Saturday, December 18, 2010

Brenda Cowling, British actress. died she was , 85

 Brenda Rose Cowling  was an English actress. A native of London, Cowling wanted to be a film actress from the time she was a child; however, upon leaving school, she trained instead as a shorthand typist  died she was , 85.
After a time she joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she was a member of the same class as Warren Mitchell and Jimmy Perry.[1] While there, she made her film debut in a small role in Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950).

(23 April 1925, Islington, London – 2 October 2010, Northwood, London)


Much of her early acting work was in repertory, before she began her television career. She also appeared in films, such as The Railway Children (1970), Please Sir! (1971), Carry On Girls (1973), Carry On Behind (1975). International Velvet (1978) and Octopussy (1983). Television serials in which she appeared include Follyfoot, Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served?, and The Legacy of Reginald Perrin; she also had a recurring role as the cook, Mrs. Lipton, on You Rang, M'Lord?
Cowling passed away on October 2, 2010, at the actors retirement home, Denville Hall, aged 85.[2]

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