Daphne Helen Slater (3 March 1928 – 4 October 2012) was an English actress noted for Shakespearean and period films.

Biography

She was born in

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and educated at

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, when it was in Acton, before attending the

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...

, where she won the academy's gold medal. Frequently lavished with praise by

Kenneth Tynan Kenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer. Making his initial impact as a critic at '' The Observer'', he praised Osborne's '' Look Back in Anger'' (1956), and encouraged the emerging wave of ...

, the most influential critic of his day, Slater divided her career between Shakespearean roles and appearances in television plays. After leaving

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...

with a Gold Medal, she was snapped up by the

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, who gave her a seven-year contract and a leading role in ''

The Courtneys of Curzon Street ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (also titled ''The Courtney Affair'' or Kathy's Love Affair, in the U.S.) is a 1947 British drama film starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. It is a study of class division and snobbery in Britain in t ...

'' (1947) and she played major screen parts in dozens of television dramas and novel adaptations, including the role of

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in the 1971

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TV serial ''

Elizabeth R ''Elizabeth R'' is a BBC television drama serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I of England. It was first broadcast on BBC2 from February to March 1971, through the ABC in Australia and broadcast in Ame ...

'' opposite

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Death

Slater died on 4 October 2012, aged 84. She was predeceased by her brother and her second husband. She was survived by her first husband John Harrison (born 1924), film/television actor, director and producer and their two sons, Stephen and William.List of Members of Equity, 1953

Roles

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'' (1947) .... Cynthia Carmody * ''Emma'' (1948) (TV) .... Harriet Smith * ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1952) (TV miniseries) ....

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Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

'' (1954) Stratford-upon-Avon RSC Theatre ... Rosalind * ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'' (1956) (TV) ....

* ''Precious Bane'' (1957) TV series .... Prue Sarn * '' BBC Sunday Night Theatre'' ("Berkeley Square"; 1959) (TV) .... Helen Pettigrew * ''The Burning Glass'' (1960) TV episode .... Mary Terriford * ''

ITV Play of the Week ''Play of the Week'' is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television. Synopsis From 1955 to 1967 approximately 500 episodes a ...

'' .... Mary Terriford (1 episode, 1960) * ''

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'' (1960) (TV miniseries) .... Anne Elliot * ''

Armchair Theatre ''Armchair Theatre'' is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968. The Canad ...

'' ("Nothing to Pay"; 1962) TV episode * ''Our Man at St Mark's'' TV series * ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were a dramatisation of a science ...

'' ("Stranger in the Family"; 1965) TV episode .... Margaret Wilson * ''

The Wednesday Play ''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction ...

'' .... Stella Forty (2 episodes, 1964–66) * ''The Big Breaker'' (1964) TV episode .... Sybil * ''

Jackanory ''Jackanory'' is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fair ...

'' (5 episodes, 1967; see below): :: ''The Little White Horse: Part 5'' ("Out of the Sea"; 1967) ... Storyteller :: ''The Little White Horse: Part 4'' ("The Castle in the Pinewoods"; 1967) ... Storyteller :: ''The Little White Horse: Part 3'' ("The Iron Sword"; 1967) .... Storyteller :: ''The Little White Horse: Part 2'' ("The Ghost of Sir Wrolf"; 1967) ... Storyteller :: ''The Little White Horse: Part 1'' ("The Merryweathers of Moonacre"; 1967) ... Storyteller * ''The Jazz Age'' ("Black Exchange"; 1968) TV episode .... Miss Crowe * ''

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'' ("Jack-on-Top"; 1969) TV episode .... Stella Paxton * ''The Gold Robbers'' ("Account Rendered"; 1969) TV episode .... Mrs. Oscroft * ''W. Somerset Maugham'' ("Virtue"; 1970) TV episode .... Margery Bishop * ''

Play for Today ''Play for Today'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stag ...

'' ("I Can't See My Little Willie"; 1970) TV episode .... Mary Palmer * ''

'' (1971) (TV miniseries) .... Mary I * ''

Thirty-Minute Theatre ''Thirty-Minute Theatre'' was a British anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which t ...

'' ("Footprints"; 1971) TV episode * ''

ITV Playhouse ''Playhouse'' is a British television anthology series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colou ...

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'' ("The Future Ghost"; 1975) TV episode .... Mrs. Butler

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slater, Daphne 1928 births 2012 deaths English television actresses English film actresses Actresses from London Alumni of RADA 20th-century English actresses People educated at Haberdashers' Girls' School 20th-century British businesspeople