Judy Campbell
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Judy Campbell was an English light comedy actress and occasional playwright, Noël Coward
's muse. Her daughter is the actor and singer Jane Birkin
, her son the screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, and among her grandchildren are the actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg
and Lou Doillon
, the poet Anno Birkin
and photographer Kate Barry.
, Lincolnshire
on 31 May 1916, daughter of John Arthur Campbell and his wife Mary (Fulton), and was educated at St Michael's Convent in East Grinstead
, Sussex. Both her parents were on the stage; her father was also the author of several plays under his professional name of J. A. Campbell.
She was married to Lieutenant-Commander David Birkin, DSC, RNVR, until his death in 1991. She died in London on 6 June 2004, aged 88.
. She insisted that she could neither sing nor dance, but she had a rare ability to invest a song with theatrical grace and charm. In 2002 she lent her patrician presence to a television remake of The Forsyte Saga
.
While touring with Coward from September 1942 to March 1943, she created the roles of Joanna in Present Laughter
and Ethel in the stage production of This Happy Breed
, and played Elvira in Blithe Spirit
. She also appeared with him in twice-weekly troop concerts. In 1943 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, she performed in Present Laughter and This Happy Breed on alternate nights under the umbrella title of Play Parade, before playing Elvira in the West End presentation of Blithe Spirit at the Duchess Theatre
in 1943. During one performance on tour, she was surprised to feel Coward stroking her shoulder in an affectionate way that was not called-for in the script, and she began to wonder "Have I succeeded where so many women have failed?" In fact, he was just trying to keep his hands warm in an unheated theatre during fuel rationing.
In 1981 she appeared in Andrew Birkin's BAFTA winning and Academy Award nominated short film, Sredni Vashtar
, playing the fearsome Aunt Augusta. It was her last major film role, although she appeared regularly on British television throughout the remainder of her career.
In December 2002, at the end of a 67-year career as a boulevard actress and chanteuse of distinction, she gave her farewell London performances at The King's Head Theatre
with Where Are the Songs We Sung?, a nostalgic garland of songs, memories and scenes from plays, accompanied by Stefan Bednarczyk at the piano, a programme they finally reprised at the Jermyn Street Theatre
.
The evening recalled her Grantham childhood, the 1950s with Sandy Wilson
, by way of the Liverpool rep' with Robert Helpmann
, wintry tours and troop concerts with Noël Coward and cheering up West End punters during the Blitz on London, including her unique renderings of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
", the Eric Maschwitz
standard that made her a star in the New Faces
revue at the Comedy Theatre in 1940.
Judy finally recorded "Nightingale" (and Coward's "If Love Were All
") in September 2003, as part of a cabaret performance with Sheridan Morley
and Michael Law at Pizza on the Park. Judy had previously appeared as guest star with Morley and Law for several Jermyn Street cabaret performances as well as with Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra most memorably for a Coward centenary concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1999, where she regaled the audience with often hilarious anecdotes about her work with Coward during the 1940s (and of course sang "her" Nightingale song).
After her death in 2004 her name was commemorated on the actresses' dressing-room door at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
Plays by Judy Campbell:
Television and TV movies:
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
's muse. Her daughter is the actor and singer Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
, her son the screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, and among her grandchildren are the actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
and Lou Doillon
Lou Doillon
Lou Doillon is a French model and actress. Her father is director Jacques Doillon and her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin.-Biography:...
, the poet Anno Birkin
Anno Birkin
Alexander Kingdom Nik-o "Anno" Birkin was an English musician. He came from a creative family, which included his grandmother Judy Campbell; father Andrew Birkin, mother Bee Gilbert, brother Ned Birkin, half-siblings David Birkin, Barnaby Holm and Lissy Holm; aunts Jane Birkin and Linda Birkin;...
and photographer Kate Barry.
Private life
Judy Campbell was born in GranthamGrantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
on 31 May 1916, daughter of John Arthur Campbell and his wife Mary (Fulton), and was educated at St Michael's Convent in East Grinstead
East Grinstead
East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders. It lies south of London, north northeast of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester...
, Sussex. Both her parents were on the stage; her father was also the author of several plays under his professional name of J. A. Campbell.
She was married to Lieutenant-Commander David Birkin, DSC, RNVR, until his death in 1991. She died in London on 6 June 2004, aged 88.
Professional career
Campbell made her stage debut in 1935 as a 'Guest' in The Last of Mrs. Cheyney at the Theatre Royal Grantham, and entered films in 1940 in the London based thriller Saloon BarSaloon Bar
- Plot summary :An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.- Cast :*Gordon Harker as Joe Harris*Elizabeth Allan as Queenie*Mervyn Johns as Wickers*Joyce Barbour as Sally*Anna Konstam as Ivy...
