Amy Dalby
English actress (1888–1969)
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Amy Mary Dalby (3 January 1888 – 10 March 1969) was an English actress[1] of stage and screen, often in kindly or eccentric spinster roles.[2]
Born3 January 1888
Clerkenwell, London, England
Died10 March 1969 (aged 81)
London, England
Yearsactive1938–1969
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| Born | 3 January 1888 Clerkenwell, London, England |
| Died | 10 March 1969 (aged 81) London, England |
| Years active | 1938–1969 |
Amy first acted at the age of six.[3] Her final performance was in the 8 March 1969 episode "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage" of Dad's Army,[4] portraying the sister of Private Godfrey. She died in London on 10 March—two days after the episode aired.[5]
Partial filmography
- On the Night of the Fire (1939) - Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- Quiet Wedding (1941) - Miss Dacres (uncredited)
- Penn of Pennsylvania (1942) - Hannah - Penn's Maid (uncredited)
- The Night Has Eyes (1942) - Miss Miggs
- The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
- The Gentle Sex (1943) - Lady Behind the Bar at the Dance (uncredited)
- Variety Jubilee (1943) - A Suffragette (uncredited)
- Dear Octopus (1943) - (uncredited)
- Millions Like Us (1943) - Mrs. Bourne - Hostel Matron (uncredited)
- Waterloo Road (1945) - Maisie - Tillie's Aunt (uncredited)
- The Wicked Lady (1945) - Aunt Doll
- Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) - Lady Customer In Shop (uncredited)
- Carnival (1946) - Aunt Mary (uncredited)
- The White Unicorn (1947) - Landlady (uncredited)
- My Sister and I (1948) - Female Cleaner
- It's Hard to Be Good (1948) - Bargee's Wife (uncredited)
- The Passionate Friends (1949) - Lady on underground (uncredited)
- Your Witness (1950) - Mrs. Widgely
- Home to Danger (1951) - Jessica Morton - Cook (uncredited)
- Brandy for the Parson (1952) - Postmistress
- Time Bomb (1953) - Sarah - Charlie's Wife (uncredited)
- The Straw Man (1953) - Lucy Graham
- The Man Upstairs (1958) - Miss Acres
- Further Up the Creek (1958) - Eadie Lovelace
- The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962) - Victoria Potts
- The Haunting (1963) - Abigail Crain - Age 80 (uncredited)
- The Old Dark House (1963) - Gambler (uncredited)
- A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964) - Miss Crumb
- The Counterfeit Constable (1964) - Mrs. Throttle
- The Intelligence Men (1965) - Woman in Wardrobe Dept. (uncredited)
- The Secret of My Success (1965) - Mrs. Tate
- Fumo di Londra (1966) - Duchess of Bradford
- Who Killed the Cat? (1966) - Lavinia Goldsworthy
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) - Miss Marchbanks
- Smashing Time (1967) - Demolished Old lady
