Gabrielle Daye Explained

Gabrielle Daye
Birth Date:1911 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death Place:Essex, England
Occupation:Actress

Gabrielle Daye (2 October 1911 – 5 January 2005) was an English stage, film and television actress, notable for her TV role as Mrs. Pring on Bless Me, Father.[1] Other television appearances include Coronation Street (as Beattie Pearson, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983–84), The War of Darkie Pilbeam (1968), Persuasion (1971), Survivors (Long Live The King, 1977), Dear Enemy (1981), Juliet Bravo (John the Lad, 1983), Ever Decreasing Circles (The Tea Party and The New Neighbour, 1984), Bleak House (1985) and A Very British Coup (1988).[2] She also appeared in the feature films 10 Rillington Place (1971), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974), Cry Wolf (1980) and No Surrender (1985).[3]

On stage, she was in the original Royal Court production of David Storey's In Celebration in 1969 for director Lindsay Anderson; and she reprised her role in his film version in 1975.[4] [5] She worked again for Anderson in the long running Ben Travers farce The Bed Before Yesterday at London's Lyric Theatre in 1975.[6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1945Twilight Hour Housemaid Uncredited
1949Saints and Sinners Maeve's Mother Uncredited
1952Little Big Shot Uncredited
1961-1984Coronation Street Beattie Pearson (née Tatlock) 26 episodes
1968Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Lady-in-Waiting Uncredited
197110 Rillington Place Mrs. Lynch
1971Sunday Bloody Sunday Wife at Hospital
1972The FrightenersDaisy Cartwright'Bed and Breakfast', episode
1974Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! Elderly lady
1975In Celebration Mrs. Burnett
1985No Surrender Winnie

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gabrielle Daye - Obituaries - The Stage. 12 April 2005.
  2. Web site: Gabrielle Daye.
  3. Web site: Gabrielle Daye. https://web.archive.org/web/20180420094015/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f581e79. dead. 20 April 2018.
  4. Web site: In Celebration - Lindsay Anderson. www.lindsayanderson.com.
  5. Web site: In Celebration (1975). https://web.archive.org/web/20171229044552/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad0d5b3. dead. 29 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Production of The Bed Before Yesterday - Theatricalia. theatricalia.com.