Creator / Patricia Hayes

Patricia Lawlor Hayes, OBE, (22 December 1909 –- 19 September 1998), was a British character actress best known for playing Edna in the Play for Today episode "Edna, the Inebriate Woman".

After graduating from RADA in 1928 she spent ten years in repertory theatre, before moving to radio and TV. She appeared in many comedy series, with several appearances in The Benny Hill Show, Hancock's Half Hour, and Till Death Us Do Part.

She played Mrs. Basket in The Last of the Baskets and the titular Lilian in the radio sitcom, The Trouble With You Lilian, and returned to the role in 1971, when it was turned into a television series that ran for six episodes on ITV1. That same year, she won a BAFTA after playing the titular Edna in "Edna, the Inebriate Woman", an episode of Play for Today.

She was no stranger to the big screen either, with her most substantial roles coming in The Bargee, The Never Ending Story, Willow, and A Fish Called Wanda.

She was the mother of actor Richard O'Callaghan.

She died at the age of 88.

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Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:

Films

• Went the Day Well? (1942) — Daisy
• The Enforcer (1951) — Teenager (Uncredited Role)
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969) — Mrs. Beasley
• Fragment of Fear (1970) — Mrs. Baird
• The Never Ending Story (1984) — Urgl
• Little Dorrit (1987) — Affery
• Willow (1988) — Fin Raziel
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988) — Mrs. Coady

Series

• The Benny Hill Show, 15 episodes (1957-68) — Various
• Hancock's Half Hour, 7 episodes:
  • "The Set That Failed" (1959) — Aunt Edie
  • "The Economy Drive" (1959) — Cashier
  • "The Servants" (1959) — Old Woman
  • 4 episodes^{show list}"The Two Murderers", "The Big Night", "The Cold", "The Poison Pen Letters" (1959-60) — Mrs. Cravatte
• Maigret, episode "The Judge's House" (1963) — Didine Gulot
• Till Death Us Do Part, 14 episodes:
  • 2 episodes^{show list}"Alf's Dilemma", "The Phone" (1967-68) — Mrs. Carey
  • 12 episodes (1975) — Min Reed
• The Last of the Baskets, 13 episodes (1971-72) — Mrs. Alfreda Basket
• The Trouble With You Lilian, 6 episodes^{show list}"The Presence", "You Lose on the Swings", "Outside Patients", "Fault on the Line", "The Long Wash", "Long Way to Go" (1971) — Lilian
• Play for Today, episode "Edna, the Inebriate Woman" (1971) — Edna O'Casey
• The Goodies, episode "That Old Black Magic" (1973) — Witch Hazel
• Jackanory Playhouse, episode "The Magician's Heart" (1973) — Nurse
• Screenplay, episode "Our Lady Blue" (1987) — Sheila
• CASUAL+Y, episode "Banking for Beginners" (1989) — Mrs. Calthorn
• The Bill, episode "Decisions" (1990) — Mrs. Croft
• Lovejoy, episode "A Going Concern" (1993) — Lady Alfreston
• Murder Most Horrid, episode "Mangez Merveillac" (1994) — Mrs. Templecombe
• Woof!, episode "High Temperatures" (1994) — Great Aunt Sarah
• The Tomorrow People, 5-episode story "The Living Stones" (1995) — Felicity Triplett
• Heartbeat, episode "Expectations" (1995) — Flo

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