Upstairs, Downstairs: Why Is Her Door Locked?
10:00 pm - 11:05 pm, Tuesday, December 23 on That's TV 3 (71)
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Why Is Her Door Locked?
Season 1, Episode 9
On the eve of an important dinner party, Mrs Bridges breaks down and steals a baby. Period drama, staring Angela Baddely and Gordon Jackson
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
Jean Marsh
(Actor)
Simon Williams
(Actor)
Nicola Pagett
(Actor)
Pauline Collins
(Actor)
Lesley-Anne Down
(Actor)
Angela Baddely
(Actor)
Brian Parker
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
Jean Marsh
(Actor)
Born:
July 01, 1934
in
Stoke Newington
Best Known For:
Co-creating Upstairs Downstairs.
Early-life:
Born Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh on July 1, 1934, in Stoke Newington. Her mother worked in a bar and as a theatre dresser, while her father was a handyman and printer's assistant. She became interested in performing after taking dance and mime classes as therapy for an illness. She began acting on stage, with a stint at Huddersfield Rep in the 1950s, but it wasn't long before she transferred to the bright lights of London.
Career:
Marsh's earliest screen appearances came in such TV classics as The Twilight Zone and Danger Man; she's also appeared in three Doctor Who adventures, most notably as William Hartnell's short-lived companion Sara Kingdom. She and fellow actress Eileen Atkins devised Upstairs Downstairs as a comedy, before it became a hugely successful drama. Marsh won an Emmy for her role as housemaid Rose Buck - she's reprising the part in the new BBC revamp. Other TV projects include The Saint, The Tomorrow People, and Sensitive Skin. She and Atkins re-teamed to create The House of Eliott. Her most notable films are Willow, Frenzy and The Eagle Has Landed. Marsh has also maintained an acclaimed stage career.
Quote:
"I think Upstairs Downstairs has a very special energy. There's something about it that certainly brings out the best in people."
Trivia:
A minor stroke forced her to take a break in 2011, but she has since returned to work.
Simon Williams
(Actor)
Nicola Pagett
(Actor)
Pauline Collins
(Actor)
Born:
September 03, 1940
in
Exmouth, Devon
Best Known For:
Shirley Valentine.
Early-life:
Pauline Collins was born on September 3rd, 1940, to Irish parents living in Exmouth, Devon. The family moved to the Liverpool area when she was very young. After her convent school education, she trained to be a teacher, but soon realised the job wasn't for her, prompting her to begin acting part-time. She quit her job in a school in 1962, five years after her first TV appearance as a nurse in an episode of ITV soap opera Emergency Ward 10.
Career:
Collins made her West End debut in 1967. She starred in the first series of sitcom The Liver Birds, but didn't become a household name until getting a regular role in Upstairs Downstairs in 1971. She also starred in its spin-off, Thomas and Sarah. Collins continued to work steadily through the 1980s until landing the role of Shirley Valentine in the original stage production. She won numerous awards for her performance both in London and New York, then reprised the role in the 1989 movie version, for which she was Oscar-nominated. Since then she's starred in such projects as The Ambassador, Forever Green, City of Joy, Paradise Road, Bleak House, Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Marple, and Merlin.
Quote:
"As I've got older I've developed a desire to work a little less because I want what I do to be terrific."
Trivia:
She wed actor John Alderton in 1969.
Lesley-Anne Down
(Actor)
Angela Baddely
(Actor)
Brian Parker
(Director)
