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Lana Morris | |
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Born | Avril Maureen Anita Morris 11 March 1930 |
Died | 28 May 1998 68) | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1948–1990 |
Spouse | Ronnie Waldman (1953–1978) (his death) (1 child) |
Lana Morris, born Avril Maureen Anita Morris [1] (11 March 1930 – 28 May 1998) [2] was a British film, stage and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s.
She played the role of Helene Hillmer in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga , and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with Roger Moore in The Saint , appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting of the novel The Saint in New York . She later became a television panellist. She was also in British films such as I Start Counting .
She was married to the BBC executive Ronnie Waldman (1914–1978).
She died of a heart attack in Windsor, Berkshire, having been taken ill shortly after the first performance of the Barbara Taylor Bradford adaptation Dangerous to Know at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, aged 68. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1946 | School for Secrets | Mrs Watlington | Credited as Pamela Matthews |
1948 | Spring in Park Lane | Rosie | |
1948 | The Weaker Sex | Lolly | |
1948 | It's Hard to Be Good | Daphne | |
1949 | Trottie True | Bouncie Barrington | |
1949 | The Chiltern Hundreds | Bessie Sykes | |
1950 | Morning Departure | Rose Snipe | |
1950 | Guilt Is My Shadow | Betty | |
1950 | The Reluctant Widow | Becky | |
1950 | Trio | Gladys | (segment "The Verger") |
1950 | The Woman in Question | Lana Clark | |
1951 | A Tale of Five Cities | Delia Morel Romanoff | |
1953 | The Red Beret | Pinky | |
1953 | The Straw Man | Ruth Hunter | |
1953 | The Good Beginning | Evie Watson | |
1953 | Black 13 | Marion | |
1953 | Trouble in Store | Sally Wilson | |
1954 | Radio Cab Murder | Myra | |
1954 | Thought to Kill | Ruby | |
1955 | Man of the Moment | Penny | |
1956 | Home and Away | Mary | |
1958 | Moment of Indiscretion | Janet Miller | |
1958 | Passport to Shame | Girl | |
1959 | No Trees in the Street | Marge | |
1959 | Jet Storm | Jane Tracer | |
1960 | October Moth | Molly | |
1970 | I Start Counting | Leonie |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | The Six Proud Walkers | Martha | 6 episodes |
1956 | Dixon of Dock Green | Elsie Kelly | 1 episode |
1957–1958 | The Royalty | Maisie | 10 episodes |
1958 | Solo for Canary | Ruth Maddern | 6 episodes |
1958 | Murder Bag | May Kean | 1 episode |
1959 | Charlesworth | Gahla | 1 episode |
1959 | The Naked Lady | Sylvia Craig | 4 episodes |
1959 | The Invisible Man | Ellen Summers | 1 episode |
1959–1961 | Murder Bag | Various | 2 episodes |
1960–1961 | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Various | 3 episodes |
1960 | International Detective | Suzanne Colmar | 1 episode |
1960 | No Wreath for the General | Isobel Gilmour | 6 episodes |
1961 | Tales of Mystery | Nancy Burley | 1 episode |
1962 | The Six Proud Walkers | Polly Arden | 13 episodes |
1962 | Zero One | Mrs. Warner | 1 episode |
1962 | Maigret | Felicie | 1 episode (S3/Ep6) |
1963 | Jezebel ex UK | Isobel Garnett | 1 episode |
1963 | Love Story | Bobby | 1 episode |
1963 | No Cloak – No Dagger | Emma Cresswell | 6 episodes |
1963 | The Saint | Teresa Alvarez | 1 episode |
1964 | ITV Sunday Night Drama | ok Probert | 1 episode |
1964 | The Old Wives' Tale | Sophia Scales | 5 episodes |
1965 | Thursday Theatre | Various | 2 episodes |
1965 | The Flying Swan | Marion Watson | 1 episode |
1967 | The Forsyte Saga | Helene Hillmer | 10 episodes |
1968 | Never a Cross Word | Maureen | 1 episode |
1971 | Paul Temple | Gwen Fox | 1 episode |
1974 | Intimate Strangers | Dr. Jenni Bowers | 1 episode |
1977 | ITV Playhouse | Aunt Marie | 1 episode |
1984 | Emmerdale | Gillian | 6 episodes |
1987 | Inspector Morse | Miss Tree | 1 episode |
1987–1990 | Howards' Way | Vanessa Rolfe | 28 episodes, final screen role |
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