The Duchess of Duke Street: Winter Lament
8:00 pm - 9:05 pm, Saturday, July 25 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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Winter Lament
Season 2, Episode 4
Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household. Gemma Jones stars
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Gemma Jones
(Actor)
Christopher Cazenove
(Actor)
Iain Cuthbertson
(Actor)
Joanna David
(Actor)
Liz Smith
(Actor)
Philippa Shackleton
(Actor)
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Did You Know..
Gemma Jones
(Actor)
Christopher Cazenove
(Actor)
Iain Cuthbertson
(Actor)
Joanna David
(Actor)
Liz Smith
(Actor)
Born:
December 11, 1921
in
Scunthorpe
Best Known For:
The Royle Family
Early-life:
Born Elizabeth Smith on December 11, 1921, in Scunthorpe. She was raised by her maternal grandparents after her mother's death when Liz was two. She was later abandoned by her father. During World War Two she served as a member of the Wrens, and met her future husband. She began acting by joining experimental theatre groups in London after the war, but before turning professional, had a wide variety of jobs to make ends meet.
Career:
Although Smith had an uncredited role in 1970's Leo the Last, she didn't act professionally until the age of 50 when she was cast in Mike Leigh's Bleak Moments. She's rarely been out of work since, is equally at home in comedy and drama, and is now regarded as a national treasure. Among her projects are I Didn't Know You Cared, Russ Abbot's Madhouse, The French Lieutenant's Woman, A Private Function, The Vicar of Dibley, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Royle Family. More recently she appeared in the film City of Ember, and in 2006 published her autobiography, Our Betty.
Quote:
'My advice is: never peel potatoes. Think of the time that would be saved in this country if nobody peeled potatoes.'
Trivia:
Married Jack Thomas in 1945. They had two children before divorcing in 1959.
Philippa Shackleton
(Actor)
