Amy Dalby
British actress

Amy Dalby

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British actress
Gender:
Female
Places:
United KingdomGreat Britain
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Actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
1888(Clerkenwell, London Borough of Islington, London, Greater London)
Death:
10 March 1969(London, Greater London, London, England)
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Amy Mary Dalby (1888 — 10 March 1969) was an English actress of stage and screen, often in kindly or eccentric spinster roles. Born in the Clerkenwell area of central London, Dalby died in London.

Selected filmography

  • On the Night of the Fire (1939)
  • Quiet Wedding (1941)
  • The Night Has Eyes (1942)
  • The Gentle Sex (1943)
  • Millions Like Us (1943)
  • Variety Jubilee (1943)
  • Waterloo Road (1945)
  • The Wicked Lady (1945)
  • Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
  • Carnival (1946)
  • The White Unicorn (1947)
  • My Sister and I (1948)
  • It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
  • Your Witness (1950)
  • Home to Danger (1951)
  • Brandy for the Parson (1952)
  • Time Bomb (1953)
  • The Man Upstairs (1958)
  • The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
  • The Old Dark House (1963)
  • The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
  • The Haunting (1963) (Uncredited)
  • The Secret of My Success (1965)
  • Fumo di Londra (1966)
  • Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
  • The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
  • Smashing Time (1967)

Dalby's final performance, past her 80th birthday, was in the 8 March 1969 episode "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage", portraying the sister of Private Godfrey. She died on 10 March — two days after the episode aired.