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name: "Patricia Hayes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patricia-hayes"
fi1m_id: "patricia-hayes"
imdb_id: "nm0371175"
tmdb_id: 12658
wikidata_id: "Q178654"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 December 1909"
died: "19 September 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:46:29.948807+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."
---

# Patricia Hayes

## Identity

Patricia Hayes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patricia-hayes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patricia-hayes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0371175
- **TMDB ID:** 12658
- **Wikidata ID:** Q178654
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Hayes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12658

Actor. Born 22 December 1909 in Streatham, London, England, UK. Died 19 September 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 December 1909, Streatham, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 19 September 1998
- **Active:** 1966–1988
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Hayes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12658

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*A Fish Called Wanda*](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md) (83)

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## Biography

Patricia Hayes was an English character actress. Born Patricia Lawlor Hayes on 22 December 1909 in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA, graduating in 1928, and spent the following decade in repertory theatre before moving into radio and television.

She appeared in numerous comedy series including *The Benny Hill Show* and *Till Death Us Do Part*, and played the title role in the *Play for Today* drama *Edna, the Inebriate Woman* (1971), for which she received the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress. Her film roles included Urgl in *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), Raziel in *Willow* (1988) and Mrs. Coady in *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988). She was awarded the OBE in 1987 for services to drama and continued acting until the mid-1990s.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Fi1m 83, as Mrs. Coady — [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)

## Complete filmography (92)

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

- *Crime and Punishment* (2002), as Alyonna Ivanovna
- *Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny* (2000), as Various
- *Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests* (2000), as Various
- *Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven* (2000), as Various
- *Lord of Misrule* (1996), as Ethel
- *The Steal* (1995), as Mrs Fawkes
- *Six Characters in Search of An Author* (1992), as Madame Pace
- *Blue Ice* (1992), as Old Woman
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Flo
- *The House of Bernarda Alba* (1991), as Mara Josefa
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, as Mrs Templecombe
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Madame Pace
- *The Fool* (1990), as The Dowager Duchess
- *The Last Island* (1990), as Mrs. Godame
- *War Requiem* (1989), as Mother
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), as Mrs. Coady — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)
- *Willow* (1988), as Raziel
- *Little Dorrit* (1987), as Affery
- *Our Lady Blue* (1987), as Sheila
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Mrs. Calthorne — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Sheila
- *Mr Pye* (1986), series, as Kaka
- *Mr. Pye* (1986), as Kaka
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Lady Alfreston
- *Mrs Capper's Birthday* (1985), as Mrs. Capper
- *In Sickness and in Health* (1985), series, as Min
- *Marjorie And Men* (1985), series, as Alice Tripp
- *And the Wall Came Tumbling Down* (1984), as Granny Waters
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Gran Waters
- *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), as Urgl
- *The Witches and the Grinnygog* (1983), as Miss Bendybones
- *The Witches and the Grinnygog* (1983), series, as Miss Letitia Bendybones, Miss Letitia Bendybones (voice) (uncredited)
- *Cymbeline* (1983), as Soothsayer
- *The Lady Is a Tramp* (1983), series, Actor
- *Till Death...* (1981), series, as Min
- *Plays for Pleasure* (1981), series, as Mrs Bennett
- *Benny Hill Show* (1980), series, Actor
- *Time of My Life* (1980), series, as Mrs Archer
- *Danger on Dartmoor* (1980), as Mrs. Green
- *Spooner's Patch* (1979), series, as The Traffic Warden, Old Lady
- *Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)* (1979), as Flower-Woman
- *The Corn Is Green* (1979), as Mrs. Watty
- *Beryl Reid* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Galton & Simpson Playhouse* (1977), series, as Granny
- *The Portland Millions* (1976), as Annie Druce
- *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, as Anne Druce
- *You Talk Too Much* (1976), as Mum
- *King Kung Fu* (1976), as Meter maid
- *The Best of Benny Hill* (1974), Actor
- *Love Thy Neighbour* (1973), as Annie Booth
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, as Mum
- *Mafia Junction* (1973), as Mamma the Turk
- *Raising the Roof* (1972), Actor
- *Edna: The Inebriate Woman* (1971), as Edna
- *The Last Of The Baskets* (1971), series, as Alfreda Basket
- *The Goodies* (1970), series, as The Witch Hazel
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Edna
- *Fragment of Fear* (1970), as Mrs. Baird
- *Catweazle* (1970), series, as Mrs. Skinner
- *Carry On Again Doctor* (1969), as Mrs. Beasley
- *The Benny Hill Show* (1969), series, Actor
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969), as Miss Honeybun (uncredited)
- *Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?* (1969), as Grandma
- *The Terrornauts* (1967), as Mrs. Jones
- *A Ghost of a Chance* (1967), as Miss Woollie
- *Till Death Us Do Part* (1966), series, as Min Reed, Mrs Carey
- *Help!* (1965), as Woman Washing Paint Off Sacrificial Victim (uncredited)
- *The Bargee* (1964), as Onlooker (uncredited)
- *Saturday Night Out* (1964), as Edie's Mother
- *It's All Over Town* (1963), as Charlady
- *The Sicilians* (1963), as Plane Passenger
- *Hugh and I* (1962), series, Actor
- *Reach for Glory* (1962), as Mrs. Freeman
- *The Arthur Askey Show* (1961), series, Actor
- *Citizen James* (1960), series, as Elderly Lady
- *Maigret* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Battle of the Sexes* (1960), as Jeannie Macdougall
- *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, Actor
- *The Love Match* (1955), as Emma Binns
- *The Enforcer* (1951), Actor
- *When We Are Married* (1949), as Ruby Birtle
- *To the Public Danger* (1948), as Postmistress
- *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (1947), as Phoebe
- *Great Day* (1945), as Mrs. Beadle
- *Hotel Reserve* (1944), as Woman
- *Candles at Nine* (1944), as Gwendolyn, the Maid
- *The Dummy Talks* (1943), Actor
- *When We Are Married* (1943), as Ruby Birtle
- *Went the Day Well?* (1942), as Daisy
- *When We Are Married* (1938), as Ruby Birtle
- *Girl Loves Boy* (1937), Actor
- *Broken Blossoms* (1936), as Minor role

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