Penny Morrell Explained

Penny Morrell (4 February 1938 – 3 January 2020) was a British actress.^[1] She was married to the actor George Cole from 1967 until his death in 2015.^[2]

Death

Penny Morrell died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England on 3 January 2020, aged 81.^{[3] [4]} She had two children.

Selected filmography

• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• Brothers in Law (1957)
• Lucky Jim (1957)
• The Bulldog Breed (1960)
• Make Mine Mink (1960)
• Too Hot to Handle (1960)
• Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)
• A Matter of Choice (1963)
• The Wild Affair (1963)
• A Stitch in Time (1963)
• The Comedy Man (1964)
• Smokescreen (1964)
• The Early Bird (1965)
• The End of the Affair (1999)

Television credits (partial)

• Minder - Daphne Mount
• An Independent Man - Mrs Bamford
• EastEnders
• Heartbeat - Mrs. Roberts
• ChuckleVision - Lettice / Fairy Godmother
• Bramwell (TV mini-series) - Mrs. Landers
• Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1998 TV film) - Rolliver's Landlady
• The Bill (1997) - Sally
• Five Children and It (1991 TV series) - Lady Chittenden
• About Face (TV series) - Deirdre
• Valentine Park (1987-1988 TV series) - Maggie / Claire's Mother
• Stiff Upper Lip (1967)
• Theatre 625

Simon and Laura (1966) - Janet Honeyman

• The World of Wooster (1966 TV series) - Rhoda
• Marriage Lines (1965 TV series) - Patty
• Orlando (1965 TV series)
• Detective (1964 TV series) - Betty
• A World of His Own (1964)
• Maigret (1961 TV series)
• Saturday Playhouse (1959 TV series) - Marlene Cheetah
• East End, West End (1958 TV series)
• ITV Play of the Week (1958 TV series) - Jean Smith
• Shadow Squad (1957 TV series) - Isobelle Hughes

Further reading

• https://archive.today/20130129061047/http://mubi.com/topics/3994
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606269/filmoyear

Notes and References

1. Web site: Penny Morrell. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312050424/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192be19. dead. 12 March 2017.
2. The World was my Lobster George Cole & Brian Hawkins P125
3. Web site: George Cole's widow dies at 81.
4. Web site: Penny Cole, actress and wife of television and film star.