Ambrosine Phillpotts

British actress (1912–1980)

Ambrosine Phillpotts
in Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)
Born	Ambrosine Marie Phillpotts (1912-09-13)13 September 1912 London, England
Died	12 October 1980(1980-10-12) (aged 68) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946-1980

Ambrosine Phillpotts (13 September 1912 – 12 October 1980) was a British actress of theatre, TV, radio and film.^[1] The Times wrote, "She was one of the last great stage aristocrats, a stylish comedienne best known for playing on stage and screen a succession of increasingly 'grandes dames' with an endearing mixture of Edwardian snobbery and eccentric absent-mindedness".^[2]

Partial filmography

This Man Is Mine (1946) - Lady Daubney
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) - Lady Fielding
The Franchise Affair (1951) - Miss Spence
Happy Go Lovely (1951) - Lady Martin
Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) - Miss Blade
Angels One Five (1952) - Mother at Party (uncredited)
Stolen Face (1952) - Miss Patten - Fur Department Clerk
Father's Doing Fine (1952) - Nurse Pynegar (uncredited)
The Captain's Paradise (1953) - Marjorie (with the major)
Aunt Clara (1954) - Sylvia Levington (uncredited)
The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) - Lady Hameline (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) - Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo (uncredited)
Up in the World (1956) - Lady Banderville
The Truth About Women (1957) - Lady Tavistock
The Duke Wore Jeans (1958) - Duchess Cynthia Whitecliffe
The Reluctant Debutante (1958) - Miss Grey - Secretary (uncredited)
Room at the Top (1959) - Mrs. Brown
Operation Bullshine (1959) - Reporter
Expresso Bongo (1959) - Lady Rosemary
Doctor in Love (1960) - Lady Spratt
Carry On Regardless (1961) - Yoki's Owner
Raising the Wind (1961) - Mrs. Featherstone
Two and Two Make Six (1962) - Lady Smith-Adams
Carry On Cabby (1963) - Aristocratic Lady
Life at the Top (1965) - Mrs. Margaret Brown
Berserk! (1967) - Miss Burrows
Follow Me! (1972) - Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Ooh… You Are Awful (1972) - Lady Missenden Green
Diamonds on Wheels (1974) - Lady Truesdale
Wilde Alliance ('Flower Power', episode) (1978) - Mrs. Tregaskis
The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980) - Mrs Mowbray (Last appearance)

References

^ "Ambrosine Phillpotts". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Ambrosine Phillpotts (1912 - 1980) - Genealogy". Geni.com. 13 September 1912. Retrieved 6 March 2014.