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Fanny Rowe
Photo by Francis Goodman, 1949 © National Portrait Gallery, London
Born	Frances Mabel Rowe (1913-06-26)26 June 1913 Preston, Lancashire, England
Died	31 July 1988(1988-07-31) (aged 75) London, England
Alma mater	Newnham College, Cambridge
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1936–1988
Spouse	Clive Morton ​ ​(m. 1954; died 1975)​

Frances Mabel Morton (née Rowe, 26 June 1913 – 31 July 1988) was an English stage, film and television actress.

Early years

Rowe was born in Preston, Lancashire, the daughter of a parson, and educated at Channing School For Girls in Highgate and then went on to study at Newnham College, Cambridge.

Stage

Rowe's acting career started in the Marlowe Society, Cambridge. She then worked on the West End and in repertory theatre from 1936 onward, at Newcastle, Coventry, Harrogate, Worthing, Dundee and Windsor.

She appeared in many theatrical productions both on the West End and also in the United States. Her American stage debut was in Man and Superman. In 1951 she was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award (her real name Frances Rowe is listed). She played the part of Alex Cornwall in Who Goes There!. In 1952 she was in John Clements' comedy The Happy Marriage. In 1955 she starred in the J.B. Priestley play Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon.

Radio

Rowe made her American radio debut on Grand Central Station.

Television

Rowe's television work included Love Story, Rogues' Gallery, Vanity Fair, The Mill on the Floss (1965 TV adaptation of the book) and as Emily Forsyte in the 1967 TV series The Forsyte Saga. In later years, her most famous roles were that of Nancy Penrose, the mother of Hester played by Julia McKenzie in the ITV sitcom Fresh Fields, (1984–86) and Vera Polling in After Henry (1988). She was also in the Tales of the Unexpected episode What Have You Been up to Lately?. (series 5-episode 13) She also starred in an episode of Upstairs Downstairs as the Duchess of Mitcham in the episode The Hero's Farewell.

Personal life

Rowe married actor Clive Morton in 1954. She died in London on 31 July 1988 at the age of 75.

Filmography

Radio appearances

References

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3. ^ "Frances Rowe – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
4. ^ "Fanny Rowe". The Times. 3 August 1988. p. 12.
5. ^ Cotes, Peter (6 August 1988). "Frances Rowe". The Guardian. p. 35. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Frances Rowe - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
7. ^ "Janney, Rowe 'Station' Stars". Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. Harrisburg Telegraph. 20 March 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 21 December 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Wearing, J. P. (16 September 2014). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893085 – via Google Books.
9. "Fresh Fields - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
10. "What Have You Been up to Lately? (1982)". Archived from the original on 17 May 2019.
11. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
12. "Clive Morton, Actor, Dies at 71; Butler in 'Upstairs, Downstairs'". The New York Times.

External links

• Fanny Rowe at IMDb
• Fanny Rowe at the Internet Broadway Database

• 1913 births
• 1988 deaths
• English stage actresses
• English television actresses
• English film actresses
• Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
• 20th-century English actresses
• Actresses from Preston, Lancashire
• People educated at Channing School