- Brenda Bruce
Brenda Bruce (
7 July 1918 ,Manchester –19 February 1996 ,London ) was a British actress of film, stage and television.Personal life
Brenda Bruce was born in
Manchester . She was married twice, to television personality Roy Rich and to actor Clement McCallin. She had a son who died in childhood of asthma. Fact|date=November 2007Acting career
Bruce started her acting career as a teenager as a chorus girl. She was with the Birmingham Repertory Company (1936-1939) and a long-time actress with the
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). She was the RSC's resident Mistress Page in "The Merry Wives of Windsor ", playing the role in 1964, 1968, 1975, and 1995.In the 1950s she appeared on television in many dramas, and in a chat show "Rich and Rich" with her husband. She starred as Winnie in the 1962 British premiere of
Samuel Beckett 's "Happy Days".Brenda Bruce played
P. G. Wodehouse 's characterAunt Dahlia in the 1990s production of "Jeeves and Wooster " withStephen Fry andHugh Laurie . Other roles include Tilda in the "Doctor Who " story "Paradise Towers ", Bea in the rag trade drama "Connie", and in the "The Riff Raff Element". In 1964, she also had the important role of Mary Lewis in "Nightmare". In 1994, she starred in "Honey for Tea ", a short-lived sitcom.Death
She died in London in 1996, aged 77, of undisclosed causes.
External links
*imdb name|id=0115429|name=Brenda Bruce
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/b/bruce_brenda.shtml BBC Guide to Comedy, Brenda Bruce]
* [http://www.timeout.com/film/people/287019/brenda-bruce.html TimeOut London, Brenda Bruce Filmography]Persondata
NAME = Bruce, Brenda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = British actress
DATE OF BIRTH =7 July 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH =Manchester
DATE OF DEATH =19 February 1996
PLACE OF DEATH =London
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