Muriel Pavlow
Biography
Muriel Pavlow was a British actress who started on stage as a child, working alongside John Gielgud at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Born in Lewisham, south-east London, she made her first, brief film appearance at thirteen in Sing As We Go (1934). At sixteen she played Gretel in a BBC Television Hansel and Gretel production. She joined ENSA during the Second World War and shifted from theater to film, taking the role of Maria in Malta Story (1953), Joy in Doctor in the House (1954), and Thelma Bader in Reach for the Sky (1956). She played James Robertson Justice's character's daughter in Murder, She Said (1961). In the 1954 to 1955 season she was with the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Titania and Cressida. Later stage work included Miss Marple in Critics' Choice and Madame de Rosemond in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She appeared briefly in Glorious 39 (2009) and died in 2019.
97years old at death
- Born Lee
- Died London
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Muriel Lilian Pavlow (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 55 years1954 to 2009
Every film, newest first
- 2009Glorious 39IMDb rating 6.4
- 1961Murder She SaidIMDb rating 7.3
- 1957Doctor at LargeIMDb rating 6.1
- 1956Reach for the SkyIMDb rating 7.2
- 1954Doctor in the HouseIMDb rating 6.5
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First role
Muriel Pavlow's first film role was a small part at age 13 in the 1934 Gracie Fields musical Sing As We Go. She had already begun acting as a child, appearing with John Gielgud and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Ralph Thomas directed two of these films. James Robertson Justice appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Robertson Justice's page
Dirk Bogarde's page
George Coulouris's page
Geoffrey Keen's page
Kenneth More's page
Donald Sinden's page
Ralph ThomasDirector, 2 films, 1954 to 1957
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