The actress Olwen Brookes was born on November 26, 1901 in London as Olwen Edna Jones. She appeared in over 50 film and TV productions; her long acting career spanned from the 1940’s through to the 1970’s shortly before her death in 1976. In the 1940’s and 1950’s she appeared in dozens of films whilst the second part of her career was mainly in television productions.
Initially appearing in uncredited roles in her early career including the role of The Receptionist (pictured) in Stop Press Girl which was released in 1949. Other notable films that she appeared in include the role of Mrs Parry in The Happiest Days of Your Life (2nd photo) 1950, Something Money Can’t Buy 1952, the part of Miss Francis in An Inspector Calls and that of Lady Ontzlake in The Black Knight – both 1954, The Gentle Touch 1956, Women Without Men 1956, Jack The Ripper 1959, Left Right and Centre 1959, Twice Round the Daffodils 1962, Young and Willing 1962, Devils of Darkness 1965 and as Edith Lyttleton in The First Night of Pygmalion in 1969.
Her many TV appearances include roles in Dancers in Mourning 1959, several episodes of Dixon of Dock Green, as Bilson in The Forsyte Saga and as Miss Cranber in 1968’s Sexton Blake.
She died on September 17, 1976.
Initially appearing in uncredited roles in her early career including the role of The Receptionist (pictured) in Stop Press Girl which was released in 1949. Other notable films that she appeared in include the role of Mrs Parry in The Happiest Days of Your Life (2nd photo) 1950, Something Money Can’t Buy 1952, the part of Miss Francis in An Inspector Calls and that of Lady Ontzlake in The Black Knight – both 1954, The Gentle Touch 1956, Women Without Men 1956, Jack The Ripper 1959, Left Right and Centre 1959, Twice Round the Daffodils 1962, Young and Willing 1962, Devils of Darkness 1965 and as Edith Lyttleton in The First Night of Pygmalion in 1969.
Her many TV appearances include roles in Dancers in Mourning 1959, several episodes of Dixon of Dock Green, as Bilson in The Forsyte Saga and as Miss Cranber in 1968’s Sexton Blake.
She died on September 17, 1976.
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