Bridget Joanna Turner (22 February 1939 – 27 December 2014) was an English actress.[1]
Bridget Turner | |
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 1970s publicity still | |
| Born | Bridget Joanna Turner 22 February 1939 |
| Died | 27 December 2014 (aged 75) Dorchester, Dorset, England |
Turner played a radical English teacher, Judy Threadgold, opposite Alun Armstrong's woodwork teacher in Alan Plater's Get Lost! for Yorkshire Television, shown in 1981. Armstrong was unavailable for a sequel, so it was completely recast and became The Beiderbecke Affair with the parts going to Barbara Flynn and James Bolam.[2] She played Phyllis in Alan Ayckbourn's TV film Season's Greetings (play).
On 8 May 2009, John Cleese stated in an interview that Turner was the original choice in 1974 for the role of Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. She turned it down and the part was given to Prunella Scales.[3]
Turner died on 27 December 2014 in Dorchester, Dorset, at the age of 75, and was survived by her husband, Frank Cox.[4] She was godmother to the actor Tom Burke.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Shylock Versus the Merchant of Venice | Portia | Television film |
| 1970 | The Walking Stick | Sarah Dainton | |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Woman in Plane | |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Mrs. Cherry Owen | |
| 1976 | Time and Time Again | Anna | Television film |
| 1983 | Runners | Teacher | |
| 1986 | Season's Greetings | Phyllis | Television film |
| 1996 | Cuts | Mrs. Raper | Television film |
| 1997 | Remember Me? | Elderly Sister | |
| 2002 | Happy Together | Ann | Television film |
| 2003 | The Gathering | Mrs. Groves | |
| 2008 | Zip and Hollow | Vera | Television film |
| 2009 | Last Light | Stella | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Comedy Matinee | Episode: "Thark" | |
| 1963 | Lorna Doone | Margery Babcock | Episode: "A Long Account Settled" |
| 1964 | Teletale | Ginia | Episode: "The Beautiful Summer" |
| The Villains | Sandra | Episode: "Victim" | |
| Compact | Miss Bates | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 1965 | Jury Room | Lizzie Borden | Episode: "The Lady and the Axe" |
| The Newcomers | Joyce | Episode: "Episode 19" | |
| 1966 | Theatre 625 | Avril Hadfield | Episode: "Semi-Detached" |
| 1967 | The Forsyte Saga | Plunket | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| Inheritance | Lizzie Mellor | Episode: "Murder" | |
| 1968 | Resurrection | Katerina Maslova | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1970 | Kate | Ann Gordon | Episode: "It's So Peaceful in the Country" |
| Graf Yoster | Miss Turnbull | Episode: "In London weiss der Nebel mehr als wir..." | |
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Bridget O'Connor | Episode: "Slattery's Mounted Foot" | |
| Tom Grattan's War | Sara Schwartz | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 1971 | Z-Cars | Sheila Rhodes | Episode: "It Can Get to Be a Habit" |
| 1972 | Z-Cars | Mrs. French | Episode: "Operation Ascalon" |
| 1975 | Sutherland's Law | Jane Lauder | Episode: "The Rag Doll" |
| 1977 | Playhouse | Rowena | Episode: "Love-Lies-Bleeding" |
| Target | Esther Daniels | Episode: "Lady Luck" | |
| 1978 | Two's Company | Mabel | Episode: "The Take-Over Bid" |
| Jackanory Playhouse | Queen Hermione | Episode: "Princess Griselda's Birthday Gift" | |
| 1979 | Jackanory | Storyteller | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 1985Two People | Jean Fletcher | Series regular; 5 episodes | |
| 1981 | Get Lost! | Judy Threadgold | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1984 | Love and Marriage | Phyllis | Episode: "Home Is the Sailor" |
| Driving Ambition | Jackie | Episode: "Manifold Depression" | |
| The Brief | Sylvia Byrne | Episode: "Keys" | |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Mrs. Driscoll | Episode: "Blue for Danger" |
| 1989 | Saracen | Louise Silverdale | Episode: "Infidels" |
| 1991 | Boon | Gran Mulholland | Episode: "Stamp Duty" |
| 1992 | The Bill | Mrs. Chamberlain | Episode: "Talk Out" |
| 1993 | The Bill | Mrs. Brown | Episode: "Sweet Charity" |
| 1995 | Screen Two | Frances Doyle | Episode: "Life After Life" |
| Pride and Prejudice | Mrs. Reynolds | Episode: "Episode 4" | |
| The Bill | Mrs. Vardy | Episode: "Strictly Personal" | |
| The Thin Blue Line | Mrs. Rabbit | Episode: "Fire and Terror" | |
| 2001 | Heartbeat | Daphne Merryfield | Episode: "Home Sweet Home" |
| Peak Practice | Ruth Gaunt | Episode: "Together We Stand" | |
| Armadillo | Grandmother | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| 2002 | Casualty | Katia Noga | Episode: "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" |
| Always and Everyone | Eileen Barratt | Episode: "Death of an Everyday Occurrence" | |
| 2003 | Death in Holy Orders | Mildred Fawcett | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2004 | Doctors | Maeve | Episode: "One Last Request" |
| 2005 | Heartbeat | Lottie Ferguson | Episode: "Mastermind" |
| 2006 | Terry Pratchett's Hogfather | Tooth Fairy / Bogey Man | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Alice | Episode: "Gridlock" |
| 2008 | Casualty | Mrs. Stirling | Episode: "Have a Go, Hero" |
| Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic | Book Burner Woman | Episode: "The Light Fantastic" | |
| 2009 | Doctors | Hilary Benson | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Casualty | Barbara Clark | Episode: "Last Roll of the Dice" |
| 2011 | Monroe | Judith Warden | Episode: "Episode Three" |
References
edit- ^ "Bridget Turner profile". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Beiderbecke Tapes, The (1987)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Fawlty Towers almost didn't happen for Prunella Scales, according to John Cleese". Mirror. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (3 February 2015). "Bridget Turner obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ Hodge, Gavanndra (22 February 2018). "Tom Burke on Strike, Alan Rickman and playing 'quite mean people'". Tatler.
External links
edit- Bridget Turner at IMDb
- Bridget Turner profile, filmreference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
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