Marion Studholme

Marion Studholme (27 June 1927 – 6 January 2016) was an English soprano, best known for her performances with Sadler's Wells Opera Company, and as a regular performer on the popular BBC radio programme Friday Night Is Music Night. such as Lucinda in School for Fathers by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. She later became a teacher at the Royal College of Music. They had two sons. On television she played Mabel Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Josephine in HMS Pinafore (1960–62) and as "Molly" in an adaptation of Die Fledermaus. Her husband Andrew Downie had a long career as a television actor and died in 2009.