Isabel Dean
Introduction '''Isabel Dean''' (born '''Isabel Hodgkinson''', 29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English stage, film and television actress.
Life and career Born in Aldridge, Staffordshire, Dean studied painting at Birmingham Art School. In 1937, she joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist. She was soon involved in acting with some small parts.She appeared on stage in London in Agatha Christie's ''Peril at End House'' in 1940.Her stage appearances included ''The Deep Blue Sea'', ''Breaking the Code'' and John Osborne's ''The Hotel in Amsterdam'', at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 1949 she appeared in ''The Foolish Gentlewoman'' at the Duchess Theatre in London.By 1953, she was also appearing on British television in ''The Quatermass Experiment'' and over her career appeared in television series such as ''I, Claudius'' (1976) and ''Inspector Morse'' (1990). She appeared with Paul Scofield in an ''ITV Saturday Night Theatre'' production of ''The Hotel in Amsterdam'' broadcast on 14 March 1971.Among her film appearances are roles in ''The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan'' (1953) and the film version of ''Inadmissible Evidence'' (1968).
Personal life In 1953, Dean married writer William Fairchild; the couple had two daughters, Caroline and Angela. The marriage was later dissolved.
Radio * Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery (1965) BBC*''Home at seven'' (1966) by RC Sherriff* ''The Reluctant Peer'' by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)* ''The Bird Table'' (1982)* ''A Photograph of Lindsey Mowatt'' (1986) by Ellen Dryden* ''Summer Attachment'' (1986) by Michael Sharp
Filmography ===Film=== Year Title Role Notes1949''''Pat Stratton1952''''May HarmanUS title: ''Man Bait''1952''''Isobel Mansell1952''24 Hours of a Woman's Life''Miss JohnsonAKA, ''Affair in Monte Carlo''1953''''Mrs. Gilbert1953''Twice Upon a Time''Miss Burke1955''Out of the Clouds''Mrs. Malcolm1955''Handcuffs, London''Doris Tedford1958''Davy''Helen Carstairs1958''Virgin Island''Mrs. Lomax1962''Light in the Piazza''Miss Hawtree1965''''Alice Thornton1966''''Miss Bannister1968''Inadmissible Evidence''Mrs. Gamsey1971''To Catch a Spy''Celia1975''Ransom''Mrs. PalmerAKA, ''The Terrorists''1976''''Bridget1980''Rough Cut''Mrs. Willis1982''Five Days One Summer''Kate's Mother===Television=== Year Title Role Notes1948''Afterglow''IlonaTV film1948''Berkeley Square''Helen PettigrewTV film1949''''Joyce HarperTV film1950''Man of Two Minds''Madrigal GreyTV film1950''Sunday Night Theatre''Antistia"The Tragedy of Pompey the Great"1951''Nocturne in Scotland''Jane StirlingTV film1952''''Martha GrahamTV film1952''Sunday Night Theatre''Alison Parrilow"The Morning Star"1952''Another Language''Stella HallamTV film1953''''Judith CarroonTV series1953''Sunday Night Theatre''Celia / Mary Drew"As You Like It", "The Return of Peggy Atherton"1954''Patrol Car''Mrs. Regis"The Extra Bullet"1955''Patrol Car''Doris Tedford"Nell Gwynn's Tear"1955''Sunday Night Theatre''Anne Eilers"The Devil's General"1955''Saber of London''Sylvia Pemberton"Code Name: Murder"1956''Sunday Night Theatre''Mrs. Seddon"The Seddons"1957''Dixon of Dock Green''Mrs. Dyce"The Silent House"1957''ITV Play of the Week''Rona"Accolade"1958''Armchair Theatre''Helène Madinier"The Web of Lace"1959''ITV Television Playhouse''Rose Hanbury"A Bit of Happiness"1959''ITV Play of the Week''Gabrielle Broadbent / Liz Heyward"Sugar in the Morning", "The Signal"1960''''Anne FellowsTV series1960''Barnaby Rudge''Mrs. RudgeRegular role1961''Sunday Night Play''Evelyn Hunter"Off Centre"1961''ITV Play of the Week''Margaret Adams"Faraway Music"1961''''Miss CushingTV film1961''No Hiding Place''Gretel Naunton"Caught and Bowled"1963''ITV Play of the Week''Elizabeth Hollis / Enid"The Eve of St. Marks", "Three Roads to Rome"1965''199 Park Lane''Stella GrahamRecurring role1965''Armchair Theatre''Gwen Timwood"A Cold Peace"1966''Public Eye''Jean Clayton"I Could Set It to Music"1966''Blackmail''Lady Belmont"A Man of Reputation"1968''''Lydia Laing"Someone I Knew", "Long Time Since You've Got My Breakfast"1969''ITV Sunday Night Theatre''Peggy"The Comic"1970''''Mrs. Hammond"The Italian Table"1970''Husbands and Lovers''Eva MullerTV miniseries1971''Sense and Sensibility''Mrs. DashwoodRecurring role1971''Shadows of Fear''Gwen"Sour Grapes"1971''Play of the Month''Empress Alexandra"Rasputin" 1971 ''ITV Saturday Night Theatre'' "The Hotel in Amsterdam"1972''''Hilda Frisby"Eric"1972''Kate''Miss Wren"People Depend on You"1973''''Mrs. FarrenTV film1973''Orson Welles Great Mysteries''Christine Kaye"Money to Burn"1973''Play for Today''Mrs. Richardson"Jack Point"1974''''Alexandra WinfieldTV series1974''Centre Play''Fay Casaubon"Mutinies"1974''Dial M for Murder''Jean Browning"Should Anyone Answer"1975''Churchill's People''Anne, Lady Rochester"A Bill of Mortality"1975''Ten from the Twenties''Mrs. Garthorne"Motherlove"1975''Against the Crowd''Lady Peggy Frobisher"Blind Man's Buff"1975''Couples''Mrs. BrierleyTV series1976''Life and Death of Penelope''Lady Cartwright"The Affair"1976''I, Claudius''Lollia"Queen of Heaven"1977''Supernatural''Charlotte Gall"Ghost of Venice"1977''Ripping Yarns''Lady Chiddingfold"Murder at Moorstones Manor"1979''''BettyTV film1980''Company and Co''Barbara HarrisTV series1983''The Weather in the Streets''Mrs. CurtisTV film1986''''EvaTV film1986''''Mrs. WalkerTV film1989''Mystery! : Campion''Donna Beatrice"Death of a Ghost: Parts 1 & 2"1990''Inspector Morse''Isobel Radford"The Sins of the Fathers"
References
External links ** Theatre performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol