Rosamund Mary Greenwood (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) was a British

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who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990.

Biography

After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included starring in the original West End and

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productions of

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'' in 1954-1957. In a career stretching 60 years, Greenwood's screen work included ''

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'', '' Night of the Demon'', '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' A Perfect Spy'', and ''Hallelujah!'' in 1983. Her final role, at the age of 83, came in 1990 when she played a

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in the

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's novel ''The Witches''. She died in July 1997, a month after her 90th birthday.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenwood, Rosamund 1907 births 1997 deaths English stage actresses English film actresses English television actresses Actresses from Leeds 20th-century English actresses Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama