Georgina Cookson
Birthday
1918/12/19
Day of death
2011/10/01 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1959) The Treasure of San Teresa
as Billie
(1957) The Naked Truth
as Lady Lucy Mayley
(1965) Catacombs
as Ellen Garth
(1969) The Picasso Summer
as British Woman at Dinner
(1958) A Question of Adultery
as Mrs. Duncan
(1970) Love, I Think
as Mark's Mother
(1965) Darling
as Carlotta Hale
(1945) I Didn't Do It
as Willow Thane
(1948) Woman Hater
as Julia
(1961) Five Golden Hours
as Lady Passenger
(1960) Your Money or Your Wife
as Thelma Cressingdon
(1964) Woman of Straw
as Guest at Villa Salon (uncredited)
(1967) The Prisoner
as Mrs. Butterworth / Number Two
(1968) Ooh La La!
as ---
(1968) Ooh La La!
as Madame de Pontmele
(1967) The Prisoner
as Blonde Lady
(1960) Emma
as Mrs. Elton
(1972) Lord Peter Wimsey
as Helen, Duchess of Denver