| Alethea Charlton | |
| Birth Name: | Alethea Blow Charlton |
| Birth Date: | 1931 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Death Place: | Chelsea, London, England |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1961–1976 |
Alethea Blow Charlton (9 August 1931 – 6 May 1976) was a British actress.
She was born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and attended Ripon High School and the Northern Theatre School which was based at the Bradford Playhouse.[1] [2] [3] [4] After working in repertory for a few years in Yorkshire, she moved to London in 1960 before touring American universities as a member of a group.[1] Alethea's family history was traced by people investigating the Naylor family history. The report indicates that she was descended from a line of people with the surname Charlton, as well as Blow, Dickerson, Naylor and Heyes.[5]
Charlton was a cast member in episodes two, three and four of the first ever Doctor Who serial (An Unearthly Child) broadcast in late 1963, as a cavewoman called Hur.[6] She returned playing the character Edith in the serial The Time Meddler in 1965.[7]
Her other TV credits include: Z-Cars, Follyfoot, The Borderers, Doomwatch, Out of the Unknown, Upstairs, Downstairs and a three-year recurring role in the Granada Television drama Sam.[8] [9]
She died of a malignant melanoma at the age of 44.[10] Her last known acting role was in the soap opera The Cedar Tree, which was aired posthumously.
| Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Deadline Midnight | Objector | Season 3, episode 9: "Why George Brown Hanged" |
| 1962 | Silent Evidence | Sister Cook | Season 1, episode 6: "Prophet of Truth" |
| 1962–631965 1969–71 | Z-Cars | Vicky Carron Millie Lovegrove Mrs. Rosser Margaret Thomson Mary Smith Fran Rachel Edmunds | Season 1, episode 22: ''Incident Reported''Season 2, episode 24: ''Follow My Leader'' Season 4, episode 24: ''The Long Spoon'' Season 5, episode 11: ''But the Crying...'' Season 6: (6 episodes) |
| 19631965 | Doctor Who | HurEdith | Season 1, An Unearthly Child (3 episodes) Season 2, The Time Meddler (4 episodes) |
| 1964 | Sergeant Cork | Rose | Season 1, episode 27: "The Case of the Medicine Man" |
| The Sleeper | Ilina | TV movie | |
| The Villains | Mary Bates | Season 3, episode 1: ''Bent'' | |
| The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | Mrs. Bent | Season 1, episode 23: ''A Second-Rate Woman'' | |
| 19641965 | Cluff | Miriam BatesonLiz Meller | Season 1, episode 5: ''The Daughter in Law''Season 2. Episode 13: ''The Village Constable'' |
| 19641967 | Armchair Theatre | Unknown | |
| 1965 | Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Rucastle | Season 1, episode 3: "The Copper Beeches" |
| 1965 | Hereward the Wake | Gunhilda | Episode 9: "The War Arrow" |
| 1966 | The Woman in White | Marian Halcombe | Season 1, (6 episodes) |
| 19661969 | The Wednesday Play | ElizabethDelorea Sweeting | Season 1, episode 51: ''A Game, Like, Only A GameSeason 1, episode 149: ''The Mark II Wife'' |
| 19661970 1971 1972 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Margot WintersYounger sister Cynthia Holmes Mrs. Runca | Season 2, episode 6: ''Play to Win''Season 6, episode 3: ''Did the Nanny Come From Bergen?'' Season 6, episode 12: ''Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers'' Season 7, episode 19: ''The Penthouse Apartment'' |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Anastasia | Season 1, episode 2: ''The Croxley Master'' |
| Out of Town Theatre | Sister Ursula | Season 1, episode 5: '' A Nun's Tale''|-|The Revenue Men|Janice Brent|Season 2, episode 12: ''Fox in the High Street'' | |
| ITV Playhouse | Madge | Season 1, episode 2: "They Said Let's Live Together" | |
| Softly Softly | Mrs. Forbes | Season 3, episode 9: ''The Hunt'' | |
| Emergency Ward 10 | Renee | Season 3, episode 8: "A Cry for Help" | |
| 19681969 | The Expert | Alice SimpsonPat Elliot | Season 1, episode 7: ''Nobody's Going to Hurt You''Season 2, episode 12: ''Do Not Go Gentle'' |
| 19681971 | Public Eye | MaureenJudy Marchmont | Season 3, episode 8: ''Honesty Is the Best Policy –But Who Can Afford the Premiums?'' Season 5, episode 5: ''The Beater and the Game'' |
| 1969 | The Gold Robbers | Fay Hartford | Season 1, episode 2: ''Grounded'' |
| Detective | Harriet Ward | Season 3, episode 7: ''Elimination Round'' | |
| Paul Temple | Enid Bray | Season 1, episode 5: ''The Man Who Wasn't There" | |
| 1970 | Hardy Heating Company Ltd | Jean Wilkins | Season 1: (6 episodes) |
| Manhunt | Helene | Season 1, episode 20: ''Machine''|-|Special Branch|Brenda Clifford|Season 2, episode 7: ''Not to be Trusted'' | |
| Ryan International | Unknown | Season 1, episode 8: ''The Muck Raker'' | |
| Menace | Alice Campbell | Season 1, episode 6: ''Man with a Mission | |
| 1971 | Out of the Unknown | Ann Meredith | Season 4, episode 3: ''This Body is Mine'' |
| Trial | Julia Samuels | Season 1, episode 4: '' On The Evidence You Will Hear'' | |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Enid | Season 1, episode 3: "Board Wages" | |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Doris Pratt | Season 1, episode 11: "The Assyrian Rejuvenator" | |
| 19711972 | Play for Today | Miss. Rone Anne | Season 2, episode 4: ''O Fat White Woman''Season 3, episode 8: ''The Bankrupt'' |
| 1972 | Six Days of Justice | Molly Foster | Season 1, episode 5: ''With Intent to Deceive'' |
| The Lotus Eaters | Monica Turton | Season 1, episode 6: '' A Tiger on Bristol Street'' | |
| 1973 | Thriller | Mrs. Oxhey | Season 1, episode 3: ''Someone at the Top of the Stairs'' |
| Away From It All | Alice | Season 1, episode 6, ''The Summer House'' | |
| Follyfoot | Phyllis Weatherby | Season 3, episode 10: ''The Helping Hand'' | |
| 1973–75 | Sam | Ethel Barraclough | Season 1: (13 episodes)Season 2: (13 episodes) Season 3: (13 episodes) |
| 1974 | Crown Court | Betty Tring | Season 3, episode 112: ''Strange Past: Part 1'' |
| 1976 | Big Boy Now! | Marjorie Marchant | Season 1, episode 7: ''Staff Relations'' |
| The Cedar Tree | Mrs. Whickham | Season 1: (2 episodes) |