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name: "Margaret Courtenay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-courtenay"
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imdb_id: "nm0183819"
tmdb_id: 47418
wikidata_id: "Q22583546"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 November 1923"
died: "15 February 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:05:24.086949+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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# Margaret Courtenay

## Identity

Margaret Courtenay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaret-courtenay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margaret-courtenay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0183819
- **TMDB ID:** 47418
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22583546
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Courtenay_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22583546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47418

Actor. Born 14 November 1923 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Died 15 February 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 November 1923, Cardiff, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 15 February 1996
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Courtenay_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22583546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47418

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Mirror Crack'd*](https://film.one/film/the-mirror-crackd.md) (52)

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## Biography

Margaret Courtenay (14 November 1923 – 15 February 1996) was a British actress. Born in Cardiff, Wales, she trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and began her career in theatre, appearing in productions by Shakespeare, Shaw, Coward and Sondheim. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed extensively in the West End.

Her screen work, which began in 1955 and was largely in television, included the role of Mrs. Bantry in the 1980 film *The Mirror Crack'd*. Other credits encompass Lady Chalmers in *Oh! Heavenly Dog* (1980), Miss Hardacre in the 1977 series *Mind Your Language*, and Miss Knight in the 1992 television film *Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side*. She was married to Ivan Pinfield from 1947 to 1968 and had one son.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mirror Crack'd* (1980), Fi1m 52, as Mrs. Bantry — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mirror-crackd.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as Julia Brady
- *The House of Windsor* (1994), series, as Lady Sharpcott
- *Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side* (1992), as Miss Knight
- *The Two Mrs. Grenvilles* (1987), series, as Mme. Sophia
- *Duet for One* (1986), as Sonia Randvich
- *Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper* (1985), Actor
- *Fresh Fields* (1984), series, as Margaret Richardson
- *Night Train to Murder* (1984), as Dame Flora
- *Never the Twain* (1981), series, as Lady Deveraux
- *Goodbye Darling* (1981), series, as Lady Brett
- *The Good Companions* (1980), series, as Lady Partlit
- *Oh! Heavenly Dog* (1980), as Lady Chalmers
- *The Mirror Crack'd* (1980), as Mrs. Bantry — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mirror-crackd.md)
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (1979), series, as Mrs Jarley
- *Only When I Laugh* (1979), series, as Mrs Binns
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Marge
- *Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf* (1978), as Mrs Broadbent
- *Fearless Frank* (1978), Actor
- *Out* (1978), series, as Mrs. Meckler
- *The Copyist* (1978), as Madame
- *Mind Your Language* (1977), series, as Miss Hardacre
- *The Upchat Line* (1977), series, as Mrs Butterwick
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Madame, Mrs. Clayton / Mrs. Clapton
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, as Olwyn Lloyd
- *A Sharp Intake of Breath* (1977), series, as Receptionist, Sheila's Mother
- *The Incredible Sarah* (1976), as Madame Nathalie
- *Royal Flash* (1975), as Lady in Honour Duel
- *A Coffin for the Bride* (1974), as Claire
- *Ooh...You Are Awful* (1972), as WPO
- *Under Milk Wood* (1972), as Waldo Wife Three
- *Bel Ami* (1971), series, as Madame Walter
- *Bel Ami* (1971), as Madame Walter
- *The Misfit* (1970), series, as Mabel
- *Arthur? Arthur!* (1969), as Clare Brownjohn
- *Hot Millions* (1968), as Mrs. Hubbard
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Merle Bloch, Maiden Mary
- *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* (1967), series, as Mrs. Esdaile
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as Mrs Thatcher
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Sophie
- *An Age of Kings* (1960), series, as Wife to Northumberland
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Mrs Dawson

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year 1976: Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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