Owen, Meg Wynn 1942- (Megwyn Owen, Meg Wynn-Owen, Megg Wynn-Owen)

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Owen, Meg Wynn 1942- (Megwyn Owen, Meg Wynn-Owen, Megg Wynn-Owen)

PERSONAL

Born 1942, in Wales.

Career:

Actress.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Megwyn Owen) Dilys, Only Two Can Play, British Lion/Kingsley-International Pictures, 1962.

Lily Smalls, Under Milk Wood, J. Arthur Rank, 1972, Altura Films International, 1973.

Beate, Blue Blood (also known as Blueblood), Mallard Productions, 1973.

Mally's mother, Malachi's Cove (also known as The Seaweed Children), Impact Quadrant, 1974.

Leonie, The Duellists, Cinema International Corporation, 1977, Paramount, 1978.

Joan, Last Orders (also known as Letzte Runde), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001.

Lewis, Gosford Park, USA Films, 2001.

Mrs. Lees, Possession, USA Films, 2002.

Prime minister's secretary, Love Actually (also known as Love Actually Is All Around, Untitled Richard Curtis Project, Ahava Ze Kol Ha-Sippur, Igazabol szerelem, O amor acontece, Rakkautta vain, Realmente amor, Reellement l'amour, Simplesmente amor, TatsaechlichLiebe, and To wlasnie milosc), Universal, 2003.

Lady Crawley, Vanity Fair, Focus Features, 2004.

Mrs. Reynolds, Pride & Prejudice (also known as Orgueil et prejuges), Working Title/Focus Features, 2005.

Housekeeper, Scoop (also known as Untitled Woody Allen Fall Project 2006), Focus Features, 2006.

(As Meg Wynn-Owen) Member of hospital drama family, Venus, Miramax/Buena Vista, 2006.

(As Megg Wynn-Owen) Julia, Irina Palm, Strand Releasing, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Ann Farrance, The River Flows East, BBC, 1962.

Betty Kane, The Franchise Affair, BBC, 1962.

Ruth King, King of the River, BBC, 1966.

Miss Mansfield, Smith, Thames Television, 1970.

Hazel Bellamy Forrest, Upstairs, Downstairs, Independent Television (England), 1973-74, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS.

Ann Shakespeare, Life of Shakespeare (also known as Will Shakespeare and William Shakespeare, His Life & Times), Independent Television (England), 1978.

Vera Parry, The Lifeboat, BBC, 1994.

Iris Brooker, Family Business, BBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Title role, Esther Waters, BBC, 1964.

Nell Crayshaw, Frost in May, BBC, 1982.

Elizabeth Harte, A Woman of Substance, syndicated, 1984.

Mary, Trial & Retribution II, Independent Television (England), 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Title role, The White Lady, BBC, 1986.

Julia Flamands, Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission, NBC, 1987.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Josie, "The Big Breaker," The Wednesday Play, BBC, 1964.

Stella Twenty and Alice Montego, "Photo Finish," The Wednesday Play, BBC, 1966.

Frau Fischer, On the Razzle, [Great Britain], 1983, broadcast on Great Performances, PBS, 1986.

Upstairs, Downstairs—Must See TV, Independent Television (England), 1995.

Herself, Upstairs, Downstairs Remembered: 25th Anniversary, London Weekend Television, 1996.

Happy Birthday BAFTA, Independent Television (England), 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Winifred Paine, "Desperation," Dixon of Dock Green, BBC, 1961.

Isobel Farley, "The Desirable Property," Silent Evidence, BBC, 1962.

Welsh girl, "People's Property," Z Cars, BBC, 1962.

Gwen Stratton, "Without Benefit of Clergy," The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, BBC, 1964.

Angela Wilson-Carr, "An Evening Out," Dr. Finlay's Casebook, BBC, 1965.

Glynnis Hughes, "The Years of Glory," The Man in Room 17, Granada Television, 1965.

Elizabeth, "A High-Pitched Buzz," Boy Meets Girl, BBC, 1967.

Alexis Gheria, "No Such Thing as a Vampire," Late Night Horror, BBC, 1968.

Ellen, "A Place of One's Own," Mystery and Imagination, Associated British Picture Corporation and Thames Television, 1968.

Justine, "Frankenstein," Mystery and Imagination, Associated British Picture Corporation and Thames Television, 1968.

Storyteller, "The Castle of Yew: Attacked," Jackanory, BBC, 1969.

Storyteller, "The Castle of Yew: Saved by a Sparkler," Jackanory, BBC, 1969.

Anna Vas, "Girl in Waiting," Spy Trap, BBC, 1972.

Catherine, "Dense Forrest, Hungry Wolves," The Befrienders, BBC, 1972.

"Breeze Anstey," Country Matters, Granada Television, 1972.

Celia Plowman, "Dead Drunk," Crown Court, Granada Television, 1975.

Lady Gwyneth Bromfield, "Affair at Bromfield Hall," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1984.

"The Watcher," Travelling Man, Granada Television, 1984.

Herself, "After ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’" After They Were Famous, Independent Television (England), 2002.

Marjorie Blake, "Mar-Cel Wave," Doctors, BBC, 2003.

Anna Jones, "Letting Go," Holby City (also known as Holby), BBC, 2004.

(As Meg Wynn-Owen) Sheila Hopper, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden," The Last Detective, Independent Television (England), 2007.

(As Meg Wynn-Owen) Vera Andrews, "Witness: Innocent Blood," The Bill, Independent Television (England), 2008.

Stage Appearances:

Gwendolen Carr, Travesties, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre and Albery Theatre, both London, 1975, and Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1975-76.

Penelope, A Meeting by the River, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Helen, Good, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1982, and Booth Theatre, New York City, 1982-83.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs (documentary; included in DVD box sets of The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs), Network, 2005.

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