Bridget Turner

{{Infobox person

| name = Bridget Turner

| image = Actress_Bridget_Turner.png

| caption = 1970s publicity still

| birth_name = Bridget Joanna Turner

| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|27|1939|2|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Dorchester, Dorset, England

| occupation = Actress

}}

Bridget Joanna Turner (22 February 1939 – 27 December 2014) was an English actress.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba31d5005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084232/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba31d5005|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2014|title=Bridget Turner profile|publisher=bfi.org.uk|accessdate=14 January 2016}}

Turner played a radical English teacher, Judy Threadgold, opposite Alun Armstrong's woodwork teacher in Alan Plater's Get Lost! for Yorkshire Television, shown in 1981. Armstrong was unavailable for a sequel, so it was completely recast and became The Beiderbecke Affair with the parts going to Barbara Flynn and James Bolam.{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/975477/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Beiderbecke Tapes, The (1987)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}} She played Phyllis in Alan Ayckbourn's TV film Season's Greetings (play).

On 8 May 2009, John Cleese stated in an interview that Turner was the original choice in 1974 for the role of Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. She turned it down and the part was given to Prunella Scales.{{cite web|title=Fawlty Towers almost didn't happen for Prunella Scales, according to John Cleese|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/05/08/fawlty-towers-almost-didn-t-happen-for-prunella-scales-115875-21342596|newspaper=Mirror|date=8 May 2009|accessdate=14 January 2016}}

Turner died on 27 December 2014 in Dorchester, Dorset, at the age of 75, and was survived by her husband, Frank Cox.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/03/bridget-turner|title=Bridget Turner obituary|first=Michael|last=Coveney|date=3 February 2015|publisher=|newspaper=The Guardian}} She was godmother to the actor Tom Burke.{{cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/tom-burke-strike-interview-2018|title=Tom Burke on Strike, Alan Rickman and playing 'quite mean people'|first=Gavanndra|last=Hodge|website=Tatler|date=22 February 2018}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1964 \| Shylock Versus the Merchant of Venice \| Portia \| Television film
1970 \| The Walking Stick \| Sarah Dainton \|
1971 \| Catch Me a Spy \| Woman in Plane \|
1972 \| Under Milk Wood \| Mrs. Cherry Owen \|
1976 \| Time and Time Again \| Anna \| Television film
1983 \| Runners \| Teacher \|
1986 \| Season's Greetings \| Phyllis \| Television film
1996 \| Cuts \| Mrs. Raper \| Television film
1997 \| Remember Me? \| Elderly Sister \|
2002 \| Happy Together \| Ann \| Television film
2003 \| The Gathering \| Mrs. Groves \|
2008 \| Zip and Hollow \| Vera \| Television film
2009 \| Last Light \| Stella \| Short film

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1964

| Shylock Versus the Merchant of Venice

| Portia

| Television film

1970

| The Walking Stick

| Sarah Dainton

1971

| Catch Me a Spy

| Woman in Plane

1972

| Under Milk Wood

| Mrs. Cherry Owen

1976

| Time and Time Again

| Anna

| Television film

1983

| Runners

| Teacher

1986

| Season's Greetings

| Phyllis

| Television film

1996

| Cuts

| Mrs. Raper

| Television film

1997

| Remember Me?

