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Charlotte Mitchell (born 23 July 1926 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is an English actress most famous for her role in The Adventures Of Black Beauty in the early 1970s. She was once the girlfriend of Peter Sellers, hence her occasional appearances on The Goon Show in the 1950s.
She appeared on BBC Radio with Ian Carmichael in The Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels.
She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess (Lord Peter Wimsey's mother) in the radio adaption of Strong Poison that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey.
[edit] Filmography
- The First Kangaroos (1988)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Jim the World's Greatest (1976) (Story of a Teenager in the US)
- The Kids from 47A (1973) (writer)
- Satan's Skin (1970)
- Dentist on the Job (1961) (Get On with It! 1963 in the US)
- Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)
- Dentist in the Chair (1960)
- Village of the Damned (1960)
- Lost (1955) (Tears for Simon 1957 in the US)
- Street Corner (1953) (Both Sides of the Law 1954 in the US)
- The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) (or The Great Gilbert and Sullivan in the US)
- Curtain Up (1953)
- Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
- The Man in the White Suit (1951)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951)
- The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
- The Romantic Age (1949) (Naughty Arlette 1950 in the US)
[edit] Television
- Selling Hitler (1991)
- The Woman He Loved (1988)
- The Lady's Maid's Bell (1985)
- Return to Treasure Island (1985)
- Miss Jones and Son (1977)
- In This House of Brede (1975)
- ...And Mother Makes Five (1974-1976)
- The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)
- Persuasion (1971)
[edit] External links
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
