Isabel Dean

{{Infobox person

| name = Isabel Dean

| othername =

| image = Actress_isabel_Dean.jpg

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| caption =

| birth_name = Isabel Hodgkinson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|5|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Aldridge, Staffordshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|7|27|1918|5|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wandsworth, London, England

| spouse = William Fairchild (1953-1970s; divorced); 2 children

| yearsactive = 1949-1990}}

Isabel Dean (born Isabel Hodgkinson, 29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English stage, film and television actress.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1f0s/isabel-dean|title=Isabel Dean - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/isabel-dean-p18130/filmography|title=Isabel Dean - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}

Life and career

Born in Aldridge, Staffordshire, Dean studied painting at Birmingham Art School. In 1937, she joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist. She was soon involved in acting with some small parts.

She appeared on stage in London in Agatha Christie's Peril at End House in 1940.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3er/peril-at-end-house/production/7nn|title=Production of Peril at End House - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} Her stage appearances included The Deep Blue Sea, Breaking the Code and John Osborne's The Hotel in Amsterdam, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 1949 she appeared in The Foolish Gentlewoman at the Duchess Theatre in London.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&dq=isabel+dean+the+foolish+gentlewoman+1949&pg=PA427|title=The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=22 August 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|via=Google Books|isbn=9780810893061}}

By 1953, she was also appearing on British television in The Quatermass Experiment and over her career appeared in television series such as I, Claudius (1976) and Inspector Morse (1990).{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003e7f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801003805/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003e7f|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2018|title=Isabel Dean}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/inspector-morse-the-sins-of-the-fathers-v172950/cast-crew|title=Inspector Morse: The Sins of the Fathers (1990) – Peter Hammond – Cast and Crew – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} She appeared with Paul Scofield in an ITV Saturday Night Theatre production of The Hotel in Amsterdam broadcast on 14 March 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72912d36|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425115541/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72912d36|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2017|title=The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/452881/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Osborne, John (1929–1994) Credits|website=screenonline.org.uk}}

Among her film appearances are roles in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and the film version of Inadmissible Evidence (1968).{{cite news|title=Obituary: Isabel Dean|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-isabel-dean-1244503.html|work=The Independent|location=London|date=9 August 1997|accessdate=25 August 2009|first=Tom|last=Vallance}}

Personal life

In 1953, Dean married writer William Fairchild; the couple had two daughters, Caroline and Angela. The marriage was later dissolved.

Radio

Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair (1957)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery (1965)
Home at seven (1966) by RC Sherriff
The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)
Have His Carcase (1981)
The Bird Table (1982)
A Photograph of Lindsey Mowatt (1986) by Ellen Dryden
Summer Attachment (1986) by Michael Sharp

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1949 \|{{sortname\|The\|Passionate Friends\|The Passionate Friends (1949 film)}} \|Pat Stratton \|
1952 \|{{sortname\|The\|Last Page}} \|May Harman \|US title: Man Bait
1952 \|{{sortname\|The\|Woman's Angle}} \|Isobel Mansell \|
1952 \|24 Hours of a Woman's Life \|Miss Johnson \|AKA, Affair in Monte Carlo
1953 \|{{sortname\|The\|Story of Gilbert and Sullivan}} \|Mrs. Gilbert \|
1953 \|Twice Upon a Time \|Miss Burke \|
1955 \|Out of the Clouds \|Mrs. Malcolm \|
1955 \|Handcuffs, London \|Doris Tedford \|
1958 \|Davy \|Helen Carstairs \|
1958 \|Virgin Island \|Mrs. Lomax \|
1962 \|Light in the Piazza \|Miss Hawtree \|
1965 \|{{sortname\|A\|High Wind in Jamaica\|A High Wind in Jamaica (film)}} \|Alice Thornton \|
1966 \|{{sortname\|A\|Man Could Get Killed}} \|Miss Bannister \|
1968 \|Inadmissible Evidence \|Mrs. Gamsey \|
1971 \|To Catch a Spy \|Celia \|
1975 \|Ransom \|Mrs. Palmer \|AKA, The Terrorists
1976 \|{{sortname\|The\|Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones}} \|Bridget \|
1980 \|Rough Cut \|Mrs. Willis \|
1982 \|Five Days One Summer \|Kate's Mother \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1949

