Agnes Lauchlan (10 February 1905 – 28 August 1993) was a British stage,

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and

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. Agnes Mary Lauchlan, was born on 10 February 1905 in

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, to Henry D. Lauchlan, a

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, and his Scottish-born wife Minnie. She trained at

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, and made her stage debut in 1924. Lauchlan married William Connelly in

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in 1948. She died in Surrey on 28 August 1993.

Selected filmography

* '' The Compulsory Wife'' (1937) * ''

Oh, Mr Porter! ''Oh, Mr Porter!'' is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel. While not Hay's commercially most successful (although it grossed £500,000 at the box office – equal to ...

'' (1937) * ''

Alf's Button Afloat ''Alf's Button Afloat'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, the Crazy Gang go to sea, where one of them discovers a but ...

'' (1938) * ''

The Spy in Black ''The Spy in Black'' (US: ''U-boat 29'') is a 1939 British spy film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make the World War I spy th ...

'' (1939) * '' Me and My Pal'' (1939) * '' The Young Mr. Pitt'' (1942) * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) * '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) * ''

Time Is My Enemy ''Time Is My Enemy'' is a 1954 British crime film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Dennis Price, Renée Asherson and Patrick Barr. Plot Small-time crook Radley returns after a long absence to discover his wife Barbara has remarried, believi ...

'' (1954)

References

* Death GRO Index: CONNELY, Agnes Mary. Surrey South Western, September 1993, DoB:10 February 1905, District No: 7613A Reg No: A7E Ent No: 082 DOR: 0993

External links

*
Agnes Lauchlan Obituary in ''The Independent''
1905 births 1993 deaths Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth British stage actresses British film actresses British television actresses 20th-century British actresses Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 20th-century British businesspeople Actresses from London People from Putney {{UK-film-actor-stub