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Phillada Sewell(1910-1998)

  • Actress
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Phillada Sewell was born on 20 May 1910 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Maurice (1987), A Room with a View (1985) and Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959). She died on 24 November 1998 in Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
BornMay 20, 1910
DiedNovember 24, 1998(88)
BornMay 20, 1910
DiedNovember 24, 1998(88)
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Known for

Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
Maurice
7.6
  • Matron
  • 1987
Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1985)
A Room with a View
7.2
  • Lady at Sir Harry's Garden Party(as Phillida Sewell)
  • 1985
Basil Rathbone in Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959)
Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens
6.4
TV Series
  • Miss Lavinia(as Phillida Sewell)
The Middle Watch
TV Movie
  • Charlotte Hopkinson
  • 1946

Credits

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Actress

  • Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995)
    Prime Suspect: Inner Circles
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Olive Carradine
    • 1995
  • Screenplay (1986)
    Screenplay
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Retired Building Society Man's Wife
    • 1993
  • The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)
    The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Lady Mary
    • 1993
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks, and David Jason in The Darling Buds of May (1991)
    The Darling Buds of May
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Meredith
    • 1992
  • Screen Two (1984)
    Screen Two
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Miss Poraway
    • Peggy
    • 1987–1991
  • The Fool (1990)
    The Fool
    6.1
    • 1990
  • John Alderton and Pauline Collins in Forever Green (1989)
    Forever Green
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Miss Geyman
    • 1989
  • Jonathan Hyde in Shadow of the Noose (1989)
    Shadow of the Noose
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Lady Cardigan
    • 1989
  • Sean Bean and Ian Richardson in Troubles (1988)
    Troubles
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Miss Johnston
    • 1988
  • Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Maurice
    7.6
    • Matron
    • 1987
  • The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams (1986)
    The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • Mrs. Parker
    • 1986
  • Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1985)
    A Room with a View
    7.2
    • Lady at Sir Harry's Garden Party (as Phillida Sewell)
    • 1985
  • Ciaran Madden and Richard Pasco in Drummonds (1985)
    Drummonds
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Lady Morell (as Phillida Sewell)
    • 1985
  • Don Henderson and Siobhan Redmond in Bulman (1985)
    Bulman
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Ma Gurney
    • 1985
  • Julie Dawn Cole and Janina Faye in Angels (1975)
    Angels
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Waring (as Phillida Sewell)
    • 1983

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Phillida Sewell
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • May 20, 1910
    • Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • November 24, 1998
    • Buckinghamshire, England, UK(undisclosed)

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    Character actress and soprano who first broadcast on radio in 1937.

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