Ann Morrish
Ann Morrish | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1928 Godstone, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1948–2006 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Ann Morrish (born 15 June 1928) is a retired British actress and television presenter.
Career
[edit]Morrish had a long career on stage, radio and television, and performed in the UK, Canada and the United States. She trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in London in the late 1940s,[1] under George Devine, Michel Saint-Denis, and Glen Byam Shaw,[2] and performed in the 1947-1948 Young Vic production of the Snow Queen, alongside her future husband Powys Thomas.[3]
Her stage performances include the role of Julia in a Stratford Festival Company of Canada production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in New York in March 1958,[4] and the role of Rosalind in Harold Lang's 1965 production of As You Like It alongside Phyllida Law at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.[5][6] In the autumn season 1964, she acted at the Bristol Old Vic (Colston Hall and Theatre Royal), playing roles in Isabelle, Mary Mary and The Beaux' Stratagem.[7]
In July 1961 and April 1962, Morrish appeared on Canadian television in an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Village Wooing, alongside William Hutt.[8]
Morrish's UK television appearances include regular roles in Compact and The Expert, as well as The House of Eliott, Minder, Softly Softly. She appeared in the 2006 Midsomer Murders episode "Four Funerals and a Wedding" as Mildred Danvers,[9] which was her final acting role before retiring. In 1994, she played Emily Arundell in Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dumb Witness.[10]
Her roles in television plays included the Welsh BAFTA winner written off by Derrick Geer. In addition, she was a presenter on Play School in the late 1960s and she appeared in the BBC children's drama series Break Point (1982), alongside Jeremy Burnham and Stephen Yardley. In the late 1970s, Morrish had a principal role as journalist Liz Tyson, in the long-running BBC radio soap-opera Waggoners' Walk.[11][12]
Family
[edit]Morrish married actor Powys Thomas in July 1951, and moved to Canada in 1956 for some years. Morrish has three children.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Cornford, Thomas. The English theatre studios of Michael Chekhov and Michel Saint-Denis, 1935-1965. PhD Thesis (Thesis). p. 257 – via University of Warwick.
- ↑ Birch, Lionel (7 February 1948). "New Blood for the Theatre". Picture Post. Vol. 38, no. 6. pp. 24–27 – via Picture Post Historical Archive.
- ↑ "The Snow Queen. Young Vic Production". Retrieved 27 September 2026 – via Theatricalia.
- ↑ Griffin, Alice (1958). "The Shakespeare Season in New York". Shakespeare Quarterly. 9: 533. Retrieved 27 September 2026 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ "As You Like It (1965) | Our Heritage | Open Air Theatre". openairtheatreheritage.com. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ann Morrish. Our Heritage". Retrieved 27 September 2026 – via Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
- ↑ "Ann Morrish". Retrieved 27 September 2026 – via Theatricalia.
- ↑ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 25 April 1962. p. 28. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
William Hutt and Ann Morrish, repeat of 1961 performance
- ↑ "Four Funerals and a Wedding (Original)". BFI Collections. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Dumb Witness (Original)". BFI Collections. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Hayward, Anthony (28 December 2020). "Basil Moss obituary" – via Guardian.
- ↑ "Waggoners' Walk". Radio Times. Vol. 237, no. 2950 (England ed.). BBC Publications. 22 May 1980. p. 50. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
After 11 years the plot continues in this the last week of Waggoners' Walk
- ↑ "Thomas, Powys 1925". Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists (Volume 2). University of Toronto Press. 1972. pp. 267–89. ISBN 9781442653306.
