Name
Georgina Cookson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-12-19
Deathday
2011-10-01 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, UK
Biography
Lean, aristocratic-looking British character actress,on stage from the 1940's. She was noted on Broadway for her performance (and for bringing the house down with her tango on opening night) as Lady India in Jean Anouilh's 'Ring Around the Moon' (1950-51). On television, her aquiline features and impeccable bearing led to her gravitating towards upper class roles as wealthy or snooty socialites -- few more memorable than her unnamed party-goer in the dream sequence of The Prisoner (1967) episode "A.B.and C."; and as Mrs. Butterworth, who not only resides in Patrick McGoohan's old flat and drives his sports car but turns out to be another Number 2 (in the episode "Many Happy Returns"). She also had to graciously scrape the mould of a bread-roll offered her by Steptoe and Son (1962) in "Loathe Story", as the hyphenated mother of Joanna Lumley.
Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) as Gary Merrill's crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices). In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite great British comic actors, from Sidney James to Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of friends included Denholm Elliott and Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in 1990.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Known For
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- 1959 The Treasure of San Teresa as Billie
- 1957 The Naked Truth as Lady Lucy Mayley
- 1965 Catacombs as Ellen Garth
- 1969 The Picasso Summer as British Woman at Dinner
- 1958 A Question of Adultery as Mrs. Duncan
- 1970 Love, I Think as Mark's Mother
- 1965 Darling as Carlotta Hale
- 1945 I Didn't Do It as Willow Thane
- 1948 Woman Hater as Julia
- 1961 Five Golden Hours as Lady Passenger
- 1960 Your Money or Your Wife as Thelma Cressingdon
- 1964 Woman of Straw as Guest at Villa Salon (uncredited)
- 1960 The Shakedown as Miss Firbank
- 1967 The Prisoner ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Butterworth / Number Two
- 1968 Ooh La La! ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Ooh La La! ( 1 episode ) as Madame de Pontmele
- 1967 The Prisoner ( 1 episode ) as Blonde Lady
- 1972 Lord Peter Wimsey ( 5 episodes ) as Helen, Duchess of Denver
- 1960 Emma ( 3 episodes ) as Mrs Elton
- 1957 Theatre Night ( 1 episode ) as Lorna Loveday
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Eve McAvoy
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Miss Bishop
- 1974 Affairs of the Heart ( 1 episode ) as Maud Lowder
- 1969 W. Somerset Maugham ( 1 episode ) as Marion Towers
- 1983 Number 10 ( 1 episode ) as Baroness Rothschild
- 1978 Do You Remember? ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Harlow
- 1962 Steptoe and Son ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Kennington-Stroud
