Caroline Mortimer

Caroline Mortimer (born Caroline Dimont; 12 March 1942 – 20 September 2020) was a British actress.

Caroline Mortimer was the daughter of the novelist Penelope Mortimer from her first marriage to the journalist Charles Dimont{{cite news|title=Obituary of Penelope Mortimer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/23/arts/penelope-mortimer-81-author-of-pumpkin-eater.html|accessdate=2011-08-20 | work=The New York Times|first=William H.|last=Honan|author-link=William H. Honan|date=October 23, 1999}} and the stepdaughter of the playwright Sir John Mortimer.{{cite news|title=The Sunday Times|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5569523.ece|access-date=2011-08-20 | location=London|work=The Times|first=Valerie|last=Grove|date=January 23, 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} She was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.{{cite web|title=Burnett Crowther|url=http://www.bcltd.org/actresses/caroline-mortimer/|accessdate=2011-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325031303/http://www.bcltd.org/actresses/caroline-mortimer/|archive-date=2014-03-25|url-status=dead}}

Career

Her television credits include: 1965's A Little Temptation, in which she co-starred with Denholm Elliott and Barbara Jefford,{{cite web|title=TV Cream|url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=caroline-mortimer|accessdate=2011-08-20}} 1966's Intrigue, an industrial espionage series in which she played Val, the hero's assistant/girlfriend,{{cite web|title=Television Heaven |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/overview6.htm |accessdate=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709210155/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/overview6.htm |archivedate=2011-07-09 }} The Saint ("The Organisation Man", 1968), Menace, Spy Trap and The Death of Adolf Hitler. In 1974 she played Alice Vavasor in six episodes of The Pallisers. Her other television work includes Within These Walls, Rumpole of the Bailey ("Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation", 1988), Looking For Clancy, Marked Personal, Space: 1999, The Cleopatras (1983) and an appearance as Emily Murray in one episode of the 1991 BBC television series The House of Eliott.

Personal life and death

In the 1960s, she had a relationship with the married actor Leslie Phillips.{{cite news|title=The Age|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/14/1042520612194.html|accessdate=2011-08-20 | location=Melbourne|date=January 14, 2003}} She married the actor John Bennett in 1979. They had two sons, one of whom is deceased.{{cite news|title=John Bennett Obituary|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-bennett-489444.html|accessdate=2011-08-20 | location=London|work=The Independent|date=April 16, 2005}}{{cite web|title=The Stage|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/7510/john-bennett|accessdate=2011-08-20}} Her husband died in April 2005.

Mortimer died in September 2020 at the age of 78.[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/caroline-mortimer-obituary-9jk07b6mk Caroline Mortimer obituary]{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/28/caroline-mortimer-obituary|title = Caroline Mortimer obituary|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 28 October 2020}}

Selected filmography

The Home-Made Car (1963) as Girlfriend
Saturday Night Out (1964) as Marlene
A Place for Lovers (1968) as Maggie
The McKenzie Break (1970) as A.T.S. Sgt. Bell
The Hireling (1973) as Connie
Juggernaut (1974) as Susan McLeod

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=0607851|name=Caroline Mortimer}}
{{cite web | url = http://www.bcltd.org/actresses/caroline-mortimer/ | title = Caroline Mortimer | website = www.bcltd.org | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140325031303/http://www.bcltd.org/actresses/caroline-mortimer/ | archivedate = 2014-03-25 }}

Category:1942 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:British television actresses

Category:People educated at St Mary's Town and Country School

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