---
name: "Madge Brindley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/madge-brindley"
fi1m_id: "madge-brindley"
imdb_id: "nm0109483"
tmdb_id: 1197504
wikidata_id: "Q56025861"
roles: []
born: "15 October 1901"
died: "15 October 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:21:21.820998+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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# Madge Brindley

## Identity

Madge Brindley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/madge-brindley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** madge-brindley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0109483
- **TMDB ID:** 1197504
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56025861
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Brindley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56025861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197504

Actor. Born 15 October 1901 in Bedford Park, London, England, UK. Died 15 October 1968.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 October 1901, Bedford Park, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 October 1968
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Brindley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56025861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197504

## Biography

Madge Brindley was a British actress. Born Doreen Ilse Johnson on 15 October 1901 in Bedford Park, London, she began her career in 1925 with the Birmingham Repertory Company.

She appeared in numerous films and television productions, often in character roles as matronly women. Her credits include Mrs Figgins in *Hobson's Choice* (1954), Large Lady (uncredited) in *The Ladykillers* (1955), a role in *The Saint* (1962), and an appearance in *Anna Karenina* (1948). She also featured in *The Spider and the Fly* (1949) and *Quatermass and the Pit* (1958).

Brindley died on 28 August 1968 in Brighton, East Sussex, following a road accident.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ladykillers* (1955), Fi1m 86, as Large Lady (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Champions* (1968), series, as Frenchwoman
- *Nearest and Dearest* (1968), series, as Miss Lavere
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Patient
- *The Canterville Ghost* (1966), as The Housekeeper
- *VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton* (1965), as Mrs Thompson
- *The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr* (1964), series, as Big Bess
- *Father Came Too!* (1964), Actor
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Landlady
- *Sands of the Desert* (1960), as Fat Lady in Bus
- *The Long Haul* (1957), as Fat Woman at The Wayside
- *The Feminine Touch* (1956), as Other Patient
- *The Ladykillers* (1955), as Large Lady (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md)
- *A Kid for Two Farthings* (1955), as Mrs. Quinn (uncredited)
- *Radio Cab Murder* (1954), as Mrs. Evans
- *Trouble in the Glen* (1954), as Old Tinker Woman (uncredited)
- *Hobson's Choice* (1954), as Mrs. Figgins
- *The Beggar's Opera* (1953), as Gin Seller
- *Mr. Denning Drives North* (1951), as Gypsy (uncredited)
- *The Lady with a Lamp* (1951), as Woman in Downing St. Crowd
- *The Spider and the Fly* (1949), as Jacques' Grandmother
- *Love in Waiting* (1948), as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
- *Anna Karenina* (1948), as Lady Who Dreams About Birds
- *The Ghosts of Berkeley Square* (1947), as Matron (uncredited)
- *Take My Life* (1947), as Lady with Children at Station (Uncredited)
- *Piccadilly Incident* (1946), Actor
- *On the Night of the Fire* (1939), as Neighbour (uncredited)
- *South Riding* (1938), as A Psalm Singer
- *Song of the Road* (1937), as Sideshow Owner
- *Kentucky Minstrels* (1934), as Landlady

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