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Meg Wynn Owen
Meg Wynn Owen
	Wynn Owen in Blue Blood (1973)
Born	Margaret Shuttleworth; 8 November 1939; Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Died	June 2022 (aged 82)
Other names	Margaret Wright
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961–2011
Spouse	William Wright (1967–1987)

Margaret Wright (née Shuttleworth, 8 November 1939 – June 2022), better known as Meg Wynn Owen, was a British actress known for her role as Hazel Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs. She also appeared in Gosford Park, Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice, Irina Palm, The Duellists and A Woman of Substance.

Early life

Wynn Owen was born Margaret Shuttleworth on 8 November 1939 in Lancaster, daughter of Margaret (née Brinnand) and Miles Shuttleworth.^[1] When she was 13, she moved to Hoyland to live with her mother's friend Ruth Wynn Owen, who was a drama coach and actor, and her husband Ian Danby.^[1] After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1956, she used her professional name, Meg Wynn Owen.^[1]

Personal life and death

Wynn Owen was married to Australian artist William Wright from 1967 to 1987.^[2] In later life she suffered from dementia. She died in June 2022, aged 82.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

In November 2022, it was reported that her friend Brian Malam, to whom she had given power of attorney, had pleaded guilty to fraud for stealing £65,000 from her bank accounts, and was sentenced to 32 months in prison.^[6]^[3]

Filmography (selected)

Films


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Only Two Can Play	Dilys	^[7]
1972	Under Milk Wood	Lily Smalls	^[8]
1973	Blue Blood	Beate Krug	^[8]
1973	Malachi's Cove	Mally's Mother	^[7]
1977	The Duellists	Leonie d’Hubert	^[8]
1987	The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission	Julia Flamands	^[7]
2001	Last Orders	Joan	^[7]
2001	Gosford Park	Lewis	^[7]
2002	Possession	Mrs Lees	^[8]
2003	Love, Actually	PM's secretary	^[8]
2004	Vanity Fair	Lady Crawley	^[7]
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mrs Reynolds	^[8]
2006	Scoop	housekeeper	^[8]
2007	Irina Palm	Julia	^[8]
2010	Hereafter	Mirror lady	^[8]

Television


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	The Franchise Affair	Betty Kane	3 episodes^[7]
1963	Lorna Doone	Annie Ridd	10 episodes^[7]
1964	Esther Waters	Esther Waters	^[7]
1970	Smith	Miss Mansfield	5 episodes^[7]
1972	Breeze Anstey	Lorn	^[8]
1973-1974	Upstairs, Downstairs	Hazel Bellamy, née Forrest	21 episodes^[7]
1978	Will Shakespeare	Anne Shakespeare	^[9]
1983	On the Razzle	Frau Fischer	TV film^[8]
1984	Scarecrow and Mrs King	Lady Gwyneth Bromfield	1 episode^[7]
1984	The Wedding	Mrs Jackson	^[8]
1984	Travelling Man	Gwen Owen	1 episode^[7]
1985	A Woman of Substance	Elizabeth Harte	^[7]
1985	The Mimosa Boys	Kathleen	TV film^[7]
1987	White Lady	White Lady	^[7]
1994	The Lifeboat	Vera Parry	3 episodes^[7]
2003	Doctors	Marjorie Blake	1 episode: series 5, episode 28^[10]
2004	Family Business	Iris Brooker	6 episodes^[7]
2004	Holby City	Anna Jones	1 episode: series 6, episode 38^[7]
2007	The Last Detective	Sheila Hopper	1 episode: series 4, episode 3^[7]
2008	The Bill	Vera Andrews	1 episode: series 24, episode 5^[7]
2009	Doctors	Eloise Beckley	1 episode: series 11, episode 79^[11]
2010	Doctor Who	Old Isabella	A Christmas Carol episode^[12]
2011	The Jury	Olive Livingstone	Series 2^[8]

Theatre


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	Assembly Hall, Edinburgh^[13]
1975	Travesties	Gwendolen Carr	Albery Theatre, London, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)^[14]
1977	Absent Friends	Marge	Eisenhower Theater, Washington DC^[15]
1978	Night of the Iguana	Hannah Jelks	Center Stage, Baltimore^[16]
1979	A Meeting by the River	Penelope	Palace Theater, Broadway^[17]
1981	Bodies	Helen	Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven^[18]
1982	Good	Helen	The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (RSC)^[14]
2009	Pygmalion	Mrs Higgins	Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold^[19]
2010	In The Pipeline	Joan	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh^[20]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Meg Wynn Owen obituary". the Guardian. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (2014). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 2265. ISBN 978-0719091391.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Jason (23 November 2022). "TV star had to wear dead woman's clothes after friend stole money". WalesOnline. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ Heren, Kit (23 November 2022). "Love, Actually star 'reduced to dressing in dead people's clothes' after being conned out of life savings by a friend". LBC. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ Evans, Jason; Rusk, Connie (23 November 2022). "Love Actually star had to wear dead woman's clothes after friend stole £65k life savings". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ Nugent, Annabel (24 November 2022). "Man sentenced for stealing £65,000 from late Love Actually star". The Independent. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Meg Wynn Owen". IMDb. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Meg Wynn Owen". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ "BFI Screenonline: Will Shakespeare (1978)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "Doctors" Mar-Cel Wave (TV Episode 2003) - IMDb, retrieved 28 November 2022
^ "Doctors" Hot Milk and Butterscotch (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb, retrieved 28 November 2022
^ "A Christmas Carol (2010)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "THÉÂTRE ET MUSIQUE A EDIMBOURG". Le Monde.fr (in French). 17 September 1965. Retrieved 14 December 2022. Macbeth, staged by a local troupe, was given for the three weeks in the huge vessel of Assembly Hall ... a very young Lady Macbeth (Meg Wynn Owen).
^ ^a ^b "Meg Wynn Owen | RSC Performances | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust". collections.shakespeare.org.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ Coe, Richard L. (14 July 1977). "'Absent Friends'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ Coe, Richard L. (25 February 1978). "A Night of Tennessee Williams". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "A Meeting by the River – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ Gussow, Mel; Times, Special To the New York (5 April 1981). "STAGE: JAMES SAUNDERS'S 'BODIES' AT THE LONG WHARF". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ Peter, John (18 October 2009). "Pygmalion at the Clwyd, Mold". The Times. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Theatre review: In the Pipeline". British Theatre Guide. 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2022.