Elspeth March
Elspeth March was an English actress.
Early years
March was born as Jean Elspeth Mackenzie in Kensington, London, England, the daughter of Harry Malcolm and Elfreda Mackenzie. She studied speech and drama under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Career and marriage
She led a long stage, film and television career as a character actress, making her professional debut in Jonah and the Whale at London's Westminster Theatre in 1932. She met and married actor Stewart Granger in 1938. As his film career blossomed, the marriage faltered, and the couple divorced in 1948. They had two sons, Jamie, and the theatrical agent Lindsey Granger, who died in 2011.
She resumed her career in 1944, continuing to play supporting roles in plays, films and television into her eighties. She appeared with the National Theatre in 1977, playing roles in The Madras House and Don Juan Comes Back from the War, and in 1983 was in the thriller Underground in Toronto and at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
Death
March died at Denville Hall in Hillingdon, London, on 29 April 1999, aged 88.
Filmography
Mr. Emmanuel as Rose CooperRuth as NaomiBoys in Brown as Mrs. SmithThe Astonished Heart as Vicar's Wife in Play Quo Vadis as MiriamHis Excellency as Fernando's WifeThe Miracle as Sister DominicaMidnight Lace as WomanThe Roman Spring of Mrs Stone as Mrs. BarrowFollow That Man as Astrid LarsenThe Playboy of the Western World as Widow QuinDr. Crippen as Mrs. JacksonThe Three Lives of Thomasina as Thomasina Psyche 59 as Mme. ValadierDon't Lose Your Head as Lady Binder Woman Times Seven as Annette A Dandy in Aspic as Lady HetheringtonTwo Gentlemen Sharing as Mrs. Burrows, Ethne's MotherGoodbye, Mr. Chips as Mrs. SummersthwaiteCarry On Again Doctor as Hospital Board MemberTwinky as Secretary The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Mrs. FerretPromise at Dawn as Fat WomanThe Magician of Lublin as YadwigaCharlie Muffin as Mrs. Heiderman
Television credits
Caesar's Friend - Mary a woman of MagdalaDouglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents - Lucy / Mrs. MarksThe Court of Last Resort - Minnie BowersHallmark Hall of Fame Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Mrs. WellingtonAlcoa Presents: One Step Beyond - Mrs. MurphyThe Saint - Tante Ada / Lucy WexallSoftly, Softly - DoraTwo in Clover - Miss PlummerW. Somerset Maugham's ''The Three Fat Women of Antibes - Beatrice RichmanRebecca - Mrs. van HopperLet There Be Love - MotherTales of the Unexpected - Mrs. CarsonAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime - Lady Susan ClonrayExecutive Stress - Patricia Fairchild The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes'' - Lady Blanche