Mary Peach

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Mary Peach
Born (1934-10-20) 20 October 1934 (age 90)
OccupationActress
Years active1957–1995
Spouses
  • (m. 1961,divorced)
  • (m. 1995;died 2011)
Children2

Mary Peach (born 20 October 1934) is a retired South African-born British film and television actress, who was married to the screenwriter and director Jimmy Sangster from 1995 until his death in 2011. [1]

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Biography

Peach was born in Durban. After being nominated for a BAFTA Award as most promising newcomer for the 1959 film Room at the Top , she went on to appear on many British films and television series over the next 25 years. She starred opposite Rock Hudson in the film A Gathering of Eagles and in 1970 she appeared in the film Scrooge , a musical version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring Albert Finney.

Peach appeared as a regular in the TV series Couples, Inside Story, the 1966 BBC adaptation of The Three Musketeers , Fox and the Doctor Who serial The Enemy of the World. Amongst her other television appearances she played Colonel Tanya Smolenko, a Russian counter espionage agent in The Saint episode "The Gadget Lovers" (1967) and starred opposite Ian McShane in Disraeli (1978).

When Diana Rigg left The Avengers in 1968, she was one of the actresses considered for the role of Steed's new assistant. [2]

Personal life

Peach married film producer Thomas Clyde on 18 May 1961 at the Chelsea Register Office in London. [3] They met on the set of the 1960 film Follow That Horse! , which Clyde produced. [4] The couple separated in the 1980s [5] and later divorced.

Peach and Clyde had two children:

Peach married screenwriter and director Jimmy Sangster in 1995.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959 Room at the Top June Samson
1959 The Lady Is a Square Mrs. Freddy
1960 Follow That Horse! Susan Turner
1961 No Love for Johnnie Pauline West
1962 A Pair of Briefs Frances Pilbright
1963 A Gathering of Eagles Victoria Caldwell
1965 Ballad in Blue Peggy Harrison
1966 The Projected Man Dr. Patricia Hill
1970 Scrooge Harry's wife
1988 Grandmother's House Fay
1992Mothers and DaughtersFay
1995 Cutthroat Island Lady

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1957Esmé DividedGladys PilcherTV film
1957 Armchair Theatre Lady Jane Graham"The Human Touch"
1958 Armchair Theatre Hilda Wangel / Asta"The Master Builder", "The Rat Wife"
1960Inside StoryKathy WebbTV series
1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Jill Barrington"Nightmare"
1963ITV Television PlayhouseJean Fowler"The Outcasts"
1966–67The Three MusketeersMilady de WinterTV series
1967 The Saint Smolenko"The Gadget Lovers"
1967 ITV Play of the Week Helene Bang"One Fat Englishman"
1967 Theatre 625 Jane Dee"The Magicians: Dr. Dee, Kelly and the Spirits"
1967–68 Doctor Who Astrid FerrierMain role (The Enemy of the World)
1969W. Somerset MaughamViolet Saffary"The Back of Beyond"
1971 Hadleigh Mrs. Billingham"Invasion"
1971The Ten CommandmentsHilda"Hilda"
1971 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Pat"The Birthday Run"
1972 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Angie / Angela"A Marriage", "When the Music Stops"
1972 Love Story Hannah"A Memory of Two Loves"
1973 Play for Today Elizabeth"Access to the Children"
1973MenaceDiana"Valentine"
1973FixationKay HughesTV film
1974Dial M for MurderLinda Grady"Whatever's Peter Playing At?"
1975RoomsAlison Richards"Alison: Parts 1 & 2"
1976CouplesTricia RolandTV series
1976Can You Keep a SecretJanet PierceTV film
1976Cat on a Hot Tin RoofMaeTV film
1977 ITV Playhouse Helen Johnson"Blind Love"
1978 Crown Court Dr. Ruth Wilkins"The Song Not the Singer: Part 1"
1978Disraeli: Portrait of a RomanticMary Anne Lewis"Dizzy", "Mary Anne", "The Great Game 1858-1872"
1980 Fox PegGuest role
1982 The Gentle Touch Paula Livesey"Cause and Effect"
1983The AerodromeFlorenceTV film
1984The Far PavilionsMrs. HarloweTV miniseries
1985 A.D. Peasant"Part 1"

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References

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