Rosemarie Dunham
{{Short description|British actress (1924–2016)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rosemarie Dunham
| image = Rosemarie_Dunham.jpg
| caption = Photo by Cornel Lucas, 1981
| other_names = Rosemary Dunham
| birth_name = Rosemarie Tomlinson
| birth_date = 13 December 1924
| birth_place = Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|12|5|1924|12|13|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1960–2000
| spouse = Michael Ingrams (1949-?) (divorced) (1 child)
Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman (1965-2018)
}}
Rosemarie Dunham (born Rosemarie Tomlinson; 13 December 1924 – 5 December 2016) was a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Rosemary Dunham.
Early life
Dunham was born in Leuchars, Fife, the daughter of Willis Tomlinson,{{cn|date=October 2020}} an English squadron leader stationed on the RAF base at Leuchars who died on 26 March 1975 and Catherine, maiden name Parissi of Greek background who died on 15 April 1991 {{Cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Willis-Tomlinson/22569184|title=Willis Tomlinson Died: 26 Mar 1975 BillionGraves Record|website=BillionGraves|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}
Career
On stage, Dunham was a member of the Croydon Repertory Players in 1953.{{Cite news|last=Fay|first=Gerald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46240960/merits-of-trial-runs-for-plays-before/|title=Merits of Trial Runs for Plays before London Showing|date=1953-03-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-06|pages=3|via=Newspapers.com}} She played Nerissa in a 1961 production of The Merchant of Venice at the Old Vic theatre, sharing the bill with Barbara Leigh-Hunt and John Stride.{{Cite news|last=Wardle|first=Irving|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46232977/no-holds-bardirving-wardle/|title=No Holds Bard|date=1961-06-04|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-03-06|pages=26|via=Newspapers.com}} She appeared in a 1967 production of Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All? at London's Savoy Theatre, sharing the bill with William Mervyn, Vincent Ball, Jane Downs, and Viola Keats.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46233373/arent-we-all-advertisement/|title=Aren't We All? (advertisement)|date=1967-06-18|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-03-06|pages=20|via=Newspapers.com}}
Dunham's television work was extensive, and included appearances in The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Public Eye, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Father Brown, Coronation Street, Kisses at Fifty and The Cedar Tree.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=21601|title=Rosemarie Dunham|website=www.aveleyman.com}} Her best-known film role was as the "aging, but amorously inclined, landlady" Edna in the 1971 gangster movie Get Carter.{{Cite news|last=Haun|first=Harry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46232845/a-case-of-carrying-cold-blood-to/|title=A Case of Carrying Cold-Blood to Newcastle|date=1971-03-19|work=The Tennessean|access-date=2020-03-06|pages=16|via=Newspapers.com}} Her other film roles included Something to Hide (1972), Mistress Pamela (1974), The Incredible Sarah (1976), Lady Oscar (1979), Croupier (1998), and The Wolves of Kromer (1998).{{Cite journal|last=Feinstein|first=Howard|date=5 December 2000|title=In the Company of Wolves|journal=The Advocate|volume=826|page=55|id={{ProQuest| }}}}
Personal life
Rosemarie Tomlinson was married to Michael Dunham Ingrams, the television presenter and documentary film-maker, and took her stage name from his middle name.{{Cite news|last=Purser|first=Philip|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/22/michael-ingrams-obituary|title=Michael Ingrams obituary|date=2009-11-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/cinema/obituaries/49223-rosemarie-dunham-r-i-p|title=Rosemarie Dunham R.I.P.|website=Forums|date=29 November 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}} They had a son, Paul Ingrams, born in 1949. Her second husband was Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman, son of Commander Francis Bridgeman and Alice Dorothy Bridgeman; they married in 1965.{{cn|date=October 2020}} She died in 2016, in London, just before her 92nd birthday.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
Partial filmography
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – (uncredited)
- Gideon's Way 'The Prowler' (1965) – Sophie Murdoch
- Get Carter (1971) – Edna Garfoot
- Something to Hide (1972) – Elsie
- Mistress Pamela (1974) – Mistress Blimper
- The Incredible Sarah (1976) – Mrs. Bernhardt
- Lady Oscar (1979) – Marquise de Boulainvilliers
- Tai-Pan (1986) – Mrs. Fothergill
- Croupier (1998) – Jewish Woman
- The Wolves of Kromer (1998) – Mrs Drax
- Out of Depth (2000) – Rose (final film role)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0242292}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181008131702/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f69e7fe Rosemarie Dunham] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
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Category:British television actresses