Marianne Stone


Marianne Stone was an English character actress. She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies. Stone appeared in nine of the Carry On films, and took part in an episode of the Carry On Laughing television series. She also had supporting roles with comedian Norman Wisdom.

Film work

Stone also appeared in Brighton Rock, Seven Days to Noon, The 39 Steps, Lolita, Ladies Who Do, Oh! What a Lovely War and the first two "Quatermass" films. Her most serious and arguably most dramatic role was as Lena van Broecken in three episodes of the BBC's Secret Army between 1977 and 1978.
Stone, whose nickname was "Mugsie", was credited in her early films under the name "Mary Stone", and also has been credited as "Marion Stone". She was married for fifty years, from 1947 to 1997, to actor-turned-theatre-critic and film historian Peter Noble, with whom she had two children, one of whom is DJ Kara Noble. She appeared in 201 films before the offers dried up in the 1980s and she retired.

Death

Stone died on 21 December 2009 at the age of 87.

''Carry On'' contributions

Carry On Nurse as Alice AbleCarry On Constable as Miss Horton Carry On Jack as PegCarry On Screaming! as Mrs ParkerCarry On Don't Lose Your Head as LandladyCarry On Doctor as MotherCarry On at Your Convenience as MaudCarry On Matron as Mrs Putzova Carry On Girls as Miss DrewCarry On Dick as MaggieCarry On Behind as Mrs RowanCarry On Laughing: "The Case of the Screaming Winkles" as Madame Petra