. She insisted that she could neither sing nor dance, but she had a rare ability to invest a song with theatrical grace and charm. In 2002 she lent her patrician presence to a television remake of The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga (2002 miniseries)
In 2002 the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network...
.
Present Laughter
Present Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 and first staged in 1942 on tour, alternating with his lower middle-class domestic drama This Happy Breed...
and Ethel in the stage production of This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, Present Laughter. The two plays later alternated with Coward's Blithe Spirit...
, and played Elvira in Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (play)
Blithe Spirit is a comic play written by Noël Coward which takes its title from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "To a Skylark" . The play concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to...
. She also appeared with him in twice-weekly troop concerts. In 1943 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, she performed in Present Laughter and This Happy Breed on alternate nights under the umbrella title of Play Parade, before playing Elvira in the West End presentation of Blithe Spirit at the Duchess Theatre
Duchess Theatre
The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street, near Aldwych.The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. It has 479 seats on two levels....
in 1943. During one performance on tour, she was surprised to feel Coward stroking her shoulder in an affectionate way that was not called-for in the script, and she began to wonder "Have I succeeded where so many women have failed?" In fact, he was just trying to keep his hands warm in an unheated theatre during fuel rationing.
In 1981 she appeared in Andrew Birkin's BAFTA winning and Academy Award nominated short film, Sredni Vashtar
Sredni Vashtar
Sredni Vashtar is a short story written by Saki between 1900 and 1914 and initially published in his book The Chronicles of Clovis. It has been adapted for opera, film, radio and television....
, playing the fearsome Aunt Augusta. It was her last major film role, although she appeared regularly on British television throughout the remainder of her career.
In December 2002, at the end of a 67-year career as a boulevard actress and chanteuse of distinction, she gave her farewell London performances at The King's Head Theatre
The King's Head Theatre
The King's Head Theatre, founded in 1970 by Dan Crawford, is an Off-West End venue in London. It was the first pub theatre in the UK. Adam Spreadbury-Maher became Artistic Director in March 2010 .-Background:...
with Where Are the Songs We Sung?, a nostalgic garland of songs, memories and scenes from plays, accompanied by Stefan Bednarczyk at the piano, a programme they finally reprised at the Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre is a performance venue situated in Jermyn Street, London.Formerly a restaurant, under the leadership of Howard Jameson, it was transformed into a 70-seat studio theatre right in the heart of London's West End...
.
The evening recalled her Grantham childhood, the 1950s with Sandy Wilson
Sandy Wilson
Sandy Wilson is an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend .-Biography:Wilson was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester, and was educated at Harrow School and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great...
, by way of the Liverpool rep' with Robert Helpmann
Robert Helpmann
Sir Robert Helpmann CBE was an Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer.-Early years:He was born Robert Murray Helpman in Mount Gambier, South Australia and also boarded at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. From childhood, Helpman had a strong desire to be a dancer...
, wintry tours and troop concerts with Noël Coward and cheering up West End punters during the Blitz on London, including her unique renderings of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song)
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song written in 1939 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin.-Setting:...
", the Eric Maschwitz
Eric Maschwitz
Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE , known as Eric Maschwitz and sometimes credited as Holt Marvell, was an English entertainer, writer, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.-Life and work:...
standard that made her a star in the New Faces
New Faces
New Faces was a British television talent show popular in the 1970s and 1980s, presented originally by Derek Hobson. It was produced by ATV Network Limited for the ITV Network. The first run of the show was from 29 September 1973 to 2 April 1978 and was recorded at the ATV Centre, Birmingham...
revue at the Comedy Theatre in 1940.
Judy finally recorded "Nightingale" (and Coward's "If Love Were All
If Love Were All
"If Love Were All" is a song by Noël Coward, published in 1929 and written for the operetta Bitter Sweet. The song is considered autobiographical, and has been described as "self-deprecating" as well as "one of the loneliest pop songs ever written".Ivy St...
") in September 2003, as part of a cabaret performance with Sheridan Morley
Sheridan Morley
Sheridan Morley was an English author, biographer, critic, director, actor and broadcaster. He was the eldest son of actor Robert Morley and grandson of actress Dame Gladys Cooper, and wrote biographies of both...
and Michael Law at Pizza on the Park. Judy had previously appeared as guest star with Morley and Law for several Jermyn Street cabaret performances as well as with Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra most memorably for a Coward centenary concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1999, where she regaled the audience with often hilarious anecdotes about her work with Coward during the 1940s (and of course sang "her" Nightingale song).
