Judy Cornwell

Judy Valerie Cornwell (born 22 February 1940) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Daisy in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995). She also played Anya Claus in Santa Claus: The Movie. In her later years she became known for playing Miss Marple in many stage productions, including A Murder is Announced between 2015 and 2016.

Biography Cornwell's father served in the RAF and she grew up in Britain, where she attended a convent school, with Penelope Keith. She attended Lewes County Grammar School for Girls . She later attended Saint Michael Boarding school in Heacham, Norfolk, before moving to Australia with her family. She has written about her childhood experiences in her autobiography Adventures of a Jelly Baby. She later returned to Britain and became a professional dancer and comedian in her teens, working her act between the nudes at Dhurjati Chaudhury's Irving Theatre Club, on Irving Street, off Leicester Square, London, before becoming an actress. Her career includes roles in radio's The Navy Lark, the play Oh! What A Lovely War, her own TV comedy series Moody and Pegg, There, Parry was a reporter for The Argus.

Filmography Film + Year Title Role Notes1959 Friends and Neighbours 4th Girl 1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Nurse (segment Disembodied Hand), uncredited1967 Two for the Road Pat Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon Lady Electra 1968 The Wild Racers Pippy 1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? Filigree Fondle Cry Wolf Stella 1970 Every Home Should Have One Liz Brown Country Dance Rosie Paddy Breeda Wuthering Heights Nelly Dean 1971 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Clarine 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie Anya Claus 1987 Cry Freedom Receptionist 1995 Persuasion Mrs Musgrove 1999 Mad Cows Maddy's Mother

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