|{{sortname|The|Passionate Friends|The Passionate Friends (1949 film)}}

|Pat Stratton

1952

|{{sortname|The|Last Page}}

|May Harman

|US title: Man Bait

1952

|{{sortname|The|Woman's Angle}}

|Isobel Mansell

1952

|24 Hours of a Woman's Life

|Miss Johnson

|AKA, Affair in Monte Carlo

1953

|{{sortname|The|Story of Gilbert and Sullivan}}

|Mrs. Gilbert

1953

|Twice Upon a Time

|Miss Burke

1955

|Out of the Clouds

|Mrs. Malcolm

1955

|Handcuffs, London

|Doris Tedford

1958

|Davy

|Helen Carstairs

1958

|Virgin Island

|Mrs. Lomax

1962

|Light in the Piazza

|Miss Hawtree

1965

|{{sortname|A|High Wind in Jamaica|A High Wind in Jamaica (film)}}

|Alice Thornton

1966

|{{sortname|A|Man Could Get Killed}}

|Miss Bannister

1968

|Inadmissible Evidence

|Mrs. Gamsey

1971

|To Catch a Spy

|Celia

1975

|Ransom

|Mrs. Palmer

|AKA, The Terrorists

1976

|{{sortname|The|Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones}}

|Bridget

1980

|Rough Cut

|Mrs. Willis

1982

|Five Days One Summer

|Kate's Mother

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1948 \|Afterglow \|Ilona \|TV film
1948 \|Berkeley Square \|Helen Pettigrew \|TV film
1949 \|{{sortname\|The\|Happiest Days of Your Life\|The Happiest Days of Your Life (play)}} \|Joyce Harper \|TV film
1950 \|Man of Two Minds \|Madrigal Grey \|TV film
1950 \|Sunday Night Theatre \|Antistia \|"The Tragedy of Pompey the Great"
1951 \|Nocturne in Scotland \|Jane Stirling \|TV film
1952 \|{{sortname\|The\|Man with the Gun\|nolink=1}} \|Martha Graham \|TV film
1952 \|Sunday Night Theatre \|Alison Parrilow \|"The Morning Star"
1952 \|Another Language \|Stella Hallam \|TV film
1953 \|{{sortname\|The\|Quatermass Experiment}} \|Judith Carroon \|TV series
1953 \|Sunday Night Theatre \|Celia / Mary Drew \|"As You Like It", "The Return of Peggy Atherton"
1954 \|Patrol Car \|Mrs. Regis \|"The Extra Bullet"
1955 \|Patrol Car \|Doris Tedford \|"Nell Gwynn's Tear"
1955 \|Sunday Night Theatre \|Anne Eilers \|"The Devil's General"
1955 \|Saber of London \|Sylvia Pemberton \|"Code Name: Murder"
1956 \|Sunday Night Theatre \|Mrs. Seddon \|"The Seddons"
1957 \|Dixon of Dock Green \|Mrs. Dyce \|"The Silent House"
1957 \|ITV Play of the Week \|Rona \|"Accolade"
1958 \|Armchair Theatre \|Helène Madinier \|"The Web of Lace"
1959 \|ITV Television Playhouse \|Rose Hanbury \|"A Bit of Happiness"
1959 \|ITV Play of the Week \|Gabrielle Broadbent / Liz Heyward \|"Sugar in the Morning", "The Signal"
1960 \|{{sortname\|A\|Life of Bliss\|nolink=1}} \|Anne Fellows \|TV series
1960 \|Barnaby Rudge \|Mrs. Rudge \|Regular role
1961 \|Sunday Night Play \|Evelyn Hunter \|"Off Centre"
1961 \|ITV Play of the Week \|Margaret Adams \|"Faraway Music"
1961 \|{{sortname\|The\|Bun House Wedding\|nolink=1}} \|Miss Cushing \|TV film
1961 \|No Hiding Place \|Gretel Naunton \|"Caught and Bowled"
1963 \|ITV Play of the Week \|Elizabeth Hollis / Enid \|"The Eve of St. Marks", "Three Roads to Rome"
1965 \|199 Park Lane \|Stella Graham \|Recurring role
1965 \|Armchair Theatre \|Gwen Timwood \|"A Cold Peace"
1966 \|Public Eye \|Jean Clayton \|"I Could Set It to Music"
1966 \|Blackmail \|Lady Belmont \|"A Man of Reputation"
1968 \|{{sortname\|A\|Man of our Times\|nolink=1}} \|Lydia Laing \|"Someone I Knew", "Long Time Since You've Got My Breakfast"
1969 \|ITV Sunday Night Theatre \|Peggy \|"The Comic"
1970 \|{{sortname\|The\|Wednesday Play}} \|Mrs. Hammond \|"The Italian Table"
1970 \|Husbands and Lovers \|Eva Muller \|TV miniseries
1971 \|Sense and Sensibility \|Mrs. Dashwood \|Recurring role
1971 \|Shadows of Fear \|Gwen \|"Sour Grapes"
1971 \|Play of the Month \|Empress Alexandra \|"Rasputin"
1971 \| ITV Saturday Night Theatre \| \| "The Hotel in Amsterdam"
1972 \|{{sortname\|The\|Man Outside\|nolink=1}} \|Hilda Frisby \|"Eric"
1972 \|Kate \|Miss Wren \|"People Depend on You"
1973 \|{{sortname\|The\|Man in the Wood\|nolink=1}} \|Mrs. Farren \|TV film
1973 \|Orson Welles Great Mysteries \|Christine Kaye \|"Money to Burn"
1973 \|Play for Today \|Mrs. Richardson \|"Jack Point"
1974 \|{{sortname\|The\|Aweful Mr. Goodall\|nolink=1}} \|Alexandra Winfield \|TV series
1974 \|Centre Play \|Fay Casaubon \|"Mutinies"
1974 \|Dial M for Murder \|Jean Browning \|"Should Anyone Answer"
1975 \|Churchill's People \|Anne, Lady Rochester \|"A Bill of Mortality"
1975 \|Ten from the Twenties \|Mrs. Garthorne \|"Motherlove"
1975 \|Against the Crowd \|Lady Peggy Frobisher \|"Blind Man's Buff"
1975 \|Couples \|Mrs. Brierley \|TV series
1976 \|Life and Death of Penelope \|Lady Cartwright \|"The Affair"
1976 \|I, Claudius \|Lollia \|"Queen of Heaven"
1977 \|Supernatural \|Charlotte Gall \|"Ghost of Venice"
1977 \|Ripping Yarns \|Lady Chiddingfold \|"Murder at Moorstones Manor"
1979 \|{{sortname\|The\|Old Crowd\|nolink=1}} \|Betty \|TV film
1980 \|Company and Co \|Barbara Harris \|TV series
1983 \|The Weather in the Streets \|Mrs. Curtis \|TV film
1986 \|{{sortname\|The\|Understanding\|nolink=1}} \|Eva \|TV film
1986 \|{{sortname\|A\|Dangerous Kind of Love\|nolink=1}} \|Mrs. Walker \|TV film
1989 \|Mystery!: Campion \|Donna Beatrice \|"Death of a Ghost: Parts 1 & 2"
1990 \|Inspector Morse \|Isobel Radford \|"The Sins of the Fathers"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1948

