Lana Morris
Born
Avril Maureen Anita Morris

(1930-03-11)11 March 1930
Hackney, London, England, UK
Died28 May 1998(1998-05-28) (aged 68)
Windsor, Berkshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active19481990
SpouseRonnie Waldman (19531978) (his death) (1 child)

Lana Morris, born Avril Maureen Anita Morris[1] (11 March 1930 28 May 1998)[2] was a British film, stage and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s.

She played the role of Helene Hillmer in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with Roger Moore in The Saint, appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting of the novel The Saint in New York. She later became a television panellist. She was also in British films such as I Start Counting.

She was married to the BBC executive Ronnie Waldman (1914–1978).

She died of a heart attack in Windsor, Berkshire, having been taken ill shortly after the first performance of the Barbara Taylor Bradford adaptation Dangerous to Know at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, aged 68.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1946School for SecretsMrs WatlingtonCredited as Pamela Matthews
1948Spring in Park LaneRosie
1948The Weaker SexLolly
1948It's Hard to Be GoodDaphne
1949Trottie TrueBouncie Barrington
1949The Chiltern HundredsBessie Sykes
1950Morning DepartureRose Snipe
1950Guilt Is My ShadowBetty
1950The Reluctant WidowBecky
1950TrioGladys(segment "The Verger")
1950The Woman in QuestionLana Clark
1951A Tale of Five CitiesDelia Morel Romanoff
1953The Red BeretPinky
1953The Straw ManRuth Hunter
1953The Good BeginningEvie Watson
1953Black 13Marion
1953Trouble in StoreSally Wilson
1954Radio Cab MurderMyra
1954Thought to KillRuby
1955Man of the MomentPenny
1956Home and AwayMary
1958Moment of IndiscretionJanet Miller
1958Passport to ShameGirl
1959No Trees in the StreetMarge
1959Jet StormJane Tracer
1960October MothMolly
1970I Start CountingLeonie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1954The Six Proud WalkersMartha6 episodes
1956Dixon of Dock GreenElsie Kelly1 episode
1957–1958The RoyaltyMaisie10 episodes
1958Solo for CanaryRuth Maddern6 episodes
1958Murder BagMay Kean1 episode
1959CharlesworthGahla1 episode
1959The Naked LadySylvia Craig4 episodes
1959The Invisible ManEllen Summers1 episode
1959–1961Murder BagVarious2 episodes
1960–1961BBC Sunday-Night PlayVarious3 episodes
1960International DetectiveSuzanne Colmar1 episode
1960No Wreath for the GeneralIsobel Gilmour6 episodes
1961Tales of MysteryNancy Burley1 episode
1962The Six Proud WalkersPolly Arden13 episodes
1962Zero OneMrs. Warner1 episode
1962MaigretFelicie1 episode (S3/Ep6)
1963Jezebel ex UK Isobel Garnett1 episode
1963Love StoryBobby1 episode
1963No Cloak – No DaggerEmma Cresswell6 episodes
1963The SaintTeresa Alvarez1 episode
1964ITV Sunday Night Dramaok Probert1 episode
1964The Old Wives' TaleSophia Scales5 episodes
1965Thursday TheatreVarious2 episodes
1965The Flying SwanMarion Watson1 episode
1967The Forsyte SagaHelene Hillmer10 episodes
1968Never a Cross WordMaureen1 episode
1971Paul TempleGwen Fox1 episode
1974Intimate StrangersDr. Jenni Bowers1 episode
1977ITV PlayhouseAunt Marie1 episode
1984Emmerdale Gillian6 episodes
1987Inspector MorseMiss Tree1 episode
1987–1990Howards' WayVanessa Rolfe28 episodes, final screen role

References

  1. https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=avril_morris&birth=1930&birth_x=0-0-0&count=50&name_x=1_1
  2. "FreeBMD Entry Info".
  3. 'Lana dies after opening night', Reading Evening Post 5 June 1998, p. 33


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