Patsy Smart

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British actress (1918–1996)

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::summary British actress (1918–1996) ::

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FieldValue
namePatsy Smart
imageMiss Maude Roberts and the jewellery box of Lady Marjorie Bellamy (Upstairs, Downstairs 1971 TV series - A House Divided).jpg
captionSmart playing Miss Maude Roberts in Upstairs, Downstairs episode "A House Divided")
birth_namePatricia Doreen Smart
birth_date
birth_placeChingford, Essex, England
death_date
death_placeDenville Hall, Northwood, London, England
occupationActress
familyRalph Smart (brother)
years_active1954–1990
height5 ft 3 in
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| name = Patsy Smart | image = Miss Maude Roberts and the jewellery box of Lady Marjorie Bellamy (Upstairs, Downstairs 1971 TV series - A House Divided).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Smart playing Miss Maude Roberts in Upstairs, Downstairs episode "A House Divided") | birth_name = Patricia Doreen Smart | birth_date = | birth_place = Chingford, Essex, England | death_date = | death_place = Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England | othername = | occupation = Actress | spouse = | family = Ralph Smart (brother) | years_active = 1954–1990 | height = 5 ft 3 in

Patsy Smart (14 August 1918 – 6 February 1996) was an English actress, best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

She also appeared in: Danger Man, Only When I Laugh, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Sweeney, Doctor Who (The Talons of Weng-Chiang), Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (The Case of the Final Curtain), Blake's 7, Danger UXB, The Chinese Detective, Minder, Rentaghost, Terry and June, Farrington of the F.O., Casualty, Hallelujah!, and The Bill.

In her later roles, she was expert at playing dotty old ladies, her Mrs Sibley and Miss Dingle characters in Terry and June being examples. Another example was as the wife of the gardener in the Miss Marple episode "The Moving Finger" which starred Joan Hickson.

Her films included Sons and Lovers (1960), The Tell Tale Heart (1960), Return of a Stranger (1961), What Every Woman Wants (1962), Arthur? Arthur! (1969), Leo the Last (1970), The Raging Moon (1971), Great Expectations (1974), Exposé (1976), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Tess (1979), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fourth Protocol (1987).

Patsy Smart died of barbiturate poisoning on 6 February 1996, aged 77.

Partial filmography

References

References

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