| Elderly Sister

2002

| Happy Together

| Ann

| Television film

2003

| The Gathering

| Mrs. Groves

2008

| Zip and Hollow

| Vera

| Television film

2009

| Last Light

| Stella

| Short film

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1961 \| Comedy Matinee \| \| Episode: "Thark"
1963 \| Lorna Doone \| Margery Babcock \| Episode: "A Long Account Settled"
rowspan="3"\|1964 \| Teletale \| Ginia \| Episode: "The Beautiful Summer"
The Villains \| Sandra \| Episode: "Victim"
Compact \| Miss Bates \| Recurring role; 3 episodes
rowspan="2"\|1965 \| Jury Room \| Lizzie Borden \| Episode: "The Lady and the Axe"
The Newcomers \| Joyce \| Episode: "Episode 19"
1966 \| Theatre 625 \| Avril Hadfield \| Episode: "Semi-Detached"
rowspan="2"\|1967 \| The Forsyte Saga \| Plunket \| Recurring role; 6 episodes
Inheritance \| Lizzie Mellor \| Episode: "Murder"
1968 \| Resurrection \| Katerina Maslova \| Miniseries; 4 episodes
rowspan="4"\|1970 \| Kate \| Ann Gordon \| Episode: "It's So Peaceful in the Country"
Graf Yoster \| Miss Turnbull \| Episode: "In London weiss der Nebel mehr als wir..."
ITV Sunday Night Theatre \| Bridget O'Connor \| Episode: "Slattery's Mounted Foot"
Tom Grattan's War \| Sara Schwartz \| Recurring role; 3 episodes
1971 \| Z-Cars \| Sheila Rhodes \| Episode: "It Can Get to Be a Habit"
1972 \| Z-Cars \| Mrs. French \| Episode: "Operation Ascalon"
1975 \| Sutherland's Law \| Jane Lauder \| Episode: "The Rag Doll"
rowspan="2"\|1977 \| Playhouse \| Rowena \| Episode: "Love-Lies-Bleeding"
Target \| Esther Daniels \| Episode: "Lady Luck"
rowspan="2"\|1978 \| Two's Company \| Mabel \| Episode: "The Take-Over Bid"
Jackanory Playhouse \| Queen Hermione \| Episode: "Princess Griselda's Birthday Gift"
rowspan="2"\|1979 \| Jackanory \| Storyteller \| Recurring role; 5 episodes
1985Two People \| Jean Fletcher \| Series regular; 5 episodes
1981 \| Get Lost! \| Judy Threadgold \| Miniseries; 4 episodes
rowspan="3"\|1984 \| Love and Marriage \| Phyllis \| Episode: "Home Is the Sailor"
Driving Ambition \| Jackie \| Episode: "Manifold Depression"
The Brief \| Sylvia Byrne \| Episode: "Keys"
1985 \| C.A.T.S. Eyes \| Mrs. Driscoll \| Episode: "Blue for Danger"
1989 \| Saracen \| Louise Silverdale \| Episode: "Infidels"
1991 \| Boon \| Gran Mulholland \| Episode: "Stamp Duty"
1992 \| The Bill \| Mrs. Chamberlain \| Episode: "Talk Out"
1993 \| The Bill \| Mrs. Brown \| Episode: "Sweet Charity"
rowspan="4"\|1995 \| Screen Two \| Frances Doyle \| Episode: "Life After Life"
Pride and Prejudice \| Mrs. Reynolds \| Episode: "Episode 4"
The Bill \| Mrs. Vardy \| Episode: "Strictly Personal"
The Thin Blue Line \| Mrs. Rabbit \| Episode: "Fire and Terror"
rowspan="3"\|2001 \| Heartbeat \| Daphne Merryfield \| Episode: "Home Sweet Home"
Peak Practice \| Ruth Gaunt \| Episode: "Together We Stand"
Armadillo \| Grandmother \| Miniseries; 3 episodes
rowspan="2"\|2002 \| Casualty \| Katia Noga \| Episode: "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"
Always and Everyone \| Eileen Barratt \| Episode: "Death of an Everyday Occurrence"
2003 \| Death in Holy Orders \| Mildred Fawcett \| Miniseries; 1 episode
2004 \| Doctors \| Maeve \| Episode: "One Last Request"
2005 \| Heartbeat \| Lottie Ferguson \| Episode: "Mastermind"
2006 \| Terry Pratchett's Hogfather \| Tooth Fairy / Bogey Man \| Miniseries; 2 episodes
2007 \| Doctor Who \| Alice \| Episode: "Gridlock"
rowspan="2"\|2008 \| Casualty \| Mrs. Stirling \| Episode: "Have a Go, Hero"
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic \| Book Burner Woman \| Episode: "The Light Fantastic"
2009 \| Doctors \| Hilary Benson \| Recurring role; 2 episodes
2010 \| Casualty \| Barbara Clark \| Episode: "Last Roll of the Dice"
2011 \| Monroe \| Judith Warden \| Episode: "Episode Three"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1961

| Comedy Matinee

| Episode: "Thark"

1963

| Lorna Doone

| Margery Babcock

| Episode: "A Long Account Settled"

rowspan="3"|1964

| Teletale

| Ginia

| Episode: "The Beautiful Summer"

The Villains

| Sandra

| Episode: "Victim"

Compact

| Miss Bates

| Recurring role; 3 episodes

rowspan="2"|1965

| Jury Room

| Lizzie Borden

| Episode: "The Lady and the Axe"

The Newcomers

| Joyce

| Episode: "Episode 19"

1966

| Theatre 625

| Avril Hadfield

| Episode: "Semi-Detached"

rowspan="2"|1967

| The Forsyte Saga

| Plunket

| Recurring role; 6 episodes

Inheritance

| Lizzie Mellor

| Episode: "Murder"

1968

| Resurrection

| Katerina Maslova

| Miniseries; 4 episodes

rowspan="4"|1970

| Kate

| Ann Gordon

| Episode: "It's So Peaceful in the Country"

Graf Yoster

| Miss Turnbull

| Episode: "In London weiss der Nebel mehr als wir..."

