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Georgina Cookson

Georgina Cookson

Actorb. December 19, 1918Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, UK
About

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…

Filmography
Love, I Think
Love, I Think1970 · Mark's Mother
The Picasso Summer
The Picasso Summer1969 · British Woman at Dinner
Darling
Darling1965 · Carlotta Hale
Catacombs
Catacombs1965 · Ellen Garth
Woman of Straw
Woman of Straw1964 · Guest at Villa Salon (uncredited)
Five Golden Hours
Five Golden Hours1961 · Lady Passenger
Your Money or Your Wife
Your Money or Your Wife1960 · Thelma Cressingdon
The Shakedown
The Shakedown1960 · Miss Firbank
The Treasure of San Teresa
The Treasure of San Teresa1959 · Billie
A Question of Adultery
A Question of Adultery1958 · Mrs. Duncan
The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth1957 · Lady Lucy Mayley
Woman Hater
Woman Hater1948 · Julia
I Didn't Do It
I Didn't Do It1945 · Willow Thane
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