Margaret_Courtenay_(actress)

Margaret Courtenay (actress)

Margaret Courtenay (actress)

Welsh actress (1923–1996)

Margaret Courtenay (14 November 1923 – 15 February 1996) was a British actress best known for her British theatre roles during the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2] She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3]

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In 1976, Courtenay won the Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year for her stage role in the play Separate Tables, by author Terence Rattigan, directed by Michael Blakemore, at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End.[4]

In 1991, Courtenay starred in the radio show ' The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue '.

Courtenay retired at Denville Hall, a retirement home for professional actors set in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon.[2] She died of cancer on 15 February 1996 at age 72.[5]

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    "Margaret Courtenay - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
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    "Margaret Courtenay". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018.
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    "OBITUARY : Margaret Courtenay". The Independent. 16 February 1996.
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    "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "Romeo and Juliet" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "Troilus and Cressida" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "Hamlet" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "King Henry V" Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "Alfie !" Original Broadway cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "Mame" cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    "Ambassador" Original London cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    Other works for Alan Bennett : (1973) Alan Bennett's "Habeas Corpus" performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, on the Internet Movie Database.
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    Kabatchnik, Amnon (2012). "Cards on the Table (1981), Leslie Darbon (England)". In Scarecrow Press (ed.). Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Scarecrow Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0810883550. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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    "42nd Street" 1984 London revival cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    1987 London revival of "Follies" : West End cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, on www.Aboutmaria.com : The Maria Friedman website. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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    Legended stage stills of Margaret Courtenay, on www.Tumblr.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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    1990 RSC revival of "Show Boat" : West End cast, on www.Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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    Ellen Baskin (1996). Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press. p. 107.
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    Agatha Christie's Miss Marple : The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side : Overview, full cast & crew, on the Internet Movie Database.
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