Portrayed by Nicola Pagett, Miss Elizabeth Bellamy, later Elizabeth Kirbridge and then The Honourable Elizabeth Wallace after her father's elevation to the peerage (b. Her mother and step-father die along with Lady Marjorie in the sinking of the RMSTitanic in 1912, after which she moves into 165 Eaton Place. Ms. Pagett in her final screen role, in the British mini-series Up Rising (2000). And 40 years after that, Julian Fellowes gave us the Grantham family in Downton Abbey (after his Oscar for the country-house whodunnit Gosford Park in 2002). 5 Seasons. Upstairs Downstairs. Elizabeth gives birth to a daughter, Lucy Elizabeth, and her father and mother make provision for Lawrence so that the couple can separate. Costume changes were done double-quick. Upstairs, Downstairs Farewell - A Million Dollar Party (aka The Boston Tea Party ). Portrayed by Lesley-Anne Down, Georgina, Marchioness of Stockbridge (ne Georgina Worsley, born 28 November 1895) is the step-daughter of Lady Marjorie's brother Hugo, her natural father having died in a hunting accident when she was six years old. Since the series ended, Marsh has maintained a very busy career in the theatre and on TV- including a starring role in the US sitcom 9 to 5 (1982) and films such as Return to Oz (1985) and Willow (1988). Elizabeth takes up with Julius Karekin, an opportunistic, wealthy businessman who uses her to gain access to her father and his government connections and then gives Elizabeth a hat shop. Portrayed by Karen Dotrice, Lily Hawkins (born circa 1901 in Shoreditch, London) arrives at Eaton Place as under house parlour maid in January or May 1919 to replace Daisy, who has left for a new life with Edward. By Joe Reid Sep 15, 2016. She toured with The Contessa (1965), starring Vivien Leigh. Stairs take quite a beating, so hardwearing is key. He uses her to further his career and contacts, and gives Elizabeth a hat shop in Mayfair's Brook Street, and successfully manages the stocks she inherited from a recently deceased great-aunt. Then she marries a charming poet (played by Ian Ogilvy) who shares her progressive social attitudes but not her physical desires. Ms. Pagett married the actor turned writer Graham Swannell in 1975. I grew up in a world of middle-class theatre drawing-room comedies awash with posh, straight, white actors bouncing about and leaning on mantelpieces. Popular. Downton Abbey is released on 13th September, 2023 Oldie Publications Ltd. (Company No. Portrayed by Evin Crowley, the devout Catholic Irish kitchen maid Aoibhinn (pronunciation the same as the Anglicised version of the actress's name) is known in the house as Emily (18811907). Angela Baddeley, CBE (4 July 1904 22 February 1976) was an English stage and television actress, best-remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama Upstairs, Brian Osborne (born 1940) is an English actor. Like many actors, Ms. Pagett preferred theater to film, especially after the movie Olivers Story (1978), the largely forgotten Love Story sequel, in which she played Ryan ONeals shy furniture-designer blind date. In 1905 he is forced to flee in disgrace after being caught in a sexual situation with an upstairs guest, Baron Klaus von Rimmer. Her last role was on the London stage in the second cast of Stephen Sondheims A Little Night Music. Cast . He alsokept up his role as Inspector Jack Frost in ITV's A Touch Of Frost until 2010 and took over from comedy hero Ronnie Barker in Still Open All Hours, which is still on air. She returns early in the following year after the factory is destroyed in the Silvertown explosion. Regular cast: Jacqueline Tong (Daisy), Angela Baddeley (Mrs Bridges), Christopher Beeny (Edward), Gordon Jackson (Hudson), David Langton (Richard Bellamy), Jenny Tomasin (Ruby), Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina Worsley), Jean Marsh (Rose), Simon Williams (James Bellamy), Gareth Hunt (Frederick), Hannah Gordon (Virginia Bellamy), Karen Dotrice (Lily), In this new version she plays the part of Lady Agnes, the dowager head of the household. Lady Dolly then secretly arranges for Georgina and Frederick to have to kiss in a film that they are both starring in. In the original series, Rose was always there as a shoulder to cry on for the rest of the staff, or as someone in whom to confide secrets, as Sarah did regarding her affair with James. March 16, 2021 Nicola Pagett, the actress who played the rebellious and thoroughly spoiled Elizabeth Bellamy on the beloved British television series "Upstairs, Downstairs" and the title role. I was hesitant at first to watch the new Upstairs Downstairs, knowing that it would be impossible to equal the quality production that was the original series. (It was, incidentally, the BBCs leaden politicisation of the 2010-12 remake of Upstairs, Downstairs that wrecked it.). Owing to Richard Bellamy's connections, he becomes a good friend of Arthur Balfour, financial adviser to the Tory Party, and a candidate