Patricia Plunkett

Patricia Ruth Plunkett

Patricia Plunkett
Born Patricia Ruth Plunkett
(1926-12-17)17 December 1926[1]
Streatham, London, England, UK
Died 13 October 1974 (aged 47)
London, England, UK
Years active 1946 – c.1961
Spouse(s) Tim Turner

Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974)[1] was an English actress.

Born in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA and had an early stage hit in Pick-Up Girl (1946)[2] by the American dramatist Elsa Shelley.[3]

Plunkett appeared in 12 films,[4] in supporting roles. The best known of these is probably It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), in which her character, Doris Sandigate, is the step-daughter of Rose (Googie Withers), the leading role. Her husband was the actor Tim Turner (died 1987).[3]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Patricia Plunkett", BFI Film Forever
  2. "Plunkett, Patricia" in Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.526
  3. 1 2 Lorraine Greenslade "Patricia Plunkett - My Sister", Herne Hill Society Newsletter, #102, Spring 2008, p.12-13
  4. "Plunkett, Patricia", credits, BFI Film & TV database


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