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name: "Mary Barclay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-barclay"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1916"
died: "19 February 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:47:20.547962+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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# Mary Barclay

Actor. Born 20 July 1916 in Williton, Somerset, England, UK. Died 19 February 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1916, Williton, Somerset, England, UK
- **Died:** 19 February 2008
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Barclay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6779009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238006

## Biography

Mary Barclay (20 July 1916 – 19 February 2008) was an English actress who worked in film, television and theatre. Born Mary Biddulph in Williton, Somerset, she read Classics at Cambridge University, where she earned a double first, and later trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

She appeared as Martha Thompson in the 1973 film *A Touch of Class*. Barclay was also known for playing Stella Dane in the television series *Crossroads* in the 1960s. Her other credits include roles in *Secret Army*, *Steptoe and Son*, *The Revolutionary* (1970) and *Sex and the Other Woman* (1972).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Class* (1973), Fi1m 66, as Martha Thompson — [page](https://film.one/film/a-touch-of-class.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Secret Army* (1977), series, as Sophie Chantal
- *Justine* (1976), as Marquise
- *Children of the Sun* (1975), as Old woman
- *My Honourable Mrs* (1975), series, as Mother
- *Second Time Around* (1974), series, Actor
- *A Touch of Class* (1973), as Martha Thompson — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/a-touch-of-class.md)
- *Sex and the Other Woman* (1972), as Cynthia
- *The Moonstone* (1972), series, as Mrs. Ablewhite
- *The Revolutionary* (1970), as 'A's Mother (uncredited)
- *Story Parade* (1964), series, as Miss Richardson
- *Festival* (1963), series, as Second Woman
- *The Headless Ghost* (1959), as Lady Ambrose (Uncredited)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Nurse Mary
- *Sins of the Fathers* (1948), as Ellen Carter

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