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Bridget Turner

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
24

Gender
Female

Birthday
February 22, 1939 (87 years old)

Place of Birth
Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Bridget Turner

Biography

Bridget Joanna Turner (22 February 1939 – 27 December 2014) was an English actress.

Turner played a radical English teacher, Judy Threadgold, opposite Alun Armstrong's woodwork teacher in Alan Plater's Get Lost! for Yorkshire Television, shown in 1981. Armstrong was unavailable for a sequel, so it was completely recast and became The Beiderbecke Affair with the parts going to Barbara Flynn and James Bolam. She played Phyllis in Alan Ayckbourn's TV film Season's Greetings (play).

On 8 May 2009, John Cleese stated in an interview that Turner was the original choice in 1974 for the role of Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. She turned it down and the part was given to Prunella Scales.

Turner died on 27 December 2014 in Dorchester, Dorset, at the age of 75, and was survived by her husband, Frank Cox. She was godmother to the actor Tom Burke.

Known For

Acting

2008The Colour of Magicas Book Burner Woman
2005Doctor Whoas Alice
2003Death in Holy Ordersas Mildred Fawcett
1997Remember Me?as Elderly sister
1996Cutsas Mrs. Raper
1995The Thin Blue Lineas Mrs. Rabbit
1995Pride and Prejudiceas Mrs Reynolds
1995Life After Lifeas Frances Doyle
1993Peak Practiceas Ruth Gaunt
1992Heartbeatas Daphne Merryfield
1992Heartbeatas Lottie Ferguson
1986Season's Greetingsas Phyllis
1985Screen Twoas Frances Doyle
1984Driving Ambitionas Jackie
1984Love and Marriageas Phyllis
1983Runnersas Teacher
1981Get Lost!as Judy Threadgold
1977Targetas Esther Daniels
1977Love Lies Bleedingas Rowena
1972Under Milk Woodas Mrs Cherry Owen
1971Catch Me a Spyas Woman on Plane
1970The Walking Stickas Sarah Dainton
1967Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehreas Miss Turnbull
1964Theatre 625as Avril Hadfield

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