Myfanwy Talog Williams ( 31 March 1944 – 11 March 1995), known professionally as Myfanwy Talog, was a Welsh

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and the long-term partner of English actor

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Personal life

Talog was born on 31 March 1944 in

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and a plaque is currently on the house where she was born. She worked as a teacher before pursuing an acting career and appeared mainly on

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television, comedy and children's programmes. For the Welsh audience, she played the character of Phyllis Doris, the teen daughter of the family in the comedy series '' Ryan a Ronnie''. She later appeared in several English-language sitcoms and

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s. She lived with

and accompanied him to Buckingham Palace in 1993 to receive his OBE.Profile
walesonline.co.uk; accessed 21 April 2014. She lived with him for eighteen years until her death from

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Television

On television, Talog narrated ''

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'' (''English: Will Quack Quack'') and voiced The Two Girls in the ''

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'' episode, "SuperTed and the Pothole Rescue" for S4C and

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. She did voice work for

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on ''

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'', and '' The BFG'', where she voiced Mrs. Clonkers (with Jason voicing the BFG). Contrary to popular belief, she did not sing the theme tune to '' Danger Mouse''. She also appeared in the British TV shows '' The Magnificent Evans'', '' Bread, Ryan and Ronnie,

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, Crossroads, Butterflies,

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'' and '' Waiting for God''.

Death

Talog died of breast cancer in 1995. In 2006, on the anniversary of her birthday, a plaque in her memory was placed on her former family home in Caerwys.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Talog, Myfanwy 1944 births 1995 deaths Welsh television actresses Welsh voice actresses Welsh-speaking actors People from Caerwys Deaths from breast cancer Deaths from cancer in England 20th-century Welsh actresses