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Daisy Barnes
This is an alphabetical list of characters from the ITV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', which aired from 1971 to 1975. Cast ; Key : Regular cast (4 or more episodes) : Recurring cast (2–3 episodes) : Guest cast (1 episode) ''Upstairs'' Bellamy family Lady Marjorie Bellamy Portrayed by Rachel Gurney, Lady Marjorie Helen Sybil Bellamy (née Lady Marjorie Helen Sybil Talbot-Carey; 6 May 1860 or 12 July 1864 – 15 April 1912) is the wife of Richard Bellamy and the mother of James and Elizabeth. In the summer of 1906, she has an affair with a much younger man, Charles Victor Hammond, a captain in the Khyber Rifles and a friend of her son James. Lady Marjorie continues to employ their under-parlour maid Sarah when she becomes pregnant and then miscarries the illegitimate child of James. Blackmail for Lady Marjorie's affair later helps her chauffeur and Sarah in leaving service and purchasing their own business, a garage. Lady Marjorie dies in 1912, a victim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV (TV channel), STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been Legal name, legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was, for decades, a network of separate companies that provided regional television services and also shared programmes among themselves to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs ITV1, the ITV1 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress and singer. She made her motion picture debut in the 1969 drama film '' The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'' and later appeared in films ''Assault'' (1971), '' Countess Dracula'' (1971) and '' Pope Joan'' (1972). She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period drama series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1973–75). Down received further recognition for her performances in the films '' The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' (1976), '' A Little Night Music'' (1977), '' The First Great Train Robbery'' (1978), '' Hanover Street'' (1979), ''Rough Cut'' (1980), ''Sphinx'' (1981) and ''Nomads'' (1986). On television, she played the leading roles in '' The One and Only Phyllis Dixey'' (1978), '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1982), ''Murder Is Easy'' (1982), and most notably starred as Madeline Fabray in one of the highest rated miniseries in TV history '' North and South'' (1985–86), for which she was nominated for a Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Tomasin
Jenny Tomasin (22 March 1938 – 3 January 2012) was a British actress, known for her role as kitchen maid Ruby Finch in the LWT period drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', which she played from 1972 to 1975. Early life Tomasin was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1938 to working class parents. She knew from an early age she wanted to be an actress, although her parents did not support her goal. Career Tomasin's first screen role was in 1972 in '' The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'', as the character Sarah Gort. Her first major role came when she was discovered by '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' producer John Hawkesworth, who noticed Tomasin's photograph in a casting directory. Soon after, Tomasin joined the cast of ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' as Ruby Finch, the kitchen maid to the Bellamy family. Tomasin appeared in the series from 1972, until it came to an end in 1975. She appeared in 41 episodes. Plans were made for a spin-off series featuring Ruby and fellow ''Upsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Beeny
Christopher Winton Beeny (7 July 1941 – 3 January 2020) was an English actor and dancer. He had a career as a child actor, but was best known for his work as the footman Edward Barnes on the 1970s television series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', as Billy Henshaw in the sitcom '' In Loving Memory'' (Yorkshire Television), and as the incompetent debt collector and golfer Morton Beamish in ''Last of the Summer Wine''. Early life Beeny was born in London. He moved to Bristol with his family as a young child, spent several years at the Arts Educational School, and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As a child, Beeny began his career at the age of six when he danced for the Ballet Rambert. Beeny's first screen role was in the film '' The Long Memory'' (1953). It starred John Mills and featured Thora Hird, Beeny's future co-star in '' In Loving Memory'' and ''Last of the Summer Wine''. Career Television Beeny played Lenny Grove in the first British television soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Smart
Patsy Smart (14 August 1918 – 6 February 1996) was an English actress, best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. She also appeared in: ''Danger Man'', '' Only When I Laugh'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The Prisoner'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Sweeney'', ''Doctor Who'' ('' The Talons of Weng-Chiang''), '' Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson'' (''The Case of the Final Curtain''), ''Blake's 7'', ''Danger UXB'', ''The Chinese Detective'', ''Minder'', '' Rentaghost'', ''Terry and June'', '' Farrington of the F.O.'', ''Casualty'', '' Hallelujah!'', and ''The Bill''. In her later roles, she was expert at playing dotty old ladies, her Mrs Sibley and Miss Dingle characters in ''Terry and June'' being examples. Another example was as the wife of the gardener in the ''Miss Marple'' episode "The Moving Finger" which starred Joan Hickson. Her films included '' Sons and Lovers'' (1960), '' The Tell Tale Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evin Crowley
Evin Crowley (born 5 December 1945) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She started as a Lyric Player at the home of Mary O'Malley and her husband (later to become the Lyric Theatre, Belfast). Career Crowley first appeared on stage from the mid-to-late 1960s. In 1970, she made her television debut in The Sinners', playing the part of Sister Magdalene. In the same year, she played Moureen in David Lean's ''Ryan's Daughter''. Her role was memorable as a mischief-making hussy. In the following year, Evin was Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in Ryan's Daughter. Notable television roles also include that of scullery maid Emily in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'',''Ocala Star Banner'' Jan 19-25, 197Page 2 TV Week ''COVER''/ref> where Crowley was critically praised for her performance in the episode '' I Dies from Love'', wherein; she falls for a footman from another home, and is rejected. Crowley also played Biddy Hall in the ABC ABC are the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Innes
