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name: "Mary Healey"
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born: "1 January 1942"
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# Mary Healey

Actor. Born 1 January 1942 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1942, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1996–2006
- **Also known as:** Mary Veronica Healey

## Biography

Mary Veronica Healey is an English actress. She was born on 9 December 1942 in Rugby, Warwickshire, and trained at art college in Leeds before working at Nottingham Playhouse and making her television debut in 1968.

Healey is known for her role as Ida in the film *Brassed Off* (1996). Her other screen credits include Mrs Karno in *Chaplin* (1992), appearances in *Doctor Who* (1963), *Line of Duty* (2012) as Eileen Farmer, *Midsomer Murders* (1997), *Foyle's War* (2002), *A Touch of Frost* (1992), *Silent Witness* (1996) and *A Cock and Bull Story* (2005). She has also worked extensively in British television, with roles in series such as *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976–1977) and *Brookside*.

She has been married to actor Morgan Deare since 1989.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Saxondale* (2006), Fi1m 75, as Secretary — [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *Brassed Off* (1996), Fi1m 79, as Ida — [page](https://film.one/film/brassed-off.md)

## Also known for

- *Chaplin* (1992), Mrs. Karno
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Nanny
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Wilson
- *A Cock and Bull Story* (2005), Midwife
- *Silent Witness* (1996), Betty Cooke
- *Foyle's War* (2002), Edith Bradley
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Kate
- *Wire in the Blood* (2002)

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