritic condition -lrb- first appearing when she was sixteen -rrb- , began to make playing on the stage difficult ; her mobility was restricted and she was in great pain , which was kept at bay by drugs .
nevertheless , she was a notable success as jennet in the london production of `` the lady 's not for burning '' , opposite richard burton , claire bloom and john gielgud -lrb- 1949 -rrb- , which transferred to broadway for an extended run -lrb- 1950 -- 51 -rrb- .
`` time '' magazine wrote -lrb- 20 november 1950 -rrb- : `` as the lady , pamela brown proves that fry did not write the part for her in vain .
no one has a more gloriously uppity charm ; no voice can simultaneously so rasp and thrill ; no one ever made standoffishness more come-hitherable . ''
her success in film continued as jane shore in laurence olivier 's `` richard iii '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- and opposite kirk douglas in the van gogh biopic `` lust for life '' -lrb- 1956 -rrb- .
highlights of her 1960s work include the epic `` cleopatra '' -lrb- high priestess ; 1963 -rrb- , `` becket '' -lrb- queen eleanor of aquitaine ; 1964 -rrb- and `` a funny thing happened on the way to the forum '' -lrb- high priestess ; 1966 -rrb- .
she played lady bessborough in `` lady caroline lamb '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- .
by and large though , her later film roles were not as distinctive as her stage work .
