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Edith MacArthur(1926-2018)

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Edith MacArthur
Edith MacArthur was born on 8 March 1926 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Rob Roy (1977), Sunset Song (1971) and Menace Unseen (1988). She died on 25 April 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
BornMarch 8, 1926
DiedApril 25, 2018(92)
BornMarch 8, 1926
DiedApril 25, 2018(92)
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Known for

Rob Roy (1977)
Rob Roy
TV Series
  • Helen MacGregor
Sunset Song (1971)
Sunset Song
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Jean Guthrie(as Edith Macarthur)
Menace Unseen (1988)
Menace Unseen
7.4
TV Mini Series
  • Lady Mercy Lang
  • Lady Lang
John Carlisle, James Hazeldine, and Louise Jameson in The Omega Factor (1979)
The Omega Factor
7.3
TV Series
  • Mrs. Arden

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Actress



  • Max Bremer and Mark Gatiss in Purves + Pekkala (2009)
    Purves + Pekkala
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Mrs MacIver
    • 2009
  • Amanda Holden, Stephen Tompkinson, Lucy-Jo Hudson, Rafaella Hutchinson, and Luke Ward-Wilkinson in Wild at Heart (2006)
    Wild at Heart
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Dora
    • 2007
  • Heartless (2005)
    Heartless
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Jean
    • 2005
  • Sea of Souls (2004)
    Sea of Souls
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Sheila Hall
    • 2005
  • Richard E. Grant in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
    The Scarlet Pimpernel
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Mother Superior
    • 1999
  • Life Support (1999)
    Life Support
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Joan Andrews
    • 1999
  • Two Lives
    TV Series
    • Martha
    • 1998
  • Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)
    Taggart
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Edith McBain
    • 1998
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Ariadne Preston
    • 1997
  • Hamish Macbeth (1995)
    Hamish Macbeth
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Belle Carter
    • 1996
  • Doctor Finlay (1993)
    Doctor Finlay
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Izabel Gant
    • 1994
  • Screen Two (1984)
    Screen Two
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Kitty McVurrich
    • 1993
  • La forja de un rebelde (1990)
    La forja de un rebelde
    7.9
    TV Series
    • (as Edith McArthur)
    • 1990
  • French Fields (1989)
    French Fields
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Marion Bingley (as Edith McArthur)
    • 1989
  • Menace Unseen (1988)
    Menace Unseen
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Lady Mercy Lang
    • 1988

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  • Alternative names
    • Edith Macarthur
  • Born
    • March 8, 1926
    • Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • April 25, 2018
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    She acted in Henrik Ibsen's play, "Ghosts," at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland in a Royal Lyceum Theatre Company production with Ron Bain, James Cairncross, Leonard Maguire, and Susan Carpenter in the cast. Stephen MacDonald was director.

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  • Trivia
    She was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's New Year's Honours List for her services to drama.

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