George Innes (born 8 March 1938) is a British actor. Stage career George Innes was born in Wapping, Stepney, East London on 8 March 1938, and he began his career on the stage with the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre of Great Britain under Laurence Olivier. Before that, he trained at Toynbee Hall and evening classes at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where he was awarded the Shakespeare Cup for excellence. He appeared in the Bernard Kops play ''The Dream of Peter Mann'' at the Edinburgh Festival and on a tour of Great Britain, directed by Frank Dunlop (director), Frank Dunlop, under whom he had trained at Toynbee Hall and LAMDA. His final year of study and training was at the Bristol Old Vic School. He worked with Dunlop again in ''The Pantomime'' at the Bristol Old Vic, before a season at Nottingham Playhouse with Dunlop and John Neville (actor), John Neville. Other theatre credits include working for Royal Court Theatre production company in ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marsh
Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (1 July 1934 – 13 April 2025) was an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck. She reprised the role in the BBC's revival of the series (2010–2012). Marsh co-created the television series ''The House of Eliott'' in 1991. Her film appearances include ''Cleopatra'' (1963), '' Frenzy'' (1972), '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1976), '' The Changeling'' (1980), '' Return to Oz'' (1985), ''Willow'' (1988), ''Fatherland'' (1994) and ''Monarch'' (2000). She is also known for three roles in ''Doctor Who'': as Joan of England in '' The Crusade''; Sara Kingdom, a companion of the First Doctor; and a villain opposite the Seventh Doctor. She was briefly married to Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor in the series, from 1955 to 1960. Early life Marsh was born on 1 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Baddeley
Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley (4 July 1904 – 22 February 1976) was an English stage and television actress, best-remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Her stage career lasted more than six decades. Early life Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley was born in West Ham, Essex (now London) in 1904 into a wealthy family; she would later base the character of Mrs. Bridges on one of the cooks her family employed. Her younger sister was actress Hermione Baddeley. In 1912, Angela and Hermione enrolled as pupils at Margaret Morris's dancing school in Chelsea. Angela described the school as "a wonderful foundation for all my work on the stage." In the same year, the eight-year old Angela made her stage début at the Dalston Palace of Varieties, Dalston, in a play called ''The Dawn of Happiness''. When she was nine, she auditioned at the Old Vic Theatre. In November 1915 she made her début at the Old Vic in ''Richard I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Hudson
Angus Hudson is a fictional character from the ITV Network, ITV (Independent Television) drama ''Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), Upstairs, Downstairs'', portrayed by actor Gordon Jackson (actor), Gordon Jackson from 1971, until 1975. Biography Hudson was a featured character in sixty episodes from 1971 until 1975 (1903–1930 in the series' timeline). Hudson is portrayed in the show as a Scottish butler of the Bellamy household and acts as supervisor to all the servant staff. The character also mentions having previously worked as a footman on Lady Marjorie Bellamy, Lady Marjorie's estate. He has a younger brother, Donald, who works as a civil engineer; Hudson marries the character Mrs. Bridges (Angela Baddeley) at the series finale. Personality Hudson is characterised as a well-educated man from a working-class background. He is usually portrayed as kind-hearted, organised, neat, and occasionally humorous, although he sometimes shows a darker side to his character. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Jackson (actor)
Gordon Cameron Jackson (19 December 1923 – 15 January 1990) was a Scottish actor. He is best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in '' The Professionals''. He also portrayed Capt Jimmy Cairns in '' Tunes of Glory'', and Flt. Lt. Andrew MacDonald, "Intelligence", in '' The Great Escape''. Early life Jackson was born on 19 December 1923 in Glasgow, the youngest of five children. He attended Hillhead High School, and in his youth he took part in BBC radio shows including ''Children's Hour''. He left school aged 15 and became a draughtsman for Rolls-Royce. Early career Jackson's film career began in 1942, when producers from Ealing Studios were looking for a young Scot to act in '' The Foreman Went to France'' and he was suggested for the part. After this, he returned to his job at Rolls-Royce, but he was soon asked to do more films, and he decided to make acting his career. Jackson soon appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Moffat
Sarah Moffat (born Clémence Moffat; July 1882 - unknown), also known as Sarah Delice and Clémence Dumas, is a fictional character in the ITV (TV network), ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Thomas & Sarah''. She was portrayed by Pauline Collins. Character biography Sarah was the daughter of Albert Moffat and Marianne Dumas, who said she was the granddaughter of Alexandre Dumas, however she was baptized as Clémence Moffat. Her parents met at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, Theatre Royal in 1879 and Clémence was conceived about three months before her parents' marriage and born in July 1882. She had two younger siblings: a brother, Charlie, born in 1887 and a sister named Sophia. Charlie, whom she had to spend much time in her childhood looking after due to his ill health, died in the final days of 1899. At the age of 6, she first went on the stage with the help of Agnes Hewitt, the manager of the Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
