Line #19 Creator/DoreenMantle


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3	->''"We were young and poor and needed to earn some money. I decided with the wonderful ignorance of youth to earn a living by acting - and luckily, I did."''
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5	Doreen June Mantle, (22 June 1926 -- 9 August 2023), was a British actress best known for playing Mrs. Warboys in ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave''.
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7	She was born to English parents in South Africa, where she was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her acting career began too, starting with the dramatic society there. She played roles in amateur theatre and the radio. In 1959, she left South Africa for the United Kingdom.
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9	Mantle took a break from acting after giving birth to her first son, and despite returning to the stage by 1967, had a lean period where she found it hard to get work. She was working as a tourist guide in London when she finally got the boost she needed from appearing in the play ''Going Home''. This was followed by roles in plays including ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', and ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', winning a MediaNotes/LaurenceOlivierAward for the latter. She also worked on radio for Creator/TheBBC, including the role of Sadie Fine in ''The Attractive Young Rabbi''.
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11	On TV, Mantle wouldn't be well known until she was in her sixties, thanks to the role of Margaret's hapless friend Mrs. Warboys in ''One Foot in the Grave''. She also made guest appearances in two of ''One Foot'' writer David Renwick's other series, ''Love Soup'' and ''Series/JonathanCreek''. Other regular roles she had on the small screen were as Queenie in Series 1 and 2 of ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'' and Joy Fishwick in ten episodes of ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
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13	She died at the age of 97.
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16	!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
17	[[AC:Films]]
18	* ''Film/{{Privilege}}'' (1967) -- Miss Crawford
19	* ''{{Film/Frenzy\|1972}}'' (1972) -- Woman in Crowd (UncreditedRole)
20	* ''Film/TheFrenchLieutenantsWoman'' (1981) -- Lady on Train
21	* ''Film/{{Yentl}}'' (1983) -- Mrs. Shaemen
22	* ''Film/{{Scoop}}'' (2006) -- Joe's Co-Passenger
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24	* ''Series/StrangeReport'', episode "Report 3906: Cover Girls - Last Year's Model" (1969) -- Mrs. Ogilvie
25	* ''Series/PlayForToday'', 3 episodes:
26	** "Eleanor" (1974) -- Mother
27	** "The Country Party" (1977) -- Julia Branston
28	** "Don't Be Silly" (1979) -- Mary Hunter
29	* ''Series/SecretArmy'', episode "Weekend" (1978) -- Madame Desmarts
30	* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay\|BBC}}'', episode "Our Lady Blue" (1987) -- Mother Monica
31	* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', 18 episodes (1990-2000) -- Mrs. Jean Warboys
32	* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', episode "Fellow Traveller" (1990) -- Landlady
33	* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', 3 episodes:
34	** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Love's a Pain", "A Will to Die"[[/labelnote]] (1990) -- Mrs. Duffin
35	** "Memories" (2002) -- Renee Wainwright
36	* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', episode "Angel Trousers" (1992) -- Vera
37	* ''Series/PeakPractice'', episode "Long Weekend" (1994) -- Mary Eastman
38	* ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'', episode "1995" (1996) -- Mrs. Wilson
39	* ''WesternAnimation/TestamentTheBibleInAnimation'', episode "Ruth" (1996) -- Naomi
40	* ''Series/TheWildHouse'', 2 episodes (1997-99) -- Granny
41	* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 8 episodes:
42	** "Relations" (2001) -- Rose
43	** "'Ketchup on That?'" (2007) -- Doris Forsyth
44	** "The Informant" (2009) -- Winnie Carpenter
45	** 5 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Catflap", "Tree Hug", "Mrs Waverly's Winnings", "A Sticky End", "Painkillers"[[/labelnote]] (2012-19) -- Mrs. Merriam
46	* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "High Speed Chaos" (2003) -- Anne Culshaw
47	* ''Series/DocMartin'', episode "Gentlemen Prefer" (2004) -- Marianne Walker
48	* ''Series/HolbyCity'', 2 episodes:
49	** "Elf and Happiness" (2004) -- Sylvia Wheeler
50	** "Smoke and Mirrors" (2009) -- Simone Mannstein
51	* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode "The Lesson" (2005) -- Anne Foster
52	* ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'', 12 episodes (2006-08) -- Queenie
53	* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', episode "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E3E4EyeOfTheGorgon Eye of the Gorgon: Part One]]" (2007) -- Mrs. Randall
54	* ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}'', episode "Warriors" (2008) -- Mary Cunley
55	* ''Series/JonathanCreek'', episode "The Judas Tree" (2010) -- Mrs. Gantry
56	* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 10 episodes (2010-11) -- Joy Fishwick
57	* ''Series/DirkGently'', episode "Pilot" (2010) -- Ruth Jordan
58	* ''Series/MyFamily'', episode "Harper v Harper" (2011) -- Lillian
59	* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'', 2-episode story "One for Sorrow" (2015) -- Joan
60	* ''Series/FatherBrown'', episode "The Kembleford Dragon" (2018) -- Miss Tibby

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