ITV Sunday Night Theatre

| Bridget O'Connor

| Episode: "Slattery's Mounted Foot"

Tom Grattan's War

| Sara Schwartz

| Recurring role; 3 episodes

1971

| Z-Cars

| Sheila Rhodes

| Episode: "It Can Get to Be a Habit"

1972

| Z-Cars

| Mrs. French

| Episode: "Operation Ascalon"

1975

| Sutherland's Law

| Jane Lauder

| Episode: "The Rag Doll"

rowspan="2"|1977

| Playhouse

| Rowena

| Episode: "Love-Lies-Bleeding"

Target

| Esther Daniels

| Episode: "Lady Luck"

rowspan="2"|1978

| Two's Company

| Mabel

| Episode: "The Take-Over Bid"

Jackanory Playhouse

| Queen Hermione

| Episode: "Princess Griselda's Birthday Gift"

rowspan="2"|1979

| Jackanory

| Storyteller

| Recurring role; 5 episodes

1985Two People

| Jean Fletcher

| Series regular; 5 episodes

1981

| Get Lost!

| Judy Threadgold

| Miniseries; 4 episodes

rowspan="3"|1984

| Love and Marriage

| Phyllis

| Episode: "Home Is the Sailor"

Driving Ambition

| Jackie

| Episode: "Manifold Depression"

The Brief

| Sylvia Byrne

| Episode: "Keys"

1985

| C.A.T.S. Eyes

| Mrs. Driscoll

| Episode: "Blue for Danger"

1989

| Saracen

| Louise Silverdale

| Episode: "Infidels"

1991

| Boon

| Gran Mulholland

| Episode: "Stamp Duty"

1992

| The Bill

| Mrs. Chamberlain

| Episode: "Talk Out"

1993

| The Bill

| Mrs. Brown

| Episode: "Sweet Charity"

rowspan="4"|1995

| Screen Two

| Frances Doyle

| Episode: "Life After Life"

Pride and Prejudice

| Mrs. Reynolds

| Episode: "Episode 4"

The Bill

| Mrs. Vardy

| Episode: "Strictly Personal"

The Thin Blue Line

| Mrs. Rabbit

| Episode: "Fire and Terror"

rowspan="3"|2001

| Heartbeat

| Daphne Merryfield

| Episode: "Home Sweet Home"

Peak Practice

| Ruth Gaunt

| Episode: "Together We Stand"

Armadillo

| Grandmother

| Miniseries; 3 episodes

rowspan="2"|2002

| Casualty

| Katia Noga

| Episode: "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"

Always and Everyone

| Eileen Barratt

| Episode: "Death of an Everyday Occurrence"

2003

| Death in Holy Orders

| Mildred Fawcett

| Miniseries; 1 episode

2004

| Doctors

| Maeve

| Episode: "One Last Request"

2005

| Heartbeat

| Lottie Ferguson

| Episode: "Mastermind"

2006

| Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

| Tooth Fairy / Bogey Man

| Miniseries; 2 episodes

2007

| Doctor Who

| Alice

| Episode: "Gridlock"

rowspan="2"|2008

| Casualty

| Mrs. Stirling

| Episode: "Have a Go, Hero"

Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic

| Book Burner Woman

| Episode: "The Light Fantastic"

2009

| Doctors

| Hilary Benson

| Recurring role; 2 episodes

2010

| Casualty

| Barbara Clark

| Episode: "Last Roll of the Dice"

2011

| Monroe

| Judith Warden

| Episode: "Episode Three"

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0877436}}
[http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Bridget-Turner.html Bridget Turner profile], filmreference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

Category:1939 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:English stage actresses

Category:English television actresses

Category:Actors from Cleethorpes

Category:Actresses from Lincolnshire

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:20th-century British businesspeople