Rosamund Greenwood | |
Birth Name: | Rosamund Mary Greenwood |
Birth Date: | 1907 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Spouse: | Leo Von Pokorny (1934–1951) |
Children: | 1 |
Death Place: | Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
Alma Mater: | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Rosamund Mary Von Pokorny (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) better known as Rosamund Greenwood, was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990.[1]
After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s.[2] [3] Her theatre work included starring in the original West End and Broadway productions of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker from 1954 until 1957.[4] [5]
In a career spanning 60 years, Greenwood's screen work included The Prince and the Showgirl, Night of the Demon, Upstairs, Downstairs, All Creatures Great and Small, Angels, Crown Court and A Perfect Spy,[6] and Hallelujah! in 1983. Her final role came in 1990, when aged 83, she played a witch in the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches.[7]
Greenwood married the actor Leo Von Pokorny in 1934. The marriage produced one child, a son, who was born in 1935. Her husband Von Pokorny died in 1951, aged 58.
Greenwood died on 15 July 1997, aged 90, in Malvern, Worcestershire.[6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1935 | School for Stars | Uncredited | ||
1936 | Men Are Not Gods | Pianist | Uncredited | |
1940 | Room for Two | Uncredited | ||
1942 | Penn of Pennsylvania | Uncredited | ||
1943 | The Peterville Diamond | Miss Geach | ||
1944 | Heaven Is Round the Corner | Maid | ||
1944 | Give Us the Moon | Uncredited | ||
1957 | The Prince and the Showgirl | Maud | ||
1957 | Night of the Demon | Mrs Meek | ||
1958 | A Night to Remember | Mrs Bull | Uncredited | |
1959 | Idol on Parade | Spinster | ||
1960 | Village of the Damned | Miss Ogle | ||
1962 | Term of Trial | Constance | ||
1965 | The Murder Game | Mrs Potter | ||
1965 | Strangler's Web | Miss Pitts | ||
1971 | A Severed Head | Miss Seelhaft | ||
1971 | Loving Memory | Sister | ||
1976 | The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones | Village Gossip | Uncredited | |
1977 | Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers | Miss Plant | ||
1982 | The Missionary | Lady Fermleigh | ||
1983 | Hallelujah! (TV series) | Sister Dorothy Smith | ||
1984 | Secret Places | Hannah | ||
1990 | The Witches | Janice | Final film role |