|Afterglow

|Ilona

|TV film

1948

|Berkeley Square

|Helen Pettigrew

|TV film

1949

|{{sortname|The|Happiest Days of Your Life|The Happiest Days of Your Life (play)}}

|Joyce Harper

|TV film

1950

|Man of Two Minds

|Madrigal Grey

|TV film

1950

|Sunday Night Theatre

|Antistia

|"The Tragedy of Pompey the Great"

1951

|Nocturne in Scotland

|Jane Stirling

|TV film

1952

|{{sortname|The|Man with the Gun|nolink=1}}

|Martha Graham

|TV film

1952

|Sunday Night Theatre

|Alison Parrilow

|"The Morning Star"

1952

|Another Language

|Stella Hallam

|TV film

1953

|{{sortname|The|Quatermass Experiment}}

|Judith Carroon

|TV series

1953

|Sunday Night Theatre

|Celia / Mary Drew

|"As You Like It", "The Return of Peggy Atherton"

1954

|Patrol Car

|Mrs. Regis

|"The Extra Bullet"

1955

|Patrol Car

|Doris Tedford

|"Nell Gwynn's Tear"

1955

|Sunday Night Theatre

|Anne Eilers

|"The Devil's General"

1955

|Saber of London

|Sylvia Pemberton

|"Code Name: Murder"

1956

|Sunday Night Theatre

|Mrs. Seddon

|"The Seddons"

1957

|Dixon of Dock Green

|Mrs. Dyce

|"The Silent House"

1957

|ITV Play of the Week

|Rona

|"Accolade"

1958

|Armchair Theatre

|Helène Madinier

|"The Web of Lace"

1959

|ITV Television Playhouse

|Rose Hanbury

|"A Bit of Happiness"