for membership in the exclusive Pall Mall men's club, the Athenaeum. She leaves Eaton Place without telling anyone and goes to live with her widowed mother in Banbury. Vowel sounds and skin colour didnt matter any more. According to IMDb, his last credited TV role was in 2011, when he appeared in an episode of Doctors. Created by Jean Marsh (who won an Outstanding Actress Emmy as the downstairs maid Rose) and Eileen Atkins, the series spans the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and the shifting fortunes of complex and colorful characters, some more privileged than others. Gurney, who played Lady Marjorie Bellamy, the . A meek, quiet, and decent man known to his friends as Bunny, he marries Lady Diana Russell in 1912 having inherited his title and estates the previous year. She received glowing reviews for her performance as the doomed, adulterous title character. An update of the classic series, this edition of Upstairs, Downstairs isn't quite as riotous as the original, but it still outshines most of its contemporaries. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. As a young man he won a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he excelled. Elizabeth is sent to finishing school in Germany and upon her return to London, finds the upper class life of the Bellamys claustrophobic. When William cruelly drops Emily, Emily is so devastated that she hangs herself. She bagged a doctorate and moved into academia, lecturing at Cambridge University for seven years before joining the Shakespeare Institute at the Bard's hometown of Stratford Upon Avon. Elizabeth moves to New York and marries Dana J. Wallace in about 1911, and never again appears in the series, remaining in America. By Hugo Vickers. The BBC has decided to close the doors at 165 Eaton Place for good, as it's been officially announced that Upstairs Downstairs will not return for a third series. 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The icing on the cake was Edward VII coming to dinner, in a 1972 episode, Guest of Honour, putting the family and staff in a dither and boosting US sales. View our online Press Pack. They had two children, James and Elizabeth. BTW, the actress who played the cook in the film, Angela Baddeley, she advised them what they did and didn't do in the 1900's because she grew up in the 1900's so she was very instrumental to them. He is best known for his roles in Upstairs, Downstairs and The Sandbaggers. At the ensuing inquest, Lady Dolly, who takes cocaine, gives evidence which harms Georgina's case. Nicola spent her childhood abroad. However,she soon grew tired of being cast in generic 'pretty girl' roles in the UK. Angela Baddeley Mrs. Bridges Older sister to the actress Hermoine Baddeley,Angela made her stage debut at the age of 8 in 1912at the Dalston Palace in London in a play called The Dawn of Happiness. Portrayed by Keith Barron, Sergeant Gregory Walter Wilmot (circa 1879 1916) is Rose's fianc. She preferred the stage, but she won praise for her work on television as the rebellious and thoroughly spoiled Elizabeth Bellamy, and later as Anna Karenina. | See where to watch Upstairs, Downstairs on reelgood.com. She can be gossipy and frivolous, but she remains a close and trusted family friend until the end of the complete series. Dr Carolyn Harris takes a closer look at the relationships and history portrayed on screen She was part of the original London cast of his Party Time (1991), about a cocktail-hour gathering of fashionable narcissists, chatting about island vacations and past love affairs while a violent conflict rages outside. Upstairs Down stairs was the idea of two actress friends, Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins. Upstairs, Downstairs. Anyone can read what you share. Her final screen role was in Up Rising (2000), a mini-series about a retired couple in a village of oddballs. 24/02/2023 19:09. Sweaty, panic-stricken actors did battle with corsets and collar studs in the half-dark between scenes. According to Series One, they marry in 1909. After a brief period of harrumphing, people became oblivious to the anomalies: black could be white; male could be female get over it. How had the upper classes clung on for so long, with only a green baize door to protect them? It did, and we had to reshoot them.