• Source: Lally Bowers

      • Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1914 – 18 July 1984) was an English actress.
      Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School. She worked as a secretary before walking on and understudying at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a professional actress, Bowers appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guildford, Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic.
      Her London debut came in 1944 and her many West End successes included Dinner With the Family for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957, Difference of Opinion, The Killing of Sister George (also on Broadway), Dear Octopus and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B. She appeared in the sitcoms You're Only Young Twice, Going Straight, Hi-de-Hi!, My Name Is Harry Worth and A Fine Romance. Her film career included roles in We Joined the Navy (1962), Tamahine (1963), The Chalk Garden (1964), I Start Counting (1970), All the Way Up (1970), Up Pompeii (1971), Our Miss Fred (1972), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Slipper and the Rose (1976) and Screamtime (1983). She also appeared in the 1982 adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Case of The Discontented Soldier in the role of Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, in the television series The Agatha Christie Hour. She Was the vicar sister in episode 4 of Rumpole of the Bailey on the radio.
      Bowers died on 18 July 1984 in London, aged 70.


      Partial filmography


      We Joined the Navy (1962) – Mrs. Cynthia Dewberry
      Tamahine (1963) – Mrs. Cartwright
      The Chalk Garden (1964) – Anna
      Undermined – Broadcast -12/6/1965- Effie, ( Paddington Hotel Proprietress ). Episode 6 : ' Intent to Kill '.
      I Start Counting (1970) – Aunt Rene
      All the Way Up (1970) – Mrs. Hadfield
      Up Pompeii (1971) – Procuria
      Up the Chastity Belt (1972) – (voice)
      Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) – Matron
      Our Miss Fred (1972) – Miss Flodden
      The Slipper and the Rose (1976) – Queen
      You're Only Young Twice (1977)-Dolly Love
      Screamtime (1983) – Mrs. Kingsley


      References




      External links


      Performances in the Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
      Lally Bowers at IMDb
      Lally Bowers at the Internet Broadway Database

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