| Gilly Flower | |
| Birth Name: | Gertrude Adele Jacobs |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1908 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Date: | 17 February 2001 (aged 92) |
| Death Place: | Surrey, England |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1932–1991 |
Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 – 17 February 2001) was an English actress and model, best remembered as the elderly Miss Abitha Tibbs in the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers.[1]
Flower played Miss Tibbs in all twelve episodes of the show, which was produced in two six-episode series separated by a three-and-a-half-year interval.[2]
A Londoner, Flower had her first film role in 1932 and, with the advent of television in Britain, she found a new outlet for her talents, continuing to appear in such programmes as Z-Cars, Steptoe and Son and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.[1] [3] Early in her career, Flower was also a model and seven portrait photographs taken by Bassano, in which she is modelling hats from Kembray, may today be found in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[4]
Flower retired from acting in 1991.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | The New Hotel | |||
| 1968 | Work Is a Four-Letter Word | Auntie Winnie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Six More Faces of Jim | 2 episodes | ||
| 1965 | The Wednesday Play | The Unconfident | Episode: "The Confidence Course" | |
| 1965–1966 | Crossroads King's Oak | Mrs. Templeton | 4 episodes | |
| 1966 | Seven Deadly Sins | Group B Member (uncredited) | Episode: "The Erpingham Camp" | |
| 1968 | Beggar My Neighbour | Civil Defence volunteer | Episode: "Whiter Shade of Yellow" | |
| 1968 | The Root of All Evil? | Party guest | Episode: "Money for Change" | |
| 1969 | Wink to Me Only | 1st Woman | Episode: "The Vacuum Affair" | |
| 1969 | Not in Front of the Children | Housekeeper | Episode: "Stand on Ceremony" | |
| 1970 | Morning Story | Mrs. Johnson | Television film | |
| 1970 | The Culture Vultures | Secretary | Episode: #1.1 | |
| 1971 | Doomwatch | Woman (uncredited) | 2 episodes | |
| 1971 | Comedy Playhouse | Miss Travers | Episode: "The Importance of Being Hairy" | |
| 1971 | Bachelor Father | Housewife | Episode: "Economy Class" | |
| 1972 | Emma | Mini Series | ||
| 1972 | My Wife Next Door | The Maid | Episode: "Joint Assignment" | |
| 1972 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Woman at Courtroom (uncredited) | Episode: "A Special Mischief" | |
| 1973 | Landlady (uncredited) | Episode: "Time-Table" | ||
| 1973 | Z Cars | Customer (uncredited) | Episode: "Skin Game" | |
| 1973 | Pardon My Genie | Cousin Edna (uncredited) | Episode: "Commercial Success" | |
| 1973 | Oh, Father! | Draper's Assistant | Episode: "A Little Law" | |
| 1970–1974 | Play for Today | Mary (The Maid)Non-speaking extra | 2 episodes | |
| 1973–1974 | Thriller | Miss CardiffPub guest | 2 episodes | |
| 1974 | Happy Ever After | Hotel guest | Episode: "The Hotel" | |
| 1972–1974 | Steptoe and Son | AliceMrs. Sheldon | 2 episodes | |
| 1975 | Second Time Around | Marjorie | Episode: "Father to Be (or Not to Be) | |
| 1975 | My Honourable Mrs | Miss Birdwood | Episode: "While the Cat's Away" | |
| 1975 | The Growing Pains of P.C. Penrose | Lady Magistrate | Episode: "Among Those Appearing" | |
| 1975 | The Dick Emery Show | Episode: #14.11 | ||
| 1974–1975 | Within These Walls | Woman (uncredited) | 2 episodes | |
| 1977 | Beryl's Lot | Mrs. Norris | 4 episodes | |
| 1977 | General Hospital | Woman patient | Episode: "Sons and Daughters" | |
| 1977 | Ripping Yarns | Jehovah's Witnesses | Episode: "Murder at Moorstones Manor" | |
| 1977 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | The woman with fur | Episode: "The Unusual Shop" | |
| 1978 | Angels | Mrs. Black | Episode: "The Visitor" | |
| 1975–1979 | Fawlty Towers | Miss Agatha Tibbs | 12 episodes | |
| 1980 | Heartland | Mrs. Barnes | Episode: "Last Knockings" | |
| 1980 | How's Your Father? | Old Lady | Episode: "Fantasy Time" | |
| 1971–1980 | The Two Ronnies | Mrs. BWoman | 2 episodes | |
| 1981 | Blood Money | Molly Irons | 2 episodes | |
| 1982 | Terry and June | Mrs. Good | Episode: "The Auction" | |
| 1980–1983 | Potter | Lady MotoristLily | 2 episodes | |
| 1983 | Juliet Bravo | Old Lady | Episode: "Doors" | |
| 1983 | Only Fools and Horses | First old lady | Episode: "Homesick" | |
| 1984 | The Fainthearted Feminist | Woman in supermarket | Episode: #1.2 | |
| 1984 | That's My Boy | Lady White | Episode: "Unfair Dismissal" | |
| 1984 | Ever Decreasing Circles | Old Lady | Episode: "The Tea Party" | |
| 1985 | Relative Strangers | Customer | Episode: #1.9 | |
| 1986 | Lenny Henry Tonite | Episode: "Pratt Outta Hell" | ||
| 1985–1987 | The Mistress | CustomerElderly womanLady in shop | 3 episodes | |
| 1987 | Hello Mum | Episode: #1.2 |