Olwen Brookes

Olwen Brookes (26 November 1901 – 17 September 1976) was an English actress, known for An Inspector Calls, The Happiest Days of Your Life and The First Night of Pygmalion. Her career spanned over a quarter of a century, and as well as stage work, included 29 films and 25 television appearances.

Filmography

Men of Rochdale (Short) (1944) - Mrs. Clackman Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - Slave Girl (uncredited) This Man Is Mine (1946) - Spinster (uncredited) The Mark of Cain (1947) - Mrs. Fisher (uncredited) My Sister and I (1948) - Mrs. Lippincott Warning to Wantons (1949) - (uncredited) Stop Press Girl (1949) - Hotel Receptionist (uncredited) Poet's Pub (1949) - Bridge Player (uncredited) Choir Practice (1949, TV film) - Mrs. Davies Trottie True (1949) - Lady Talman (uncredited) Obsession (1949) - The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) - Mrs. Parry Appointment with Venus (1951) - F.A.N.Y. Nocturne in Scotland (1951, TV film) - Princess Marceline Czartoyska Something Money Can't Buy (1952) - Lady at party Valley of Song (1953) - (uncredited) An Inspector Calls (1954) - Miss Francis The Black Knight (1954) - Lady Ontzlake Dixon of Dock Green (1955-1964, TV Series) - Mrs. Randall / Mrs. Iver / Mrs. Ross / Mrs. Manton / Mrs. Welsh / Miss Braithwaite / Mrs. Cunningham The Gentle Touch (1956) - Other Sister Women Without Men (1956) - Hackett (uncredited) Life Without Lyons (1956, TV Series) High Terrace (1956) - Mother Superior Ivor Novello (1956, TV film) The Good Companions (1957) - Woman on Tram After the Ball (1957) - Housekeeper A Night to Remember (1958) - Miss Evans (uncredited) Jack the Ripper (1959) - Lady Almoner Left Right and Centre (1959) - Right - Mrs. Samson Dancers in The Mourning (1959, TV series) - Miss Finbrough Don't Do It Dempsey (1960, TV Series) - Miss Twine Whack-O! (1960, TV Series) - Secretary Emergency Ward 10 (1960, TV Series) - Mrs. Gregory The Citadel (1960, TV Mini-Series) - Mrs. Morgan Senior Jango (1961, TV Series) - Mrs. Bellew ITV Play of the Week (1961, TV Series) - Mrs. Watkins The Six Pound Walkers (1961, TV Series) - Mrs. Tindall Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) - Dorothy's mother Tales of Mystery (1962, TV Series) - Mrs. Peters Young and Willing (1962) - Miss Potter (uncredited) No Hiding Place (1962-1963, TV Series) - Mrs. Pike / Women's prison officer Ghost Squad (1963, TV Series) - Miss Reeves 80,000 Suspects (1963) - Senior Nursing Officer (uncredited) Taxi! (1963-1964, TV Series) - Mrs. Stephens / Hotel Receptionist The Wednesday Play (1965, TV Series) - Woman at the races Devils of Darkness (1965) - Landlady Compact (1965, TV Series) - Mrs. Bunny The Forsyte Saga (1967, TV Mini-Series) - Bilson Honey Lane (1967, TV Series) - Customer Eye of the Devil (1967) - Party Guest (uncredited) Sexton Blake (1968, TV Series) - Miss Cranber The First Night of Pygmalion (1969, TV film) - Edith Lyttleton The Culture Vultures (1970, TV Series) - Dora On the Run (1971) - Miss Fisher (final film role)