Mary MacLeod
Biography
Mary MacLeod was an English-born Scottish actress who worked on stage and in British film and television. Born in 1937 and raised in Birmingham, she took up drama with a local amateur group as a child, trained at the Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, and taught English and drama while acting in the evenings. She made her theater debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, performing there from 1956 to 1957, then moved to London, where she met the director Lindsay Anderson. Her first film credit came as Mrs Kemp in Anderson's if.... (1968), and she worked with him again on O Lucky Man! (1973), playing several parts. Her other screen work included the film The House of Mirth (2000), the comedy drama Mapp and Lucia from 1985 to 1986, and the voice of Nanny in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003).
78years old at death
- Born Birmingham
- Died England
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Mary Katrina Anne MacLeod
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 27 years1968 to 1995
Every film, newest first
- 1995RestorationIMDb rating 6.6
- 1992OrlandoIMDb rating 7.1
- 1973O Lucky Man!IMDb rating 7.6
- 1968if....IMDb rating 7.4
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Early training
MacLeod left school and entered the workplace in 1952, earning a drama scholarship that let her attend Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art.
A change of course
After she became a teacher of English and drama at a school in Darlaston, Staffordshire, MacLeod kept acting in the evenings.
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Lindsay Anderson directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Lindsay Anderson
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