Gwendolyn Watts

Gwendolyn Watts
Gwen Watts as Iris in On the Buses (1969)
Born(1937-09-23)23 September 1937
Carhampton, Somerset, England
Died5 February 2000(2000-02-05) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1995
Spouse
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(m. 1959)​
FamilySally Watts (sister)

Gwendolyn Watts (23 September 1937 – 5 February 2000) was an English actress of the 1960s and 1970s. she was best known for her role as Iris in On The Buses.

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), Esther Waters (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

Year Title Role Notes
1960 Sons and Lovers May
1961 So Evil, So Young Edna
1962 The Notorious Landlady Wife Uncredited
1963 Billy Liar Rita
1964 The System First Class Girl
1964 My Fair Lady Cook Uncredited
1965 Fanatic Gloria
1965 You Must Be Joking! Young wife
1966 The Wrong Box Maidservant
1967 Carry On Doctor Mrs Barron
1969 All Neat in Black Stockings Suburban housewife
1969 Carry On Again Doctor Night Sister
1970 The Games Barmaid
1972 Carry On Matron Frances Kemp

TV credits

Year Title Role Notes
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sir Francis Garrold's wife Mrs. Garrold Season 3 Episode 38: "The Impromptu Murder"
1960 Yorky (TV series) Bet Episode: 'Good with His Hands'
1960 Man from Interpol (TV series) Episode: 'The Big Racket'
1960 No Hiding Place Iris Episode: 'The Final Chase'
1961 Walk a Crooked Mile (TV mini-series) Blonde
1961 Harpers West One (TV series) Maureen
1961 It's a Square World Various
1961 Here's Harry (TV series) Elsie the cashier Episode: 'The Overdraft'
1962 The Rag Trade
1962 Z-Cars Vera Smales Episode: 'Full Remission'
1963 ITV Television Playhouse Betty Episode: 'Adam's Apple'
1963 The Plane Makers Betty
1963 The Odd Man Delia Episode: 'The Town That Dies at Eight'
1963 Sergeant Cork Rose Wolf Episode: 'The Case of Ella Barnes'
1963 The Avengers Julie Episode: 'Man with Two Shadows'
1963 Maigret Episode: 'A Taste of Power'
1964 Steptoe and Son Monique Episode: 'Steptoe a la Cart'
1964 The Villains (TV series) Mavis Episode: 'Les Girls'
1964 Mary Barton Margaret Legh
1964 Armchair Mystery Theatre Episode: 'Admirer at Number Eight'
1964 Redcap Vera and Gerda Episode: 'A Town Called Love'
1964 Esther Waters (TV series) Margaret Gale Episode: 'The Lottery'
1964 Thursday Theatre Ruby Birtle Episode: 'When We Are Married'
1965 The Benny Hill Show Various
1965 Call It What You Like (TV series) Various
1965 Blackmail (TV series) Episode: 'Cut Yourself a Slice of Throat'
1965 The Worker Cilla Puce Episode: 'The Man Who Moved His Head'
1966 No Hiding Place Nell Burdon Episode: 'The Lifer'
1966 Pardon the Expression Miss Huxley Episode: 'January Sale'
1966 Softly, Softly Anne Bryant Episode: 'Blind Man's Bluff'
1966 Mrs Thursday (TV series) Carol Episode: 'The Girl from Fuller Street'
1966 Thirteen Against Fate (TV series) Sylvie Baron Episode: 'The Lodger'
1966 Adam Adamant Lives! Janine Episode: 'To Set a Deadly Fashion'
1967 Mr Rose (TV series) Eve Episode: 'The Tin God'
1967 Theatre 625 Janet Episode: 'The Loser'
1967 Z-Cars Betty Episode: 'She's Not Yours, She's Mine'
1967 Sorry I'm Single (TV series) Brenda
1968 The Ronnie Barker Playhouse Mrs. Cecil Episode: 'Tennyson'
1968 Crime Buster (TV series) Susan Taylor Episode: 'The Volterra Affair'
1968 Mystery and Imagination Sarah Mangles Episode: 'Uncle Silas'
1969 On the Buses Iris Episodes: 'The Darts Match' and 'The New Conductor'
1969 Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV series) Edie Hentill Episode: 'Pity Poor Edie... Married to Jim'
1969 The Expert Maggie Poole Episode: 'Protection'
1971 Coronation Street Candy Brown
1971 Justice (TV series) Greta Hardy Episode: 'When Did You First Feel the Pain?'
1972 Love Thy Neighbour Joan Booth Episode: 'Pilot'
1972 Villains (TV series) Evie Episode: 'Sand Dancer'
1973 Sam Ruby Barraclough Episode: 'Breadwinners'
1977 Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV series) Mrs Shooter Episode: 'Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2'
1983 Small & Frye Old woman Episode: 'The Case of the Concerned Husband'
1995 The Final Cut Sturdy woman (final appearance)

References

  1. ^ a b Watts on the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ a b 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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