After her death in 2004 her name was commemorated on the actresses' dressing-room door at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
Theatre
- ’Guest’ in The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Theatre Royal, GranthamGranthamGrantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
(Easter 1935) followed by a season of repertory - Season of repertory, Opera House, CoventryCoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
(May 1935), followed by a further season at Theatre Royal, BrightonTheatre Royal, BrightonThe Theatre Royal, Brighton is a theatre in Brighton, England, United Kingdom presenting a range of West End and touring musicals and plays, along with performances of opera and ballet and a Christmas pantomime.-History:...
(1936) - London debut as Anna in Anthony and Anna, People's Palace (April 1937)
- Natasha Malakoff in Bulldog Drummond Hits Out, People's Palace (July 1937) and Savoy TheatreSavoy TheatreThe Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre located in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England. The theatre opened on 10 October 1881 and was built by Richard D'Oyly Carte on the site of the old Savoy Palace as a showcase for the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan,...
(December 1937) - Shakespeare and Shaw season, Festival Theatre, CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
(1938) - Irene in Idiot's DelightIdiot's DelightIdiot's Delight is a 1939 MGM comedy film, with a screenplay adapted from the 1936 Robert E. Sherwood play of the same name, by Sherwood himself. The movie stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable. It is notable as the only film where Gable sings and dances, performing a version of the Irving Berlin...
, touring with Vic OliverVic OliverVic Oliver was an actor and radio comedian.He was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Viktor von Samek and came to England via America....
(July–December 1938) - Leading roles with Liverpool PlayhouseLiverpool PlayhouseThe Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actresses, some of which went on to achieve...
Company (1939–1940) - New Faces Revue, Comedy Theatre (April 1940, and again March 1941), “making a hit with the song A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square."
- Lola Malo in Lady Behave, His Majesty's TheatreHis Majesty's TheatreHis Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen is the largest theatre in north-east Scotland, seating more than 1400. The theatre is sited on Rosemount Viaduct, opposite the city's Union Terrace Gardens. It was designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1906...
(July 1941) - Phyllis Tree in Ducks and Drakes, Apollo TheatreApollo TheatreThe Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. Designed by architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield, and the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street, its doors opened on 21 February 1901 with the American...
(November 1941) - Marthe de Brancovis in The Watch on the Rhine Aldwych TheatreAldwych TheatreThe Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Aldwych in the City of Westminster. The theatre was listed Grade II on 20 July 1971. Its seating capacity is 1,200.-Origins:...
(April 1942) - Touring with Noêl Coward (September 1942-March 1943), creating the roles of Joanna in Present LaughterPresent LaughterPresent Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 and first staged in 1942 on tour, alternating with his lower middle-class domestic drama This Happy Breed...
and Ethel in This Happy BreedThis Happy BreedThis Happy Breed is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, Present Laughter. The two plays later alternated with Coward's Blithe Spirit...
, also playing Elvira in Blithe SpiritBlithe Spirit (play)Blithe Spirit is a comic play written by Noël Coward which takes its title from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "To a Skylark" . The play concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to...
, “as well as appearing with Noël in twice-weekly troop concerts.”
- Play Parade: alternate nights in Present Laughter and This Happy Breed, Theatre Royal Haymarket (April 1943)
- Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Duchess TheatreDuchess TheatreThe Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street, near Aldwych.The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. It has 479 seats on two levels....
(July 1943) - Mirandolina in The Mistress of the InnThe Mistress of the InnThe Mistress of the Inn , also translated as The Innkeeper Woman or Mirandolina , is a 1753 three-act comedy by the Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni about a coquette. The play has been regarded as his masterpiece...
, Arts Theatre (August 1944) - Diana Flynn in Another Love Story, Phoenix TheatrePhoenix Theatre (London)The Phoenix Theatre is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden, located on Charing Cross Road . The entrance is in Phoenix Street....
, (December 1944) - Lydia in Call Home the Heart, touring (1946)
- Joanna in Portrait of Hickory, Embassy TheatreEmbassy Theatre (London)The Embassy Theatre is a theatre at 64, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London.- Early years :The Embassy Theatre was opened as a repertory company in September 1928 on the initiative of Sybil Arundale and Herbert Jay., when the premises of Hampstead Conservatoire of Music were adapted by architect...
(April 1948) - Martha Shale in This Is Where We Came InThis Is Where We Came InThis Is Where We Came In is a 1990 children's play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is about three storytellers, Great Aunt Repetitus, Uncle Erraticus, Uncle Oblivious, who trap six players in twisted re-interpretations of fairy tales...
, touring (1948) - Princess Louise in Royal HighnessRoyal HighnessRoyal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...
, Lyric, Hammersmith (April 1949) - Miranda Frayle in Relative ValuesRelative ValuesRelative Values is a 2000 British comedy film adaptation of the 1950s play of the same name by Noel Coward. It stars Julie Andrews, Colin Firth, William Baldwin, Stephen Fry and Jeanne Tripplehorn, and was directed by Eric Styles....
, Savoy Theatre (November 1951) - Joanna in Book of the Month, Cambridge TheatreCambridge TheatreThe Cambridge Theatre is a West End theatre, on a corner site in Earlham Street facing Seven Dials, in the London Borough of Camden, built in 1929-30. It was designed by Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie; interior partly by Serge Chermayeff, with interior bronze friezes by sculptor Anthony Gibbons...
, (April 1956) - Sheila Broadbent in The Reluctant DebutanteThe Reluctant DebutanteThe Reluctant Debutante is a 1958 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play of the same name...
, Cambridge Theatre (April 1956) - Helen in A Sparrow Falls in the double-bill Double Yoke, St Martin's TheatreSt Martin's TheatreSt Martin's Theatre is a West End theatre, located in West Street, near Charing Cross Road, in the London Borough of Camden. It was designed as one of a pair of theatres with the Ambassadors Theatre by W.G.R...
(February 1960) - Hermione Hushabye in Heartbreak HouseHeartbreak HouseHeartbreak House is a play written by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1919 and first played at the Garrick Theatre in 1920. According to A. C. Ward, the work argues that "cultured, leisured Europe" was drifting toward destruction, and that "Those in a position to guide Europe to safety...
, Oxford Playhouse (October 1961) and Wyndham's TheatreWyndham's TheatreWyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham . Located on Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, it was designed by W.G.R. Sprague about 1898, the architect of six other London theatres between then and 1916...
(November 1961) - Lorette Heller in Domino, touring (February 1963)
- Lady Slingsby-Craddock in Alan AyckbournAlan AyckbournSir Alan Ayckbourn CBE is a prolific English playwright. He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their...
's Mr Whatnot, New Arts (August 1964) - Mrs Clandon in You Never Can Tell, Theatre Royal Haymarket (January 1966)
- Christine Mannon in Mourning Becomes ElectraMourning Becomes ElectraMourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932...
, Arts (June 1967), Balbek and Edinburgh Festival (1968) - Sheila in Relatively SpeakingRelatively SpeakingRelatively Speaking was a game show that aired in syndication from September 5, 1988 to June 23, 1989. The series was hosted by comedian John Byner, with John Harlan announcing....
, Duke of York's Theatre (September 1967) - Judith Bliss in Hay FeverHay FeverHay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York...
, Cambridge Theatre Company, touring (May 1971) - Death On Demand, touring (Autumn 1972)
- Lady Touchwood in The Double Dealer, Bristol Old VicBristol Old VicThe Bristol Old Vic is a theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, King Street, in Bristol, England. The theatre complex includes the 1766 Theatre Royal, which claims to be the oldest continually-operating theatre in England, along with a 1970s studio theatre , offices and backstage facilities...
, Hong Kong Arts Festival (February 1973) - Jennifer in My Son's Father, touring (May 1974)
- Linda Loman in Death of a SalesmanDeath of a SalesmanDeath of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. Premiered at the Morosco Theatre in February 1949, the original production ran for a total of 742 performances.-Plot :Willy Loman...
, Oxford Playhouse (October 1975) - Beth in Le Weekend, Bristol Old Vic (May 1976)
- Bron in The Old Country, Theatre Royal Windsor (March 1978)
- Mrs Higgins in PygmalionPygmalion (play)Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of...
, Young Vic, (January 1981) - Duchess of York in Richard IIRichard II (play)King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's...
, Young Vic (February 1981) - Grand Duchess Charles in The Sleeping PrinceThe Sleeping PrinceThe Sleeping Prince is a 1953 play by Terence Rattigan. Set in London, England in 1911, it tells the story of a young actress who meets and ultimately captivates a Prince....
, ChichesterChichesterChichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...
(August 1983) and Theatre Royal Haymarket (November 1983) - Lady Bracknell in The Importance (Wilde musical adaptation), Ambassadors Theatre (May 1984)
- Madame Vaneska in Noel Coward's Star QualityStar qualityStar quality may refer to:*Charisma, in quantities allowing for a chance at celebrity*Glamour * Star Quality, the last play by Noël Coward* Star Quality, a novel by Joan Collins...
, Richmond TheatreRichmond TheatreThe present Richmond Theatre, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is a British Victorian theatre located on Little Green, adjacent to Richmond Green. It opened on 18 September 1899 with a performance of As You Like It, and is one of the finest surviving examples of the work of theatre...
Gala (March 1989) - Lucy Willow in Bless the BrideBless The BrideBless the Bride is a musical with music by Vivian Ellis and a book and lyrics by A. P. Herbert, the third of five musicals they wrote together. The musical is remembered as Ellis's best work and for the recordings of "This is my lovely day" and "I was never kissed before", with Lizbeth Webb and...
, King's Head Theatre (June 1999) - The Jermyn Street Revue, Jermyn Street Theatre (May 2000)
- Marcel's Grandmother in Remembrance of Things Past, National, Cottesloe (November 2000)
- Where Are The Songs We Sung?, King's Head Theatre (December 2002) and Jermyn Street Theatre (2003)
Plays by Judy Campbell:
- Sing Cuckoo, Whitehall Theatre (10 December 1950)
- The Bright One, Winter Garden Theatre (10 December 1958)
Film
- Saloon BarSaloon Bar- Plot summary :An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.- Cast :*Gordon Harker as Joe Harris*Elizabeth Allan as Queenie*Mervyn Johns as Wickers*Joyce Barbour as Sally*Anna Konstam as Ivy...
(1940) - ConvoyConvoy (1940 film)- Plot summary :A Royal Navy cruiser returns to base to find all leave has been cancelled and they are to start out straight away for a special mission. They are sent to meet a convoy and escort them safely into English coastal waters...
(1940) - East of PiccadillyEast of PiccadillyEast of Piccadilly is a 1941 British mystery film directed by Harold Huth and starring Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Edwards, Martita Hunt, Charles Victor and Frederick Piper. A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the...
(1940) - Breach of PromiseBreach of Promise (film)Breach of Promise is a 1942 British romance film directed by Harold Huth and starring Clive Brook, Judy Campbell, C.V. France, Marguerite Allan and Percy Walsh. A playwright meets a young woman and she soon files a fake breach of promise action against him, hoping to receive a blackmail payment...
(1941) - The World Owes Me a LivingThe World Owes Me a LivingThe World Owes Me a Living is a 1945 British World War II film drama, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring David Farrar and Judy Campbell. The film is based on a novel by John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed in action in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force...
(1945) - Green for DangerGreen for Danger (film)Green for Danger is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the popular 1944 detective novel by Christianna Brand.The book Green for Danger was praised for its clever plot, interesting characters, and wartime hospital setting. The film version, starring Alastair Sim and Trevor Howard, with Sally...
(1946) - Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
- There's a Girl in My SoupThere's a Girl in My Soup There's a Girl in My Soup is a 1970 British comedy film, directed by Roy Boulting and starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn. Sellers appears as Robert Danvers, a vain, womanizing and wealthy host of a high-profile cooking show...
(1970) - Mr. Forbush and the PenguinsMr. Forbush and the PenguinsMr. Forbush and the Penguins, also known as Cry of the Penguins, is a 1971 British film, directed by Arne Sucksdorff, Alfred Viola and Roy Boulting. It stars John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton and Tony Britton.-Cast:...
(1971) - Sredni VashtarSredni VashtarSredni Vashtar is a short story written by Saki between 1900 and 1914 and initially published in his book The Chronicles of Clovis. It has been adapted for opera, film, radio and television....
(1981) - Kung-Fu MasterKung-Fu Master (film)Kung-Fu Master is a 1988 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Jane Birkin as Mary-Jane* Mathieu Demy as Julien* Charlotte Gainsbourg as Lucy* Lou Doillon as Lou...
(1988)
Television and TV movies:
- The Chinese Prime Minister
- The Sea
- Love Among the Artists (Granada 1979)
- The Tamer Tamed
- Amphitryon 38Amphitryon 38Amphitryon 38 is a play written in 1929 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on-stage previously.-Original productions:...
- Don't Listen Ladies
- BBC Sunday Night Theatre: When in Rome (1959)
- Inspector MorseInspector Morse (TV series)Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
- "Service For All the Dead"
- Dust to Dust (1985)
- Anna KareninaAnna Karenina (1985 film)Anna Karenina is a United States 1985 made-for-TV movie version of the famous Leo Tolstoy novel, Anna Karenina.-Plot:Tragic Anna Karenina leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia...
(1985) - Kung-Fu Master (1987)
- The Forsyte SagaThe Forsyte Saga (2002 miniseries)In 2002 the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network...
(Granada, 2002)