British actress
Rosemarie Dunham |
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| Born | Rosemarie Tomlinson
13 December 1924
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| Died | 5 December 2016(2016-12-05) (aged 91)
London, England |
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| Nationality | British |
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| Other names | Rosemary Dunham |
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| Occupation | Actress |
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| Years active | 1960–2000 |
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| Spouse(s) | Michael Ingrams (1949-?) (divorced) (1 child)
Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman (1965-?) |
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Rosemarie Dunham (born Rosemarie Tomlinson; 13 December 1924 – 5 December 2016) was a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Rosemary Dunham.
Early life
Dunham was born in Leuchars, Fife, the daughter of Willis Tomlinson,[citation needed] an English squadron leader stationed on the RAF base at Leuchars.[1]
Career
On stage, Dunham was a member of the Croydon Repertory Players in 1953.[2] She played Nerissa in a 1961 production of The Merchant of Venice at the Old Vic theatre, sharing the bill with Barbara Leigh-Hunt and John Stride.[3] She appeared in a 1967 production of Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All? at London's Savoy Theatre, sharing the bill with William Mervyn, Vincent Ball, Jane Downs, and Viola Keats.[4]
Dunham's television work was extensive, and included appearances in The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Public Eye, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Father Brown, Coronation Street, and The Cedar Tree.[5] Her best-known film role was as the "aging, but amorously inclined, landlady" Edna in the 1971 gangster movie Get Carter.[6] Her other film roles included Something to Hide (1972), Mistress Pamela (1974), The Incredible Sarah (1976), Lady Oscar (1979), Croupier (1998), and The Wolves of Kromer (1998).[7]
Personal life
Rosemarie Tomlinson was married to Michael Dunham Ingrams, the television presenter and documentary film-maker, and took her stage name from his middle name.[8][9] They had a son, Paul Ingrams, born in 1949. Her second husband was Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman; they married in 1965.[citation needed] She died in 2016, in London, just before her 92nd birthday.[citation needed]
