Marged Esli


Marged Esli was a Welsh actress who was best known for playing Nansi Furlong in the Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm.

Life and career

Marged Esli Charles-Williams was raised on Bodfeillion farm in Gwalchmai, Anglesey. Her father was a captain in the British Army.
In the 1970s she started working on a number of children's programs for BBC Wales. She composed over 200 songs for the program Bys a Bawd. In 1975 she and Hywel Gwynfryn were the first presenters of the Bilidowcar magazine programme.
Marged died on 1 March 2025, at the age of 75.