Elizabeth Wallace (actress)

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Elizabeth Wallace
DiedJanuary 2011
OccupationActress

Elizabeth Wallace (died January 2011) was a British actress.

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In 1967 she played the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , a TV series adaptation of the 1950 children's novel. [1]

Wallace started acting in the early 1950s. Her last piece of acting was in 1983 in an episode of Number 10, in which she played Lady Jersey.

Elizabeth Wallace was godmother to Wendy Craig's son. She died in January 2011.

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References

  1. "Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) – Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The". Sf-encyclopedia.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2013.