English actress (1918–1997)
Isabel Dean (born Isabel Hodgkinson, 29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English stage, film and television actress.[1][2]
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.[3] 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.[4] Her stage appearances included The Deep Blue Sea, Breaking the Code and John Osborne's The Hotel in Amsterdam, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.[3] In 1949 she appeared in The Foolish Gentlewoman at the Duchess Theatre in London.[5]
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).[6][7] She appeared with Paul Scofield in an ITV Saturday Night Theatre production of The Hotel in Amsterdam broadcast on 14 March 1971.[8][9]
Among her film appearances are roles in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and the film version of Inadmissible Evidence (1968).[3]
Personal life
In 1953, Dean married writer William Fairchild; the couple had two daughters, Caroline and Angela. The marriage was later dissolved.[3]
Radio
- Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair (1957)
- Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery (1965)
- Home at seven (1966) by RC Sherriff
- The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)
- Have His Carcase (1981)
- The Bird Table (1982)
- A Photograph of Lindsey Mowatt (1986) by Ellen Dryden
- Summer Attachment (1986) by Michael Sharp
Filmography
Film
Television
References
- ^ "Isabel Dean - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Isabel Dean - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ a b c d Vallance, Tom (9 August 1997). "Obituary: Isabel Dean". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ "Production of Peril at End House - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Isabel Dean". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Inspector Morse: The Sins of the Fathers (1990) – Peter Hammond – Cast and Crew – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971)". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Osborne, John (1929–1994) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.
External links
- Isabel Dean at IMDb
- Theatre performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol
