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name: "Eleanor Bron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eleanor-bron"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 March 1938"
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average_fi1m_score: 76
updated: "2026-09-16T21:55:57.383541+00:00"
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# Eleanor Bron

Actor. Born 14 March 1938 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 March 1938, Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–1998

## Biography

Eleanor Bron (born 14 March 1938) is an English actress and author. She was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, and educated at the North London Collegiate School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read Modern Languages. She began performing with the Cambridge Footlights in the late 1950s.

Bron's film roles include Ahme in *Help!* (1965), the Doctor in *Alfie* (1966), Margaret Spencer in *Bedazzled* (1967) and Hermione Roddice in *Women in Love* (1969). On television she has appeared in *Doctor Who*, *Yes Minister* and as Patsy's mother in *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992 onwards). She has also written for stage and screen.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Vanity Fair* (1998), Fi1m 72, as Lady Bareacres — [page](https://film.one/tv/vanity-fair.md)
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Patsy's Mother — [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)

## Also known for

- *Wimbledon* (2004), Augusta Colt
- *A Little Princess* (1995), Miss Minchin
- *StreetDance 3D* (2010), Madame Fleurie
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Maxine Dobson, Izzy DeQuetteville
- *Help!* (1965), Ahme
- *Black Beauty* (1994), Lady Wexmire
- *Two for the Road* (1967), Cathy Manchester
- *Alfie* (1966), The Doctor

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