Alethea Blow Charlton (9 August 1931 – 6 May 1976) was a British actress.
Alethea Charlton | |
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| Born | Alethea Blow Charlton 9 August 1931 Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 6 May 1976 (aged 44) Chelsea, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961–1976 |
Life
editShe was born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and attended Ripon High School and the Northern Theatre School which was based at the Bradford Playhouse.[1][2][3][4] After working in repertory for a few years in Yorkshire, she moved to London in 1960 before touring American universities as a member of a group.[1] Alethea's family history was traced by people investigating the Naylor family history. The report indicates that she was descended from a line of people with the surname Charlton, as well as Blow, Dickerson, Naylor and Heyes.[5]
Acting career
editCharlton was a cast member in episodes two, three and four of the first ever Doctor Who serial (An Unearthly Child) broadcast in late 1963, as a cavewoman called Hur.[6] She returned playing the character Edith in the serial The Time Meddler in 1965.[7]
Her other TV credits include: Z-Cars, Follyfoot, The Borderers, Doomwatch, Out of the Unknown, Upstairs, Downstairs and a three-year recurring role in the Granada Television drama Sam.[8][9]
Death
editShe died of a malignant melanoma at the age of 44.[10] Her last known acting role was in the soap opera The Cedar Tree, which was aired posthumously.
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Deadline Midnight | Objector | Season 3, episode 9: "Why George Brown Hanged" |
| 1962 | Silent Evidence | Sister Cook | Season 1, episode 6: "Prophet of Truth" |
| 1962–63
1965 1969–71 |
Z-Cars | Vicky Carron
Millie Lovegrove Mrs. Rosser Margaret Thomson Mary Smith Fran Rachel Edmunds |
Season 1, episode 22: ''Incident Reported''
Season 2, episode 24: ''Follow My Leader'' Season 4, episode 24: ''The Long Spoon'' Season 5, episode 11: ''But the Crying...'' Season 6: (6 episodes) |
| 1963
1965 |
Doctor Who | Hur
Edith |
Season 1, An Unearthly Child (3 episodes)
Season 2, The Time Meddler (4 episodes) |
| 1964 | Sergeant Cork | Rose | Season 1, episode 27: "The Case of the Medicine Man" |
| The Sleeper | Ilina | TV movie | |
| The Villains | Mary Bates | Season 3, episode 1: ''Bent'' | |
| The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | Mrs. Bent | Season 1, episode 23: ''A Second-Rate Woman'' | |
| 1964
1965 |
Cluff | Miriam Bateson
Liz Meller |
Season 1, episode 5: ''The Daughter in Law''
Season 2. Episode 13: ''The Village Constable'' |
| 1964
1967 |
Armchair Theatre | Unknown | |
| 1965 | Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Rucastle | Season 1, episode 3: "The Copper Beeches" |
| 1965 | Hereward the Wake | Gunhilda | Episode 9: "The War Arrow" |
| 1966 | The Woman in White | Marian Halcombe | Season 1, (6 episodes) |
| 1966
1969 |
The Wednesday Play | Elizabeth
Delorea Sweeting |
Season 1, episode 51: ''A Game, Like, Only A Game
Season 1, episode 149: ''The Mark II Wife'' |
| 1966
1970 1971 1972 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | Margot Winters
Younger sister Cynthia Holmes Mrs. Runca |
Season 2, episode 6: ''Play to Win''
Season 6, episode 3: ''Did the Nanny Come From Bergen?'' Season 6, episode 12: ''Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers'' Season 7, episode 19: ''The Penthouse Apartment'' |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Anastasia | Season 1, episode 2: ''The Croxley Master'' |
| Out of Town Theatre | Sister Ursula | Season 1, episode 5: '' A Nun's Tale'' | |
| The Revenue Men | Janice Brent | Season 2, episode 12: ''Fox in the High Street'' | |
| ITV Playhouse | Madge | Season 1, episode 2: "They Said Let's Live Together" | |
| Softly Softly | Mrs. Forbes | Season 3, episode 9: ''The Hunt'' | |
| Emergency Ward 10 | Renee | Season 3, episode 8: "A Cry for Help" | |
| 1968
1969 |
The Expert | Alice Simpson
Pat Elliot |
Season 1, episode 7: ''Nobody's Going to Hurt You''
Season 2, episode 12: ''Do Not Go Gentle'' |
| 1968
1971 |
Public Eye | Maureen
Judy Marchmont |
Season 3, episode 8: ''Honesty Is the Best Policy –
But Who Can Afford the Premiums?'' Season 5, episode 5: ''The Beater and the Game'' |
| 1969 | The Gold Robbers | Fay Hartford | Season 1, episode 2: ''Grounded'' |
| Detective | Harriet Ward | Season 3, episode 7: ''Elimination Round'' | |
| Paul Temple | Enid Bray | Season 1, episode 5: ''The Man Who Wasn't There" | |
| 1970 | Hardy Heating Company Ltd | Jean Wilkins | Season 1: (6 episodes) |
| Manhunt | Helene | Season 1, episode 20: ''Machine'' | |
| Special Branch | Brenda Clifford | Season 2, episode 7: ''Not to be Trusted'' | |
| Ryan International | Unknown | Season 1, episode 8: ''The Muck Raker'' | |
| Menace | Alice Campbell | Season 1, episode 6: ''Man with a Mission | |
| 1971 | Out of the Unknown | Ann Meredith | Season 4, episode 3: ''This Body is Mine'' |
| Trial | Julia Samuels | Season 1, episode 4: '' On The Evidence You Will Hear'' | |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Enid | Season 1, episode 3: "Board Wages" | |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Doris Pratt | Season 1, episode 11: "The Assyrian Rejuvenator" | |
| 1971
1972 |
Play for Today | Miss. Rone
Anne |
Season 2, episode 4: ''O Fat White Woman''
Season 3, episode 8: ''The Bankrupt'' |
| 1972 | Six Days of Justice | Molly Foster | Season 1, episode 5: ''With Intent to Deceive'' |
| The Lotus Eaters | Monica Turton | Season 1, episode 6: '' A Tiger on Bristol Street'' | |
| 1973 | Thriller | Mrs. Oxhey | Season 1, episode 3: ''Someone at the Top of the Stairs'' |
| Away From It All | Alice | Season 1, episode 6, ''The Summer House'' | |
| Follyfoot | Phyllis Weatherby | Season 3, episode 10: ''The Helping Hand'' | |
| 1973–75 | Sam | Ethel Barraclough | Season 1: (13 episodes)
Season 2: (13 episodes) Season 3: (13 episodes) |
| 1974 | Crown Court | Betty Tring | Season 3, episode 112: ''Strange Past: Part 1'' |
| 1976 | Big Boy Now! | Marjorie Marchant | Season 1, episode 7: ''Staff Relations'' |
| The Cedar Tree | Mrs. Whickham | Season 1: (2 episodes) |
References
edit- ^ a b Kenneth Passingham "How Alethea Sees Herself: I Want the Be Bawdy, Brassy and Beautiful", TV Times, 12–18 July 1975, p.48-49
- ^ "New performance to tell 'untold story' Bradford theatre school". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Bradford: Northern Theatre School. The National Archives. 1946–1957.
- ^ "The Northern School". Chapel Street Studio. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Imp, A. Merlin (18 August 2010). "Untying The Naylor Knots: The CHARLTON connection".
- ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - An Unearthly Child - Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "The Time Meddler ★★★★★". Radio Times.
- ^ "Alethea Charlton". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "Alethea Charlton". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Alethea Charlton". IMDb.