Margaret Barton

Margaret Barton (born 27 May 1926) is a British actress.[1] She starred in the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, in which she played Beryl Walters, a girl who works in the railway station cafe.

Margaret Barton
Born (1926-05-27) 27 May 1926
Finsbury Park, London, England
OccupationActor
Spouse(s)
Raymond James
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(m. 1949; died 2016)​

Rob Cave
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(m. 2018)​

Early career

Barton began acting in the theatre at the age of 12. Because she was small for her age, during World War II she portrayed children and young women. At 17 she appeared in Pink String and Sealing Wax at the Duke of York's Theatre and remembered performing while doodlebugs flew overhead. While on the West End stage she was spotted by David Lean and Noël Coward and cast for the part of Beryl in Brief Encounter. Her scenes were shot at Denham Film Studios and for other scenes she was invited by Lean to watch from behind the camera.[2]

Postwar

After the war, Barton continued acting on stage, in film, and for television. She married Raymond James; their son, Michael, died of cancer at the age of 30, and his parents set up the Michael James Music Trust in his memory. Raymond James died in 2016, aged 93.[3] Barton lives in Dorset, where she runs a tea room, and still receives many letters relating to Brief Encounter.[2] On 30 August 2018, aged 92, she married Rob Cave, aged 91, in Wimborne. Their combined age of 183 was believed to make them Britain's oldest newlyweds.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1945Brief EncounterBeryl Walters - Tea Room Assistant
1947Temptation HarbourBetty Mallison
1948Good-Time GirlAgnes
1948Fly Away PeterMyra Hapgood
1949LandfallRick's Sister
1949The Romantic AgeBessie
1952The Happy FamilyAnne
1954The Gay DogPeggy
1983Chautauqua GirlMrs. Lucas

References
  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | BARTON, Margaret". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. Tim Masters (27 May 2016). "Brief Encounter's Margaret Barton: 'I was never a film star'". BBC News. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. Slade, Darren (14 February 2016). "Town's love and warmth has helped me after husband's death". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. "Rob Cave and Margaret James become Britain's oldest newlyweds". Bournemouth Echo. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2020.


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