Lean, aristocratic-looking British character actress,on stage from the
1940's. She was noted on Broadway for her performance (and for bringing the house down with her tango on opening night) as Lady India in
Jean Anouilh's
'Ring Around the Moon' (1950-51). On television, her aquiline features
and impeccable bearing led to her gravitating towards upper class roles
as wealthy or snooty socialites -- few more memorable than her unnamed
party-goer in the dream sequence of
The Prisoner (1967) episode
"A.B.and C."; and as Mrs. Butterworth, who not only resides in
Patrick McGoohan's old flat and drives
his sports car but turns out to be another Number 2 (in the episode "Many Happy
Returns"). She also had to graciously scrape the mould of a bread-roll
offered her by
Steptoe and Son (1962) in
"Loathe Story", as the hyphenated mother of
Joanna Lumley.
Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) as
Gary Merrill's
crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and
disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her
evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices).
In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite
great British comic actors, from
Sidney James to
Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of
friends included
Denholm Elliott and
Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the
stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in
Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in
1990.
Number 10(1983)as Baroness Rothschild
Do You Remember?(1978)as Mrs. Harlow
Affairs of the Heart(1974)as Maud Lowder
Between the Wars(1973)as Lady Moping
Clouds of Witness(1972)as Helen, Duchess of Denver
The Prisoner Video Companion(1990)
