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Daphne Heard
Heard as Nanny Webster in the episode "Out of the Everywhere" of Upstairs, Downstairs
Born	Delia Phyllis Daphne Heard 21 August 1904 Plymouth, England
Died	22 June 1983(1983-06-22) (aged 78) Bristol, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, acting tutor
Years active	1948, 1958-1982

Delia Phyllis Daphne Heard (21 August 1904 – 22 June 1983) was an English actress and acting teacher. She was born in Plymouth, Devon. She appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and TV series. She was perhaps best known in latter years as Richard's elderly mother Mrs. Polouvicka in To the Manor Born.

Film

Her film credits include roles in Goodbye Gemini (1970), the film version of Please Sir! (1971) as an old gypsy, Jude the Obscure (1971) as Drusilla Fawley, and The Triple Echo (1972). She also appeared as the nanny in Laurence Olivier's film Three Sisters (1970) based on the Anton Chekhov play, with Joan Plowright, Alan Bates and Olivier himself as Chebutikin.

Television and radio

She performed in many other television serials, including Wild, Wild Women, Doctor Who (in a story-stealing turn in the serial Image of the Fendahl as white witch 'Granny' Tyler), the sitcom Don't Forget to Write! as Mrs Field the cleaner, Z-Cars and Nanny Webster in Upstairs, Downstairs, series 2, episode 8, "Out of the Everywhere". In 1966, she was cast as a beleaguered tenant in Vacant Possession, a TV play produced by Rediffusion.

In 1971, Heard starred in a couple of episodes in the TV sitcom For the Love of Ada playing the nosey next door neighbour.

In 1974, she played the part of Mrs. Froggitt in the pilot episode of Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt.

From its inception until her death in 1983, she played the part of Maud, the eccentric housekeeper, in the Hinge and Bracket radio series.

Teaching career

During the 1950s and 1960s, she was a member of the teaching staff at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Filmography

References

1. Per original research added by a contributor from IP address 192.176.202.37 to this article on 21 August 2020, Heard appears in the 1939 England & Wales Register as Daphne Barns (her married name) with the birth date of 21 August 1904; the contributor also commented "A few years ago, only her month and year of birth were known and the 1st was probably a guess".
2. "Daphne Heard". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017.
3. "Three Sisters (1970) - Laurence Olivier, John Sichel | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
4. "Daphne Heard". www.aveleyman.com.
5. ""Blackmail" Vacant Possession (TV Episode 1966) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
6. "Vacant Possession". Radio Times.
7. "The Queen's Birthday (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
8. "Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggit[30/09/74] (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
9. "BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket, Pilot". BBC.
10. Blessed, Brian (19 May 2016). Absolute Pandemonium: The Autobiography. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9781447292975 – via Google Books.

External links

• Daphne Heard at IMDb
• A young Daphne Heard in the play She Stoops To Conquer (Univ. of Washington Sayre Collection) (*url updated)
• Daphne Heard (Aveleyman)

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