Shelagh Fraser

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Shelagh Fraser (born November 25, 1920 in Purley , then Surrey , now London Borough of Croydon , United Kingdom , † August 29, 2000 in London , United Kingdom) was a British theater and film actress and author of various children's and cookbooks.

Life

Fraser was born into a Scottish-Irish family in 1920. Her father was in the jewelry business and was supposed to set up a branch of the Mappin & Webb company in Sydney, Australia in the early 1920s . After returning from Australia, Fraser was diagnosed with bone tuberculosis, from which she could only be cured after complex therapy.

She attended St Christopher's School in Kingswood, Surrey with her Australian-born sister, who would later become actress and ballet dancer Moyra Fraser . There she received a scholarship to the Drama College at the Croydon Repertory Theater, for which she made her first appearances from 1938.

From 1942 she worked as a radio play speaker for the BBC Drama Repertory Company and has been involved in the creation of over 500 radio plays over the course of her career.

Fraser made her official theater debut as Effie in This Was A Woman at the London Comedy Theater in 1944 . By the mid-1940s she was already established as an actress on the stages of London's West End . She took on roles in Terence Rattigan's While The Sun Shines (1945), Clemence Dane's Call Home The Heart (1947) and HM Tennent's remake of Arthur Wing Pinero's drama The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1950). In 1957 she starred in Edward Albee's drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the role of Martha .

Fraser married actor Anthony Squire in 1961 . The marriage later ended in divorce.

She became known nationwide from 1969 after she took on the role of Jean Ashton in 45 episodes in the television series A Family At War .

Her role in David Hare's stage play Knuckle alongside Edward Fox and Douglas Wilmer received 1,974 outstanding reviews. It was also one of her last appearances at the theater.

In 1977, Fraser took on the role of Beru Lars in George Lucas ' cult science fiction film Star Wars , who, together with her husband Owen Lars, raised the young Luke Skywalker and was later killed by troops of the Empire.

In addition to her work for theater, film, television and radio, Shelagh Fraser also wrote several children's books, one of which was also adapted for theater in 1950. She also wrote various cookbooks.

She died in London on August 29, 2000 at the age of 79.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1944: Welcome, Mr. Washington
  • 1945: The Atlantic Bridge (I Live in Grosvenor Square)
  • 1947: Rope (TV movie)
  • 1947: The Last Duel (Meet Me at Dawn)
  • 1947: The Bankdam Weavers (Master of Bankdam)
  • 1948: Death in the Hand
  • 1948: Esther Waters
  • 1949: The History of Mr. Polly
  • 1950: The Unknown Witness (Your Witness)
  • 1950: That's Life (Trio)
  • 1952: Salute the Toff
  • 1955: Holidays with dad
  • 1956: The Last Man to Hang?
  • 1958: The Son of Robin Hood
  • 1959: Mario (TV movie)
  • 1960: Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series, nine episodes)
  • 1960: Wings of Death
  • 1965: Summertime Ends Tonight (TV movie)
  • 1966: The Devil Dances at Midnight (The Witches)
  • 1969: Alien Invasion (The Body Stealers)
  • 1969: A Touch of Love
  • 1969: Under the stairs (Staircase)
  • 1969: Two Gentlemen Sharing
  • 1970–1971: A Family at War (TV series, 27 episodes)
  • 1971: Till Death Us Do Part (TV series)
  • 1972: Doomwatch - Isle of Secrets (Doomwatch)
  • 1973: Nothing But the Night
  • 1973: No One Could Save Her ( And No One Could Save Her , Movie made for TV)
  • 1975: Persecution
  • 1977: Star Wars (Star Wars)
  • 1978: The Professionals (TV series, episode: The Thomas Darby Files )
  • 1987 Hope and Glory
  • 1989: Work Experience
  • 2000: Edith's Finger
  • 2000: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders , TV series, an episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Obituaries: Shelagh Fraser at telegraph.co.uk, accessed November 14, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c d e Obituaries: Shelagh Fraser - Versatile actress who wrote and played fine drama at guardian.co.uk, accessed November 14, 2011
  3. ↑ At last, a play to be recommended  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at catholicherald.co.uk, accessed November 14, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archive.catholicherald.co.uk  
personal data
SURNAME Fraser, Shelagh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Purley , Surrey , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 2000
Place of death London , UK