Background
Born in London, Watford attended an independent school in Hastings where her father, a retired army officer ran a public house.
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Gwen Watford
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She trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Victoria Watford made her film debut playing in The Fall of the House of Usher (1950). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and Cry Freedom (1987).
She died from cancer, aged 66, in 1994.
Achievements
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She won a Society of Film and Television Arts Television award in 1958, and again in 1965 (the award is now known as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts television Award) for Best Performance by an Actress in Television. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Present Laughter.
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Laurence Olivier Award Arts Television award; Laurence Olivier award She won a Society of Film and Television Arts Television award in 1958, and again in 1965 (the award is now known as the BAFTA TV Award) for Best Performance by an Actress in Television. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Present Laughter.Laurence Olivier Award Arts Television award; Laurence Olivier award She won a Society of Film and Television Arts Television award in 1958, and again in 1965 (the award is now known as the BAFTA TV Award) for Best Performance by an Actress in Television. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1982 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Present Laughter.