death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name
2 may 2012 chiswick , london , england , uk 1949 -- 88 ipswich , suffolk , england , uk charlotte mitchell 23 july 1926 charlotte mitchell
 edna winifred mitchell
charlotte mitchell

charlotte mitchell -lrb- born edna winifred mitchell ; 23 july 1926 -- 2 may 2012 -rrb- was an english actress and poet .
she was once -lrb- allegedly -rrb- the girlfriend of peter sellers , hence her appearance in the goon show episodes `` ye bandit of sherwood forest '' as maid marion and `` tales of montmartre '' as seagoon 's love interest , fifi .
charlotte mitchell was married to the actor philip guard and was the mother of 3 children , actors christopher guard and dominic guard and animator and novelist candy guard .
charlotte lived in west london during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet .
she appeared on bbc radio with ian carmichael in `` the small , intricate life of gerald c. potter '' .
carmichael played gerald c. potter , mystery writer , while she played diana , his wife , who , under the pseudonym of miss magnolia badminton , wrote romantic novels .
she also played , on radio , the dowager duchess -lrb- lord peter wimsey 's mother -rrb- in the radio adaption of `` strong poison '' that starred ian carmichael as peter wimsey .
on television , she played amy the housekeeper in `` the adventures of black beauty '' -lrb- 1972 -- 74 -rrb- .
her poetry was published in collections such as `` twelve burnt saucepans '' , `` looking round dangerously '' , `` i want to go home '' and `` just in case '' .
these provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on bbc radio 4 in which she read her own work .
her poetry is often requested and read on the bbc radio 4 programme `` poetry please '' , and one of her poems was chosen by judi dench and michael williams in their joint bbc radio 4 `` with great pleasure '' .
she died in chiswick , london , on 2 may 2012 of pneumonia .
she had previously battled breast cancer and myeloma .
