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Henryetta Edwards (1 January 1926 – 1 May 2021) was a British actress on the London stage, and in films and television, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s.


Early life

Edwards was born in Chertsey, Surrey, the daughter of actors Henry Edwards and Chrissie White.


Career

London stage roles for Edwards included parts in
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's '' Pygmalion'' (1947), '' I Remember Mama'' (1948), Terrence Rattigan's '' The Browning Version'' and ''
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'' (original casts, 1948–1949), ''An Angel of No Importance'' (1949), ''
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'' (1950), ''Treasure Hunt'' (1950), ''The Attenborough Home'' (1953), ''Murder Story'' (1954), and '' Sailor Beware!'' (1955–1958). Edwards appeared in the films '' Squibs'' (1935, directed by her father), '' She Shall Have Murder'' (1950), and '' The Feminine Touch'' (1956, a hospital drama from
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; marketed as ''The Gentle Touch'' in the United States, and ''A Lamp is Heavy'' in Canada). She had roles in television adaptations of '' Lady from Edinburgh'' (1948), ''The Browning Version'' (1949), ''Harlequinade'' (1953), and ''Sailor Beware!'' (1956); she also appeared in "The Invisible Knife", an episode of the
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series ''
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'' (1955).


Personal life

Edwards died in 2021, aged 95, in England. She never married.


References


External links

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"Personality: Meet Henry Edwards and Chrissie White"
(1946), a
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