Muriel Pavlow

Muriel Pavlow
Born	Muriel Lilian Pavlow 27 June 1921 (1921-06-27) (age 90) Leigh, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1934–2009
Spouse	Derek Farr (1947–1986; his death)

Muriel Lilian Pavlow (born 27 June 1921) is a British actress. Her mother was French and her father was Russian.

Film career

She began work as a child actor with John Gielgud and the Royal Shakespeare Company. During the war, she was in ENSA and also made the crossover from theatre to screen.^[1]

Pavlow's roles include the Maltese girl Maria in Malta Story (1953), where she played alongside Alec Guinness; Joy, the girlfriend of Simon Sparrow, in Doctor in the House (1954); Thelma Bader, the wife of World War II fighter pilot Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky (1956); and the daughter of an irascible curmudgeon (played by fellow Doctor in the House cast member, James Robertson Justice) in Murder, She Said (1961).

More recently, she has appeared in the television drama "The Final Cut", part 3 of the House of Cards political trilogy lobbying the Prime Minister as an Age Concern campaigner, the serial Belonging (2004), starring Brenda Blethyn, and was interviewed for the documentary series on BBC 2, British Film Forever. In 2007, she guest-starred in the audio play Sapphire and Steel: Cruel Immortality and had a cameo in the movie Glorious 39 in 2009.

Personal life

She was married to the actor Derek Farr from 1947 until his death in 1986. They met in 1941 during the shooting of Quiet Wedding and again at the set of The Shop at Sly Corner in 1947. They continued to play together on stage and in films. They had no children.

Pavlow was inducted into the actors' care home and charity, Denville Hall, and was active on its management committee.

Filmography

• Sing As We Go (1934)
• A Romance in Flanders (1937)
• Quiet Wedding (1941)
• Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
• Code of Scotland Yard (1947)
• Out of True (1951)
• It Started in Paradise (1952)
• The Net (1953)
• Malta Story (1953)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• Simon and Laura (1955)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• Eyewitness (1956)
• Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
• Doctor at Large (1957)
• Rooney (1958)
• Whirlpool (1959)
• Murder, She Said (1961)
• Glorious 39 (2009)

References

1. ^ British Library Theatre Archive Project - interview 14 March 2005

External links

• Muriel Pavlow at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Pavlow, Muriel Lilian
Alternative names
Short description	British actress
Date of birth	27 June 1921
Place of birth	Leigh, Kent, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death