Nan Braunton
Nan Braunton (died between 1971and 1975) was a British actress best known for playing Cissy Godfrey in the BBC comedy Dad's Army.[1]
It is claimed that in her youth Braunton was the nanny to the brothers Jack, Barry and Roger Livesey who called her 'Nan' and who as adults persuaded her to try acting;[2] she therefore came into the profession later in life, making her film début in 1953 in Will Any Gentleman...?. She also appeared as Miss Jones in the film It's a Great Day (1955).[2]
Braunton's television appearances included Miss Jones in The Grove Family (1955–57), Miss Dobson in Quatermass and the Pit (1958), Fräulein Rottenmeier in Heidi (1959), in the 'Figure of Fun' episode of the BBC's Sunday Night Theatre (1959), and Second Lady in Hotel Imperial (1960), Miss Sedgebeer in Yorky (1960), Miss Osborne in Harpers West One (1962), Mrs. Mortimer in Emergency – Ward 10 (1962), Second Matron in Armchair Theatre (1963), Mrs. Prebble in The Wednesday Thriller (1965), Bridge player in The Wednesday Play (1968), Mrs. Parteridge and Florence Gill in Detective (1964 and 1968), Mrs. Love Sr. in Comedy Playhouse (1969), Miss Blake in Strange Report (1969), Cissy Godfrey in Dad's Army (1969), various roles in Dixon of Dock Green (1955–69), and Old Lady in Six Dates with Barker (1971).[2]
Her stage appearances included No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1943), firstly in the West End and then on tour,[3] Jessica in Michael and Roland Pertwee's The Paragon at the Fortune Theatre (1948) and The Boy David (1953) with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.[4]
She did not play Cissy Godfrey in Series 8 of Dad's Army in 1975 and it is presumed that she had died some time before that was recorded.
References
- ↑ Braunton as Cissy Godfrey on the British Film Institute's Screenonline 'Dad's Army (1968–77)' webpage
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Braunton on the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ No Orchids for Miss Blandish on the History of Bristol Hippodrome website
- ↑ The Boy David on the Theatricalia website