>span class="Apple-converted-space">. Some people call it typecasting; I saw it as a niche market. Portrayed by Jenny Tomasin, Ruby Finch (born 1892) is the scullery maid at Eaton Place. Kate was still alive and well in 1931 (Rose wrote to 'Mrs Hudson' that year according to the second TV Times Upstairs Downstairs special). Two months later, Sarah, upset by James's half-hearted affections, leaves Eaton Place. Overnight, they had to learn that ethnicity and sexual orientation were none of their business. [1] During an afternoon tea in the servant's hall she reveals a little about herself to the other servants stating that as a young woman her father had caught her dating a young man. Abigail has also been on the board of the British Shakespeare Association and was its chair from 2008 until 2010. There were long dialogue scenes always indoors. The cause was a brain tumor, her daughter, Eve Swannell, said. Daisy Barnes (ne Daisy Peel) (born 11 May 1895) is the under house parlour maid from 1913 to 1918, and the head house parlour maid from 1919 to 1930, when she goes with Edward to work for Lord and Lady Stockbridge. On live television, old actors quickly learned how to cope. Portrayed by Anthony Andrews, Lord Robert Charles Algernon St. John Stockbridge, Marquess of Stockbridge (born 1901) is the son of the Duke and Duchess of Buckminster. Osborne has also had minor roles in six Carry On films as well the TV series, Christopher Beeny (born 7 July 1941) is an English actor. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. She is saved by the testimony of Robert, Marquess of Stockbridge, whom she later marries. Our access to working-class roles is unfairly declared to be absurd. Inappropriate liaisons were de rigueur for the Sunday-evening treat, with four-poster beds begging to be rumpled and pantries primed for hanky-panky. Harold Scott was a Shell Oil executive, and Barbara (Black) Scott was stationed there with the Womens Royal Naval Service. Ms. Pagett was 26 when she was cast in the original Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-76), the prestigious, multi-award-winning British drama set in a spacious Belgravia townhouse during the first three decades of the 20th century. The series consists of 68 hour-long episodes that aired in Great Britain on ITV from 1971 to 1975 and in the United States as part of Masterpiece Theatre on PBS from 1974 to 1977. He can be both kind and very harsh. The brown or Norway rats, Louisa Cornell These dogs were known by a number of namesCanis vertigus (Carl Linnaeus gave them this name in the, Hester Bateman (1708-1794) The mark of Hester Bateman registered in 1761 (17081794). The possibility of Georgina going to 'her grandmother's hoise at Southwold is mentioned at the time of Hazel's death, so Lady Southwold was still alive in November 1918. Early in the series he becomes a junior minister (Civil Lord of the Admiralty). He was bothered only with how we handled the cutlery or put on a Sam Browne. Mrs. Van Groeben employs a young footman named William, whom she adopted from an orphanage (while she was still in South Africa) and appears to be overly fond of. [note 2] Their marriage soon falls apart as Lawrence is not only an unrealistic romantic, but is also uninterested in sex (at least with women; there is the strong suggestion that he is in fact homosexual, such as the all-male parties held at the newlyweds' house, and the rather charged relationship Lawrence has with his manservant). She makes her first appearance in Series 1, episode 5 "A Suitable Marriage". All four laid bare our class system for the world to marvel at. TV Shows TV. When John Hawkesworth, our producer, came to rehearsals, he seldom mentioned the acting. She was 75. She made her London stage debut in The Boston Summer in 1968. He and Georgina fall in love, but his parents insist that he be sent on a long trip around the world without her before they will give him their permission to marry, which they do in the summer of 1930. Lady Dolly then secretly arranges for Georgina and Frederick to have to kiss in a film that they are both starring in. 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Not long ago, if directors needed a lofty aristocrat a James, Charles, Sebastian or Peregrine my hat would always be in the ring. In June 1909, he becomes manservant and later chauffeur to Lawrence and Elizabeth Kirbridge, and friends with Rose. The downstairs staff Upstairs If by chance you meet a Lower Servant, you should walk past, leaving them un-noticed. Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV. A dramatic standoff results, with Alfred holding Edward hostage at knifepoint. One member of the cast who will need little in the way of introduction is David Jason, already a telly superstar thanks to his role as Delboy in Only Fools And Horses. Rose was originally depicted as the head house parlor maid of 165 . Customers also watched. See production, box office & company info, Breakfast: Episode dated 22 December 2010. They soon start courting, and within a week, Rose agrees to go back to Australia with him and become his wife, but hesitant and fearful, she changes her mind at the last minute. She is a fellow feminist and Fabian Socialist who takes Elizabeth in when she runs away from her family after an altercation. Simon Williams remembers his time on the hit 70s series. Last edited on 27 February 2023, at 00:10, "List of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series) characters", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. Unwilling to accept marital responsibilities and unable to consummate