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Elspeth March (5 March 1911 – 29 April 1999) was an English actress.




Early years


March was born as Jean Elspeth Mackenzie in Kensington, London, England, the daughter of Harry Malcolm and Elfreda Mackenzie. She studied speech and drama under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London.




Career and marriage


She led a long stage, film and television career as a character actress, making her professional debut in Jonah and the Whale at London's Westminster Theatre in 1932. She met and married actor Stewart Granger in 1938. As his film career blossomed, the marriage faltered, and the couple divorced in 1948. They had a son, Jamie, and a daughter, the theatrical agent Lindsey Granger, who died in 2011.
She resumed her career in 1944, continuing to play supporting roles in plays, films and television into her eighties. She appeared with the National Theatre in 1977, playing roles in The Madras House and Don Juan Comes Back from the War, and in 1983 was in the thriller Underground in Toronto and at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.




Death


She died in Hillingdon, London, aged 88.




Filmography






Television credits


Caesar's Friend (1939) - Mary a woman of Magdala
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1956) (two episodes) - Lucy / Mrs. Marks
The Court of Last Resort (1958) - Minnie Bowers
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1957–58) (two episodes)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 35: "The Schartz-Metterklume Method") - Mrs. Wellington
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1961) (three episodes) - Mrs. Murphy
The Saint (1962–64) (two episodes) - Tante Ada / Lucy Wexall
Softly, Softly (1966) (one episode) - Dora
Two in Clover (1969) (one episode) - Miss Plummer
W. Somerset Maugham's The Three Fat Women of Antibes (1969) (one episode) - Beatrice Richman
Rebecca (1979) (TV miniseries,1 episode) - Mrs. van Hopper
Let There Be Love (1982-1983) (TV Series) - Mother
Tales of the Unexpected (1983) (one episode) - Mrs. Carson
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1984) (one episode) - Lady Susan Clonray
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1993) (one episode: The Eligible Bachelor) - Lady Blanche (final appearance)




References






External links



Collectors Post profile
Elspeth March at IMDb
Elspeth March at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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