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Marion Mathie

Marion Mathie was an English actress who appeared in the last four series of Rumpole of the Bailey as his fearsome wife, Hilda and many other roles in other productions, including Mrs Susan Wyse in the London Weekend Television adaptation of the Mapp and Lucia books by E. F. Benson. She had a memorable cameo as the concerned wife of a compromised diplomat in the classic episode Six Days in Department S (1968).

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Marion Mathie
Born
Marion Douglas Mathie1

(1925-02-06)6 February 1925
Died20 January 2012(2012-01-20) (aged 86)
OccupationActress
Years active1956-1992
Spouse
John Humphry
(m. 1963; died 2007)
2
Children23

Marion Mathie (6 February 1925 – 20 January 2012)1 was an English actress4 who appeared in the last four series of Rumpole of the Bailey as his fearsome wife, Hilda ("She Who Must Be Obeyed")5 and many other roles in other productions, including Mrs Susan Wyse in the London Weekend Television adaptation of the Mapp and Lucia books by E. F. Benson.6 She had a memorable cameo as the concerned wife of a compromised diplomat in the classic episode Six Days in Department S (1968).

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1960 No Kidding Helen Treadgold
1960 An Honourable Murder Portia Smith
1962 Lolita Miss Lebone
1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Anna
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Notes

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. "Family's misery as grave floods", Chichester Observer (8 March 2007). Archived 2 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. "Marion Mathie". The Daily Telegraph. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. UK TV guide
  5. "John Mortimer- biographical notes". Archived from the original on 3 April 2007.
  6. " Marion Mathie (1925–2012)", IMDb
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