Background
Mitchell was born Yvonne Frances Joseph, but in 1946 changed her name by deed poll to Yvonne Mitchell (without the Frances).
Mitchell was born Yvonne Frances Joseph, but in 1946 changed her name by deed poll to Yvonne Mitchell (without the Frances).
After beginning her acting career in theatre, Mitchell progressed to films in the late 1940s. Her roles include Julia in the 1954 British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation of George Orwell"s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. She retired from acting in 1977.
Already an experienced stage actress, she made her speaking debut in film in, although she had played an uncredited minor role in Love on the Dole eight years earlier.
She appeared in several prominent film roles over the following three decades, winning a British Film Award for and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival foreign She appeared in the role of Mildred in the controversial film.
On television, Mitchell was voted Television Actress of the Year for 1953 by the Daily Mail newspaper, mainly for her role as Cathy in the Nigel Kneale/Rudolph Cartier adaptation of Emily Brontë"s novel Wuthering Heights. The following year, she appeared in another Kneale / Cartier literary adaptation when she took the role of Julia with Peter Cushing as Winston Smith in their adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
She starred as Lea in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s 1973 television production of Colette"s Cheri.
She continued to act occasionally on television until the late 1970s, appearing in guest roles in series such as Out of the Unknown (in 1966). Her final screen role was in the British Broadcasting Corporation science-fiction series 1990 (1977).