the marriage, he encourages his publisher to seduce Elizabeth instead. He commits suicide after losing his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Portrayed by Madeleine Cannon, Lady Dorothy "Dolly" Beatrice Louisa Hale is one of Georgina's closest friends and a fellow "Bright Young Thing". When the Kirbridge marriage ends, Thomas becomes chauffeur to the Bellamys at Eaton Place where he ultimately blackmails Richard and Lady Marjorie, and leaves service to marry Sarah and to set up a garage business together. At 17, she entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for a two-year program, then appeared in repertory productions and changed her name (including adding a T to Paget). "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. She had gone completely noisettes, she wrote in Diamonds Behind My Eyes (1997), a memoir about her psychiatric crisis, but asked not to be described as mentally ill. It gets right up my nose.. What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? She is portrayed by Jean Marsh, who was nominated for an Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama series four times, winning once. However, in the summer of 1928, Lady Dolly, Georgina, Lord Stockbridge and three others take part in a scavenger hunt; Georgina drives them down to finish the hunt, and runs over and kills a man on his bicycle. 02649845). A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936. Season 1. This is where the thinking people live, they help us understand our emotions, to decide how to behave. Jenny Tomasin played dim-witted and downtrodden scullery maid Ruby Finch, replacing Emily, a maid who committed suicide. Everywhere, theres new blood and there are new faces. She was often accompanied by her useful but snobbish lady's companion Miss Hodges, a clergyman's daughter from Cromer. Watchlist. We filmed Upstairs, Downstairs in the studio - ironically all on one level; we had to fake the stairs, which went nowhere. A former child actor, he is best known for his work as the footman Edward on the 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs, as Billy, For the fictional television character, see David Langton (General Hospital)David Muir Langton (born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds; 16 April 1912 25 April 1994) was a British actor who is best, Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick (born 8 June 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank, Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010. He has a brief, steamy affair with a Vienna-born French Countess de Ternay, which ends on wistfully friendly terms when they both realise neither has the wealth that their public appearances imply. After Lady Marjorie dies, Lady Prudence periodically visits 165 Eaton Place to see how Richard Bellamy and son James are coping. Eventually, Agatha herself gets married. A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936. His first loyalty is to the Talbot-Careys, but he often proves helpful to the Bellamys as well. You can watch an interview with the actress here. Mrs. Bridges's bad conscience over the suicide is not assuaged until Sarah, an under-parlour maid who has worked for a carnival, leads a fake seance in which Sarah relays Emily's forgiveness to Mrs. Bridges. But no-one (except for Rose) really understands how much in love Emily is. It is set in Edwardian London, and features the life of all who inhabited "165 Eaton Place." The "Upstairs" at this opulent residence consists of an aristocrat family. Hudson originally came from Scotland, born to Ian and Margaret Hudson; he also has a brother Donald and a sister Fiona. Portrayed by Christopher Beeny, Edward Barnes (born 24 January 1889) replaces Alfred as footman in 1906, and stays until he leaves to go to war in 1915, having just married Daisy. I have always loved it immensely. So, as our Christmas Eve present to you, heres what weve found . "Frederick Norton" redirects here. She spends the war years serving in France as a VAD Nurse, where her patients include her step-cousin James. Upstairs Downstairs takes place in 165 Eaton Place from the turn of the century through the Great War and into the Roaring Twenties. She is completely lost without William, and when he cruelly ignores her on his next visit to the house and returns her love letter unopened, Emily is so distraught that she commits suicide. Thomas is a bright and resourceful man, looking for "scope" (every opportunity to better himself) and so learns everything he can about driving and fixing motor cars. A Cartier jeweller later arrives at the house stating that she left the item at the shop to have a loose stone reset. The pair didn't stick around in acting - but celebrated their 40th birthdays last year with a party themed around the show. Creator Heidi Thomas Stars Keeley Hawes Ed Stoppard Adrian Scarborough At the time, television was finding its feet, hovering between theatre and film. He