Elspeth Duxbury (23 April 190910 March 1967) was a British actress. Born in

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, British India, she was known primarily for working in theatre, she had one television role in 1938 but did not make her big screen debut until 1960 in the

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hit comedy '' Make Mine Mink''. She followed this with a role on ''

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'' the following year in the episode "

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". Concentrating more on theatre, she had two further television roles, one a biography of

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and the other in the twice weekly

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comedy drama series '' Swizzlewick''. In 1966, she appeared in two films, including the fourth St Trinian's film, ''

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''. Her final screen role (and one she had performed on stage) was a televised version of the well known farce '' Big Bad Mouse'' with

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and

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. Elspeth Duxbury was found dead in her room, at the St Martin's Hotel, London, on 10 March 1967 aged 57.

Filmography

*1938 ''Laugh with Me'' (TV) (as Sophia Kimberley) *1960 '' Make Mine Mink'' (as Elizabeth Pinkie Pinkerton) *1961 ''

'' (Season 7 Episode 9: "

") (TV series) (as Gladys) *1964 '' Swizzlewick'' (TV series) (10 episodes) (as Miss. Oldacre) *1965 ''Alexander Graham Bell'' (TV series) (Season 1 Episode 1: "Journey in the Air") (as Mrs. Tweedie) *1966 '' The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery'' (as Veronica Bledlow) *1966 ''The Yellow Hat'' (as Customer) *1966 ''Big Bad Mouse'' (TV movie) (as Miss Spencer)

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Still of Elspeth Duxbury (far left) on the set of Make Mine Mink
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duxbury, Elspeth 1909 births 1967 deaths British film actresses British television actresses British stage actresses 20th-century British actresses People from Mhow British people in colonial India