Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974)[1] was an English actress, born to an Australian WWI soldier, Captain Gunning Francis Plunkett, and Alice Park.
Patricia Ruth Plunkett | |
|---|---|
 Patricia Plunkett | |
| Born | Patricia Ruth Plunkett 17 December 1926[1] |
| Died | 13 October 1974 (aged 47) London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1946 – c. 1961 |
| Spouse(s) | Tim Turner (1951–1974) |
Born in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA and had an early stage hit in Pick-Up Girl (1946)[2] by the American dramatist Elsa Shelley.[3]
Plunkett appeared in 12 films.[4] She was usually in supporting roles, but she was the female lead (with above-the-title billing) in both her 1949 films: Landfall and For Them That Trespass. The best known of her supporting roles is probably It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), in which her character, Doris Sandigate, is the step-daughter of Rose (Googie Withers), the leading role. Her husband was the actor Tim Turner (died 1987).[3]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | It Always Rains on Sunday | Doris Sandigate | |
| 1948 | Bond Street | Mary Phillips | |
| 1949 | For Them That Trespass | Rosie | |
| Landfall | Mona | ||
| 1950 | Murder Without Crime | Jan, Stephen's Wife | |
| 1952 | Mandy | Miss Crocker | |
| 1954 | The Crowded Day | Alice | |
| 1957 | The Flesh Is Weak | Doris Newman | |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Grace Holden | |
| 1960 | Identity Unknown | Betty | |
| Escort for Hire | Eldon Baker | ||
| 1961 | The Singer Not the Song | Arcelia | Uncredited |
References
edit- ^ a b "Patricia Plunkett", BFI Film Forever
- ^ "Plunkett, Patricia" in Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.526
- ^ a b Lorraine Greenslade "Patricia Plunkett - My Sister", Herne Hill Society Newsletter, #102, Spring 2008, p.12-13
- ^ "Plunkett, Patricia", credits, BFI Film & TV database
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