Yvonne Gilan
Yvonne Janette Gilan was a Scottish actress who is best known for her portrayal of Mme. Peignoir in Fawlty Towers (episode "The Wedding Party") and minor roles in both EastEnders and French Fields. She was married to the television director Michael Gill, and was the mother of the late journalist, Adrian, known as A. A. Gill.
Empire of the Sun
as Mrs. LockwoodJamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force...
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Chariots of Fire
as Mrs LiddellIn the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young...
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Agatha
as Mrs. BraithwaiteEngland, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly...
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Another Time, Another Place
as JessSet in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named...
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Blood Hunt
as Widow MacleayThe Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan...
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Little Tom Thumb
as NarratorAnimated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he...
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EastEnders
as Mrs McCabeThe everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...
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Public Eye
as BerylPublic Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...
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French Fields
as Madame NadalFrench Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8...
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French Fields
as Old WomanFrench Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8...
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Fawlty Towers
as Mrs. PeignoirOwner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to...
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The House of Eliott
as Faith BannisterTwo sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
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