---
name: "Margery Withers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margery-withers"
fi1m_id: "margery-withers"
imdb_id: "nm0936742"
tmdb_id: 1347968
roles: []
born: "23 October 1905"
died: "6 September 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T11:44:18.364630+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."
---

# Margery Withers

## Identity

Margery Withers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margery-withers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margery-withers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0936742
- **TMDB ID:** 1347968
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1347968

Actor. Born 23 October 1905 in Patagonia, Argentina. Died 6 September 1999.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 October 1905, Patagonia, Argentina
- **Died:** 6 September 1999
- **Active:** 1990–1996
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1347968

## Biography

Margery Withers was a British actress. Born on 23 October 1905 in Patagonia, Argentina, she died on 6 September 1999 in Pinner, Middlesex, England.

She appeared in numerous British television series and films over several decades, often in supporting roles as elderly women. Her credits include the role of Elsie in the 1990 series *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit*, as well as appearances in *The Day Today* (1994), *Secrets & Lies* (1996) as an elderly lady, *Swept from the Sea* (1998), and *Onegin* (1999) as Nanya.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Elderly Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *The Day Today* (1994), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)
- *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), Fi1m 86, as Elsie — [page](https://film.one/tv/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Onegin* (1999), as Nanya
- *Swept from the Sea* (1998), Actor
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), as Elderly Lady — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, as Gwen Parry
- *Hamish Macbeth* (1995), series, as Jean McNeil
- *In The Cold Light Of Day* (1994), as Old Mother
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Mrs Davie
- *The Day Today* (1994), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Hilda Lyons
- *Memento Mori* (1992), as Grannie Barnacle
- *Devices and Desires* (1991), series, as Passenger in Car
- *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), series, as Elsie — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit.md)
- *The Trial of Klaus Barbie* (1987), as Benguigui
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Lady in Flat, Mabel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *The Clifton House Mystery* (1978), series, as Mrs Betterton
- *Secret Army* (1977), series, as Mme. Louise Van Artevelde
- *The Evacuees* (1975), as Grandma Miller
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Mrs Johnson
- *The Aweful Mr Goodall* (1974), series, as Matron
- *The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow* (1971), as Rosa Cavendish
- *Killing Time* (1970), Actor
- *Menace* (1970), series, as Nora Brazier
- *Death of a Teddy Bear* (1967), as Mrs. Seagrove
- *The Corridor People* (1966), series, as Miss Winkle
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as Frau Mahler
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as Rosa Cavendish
- *Six* (1964), series, as The Mother
- *They Met in a City* (1961), series, as Mrs. Price
- *Lena, O My Lena* (1960), as Derek's Mother

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