Maria Charles
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Maria Charles (born 22 September 1929 in London) is an English actress who carved a niche for herself on television playing clingy Jewish mothers. She appeared in the memorable Play for Today entry Bar Mitzvah Boy and also played screen mother to Maureen Lipman in the sitcom Agony.
Her other TV credits include: Z Cars, Secret Army, Brideshead Revisited, Coronation Street, Whoops Apocalypse, Boon, Lovejoy, Casualty, Holby City and Bad Girls.
Recently, she played a small role as Mrs. Reaper in hit comedy Hot Fuzz. Her short scene carries one of the film's biggest laughs.