Isabel Dean

Isabel Dean (born Isabel Hodgkinson, 29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English stage, film and television actress.

Life and career Born in Aldridge, Staffordshire, Dean studied painting at Birmingham Art School. In 1937, she joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist. Her stage appearances included The Deep Blue Sea, Breaking the Code and John Osborne's The Hotel in Amsterdam, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.

By 1953, she was also appearing on British television in The Quatermass Experiment and over her career appeared in television series such as I, Claudius (1976) and Inspector Morse (1990). She appeared with Paul Scofield in an ITV Saturday Night Theatre production of The Hotel in Amsterdam broadcast on 14 March 1971.

Among her film appearances are roles in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and the film version of Inadmissible Evidence (1968).

Personal life In 1953, Dean married writer William Fairchild; the couple had two daughters, Caroline and Angela. The marriage was later dissolved.

Radio Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair (1957) Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery (1965) Home at seven (1966) by RC Sherriff The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967) Have His Carcase (1981) The Bird Table (1982) A Photograph of Lindsey Mowatt (1986) by Ellen Dryden Summer Attachment (1986) by Michael Sharp

Filmography

Film

Television