Brenda Cowling

Actor Apr 23 (died age 85) Islington, London, England, UK 1950–2004 (54 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

2002 · as Jean Crowley's Mother

10.0

Fawlty Towers

1975 · as Sister

8.3

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976 · as Elsie Richards

8.0

Known For

Film

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Teacher

Film

Octopussy

Schatzi

Film

Stage Fright

Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)

Film

Jabberwocky

Mrs Fishfinger

Film

The Railway Children

Mrs Viney

Film

The Black Windmill

Secretary (uncredited)

Film

Greenfingers

Bookshop Customer

Film

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Mrs. Rodgers

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (25)

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004

as Mrs Martin

3.0

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

2002

as Jean Crowley's Mother

Greenfingers

as Bookshop Customer

Room to Rent

as Church Lady

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

as Mrs. Rodgers

Dream Lover

as Hotel Manager

Octopussy

as Schatzi

St. Ursula's in Danger

1983

as Mrs. Trimble

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982

as Teacher

7.9

The Bells of Astercote

1980

as Mrs Fletcher

6.0

Foreign Affairs

1978

as Vera Collings

Jabberwocky

as Mrs Fishfinger

The Black Panther

Carry On Behind

as Wife (uncredited)

The Black Windmill

as Secretary (uncredited)

Carry On Girls

as Matron

Young Winston

as Mrs. Dewsnap (uncredited)

6.2

The Man and the Snake

1972

as Molly

Please Sir!

1971

as Mrs. Duffy

5.4

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee

1971

as Mrs. Knowles

The Railway Children

1970

as Mrs Viney

6.7

Up in the Air

1969

as Lady Pennyweight

Bindle (One of Them Days)

as Martha Hearty

The Flood

as Mrs. Grout

Stage Fright

as Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)

6.8

Television (39)

Murder in Suburbia

as Mrs Kirkman

Doctors and Nurses

as Jean

The Last Detective

as Old Lady

Jonathan Creek

as Mrs. Thrimpson

The Detectives

as Bride's Grandmother

The Upper Hand

as The Nun

You Rang, M'Lord?

as Blanche Lipton

Seal Morning

as Mrs. Bates

In Sickness and in Health

as Matron

Lytton's Diary

as Customer

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

as Matron

Sharon and Elsie

as Waitress

The Agatha Christie Hour

1982

as Miss Draper

6.8

Hammer House of Horror

as Nurse Davies

Sink or Swim

as Matron

Shoestring

as Mrs Margaret Billington

7.7

Only When I Laugh

1979

as Matron

6.7

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Landlady

Potter

as Jane

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Vera Collings

7.0

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Elsie Richards

Fawlty Towers

as Sister

Shadows

as Cook

Happy Ever After

as Mrs Robinson

The Pallisers

as Mrs Bunce

Good Girl

as Gwen Botley

Oh, Father!

as Mrs Rourke

Sykes

as Sister

Romany Jones

as Betty's Mother

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Maid

Justice

as Mrs. Cosgrove

Budgie

as Customer in Supermarket

Dad's Army

as Mrs Prentice

Nicholas Nickleby

as Mrs. Kenwigs

All Gas and Gaiters

as Mary

Theatre 625

as Joanna

Suspense

as Emma

Television Club

as Mrs. Brent

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Mrs. Bowden