Hamlett, Dilys (1928–2002)
Hamlett, Dilys (1928–2002)
English stage and screen actress. Born Mar 31, 1928, in Tidworth, Hampshire, England; died Nov 7, 2002, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; dau. of Sidney Hamlett (MBE) and Mary Jane (Evans) Hamlett; m. Casper Wrede (director).
Made London stage debut in The Innocents (1952), followed by Danton's Death, Brand, A Passage to India, The Miracle Worker, Peer Gynt, Measure for Measure, Othello, Little Eyolf, Long Day's Journey into Night, As You Like It (as Rosalind), and Thomas and the King; films include Diagnosis Murder, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and Hollow Reed; on tv, appeared on "Hedda Gabler," "The Moving Finger," "Gaudy Night," "The Rainbow" and "Harnessing Peacocks"; helped found Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre (1976).
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