Mollie Maureen

Mollie Maureen (16 August 1904 – 26 January 1987) was an Irish actress who worked mainly in Britain.

Life and career Maureen was born Elizabeth Mary Campfield in 1904 in Ireland. Her acting career began in 1939, wherein she acted in a film entitled A Ship in the Bay. Maureen mainly worked in television, with many minor and/or recurring roles in major shows such as Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, Open All Hours, Last of the Summer Wine and The Sweeney. She also appeared as an elderly lady in an episode of Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense. More prominently, from 1981 to 1983, she had various roles on the Kenny Everett Show. Other television appearances included playing Lady Glenmire in the 1972 version of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, alongside Pat Coombs. She played Queen Victoria on two occasions on screen, one of them in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, the other in the mini-series The Edwardians. Her last film appearance was the role of the violently eccentric Mr. F's Aunt in Christine Edzard's two-part adaptation of Little Dorrit, co-starring Joan Greenwood, Max Wall and Alec Guinness.

She died in London, aged 82.

Selected TV and filmography Little Dorrit as Mr. F's Aunt - 1987 The Comic Strip Presents... (episode: Consuela, or, the New Mrs Saunders) as Mrs Tattle - 1986 Travelling Man (episode: Hustler) - 1985 Hammer House of Horror and Suspense (episode: The Corvini Inheritance) as an elderly lady - 1985 Past Caring as Susan - 1985 Angels (2 episodes) as Miss Draper - 1983 Curse of the Pink Panther as Rich Old Lady - 1983 The Wicked Lady as Doll Skelton - 1983 The Kenny Everett Show (Various Roles) - 1981–1983 Open All Hours (episode: The Cool Cocoa Tin Lid) as Old Woman - 1982 The Setbacks (7 episodes) as Gran - 1981 Great Expectations (3 episodes) as Sarah Pocket - 1981 A Chance to Sit Down as Landlady - 1981 Shoestring (episode: The Farmer had a Wife) as Mother Superior - 1980 Oh Happy Band (episode: Let Bygones be Bygones) - 1980 Born and Bred (episode: C'est si bon) as Mildred - 1980 ITV Playhouse (episode: Hands) as Mrs Spinks - 1980 All Creatures Great and Small (episode: Will to Live) as Alice Temple - 1980 The Orchard End Murder as Old Lady at Station - 1980 Play for Today (episode: Chance of a Lifetime) as Old Mrs. Gallagher - 1980 Danger UXB (episode: Dead Man's Shoes) as Old Woman - 1979 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Mrs Oviatt - 1978 Spearhead (episode: Suspect) as Old Woman - 1978 Jabberwocky as Head Nun (uncredited) - 1977 Beryl's Lot as Mrs Pargeter - 1977 Doctor on the Go (episode: I Love Paris... When I get there) as Sister Murphy - 1977 Happy Ever After (episode: Old Folks' Party) as Mrs. Turner - 1976 Angels (episode: Celebration) as Ellen - 1976 The Return of the Pink Panther as Little Old Lady - 1975 Crossroads as Granny Fraser - 1975 The Sweeney (episode: The Placer) as the Old Woman - 1975 The Venturers (episode: Gilt Edged) as Mrs. Norwood - 1975 Z-Cars (episode: House to House) as Mrs. Best - 1974 Callan as Old Lady in the Strand - 1974 Last of the Summer Wine (episode: The New Mobile Trio) as Walter's Mother - 1973 Crown Court (episode: No Smoke Without Fire Part 1) as Nellie Kent - 1973 Armchair 30 (episode: Ross Evan's Story) as Old Lady - 1973 Follyfoot (episode: The Distant Voice) as Mrs. Padgett - 1973 Owen, M.D. (episode: The Witch of Addington) as Mrs. Gudle - 1973 The Fenn Street Gang (episode: Is Anybody There?) as Lady in Church - 1973 The Edwardians (episode: Daisy) as Queen Victoria - 1973 Cranford (4 episodes) as Lady Glenmire - 1972 Sykes (episode: Marriage) as Muriel - 1972 Clochemerle (4 episodes) as Madame Lagousse - 1972 Spyder's Web (episode: Romance on Wheels) as Mrs. Danvers - 1972 Bachelor Father (episode: Gently Does it) as Great-Aunt Freda - 1971 Public Eye (episode: Who Wants to Be Told Bad News?) as Miss Bain - 1971 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Queen Victoria - 1970