Lana Morris
Lana Morris, born Averil Anita Maureen Matthews (11 March 1930 – 28 May 1998)[1] was a British film, stage and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s.
Lana Morris | |
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Born | Averil Anita Maureen Matthews 11 March 1930 Gloucester, England, UK |
Died | 28 May 1998 68) | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1948–1990 |
Spouse(s) | Ronnie Waldman (1953–1978) (his death) (1 child) |
She played the role of Helene Hillmer in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with Roger Moore in The Saint, appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting of the novel The Saint in New York. She later became a television panellist. She was also in British films such as I Start Counting.
She was married to the BBC executive Ronnie Waldman (1914–1978).
She died of a heart attack in Windsor, Berkshire, having been taken ill shortly before the first performance of Barbara Taylor Bradford's play Dangerous To Know at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, aged 68.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1946 | School for Secrets | Mrs Watlington | Credited as Pamela Matthews |
1948 | Spring in Park Lane | Rosie | |
1948 | The Weaker Sex | Lolly | |
1948 | It's Hard to Be Good | Daphne | |
1949 | Trottie True | Bouncie Barrington | |
1949 | The Chiltern Hundreds | Bessie Sykes | |
1950 | Morning Departure | Rose Snipe | |
1950 | Guilt Is My Shadow | Betty | |
1950 | The Reluctant Widow | Becky | |
1950 | Trio | Gladys | (segment "The Verger") |
1950 | The Woman in Question | Lana Clark | |
1951 | A Tale of Five Cities | Delia Morel Romanoff | |
1953 | The Red Beret | Pinky | |
1953 | The Straw Man | Ruth Hunter | |
1953 | The Good Beginning | Evie Watson | |
1953 | Black 13 | Marion | |
1953 | Trouble in Store | Sally Wilson | |
1954 | Radio Cab Murder | Myra | |
1954 | Thought to Kill | Ruby | |
1955 | Man of the Moment | Penny | |
1956 | Home and Away | Mary | |
1958 | Moment of Indiscretion | Janet Miller | |
1958 | Passport to Shame | Girl | |
1959 | No Trees in the Street | Marge | |
1959 | Jet Storm | Jane Tracer | |
1960 | October Moth | Molly | |
1970 | I Start Counting | Leonie |
External links
- Lana Morris at IMDb