Rosalie Crutchley (January 4, 1920 - July 28, 1997) was an English actress.
Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Crutchley was best known for her television performances, but had a long and successful career in the theatre and in films, making her stage debut in 1938 and her screen debut in 1947. She played many classical roles, including Shakespeare's Juliet, Hermione and Goneril, Madame Defarge in both the 1958 film and the 1965 television serialisation of A Tale of Two Cities, Catherine Parr in 1970's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Mrs Sparsit in Hard Times (ITV, 1977), and Electra (1974). She is probably remembered best for her performances in the classic movies Quo Vadis? (1951) as Acte, Nero's confidante, and The Haunting (1961) as the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Dudley. Rosalie also appeared in adaptations of two A.J. Cronin novels, The Spanish Gardener (1956) and Beyond This Place (1959), and played the flinty maiden aunt in the TV adaptation of Brendon Chase (1980-81). She also has a short, but memorable, appearance in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Her son Jonathan lives in Canada.
External links
Rosalie Crutchley at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1920 births | 1997 deaths | English film actors | English stage actors | English television actors
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