Elspet Gray

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-02-18 (84 years old)

Deathday

2013-02-18

Place of Birth

Inverness, Inverness Shire, Scotland, UK

Elspet Gray

Biography

Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. She played Lady Collingford in the television series Catweazle and Mrs. Palmer in the television series Solo, alongside Felicity Kendal. Gray had a long stage career, particularly known for her appearances in the Whitehall farces, the company being managed by her husband Brian Rix, which were originally performed at the Whitehall Theatre and later at the Garrick. Gray married Brian Rix in 1949. The couple...

Acting

1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral

as Laura's Mother - Wedding One

1988

The Girl in a Swing

as Mrs. Dresland

1954

Devil's Point

as June Mallard

1960

The Night We Got the Bird

as Woman with Dog

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Mrs Abbott

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Lady Sutterwick (uncredited)

1954

Johnny-on-the-Spot

as Joan Ingram

1968

The Tycoon

as Helen Taylor

1948

Love in Waiting

as Brenda Lawrence

1948

Fly Away Peter

as Phyllis Hapgood

1948

The Blind Goddess

as Daphne Dearing

1949

Trottie True

as Honor Bellaire (uncredited)

1983

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

as Chancellor Thalia

1952

Reluctant Heroes

as Lieutenant Virginia

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

as Thalia (archive footage)

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