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name: "Brenda Cowling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brenda-cowling"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 April 1925"
died: "2 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:05.615890+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brenda Cowling

Actor. Born 23 April 1925 in Islington, London, England, UK. Died 2 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 April 1925, Islington, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 October 2010

## Biography

Brenda Cowling was an English actress. She was born Brenda Rose Cowling on 23 April 1925 in Islington, London, and died on 2 October 2010 at Denville Hall in Northwood, London.

She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1948 to 1950, where her classmates included Warren Mitchell and Jimmy Perry. Her film debut was an uncredited role in *Stage Fright* (1950). Cowling appeared in numerous films, including *The Railway Children* (1970), *Jabberwocky* (1977), *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982) and *Octopussy* (1983). On television she had roles in several sitcoms written or co-written by Perry and David Croft, such as Mrs Prentice in *Dad's Army* (1972) and the Sister in the *Fawlty Towers* episode 'The Germans' (1975). She played Mrs Lipton in *You Rang, M'Lord?* (1988–1993). She retired in 2006 after suffering a stroke.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), Fi1m 90, as Sister — [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)

## Also known for

- *Octopussy* (1983), Schatzi
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Teacher
- *Stage Fright* (1950), Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)
- *Jabberwocky* (1977), Mrs Fishfinger
- *The Avengers* (1961), Masseuse
- *The Railway Children* (1970), Mrs Viney
- *The Black Windmill* (1974), Secretary (uncredited)
- *Greenfingers* (2001), Bookshop Customer

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