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Charlotte Mitchell

Charlotte Mitchell

Born: 1926-07-23 • Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on London's West End. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for Madeleine Dring in Airs on a Shoestring (1953), Pay the Piper (1954), and Fresh Airs (1956), all productions of Laurier Lister.

She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of Peter Sellers, and appeared in The Goon Show episodes Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1954) as Maid Marian and Tales of Montmartre (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor Philip Guard[3] and was the mother of three children, actors Christopher Guard[4] and Dominic Guard[5] and animator and novelist Candy Guard. Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.

She appeared on BBC Radio with Ian Carmichael in The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess (Lord Peter Wimsey's mother) in the radio adaption of Strong Poison that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the BBC Radio 2 daily serial Waggoners' Walk. [9] She also featured as Maid Marion in The Goon Show's "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest"[10] in December 1958. On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–74), and Monica Spencer in And Mother Makes Five. Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please, and one of her poems was chosen by Judi Dench and Michael Williams in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme With Great Pleasure

Filmography
The Woman He Loved poster
The Woman He Loved
1988 • Lady Chatfield
The Lady's Maid's Bell poster
The Lady's Maid's Bell
1983 • Mrs. Blinder
The French Lieutenant's Woman poster
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 • Mrs. Tranter
No Image
Jim, the World's Greatest
1975 • School Secretary
In This House of Brede poster
In This House of Brede
1975 • Mrs. Fraser
The Blood on Satan's Claw poster
The Blood on Satan's Claw
1971 • Ellen Vespers
Arthur Clears the Air poster
Arthur Clears the Air
1961 • Joan Smedly
Village of the Damned poster
Village of the Damned
1960 • Janet Pawle
The Bridal Path poster
The Bridal Path
1959 • Mrs. Mavis Bruce (uncredited)
Lost poster
Lost
1956 • Farmer's Wife (Uncredited)
Street Corner poster
Street Corner
1953 • Lily Propert
Time Bomb poster
Time Bomb
1953
Curtain Up poster
Curtain Up
1952 • Daphne Ray
Lady Godiva Rides Again poster
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951 • Lucille
The Man in the White Suit poster
The Man in the White Suit
1951 • Mill Girl
Laughter in Paradise poster
Laughter in Paradise
1951 • Ethel
The Happiest Days of Your Life poster
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950 • Ethel (Uncredited)