Gwendolyn Watts

Gwendolyn "Gwen" Watts (23 September 1937 – 31 January 2000) was an English actress of the 1960s and 1970s.

Gwendolyn Watts
Gwen Watts as Iris in On the Buses (1969)
Born(1937-09-23)23 September 1937
Carhampton, Somerset, England
Died31 January 2000(2000-01-31) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1995
Spouse(s)
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m. 1959; her death 2000)

Career

Born in Carhampton, Somerset, the daughter of Colin B. Watts and Annie née Lewis, Watts made her first television appearance in 1958 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, going on to appear in Walk a Crooked Mile (1961), The Rag Trade (1962), The Avengers (1963), Maigret (1963), a French au pair in Steptoe and Son (1964), Mary Barton (1964), Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964), The Benny Hill Show (1965), The Worker (1965), Softly, Softly (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Z-Cars (1962–1967), On the Buses (1969), Coronation Street (1971), Love Thy Neighbour (1972), Sam (1973) and The Final Cut (1995).[1][2]

Her film appearances include Sons and Lovers (1960), So Evil, So Young (1961), Rita in Billy Liar (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), The System (1964), Fanatic (1965), The Wrong Box (1966), Carry On Doctor (1967), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), Carry On Again Doctor (1969), The Games (1970) and Carry On Matron (1972).[1][2][3]

Personal life

Married to actor Gertan Klauber from 1959 until her death, Watts gave up full-time acting in the early 1970s to bring up her children, but she returned a few years later. She was the sister of actress Sally Watts.

Gwendolyn Watts died in 2000, aged 62, from a heart attack.

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1960Sons and LoversMay
1961So Evil, So YoungEdna
1962The Notorious LandladyWifeUncredited
1963Billy LiarRita
1964The SystemFirst Class Girl
1964My Fair LadyCookUncredited
1965FanaticGloria
1965You Must Be Joking!Young wife
1966The Wrong BoxMaidservant
1967Carry On DoctorMrs Barron
1969All Neat in Black StockingsSuburban housewife
1969Carry On Again DoctorNight Sister
1970The GamesBarmaid
1972Carry On MatronFrances Kemp

TV credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1958Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Episode: 'The Impromptu Murder'		Sir Francis Garrold's wife
1960Yorky (TV series)
Episode: 'Good with His Hands'		Bet
1960Man from Interpol (TV series)
Episode: 'The Big Racket'
1960No Hiding Place
Episode: 'The Final Chase'		Iris
1961Walk a Crooked Mile (TV mini-series)Blonde
1961Harpers West One (TV series)Maureen
1961It's a Square WorldVarious
1961Here's Harry (TV series)
Episode: 'The Overdraft'		Elsie the cashier
1962The Rag Trade
1962Z-Cars
Episode: 'Full Remission'		Vera Smales
1963ITV Television Playhouse
Episode: 'Adam's Apple'		Betty
1963The Plane MakersBetty
1963The Odd Man
Episode: 'The Town That Dies at Eight'		Delia
1963Sergeant Cork
Episode: 'The Case of Ella Barnes'		Rose Wolf
1963The Avengers
Episode: 'Man with Two Shadows'		Julie
1963Maigret
Episode: 'A Taste of Power'
1964Steptoe and Son
Episode: 'Steptoe a la Cart'		Monique
1964The Villains (TV series)
Episode: 'Les Girls'		Mavis
1964Mary BartonMargaret Legh
1964Armchair Mystery Theatre
Episode: 'Admirer at Number Eight'
1964Redcap
Episode: 'A Town Called Love'		Vera and Gerda
1964Esther Waters (TV series)
Episode: 'The Lottery'		Margaret Gale
1964Thursday Theatre
Episode: 'When We Are Married'		Ruby Birtle
1965The Benny Hill ShowVarious
1965Call It What You Like (TV series)Various
1965Blackmail (TV series)
Episode: 'Cut Yourself a Slice of Throat'
1965The Worker
Episode: 'The Man Who Moved His Head'		Cilla Puce
1966No Hiding Place
Episode: 'The Lifer'		Nell Burdon
1966Pardon the Expression
Episode: 'January Sale'		Miss Huxley
1966Softly, Softly
Episode: 'Blind Man's Bluff'		Anne Bryant
1966Mrs Thursday (TV series)
Episode: 'The Girl from Fuller Street'		Carol
1966Thirteen Against Fate (TV series)
Episode: 'The Lodger'		Sylvie Baron
1966Adam Adamant Lives!
Episode: 'To Set a Deadly Fashion'		Janine
1967Mr Rose (TV series)
Episode: 'The Tin God'		Eve
1967Theatre 625
Episode: 'The Loser'		Janet
1967Z-Cars
Episode: 'She's Not Yours, She's Mine'		Betty
1967Sorry I'm Single (TV series)Brenda
1968The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
Episode: 'Tennyson'		Mrs Cecil
1968Crime Buster (TV series)
Episode: 'The Volterra Affair'		Susan Taylor
1968Mystery and Imagination
Episode: 'Uncle Silas'		Sarah Mangles
1969On the Buses
Episodes: 'The Darts Match'
and 'The New Conductor'		Iris
1969Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV series)
Episode: 'Pity Poor Edie... Married to Jim'		Edie Hentill
1969The Expert
Episode: 'Protection'		Maggie Poole
1971Coronation StreetCandy Brown
1971Justice (TV series)
Episode: 'When Did You First Feel the Pain?'		Greta Hardy
1972Love Thy Neighbour
Episode: 'Pilot'		Joan Booth
1972Villains (TV series)
Episode: 'Sand Dancer'		Evie
1973Sam
Episode: 'Breadwinners'		Ruby Barraclough
1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV series)
Episode: 'Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2'		Mrs Shooter
1983Small & Frye
Episode: 'The Case of the Concerned Husband'		Old woman
1995The Final CutSturdy woman(Last appearance)
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References
  1. Watts on the Internet Movie Database
  2. Howard Maxford, Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company, McFarland & Co., Inc. Publishers (2019) - Google Books p. 847
  3. The Complete Index To World Film since 1895


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