Molly Urquhart

Molly Urquhart
in House of Mystery (1961)
Born	(1906-01-06)6 January 1906 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	6 October 1977(1977-10-06) (aged 71) Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation	Actress

Molly Urquhart (1906–1977) was a Scottish actress.^[1][2]

Roles included the maid in A Man For All Seasons^[3] and the matron in Doctor Finlay's Casebook.^[4] She was one of the co-founders of Glasgow's Curtain theatre company in 1933, and during World War Two she set up and ran her own theatre company, the MSU Theatre now known as the Rutherglen Repertory Theatre, in Rutherglen, Scotland.^[5]

A dramatised version of her life was performed by Dumbarton People's Theatre. There is also a biography of Molly written by Helen Murdoch which is entitled Travelling Hopefully: The Story of Molly Urquhart.^[6]

Partial filmography

• Floodtide (1949) – Guest at Mrs. Dow's (uncredited)
• Portrait of Clare (1950) – Thirza
• Happy Go Lovely (1951) – Madame Amanda's Assistant
• Hunted (1952) – Barmaid
• You're Only Young Twice (1952) – Lady Duffy
• Geordie (1955) – Geordie's Mother
• Yield to the Night (1956) – Matron Mason
• Child in the House (1956) – Mrs. Parsons
• Doctor at Large (1957) – Mrs. Ives (uncredited)
• The Nun's Story (1959) – Sister Augustine (Africa)
• The Big Day (1960) – Mrs. Deeping – Baker's secretary
• The Sundowners (1960) – Mrs. Bateman
• Behold a Pale Horse (1964) – Hospital Nurse
• A Man For All Seasons (1966) – Maid
• Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) – Aunt Ina
• The Black Windmill (1974) – Margaret
• Julia (1977) – Woman

External links

Molly Urquhart on IMDb

References