Lally Bowers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lally Bowers

actress

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1984

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1917 – 18 July 1984) was an English actress. Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School.
She worked as a secretary before walking-on and understudying at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
As a professional actress Bowers appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guildford, Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic.Her London debut came in 1944 and her many West End successes included Dinner With the Family for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957, Difference of Opinion, The Killing of Sister George (also on Broadway), Dear Octopus and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B.
She appeared in the sitcoms You're Only Young Twice, Going Straight, Hi-De-Hi, My Name is Harry Worth and A Fine Romance, and her film career included roles in We Joined the Navy (1962), Tamahine (1963), The Chalk Garden (1964), I Start Counting (1970), All the Way Up (1970), Up Pompeii (1971), Our Miss Fred (1972), Dracula A.D.
1972 (1972), The Slipper and the Rose (1976) and Screamtime (1983).
She also appeared in the 1982 adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Case of The Discontented Soldier in the role of Mrs.
Ariadne Oliver, in the television series The Agatha Christie Hour.