Mary Wimbush (19 March 1924 â€" 31 October 2005) was an English
actress whose career spanned 60 years. Active across film, television,
theatre and radio, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best
Supporting Actress for the 1969 film Oh! What a Lovely War. Her
television credits included Poldark (1975â€"77), Jeeves and Wooster
(1990â€"92), and Century Falls (1993). She played Julia Pargetter in
BBC Radio 4's popular soap opera The Archers, a part she played from
1992 until her death.Wimbush was born on 19 March 1924 in Kenton,
Middlesex (today in North-West London). Her father was a schoolmaster
and her mother had trained at RADA, but did not pursue a stage career,
although the family enjoyed taking part in amateur dramatics. They
moved to Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, when Mary was four.Wimbush was
educated at the Berkhamsted School for Girls, and at St Agnes & St
Michael's Convent, an Anglican school in East Grinstead. She trained
at the Central School of Speech and Drama, before joining the Amersham
repertory company.
actress whose career spanned 60 years. Active across film, television,
theatre and radio, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best
Supporting Actress for the 1969 film Oh! What a Lovely War. Her
television credits included Poldark (1975â€"77), Jeeves and Wooster
(1990â€"92), and Century Falls (1993). She played Julia Pargetter in
BBC Radio 4's popular soap opera The Archers, a part she played from
1992 until her death.Wimbush was born on 19 March 1924 in Kenton,
Middlesex (today in North-West London). Her father was a schoolmaster
and her mother had trained at RADA, but did not pursue a stage career,
although the family enjoyed taking part in amateur dramatics. They
moved to Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, when Mary was four.Wimbush was
educated at the Berkhamsted School for Girls, and at St Agnes & St
Michael's Convent, an Anglican school in East Grinstead. She trained
at the Central School of Speech and Drama, before joining the Amersham
repertory company.
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