Amy Dalby

English actress (1888–1969)

Amy Dalby

Born	3 January 1888 Clerkenwell, London, England
Died	10 March 1969(1969-03-10) (aged 81) London, England
Years active	1938–1969

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]

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

References

^ Dalby biodata
^ "Amy Dalby | Theatricalia".
^ "Amy Dalby". The Stage. 13 March 1969.
^ "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^ "Amy Dalby". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.