Peggy Mount

Peggy Mount

Born: May 2, 1916
Died: November 13, 2001
in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Margaret Rose "Peggy" Mount OBE, (2 May 1915 – 13 November 2001) was an English actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps best known for playing battleaxe characters, though her real personality was said to have been far removed from such roles. She was also well-known for her distinctive voice.

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Title: Virtual Murder
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: TV
John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his offbeat personal assistant and lover, while Inspector Cadogan is their police contact and Professor Owen Griffiths is Cornelius's head of department.
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The Princess and the Goblin
Title: The Princess and the Goblin
Character: Goblin Queen
Released: June 3, 1991
Type: Movie
The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.
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Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Title: Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Character: Stallslady
Released: December 14, 1988
Type: Movie
The Doctor and Ace head for the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they meet a disparate group of performers and visitors, including a self-centred explorer named Captain Cook, his companion Mags and a biker known as Nord.
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Title: The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Character: Joly
Released: July 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
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Title: Inspector Morse
Character: Nun
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Eliza Johnstone
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character: The Judge
Released: May 21, 1985
Type: TV
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
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Title: The Cannon & Ball Show
Character: Baking Competitor
Released: July 28, 1979
Type: TV
A comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.
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Title: Blankety Blank
Released: January 18, 1979
Type: TV
Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show Blankety Blanks. The British version ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC One, hosted first by Terry Wogan and later by Les Dawson. Regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included Kenny Everett, Lorraine Chase, Gareth Hunt, Gary Davies, and Cheryl Baker. A revival fronted by Lily Savage was produced by the BBC from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed by ITV from 7 January 2001 to 10 August 2002. This version was produced by Grundy, then Thames.
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Stargazy on Zummerdown
Title: Stargazy on Zummerdown
Character: Opinionated Alice
Released: March 15, 1978
Type: Movie
In the 23rd Century, Britain (now called Albion) is made up of two distinct communities - the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy
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Title: You're Only Young Twice
Released: September 6, 1977
Type: TV
You're Only Young Twice is a British sitcom set in a retirement home that was made and broadcast on the ITV network by Yorkshire Television from 1977 to 1981.
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Decorators Limited
Title: Decorators Limited
Character: Mrs. Foster
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
In hopes of winning a home decoration competition, the overbearing Mrs. Foster employs two men to repaint her flat. The kids volunteer to decorate the neighbouring flat of the elderly sisters. The front door keys are mixed up...
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Title: Lollipop Loves Mr Mole
Released: October 25, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: John Browne's Body
Released: April 3, 1969
Type: TV
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Oliver!
Title: Oliver!
Character: Mrs. Bumble
Released: September 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
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Finders Keepers
Title: Finders Keepers
Character: Mrs. Bragg
Released: December 8, 1966
Type: Movie
Cliff Richard and the Shadows arrive in a small Spanish town for a concert when a U.S. plane accidentally drops a mini-bomb on it. The Shadows look for the bomb to return it.
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Title: George And The Dragon
Released: November 19, 1966
Type: TV
George and the Dragon is a British situation comedy made by ATV for the ITV network which was transmitted in four series comprising 26 episodes between 19 November 1966 and 31 October 1968. The regular cast is Sid James, Peggy Mount, John Le Mesurier and Keith Marsh and was written by Harry Driver and Vince Powell. Shaun O'Riordan was the director, while Alan Tarrant was the main producer.
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Hotel Paradiso
Title: Hotel Paradiso
Character: Angelique Boniface
Released: March 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the next-door neglectful husband Henri with a beautiful but ignored wife, Marcelle. Henri traces architectural anomalies (most ghost sounds are drains) and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso, but this hotel is the assignation spot of Marcelle and Boniface. One wife, two husbands, a nephew, and the perky Boniface maid, all at this 'by the hour' hotel and consummation of the affair is, to say the least, severely compromised (not the least by a police raid). All of this is under Feydeau's eye, and his play is the 'success fou' of the next season.
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One Way Pendulum
Title: One Way Pendulum
Character: Mrs. Gantry
Released: January 21, 1965
Type: Movie
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to sing in the attic.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Stallslady
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Ladies Who Do
Title: Ladies Who Do
Character: Mrs. Cragg
Released: November 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
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Title: Winning Widows
Released: September 9, 1961
Type: TV
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Inn for Trouble
Title: Inn for Trouble
Character: Ada Larkin
Released: January 31, 1960
Type: Movie
Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the hugely popular 1950s TV comedy. Alf Larkin has finally made good his dream to own a pub. The trouble is, it's got no customers. But leave it to the Larkins to find unorthodox ways to bring in the punters.
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Title: The Larkins
Character: Ada Larkin
Released: September 19, 1958
Type: TV
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.
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The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
Title: The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
Character: Landlady
Released: June 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Interested in becoming a serious actor, Mr. Pastry (Richard Hearne) seeks out the services of a down-and-out Professor (Buster Keaton) to help him become the dramatic thespian he hopes to be.
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The Naked Truth
Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Flora Ransom
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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Dry Rot
Title: Dry Rot
Character: Sergeant Fire
Released: October 31, 1956
Type: Movie
Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.
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Sailor Beware
Title: Sailor Beware
Character: Emma Hornett
Released: September 4, 1956
Type: Movie
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.
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Sailor Beware!
Title: Sailor Beware!
Character: Emma Hornett
Released: June 5, 1955
Type: Movie
BBC television adaptation of the Philip King and Falkland L. Cary play about an imminent wedding becoming endangered by a domineering matriarch.
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The Embezzler
Title: The Embezzler
Character: Mrs. Larkin
Released: July 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.