Shirley Steedman

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Shirley Patricia Steedman (born 1949) is a Scottish actress, best known for her role as Monica in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). [1] She also played Princess Alice in Edward the Seventh (1975), [2] and her mother Queen Victoria in a 1976 television adaptation of East Lynne . [3]

She also appeared in other TV movies including Jane Eyre (1970), Jonah and the Whale (1975) and A Man Called Intrepid (1979), [4] as well as TV comedies including an episode of On The Buses – "The New Telly" and an episode of Open All Hours as Granville's friend Maureen. [5] In 1973 she appeared in an episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads entitled 'Birthday Boy' playing Deborah. She later appeared as Rose Parrish in the 1979 TV series Penmarric.

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