1959

|ITV Play of the Week

|Gabrielle Broadbent / Liz Heyward

|"Sugar in the Morning", "The Signal"

1960

|{{sortname|A|Life of Bliss|nolink=1}}

|Anne Fellows

|TV series

1960

|Barnaby Rudge

|Mrs. Rudge

|Regular role

1961

|Sunday Night Play

|Evelyn Hunter

|"Off Centre"

1961

|ITV Play of the Week

|Margaret Adams

|"Faraway Music"

1961

|{{sortname|The|Bun House Wedding|nolink=1}}

|Miss Cushing

|TV film

1961

|No Hiding Place

|Gretel Naunton

|"Caught and Bowled"

1963

|ITV Play of the Week

|Elizabeth Hollis / Enid

|"The Eve of St. Marks", "Three Roads to Rome"

1965

|199 Park Lane

|Stella Graham

|Recurring role

1965

|Armchair Theatre

|Gwen Timwood

|"A Cold Peace"

1966

|Public Eye

|Jean Clayton

|"I Could Set It to Music"

1966

|Blackmail

|Lady Belmont

|"A Man of Reputation"

1968

|{{sortname|A|Man of our Times|nolink=1}}

|Lydia Laing

|"Someone I Knew", "Long Time Since You've Got My Breakfast"

1969

|ITV Sunday Night Theatre

|Peggy

|"The Comic"

1970

|{{sortname|The|Wednesday Play}}

|Mrs. Hammond

|"The Italian Table"

1970

|Husbands and Lovers

|Eva Muller

|TV miniseries

1971

|Sense and Sensibility

|Mrs. Dashwood

|Recurring role

1971

|Shadows of Fear

|Gwen

|"Sour Grapes"

1971

|Play of the Month

|Empress Alexandra

|"Rasputin"

1971

| ITV Saturday Night Theatre

| "The Hotel in Amsterdam"

1972

|{{sortname|The|Man Outside|nolink=1}}

|Hilda Frisby

|"Eric"

1972

|Kate

|Miss Wren

|"People Depend on You"

1973

|{{sortname|The|Man in the Wood|nolink=1}}

|Mrs. Farren

|TV film

1973

|Orson Welles Great Mysteries

|Christine Kaye

|"Money to Burn"

1973

|Play for Today

|Mrs. Richardson

|"Jack Point"

1974

|{{sortname|The|Aweful Mr. Goodall|nolink=1}}

|Alexandra Winfield

|TV series

1974

|Centre Play

|Fay Casaubon

|"Mutinies"

1974

|Dial M for Murder

|Jean Browning

|"Should Anyone Answer"

1975

|Churchill's People

|Anne, Lady Rochester

|"A Bill of Mortality"

1975

|Ten from the Twenties

|Mrs. Garthorne

|"Motherlove"

1975

|Against the Crowd

|Lady Peggy Frobisher

|"Blind Man's Buff"

1975

|Couples

|Mrs. Brierley

|TV series

1976

|Life and Death of Penelope

|Lady Cartwright

|"The Affair"

1976

|I, Claudius

|Lollia

|"Queen of Heaven"

1977

|Supernatural

|Charlotte Gall

|"Ghost of Venice"

1977

|Ripping Yarns

|Lady Chiddingfold

|"Murder at Moorstones Manor"

1979

|{{sortname|The|Old Crowd|nolink=1}}

|Betty

|TV film

1980

|Company and Co

|Barbara Harris

|TV series

1983

|The Weather in the Streets

|Mrs. Curtis

|TV film

1986

|{{sortname|The|Understanding|nolink=1}}

|Eva

|TV film

1986

|{{sortname|A|Dangerous Kind of Love|nolink=1}}

|Mrs. Walker

|TV film

1989

|Mystery!: Campion

|Donna Beatrice

|"Death of a Ghost: Parts 1 & 2"

1990

|Inspector Morse

|Isobel Radford

|"The Sins of the Fathers"

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0212794}}
[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays_all?forename=Isobel&surname=DEAN&job=Actor&pid=7786&image_view=Yesamp;x=19amp;y=17 Theatre performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]

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Category:1997 deaths

Category:English film actresses

Category:English television actresses

Category:English stage actresses

Category:20th-century English actresses

Category:People from Aldridge

Category:Actresses from Staffordshire

Category:Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth

Category:Actresses from London

Category:People from Wandsworth

Category:Actors from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall