Vanda Godsell
Acting
Biography
Vanda Godsell was born on November 17, 1922 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England as Nancy Evelyn Godsell. She was an actress, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), A Shot in the Dark (1964) and The Earth Dies Screaming (1964). She was married to Alan J Orchard and George Selway. She died on April 2, 1990 in London, England
Born: November 17, 1922
Place of Birth: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, UK
Known For
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
A Shot in the Dark
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
The Man Who Was Nobody
A slick young man buys a jewel with a cheque that bounces. He then disappears and both the police and a lawyer try to find him. The lawyer hires a female detective to track down the missing man, but when his body is found in the Thames the case is by no means over.
Clash by Night
A gangster is caught and arrested by police. When he's being transported by bus -- filled with innocent civilians -- it's hi-jacked by his gang in attempt to free their boss. They hide out. As the authorities close in they threaten to torch the barn the escapee and his men are hiding in -- with their hostage inside.
Innocent Sinners
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
This Sporting Life
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Who Killed the Cat?
A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.
I Didn't Know You Cared
I Didn't Know You Cared is a British comedy series set in a working class household in South Yorkshire in the 1970s, written by Peter Tinniswood loosely based upon his books A Touch Of Daniel, I Didn't Know You Cared and Except You're A Bird. It was broadcast by the BBC in four series from 1975 to 1979. The main characters are Carter Brandon; his Uncle Mort; his mother, Annie; his father, Les; his girlfriend, Pat Partington; and Uncle Staveley. Auntie Lil appears in the first two series. Other recurring characters, mostly from Carter's workplace, are Linda Preston; Mrs Partington; Sid Skelhorn
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
80,000 Suspects
A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.
Filmography
as Woman
as Queenie
as Mrs. Leverlilly
as Mrs Partington
as Eleanor Trellington
as Mrs. Goodge
as Mrs. Jenkins
as Charlotte Borgman
as Violet Courtland
as Madame LaFarge
as Mrs. Agnes Davis
as Agnes Davis
as Annette
as Mrs. Pitt
as Mrs Anne Weaver
as Tina Ourley
as Mrs. Thompson
as Emma Bulstrode
as Agnes Chester
as Betty Conlon
as Sophie Peters
as Louise Venable
as Bob's Mother
as Doll
as The Prioress
as Mrs. Ferber
as Lucretia Luske
as Buxom Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Miss Muffin
as Hetty McCabe
as Miss Ashton
as Mrs.Mason
as Mae Smith
as Diana Townley
as Amy Jordan