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person_profile-Georgina Cookson

Georgina Cookson Died at age: 92

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Georgina Cookson

Date of Birth:

Dec 19, 1918

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Oct 01, 2011

Biography of

Georgina Cookson

    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

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Filmography of

Georgina Cookson

Found 12 Movies in total

Love, I Think

Mark's Mother ( Actor )

... 1970

The Picasso Summer

British Woman at Dinner ( Actor )

... 1969

Darling

Carlotta Hale ( Actor )

... 1965

Catacombs

Ellen Garth ( Actor )

... 1965

Woman of Straw

Guest at Villa Salon (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Five Golden Hours

Lady Passenger ( Actor )

... 1961

Your Money or Your Wife

Thelma Cressingdon ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1959

A Question of Adultery

Mrs. Duncan ( Actor )

... 1958

The Naked Truth

Lady Lucy Mayley ( Actor )

... 1957

Woman Hater

Julia ( Actor )

... 1948

I Didn't Do It

Willow Thane ( Actor )

... 1945