Selected other filmography

Miss London Ltd. When the Bough Breaks as Shop AssistantEscape Dangerous as Jacqueline FabreBrighton Rock as Waitress Idol of Paris as Theresa's SecretaryIt's Hard to Be Good as Clerk in Newspaper Office A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Minor Role Marry Me! as ElsieAdam and Evelyne as Minor Role A Run for Your Money as Miss Carpenter Miss Pilgrim's Progress as Second Factory Girl Seven Days to Noon as Woman in Phone Box Rocky Mountain as Stage Passenger The Clouded Yellow as Young Woman at Nora's House Blackmailed as MaggieAppointment with Venus as A.T.S. AuxiliaryHigh Treason as Alfie's Mother The Magic Box as Bride in Wedding GroupAngels One Five as W.A.A.F.Time Gentlemen, Please! as Mrs. PincerVenetian Bird The Pickwick Papers as Bit Part The Net as MaisieSpaceways as Mrs. Rogers Colonel March Investigates as Customer in Bank A Day to Remember as Doreen, Shorty's Girl Friend The Dog and the Diamonds 36 Hours as Pam PalmerYou Know What Sailors Are as Elsie – BarmaidThe Runaway Bus as Travel GirlThe Good Die Young as Molly, the Barmaid The Gay Dog as Barmaid Dance Little Lady as NurseTwist of Fate as Annabelle The Crowded Day as Mr. Stanton's SecretaryMad About Men as Waitress The Brain Machine as Hospital Technician Barbados Quest as Mrs. Wilson – Woman CleanerThe Quatermass Xperiment as Central Clinic Nurse Simon and Laura as ElsieMan of the Moment as Florrie the Cleaner Fun at St. Fanny's Portrait of Alison as ReceptionistLost as Mrs. Marley Private's Progress as Miss Sugden Cloak Without Dagger as Mrs. MarkleyBond of Fear as Mrs. SimonCharley Moon as Silvers' Secretary Passport to Treason as Miss 'Jonesy' JonesYield to the Night as RichardsonThe Intimate Stranger as Miss Cedrick, Ben's Secretary Eyewitness as Cinema Usherette High Terrace as Mansfield's LandladyA Touch of the Sun as Miss Grey, Manager's Secretary Tiger in the Smoke Brothers in Law as Minor Role The Good Companions as Honeymoon Couple #1Don Quixote as Peasant Girl Quatermass 2 as SecretaryAt the Stroke of Nine as SecretaryWoman in a Dressing Gown as HairdresserHell Drivers as Nurse Attending GinoTime Lock Just My Luck as Tea Bar AttendantMan from Tangier as Woman in HotelThe Naked Truth Carve Her Name with Pride as Mother at Birthday Party The Golden Disc as Dryden's SecretaryInnocent Sinners as Sparkey's Mother A Night to Remember as Stewardess A Cry from the Streets as Cleaner #1 Corridors of Blood as Woman Arrested at Black Ben's Horrors of the Black Museum as NeighbourThe Man Who Liked Funerals as Bentham's secretaryNo Trees in the Street as Mrs. JokelCarlton-Browne of the F.O. as Woman in CinemaThe 39 Steps as Hospital Administrator Tiger Bay as Mrs. WilliamsJack the Ripper as Drunken WomanOperation Bullshine as Sgt. CookThe Heart of a Man as Counter Girl I'm All Right Jack as T.V. ReceptionistJet Storm Follow a Star Please Turn Over as Mrs. WaringThe Angry Silence as MavisHell Is a City Never Let Go as MadgeDoctor in Love as Hospital Sister The Big Day as Madge DelaneyFive Golden Hours as TinaDouble Bunk as Prospective Purchaser's WifeWatch It, Sailor! as Woman with Child The Frightened City as Barmaid On the Fiddle as Stretcher Bearer The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Miss Evans, Jeff's Secretary Play It Cool as Beatnik Woman Gaolbreak as Mrs. MarshallCrooks Anonymous Two and Two Make Six as Grand Hotel day receptionistLolita as Vivian DarkbloomJigsaw as Secretary Band of Thieves as CleanerThe Wild and the Willing as ClaraNight of the Prowler as Mrs. CrossThe Fast Lady as Miss OldhamThe Cool Mikado as Espresso Waitress The Wrong Arm of the Law as Woman in Front Row at Meeting Paranoiac as Woman #2 Heavens Above! as Miss PalmerDoctor in Distress as Cafe Waitress Stolen Hours West 11 as Bit Role The World Ten Times Over The Victors as Prostitute at Hotel de Flandre Ladies Who Do as Mrs. GubbinsA Stitch in Time as Mrs. Cutforth – Shop Customer The Marked One as Mrs. BensonThe Hi-Jackers as LilReturn to Sender as KateNothing but the Best as Horton's SecretaryWitchcraft as Forrester's SecretaryThe Beauty Jungle as Rita A Hard Day's Night as Society Reporter Blind Corner Rattle of a Simple Man as Barmaid The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb as Bey's LandladyTraitor's Gate as Cashier at Dandy ClubWe Shall See, ', as JennyTroubled Waters as Miss StoneAct of Murder as BobbieThe Intelligence Men as Woman in Lift Hysteria as Marcus Allan's Secretary – Miss GroganCatch Us If You Can as Mrs. Vera StoneDevils of Darkness as The DuchessYou Must Be Joking! as Fan Club Worker The Night Caller as Madge LilburnThe Wrong Box as SpinsterStrangler's Web, '', as Alicia PrestonThe Sandwich Man The Spy with a Cold Nose as Mrs. Whitby A Countess from Hong Kong as Reporter #1Don't Lose Your Head as LandladyThe Jokers as Woman in Scarf To Sir, with Love as GertThe Long Duel as Major's WifeThe Man Outside Berserk! as WandaHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush as Mrs. Kelly Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as Air Passenger The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Factory tea ladyBaby Love as ManageressLock Up Your Daughters Crooks and Coronets as Visitor to Stately Home Oh, What a Lovely War! as Mill GirlThe Best House in London as Machinist Incense for the Damned as Cheerful Lady at Party Every Home Should Have One as TV Production Assistant No. 1 Doctor in Trouble as Spinster / Plain WomanThe Games Scrooge as Party GuestThere's a Girl in My Soup as Woman Reporter at London AirportThe Firechasers All the Right Noises as LandladyThe Raging Moon as 1st NurseCountess Dracula as Kitchen MaidAssault as MatronMr. Forbush and the Penguins as PolicewomanWhoever Slew Auntie Roo? as Miss WilcoxDanny Jones as Woman in hotelTower of Evil as NurseAll Coppers Are... as Woman in PubAu Pair Girls as Mrs. FairfaxBless This House as MurielThe Love Ban as Customer in ChemistsThe Creeping Flesh as Female AssistantBaxter! as WomanThe Vault of Horror as Jane Penny Gold as Mrs. ParsonsThe Cherry Picker as Mrs. LalMistress Pamela as KatieCraze as Jane – BarmaidConfessions of a Window Cleaner as Woman in CinemaPercy's Progress as Reporter That Lucky Touch as Party guestI'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight as ConsultantThe Incredible Sarah Confessions from a Holiday Camp as WaitressSammy's Super T-Shirt as NeighbourWhat's Up Superdoc! as Dr. MaconachieThe Class of Miss MacMichael as Mrs. LeeThe Human Factor as MatronShillingbury Tales as Landlady of 'The Valiant Trooper'The Balance of Nature as Dawn's mumFunny Money as Admissions NurseThe Wicked Lady as Customer in ShopDéjà Vu as MabelTerry on the Fence as Mrs. Parsons