Daphne Slater

Daphne Slater Biography

Daphne Helen Slater (3 March 1928 - 4 October 2012) was an English actress noted for Shakespearian and period films. She was born in London.

Frequently lavished with praise by Kenneth Tynan, the most influential critic of his day, the actress Daphne Slater divided her career between Shakespearean roles and appearances in television plays. After leaving RADA with a Gold Medal, she was snapped up by the film director Herbert Wilcox, who gave her a seven-year contract and a leading role in The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) and she played major screen parts in dozens of television dramas and novel adaptations, including the role of Queen Mary I in the 1971 BBC TV serial Elizabeth R opposite Glenda Jackson.

Death

Slater died on 4 October 2012, aged 84. She was predeceased by her brother and her second husband. She is survived by her first husband John Harrison (born 1924), film/television actor, director and producer and their two sons, Stephen and William.

Roles

The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) .... Cynthia Carmody
Emma (1948) (TV) .... Harriet Smith
Pride and Prejudice (1952) (TV miniseries) .... Elizabeth Bennet
Romeo and Juliet (1954) Stratford-upon-Avon RSC Theatre ... Rosalind
Jane Eyre (1956) (TV) .... Jane Eyre
Precious Bane (1957) TV series .... Prue Sarn
BBC Sunday Night Theatre ("Berkeley Square"; 1959) (TV) .... Helen Pettigrew
The Burning Glass (1960) TV episode .... Mary Terriford
ITV Play of the Week .... Mary Terriford (1 episode, 1960)
Persuasion (1960) (TV miniseries) .... Anne Elliot
Armchair Theatre ("Nothing to Pay"; 1962) TV episode
Our Man at St Marks TV series
Out of the Unknown ("Stranger in the Family"; 1965) TV episode .... Margaret Wilson
The Wednesday Play .... Stella Forty (2 episodes, 1964-66)
The Big Breaker (1964) TV episode .... Sybil
Jackanory (5 episodes, 1967; see below):

The Little White Horse: Part 5 ("Out of the Sea"; 1967) ... Storyteller

The Little White Horse: Part 4 ("The Castle in the Pinewoods"; 1967) ... Storyteller

The Little White Horse: Part 3 ("The Iron Sword"; 1967) .... Storyteller

The Little White Horse: Part 2 ("The Ghost of Sir Wrolf"; 1967) ... Storyteller

The Little White Horse: Part 1 ("The Merryweathers of Moonacre"; 1967) ... Storyteller

The Jazz Age ("Black Exchange"; 1968) TV episode .... Miss Crowe
Callan ("Jack-on-Top"; 1969) TV episode .... Stella Paxton
The Gold Robbers ("Account Rendered"; 1969) TV episode .... Mrs. Oscroft
W. Somerset Maugham ("Virtue"; 1970) TV episode .... Margery Bishop
Play for Today ("I Can't See My Little Willie"; 1970) TV episode .... Mary Palmer
Elizabeth R (1971) (TV miniseries) .... Mary I
Thirty-Minute Theatre ("Footprints"; 1971) TV episode
ITV Playhouse ([Love Affair"; 1974) TV episode
Shadows ("The Future Ghost"; 1975) TV episode .... Mrs. Butler

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