| Birth name | Kathleen Sylvia Duke Coleridge |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 10 December 1909 |
| Birth place | Darjeeling, British India (present-day India) |
| Death date | 31 May 1986 (aged 76) |
| Death place | London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Sylvia Coleridge (10 December 1909 – 31 May 1986) was a British stage, film, radio and television actress.[1][2] Her credits included Tess (1979), The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Onedin Line, Survivors, Blake's 7, The Tomorrow People, Z-Cars, Doctor Who, Shoestring, Angels, Rumpole of the Bailey, and the BBC's adaptation of Bleak House in 1985.
Early life
Coleridge was born on 10 December 1909 in Darjeeling, British India, now India.[3]
Career
After Coleridge made her stage debut in 1931, her theatre work included appearances at The Old Vic, the Malvern Festival and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3][4]
Coleridge's television acting credits include: Out of the Unknown, The Avengers,[5] Paul Temple, The Lotus Eaters,[5] Ace of Wands, The Tomorrow People, Z-Cars, Public Eye, Sutherland's Law, Dixon of Dock Green, The Onedin Line,[5] Survivors,[5] Armchair Thriller (in the serial Quiet as a Nun), Blake's 7 (in the episode Gambit as the Croupier), Shoestring, The Flipside of Dominick Hide, Angels, Funny Man, Rumpole of the Bailey, Artemis 81, Bleak House,[5] and the sitcom Maggie and Her.[5]
Coleridge made a guest appearance in the Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Doom (1976).[6] Tom Baker mentioned on the "Special Edition" DVD commentary for The Robots of Death that he had been so taken with Coleridge's eccentric performance in the serial that he had later suggested her as the new Doctor Who companion to producer Graham Williams.[5]
Death
Coleridge died on 31 May 1986, in London.[citation needed]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Cross My Heart | Alice | |
| 1939 | I Met a Murderer | Martha Warrow | |
| 1940 | Jailbirds | Mrs. Smith | |
| 1971 | The Raging Moon | Celia | |
| 1971 | Jude the Obscure | Miss Fontover | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Tess | Mrs. d'Urberville | |
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Mrs. Halliday | |
| 1984 | Secret Places | Miss Trott |
References
- ^ "Sylvia Coleridge". bfi.org. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "Saturday-Night Theatre presents Fabia Drake, Terence Longdon and Sylvia Coleridge in Christmas Pudding". No. 1882. 4 December 1959. p. 50. – via BBC Genome.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968. – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sylvia Coleridge - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "Sylvia Coleridge". aveleyman.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ "The Seeds of Doom ★★★★★". radiotimes.com. August 6, 2010.