and Rose meet on a tram in April 1914 when he accidentally sits on a plum cake she is carrying. However, late in 1916 he is killed by a sniper while returning from patrol and dies instantly. From left to right: Christopher Beeny (Edward), Jacqueline Tong (Daisy), Simon Williams (James), Pauline Collins (Sarah), John Alderton (Thomas), Jean Marsh (Rose/co-creator), Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel), Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina) and Jenny Tomasin (Ruby). Faced with his wife's adultery, he refuses to cause a scandal believing that "no man should divorce a woman" and offers to give her grounds instead. THE Darling Buds of May was one of the biggest dramas ITV ever aired - and launched Catherine Zeta-Jones on the world asMariette, the eldest child of the sprawling Larkin family. To further his influence, Karekin buys the lease on 165 Eaton Place when it is put up for sale upon Lord Southwold's death, subsequently giving the deed to Elizabeth to help save her parents from eviction. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. From ITV he got the Roger & Gallet of all soaps, with the bulldozer of political correctness parked out of sight beyond the rhododendrons. Rose Buck (born 1873) was born to a gamekeeper and his wife on the Southwold estate where Lady Marjorie was born and raised. If they forgot a line, they simply went on silently moving their lips, confident that viewers all over the country would be thumping their tellies, cursing a technical fault. In 1909 Arthur visits Richard, the two have a falling out and they never speak to each other again. It was a glimpse of yesteryear that brought a lump to the throats of Brexiteers across the land. Upstairs, Downstairs - Full Cast & Crew 2011 -2022 5 Seasons PBS Drama Watchlist Where to Watch The intertwining lives of the wealthy Bellamy family and its servants in Edwardian England unfold. Michael is subsequently killed in action. The show was revived in 2010, picking up some six years after the end of the original with . When she was 8 or so, she played Snow White at her convent school in Yokohama, Japan, and decided to make acting her career. Upstairs, Downstairs is a classic. We had none of Downton 's snappy exchanges or panoramic long shots. In rooms you live in, warmth and feeling underfoot are more important. He served gallantly in the Great War up to 1917 when he was promoted to be an aide-de-camp and taken out of the frontline. Despite this, Georgina and Lady Dolly remain friends, although Frederick leaves service. Hazel is particularly close to Richard, Georgina and Rose, but Hudson never truly accepts her, a middle class woman, as mistress of the house. This cast list of actors from Upstairs, Downstairs focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Upstairs, Downstairs that are on here as well. Now, 34 years . or "Who starred on Upstairs, Downstairs?" The character appeared throughout the show until the very last episode, meaning that if the timeline were to be accurate, Dillon was still practising law at the age of 92. If you are wondering, "Who are the actors from Upstairs, Downstairs?" After Upstairs, Downstairs ended, Tomasin joined the cast of Midland based soap Crossroads playing waitress Florence Baker, who was close friends with the infamous Benny Hawkins. Upstairs, Downstairs was originally an idea by two actress friends, Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, for a comedy called Behind the Green Baize Door. 1887), is the daughter of Richard and Lady Marjorie Bellamy and the sister of James. In 1913, Alfred returns to Eaton Place in search of refuge, after murdering his most recent employer (and lover). | Aug 29, 2021, 50 years after the first episode of Upstairs, Downstairs. Portrayed by Yolande Turner. As she told The Independent in 1992, her original ambition was to open in the West End and have men with cloaks take me out to dinner. But she soon discovered a bigger thrill. She had a brother, Charlie, who died young, and a sister named Sophia. In 1927, while visiting Georgina, Lady Dolly meets Frederick, the Bellamy's footman, and they soon start an affair. A later exchange of letters clears up the alleged rumour that he already had a wife. She later appeared in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), a television movie whose co-writer was Christopher Isherwood. Upstairs, Downstairs cast list, including photos of the actors when available. Upstairs Downstairs were recorded in black and white the mandarins of ITV werent sure that colour TV would catch on. Cedric 'Charley' Charlton (Philip Franks) 14 Tax inspector. Information given on-screen about the marital status of Mrs Bridges was contradictory. Portrayed by Pauline Collins, Sarah Moffat (born July 1882, also known as Clmence Dumas, Clmence Moffat, and Sarah Delice) claims to be the daughter of Albert Moffat and Marianne Dumas and the great-granddaughter of Alexandre Dumas. Marsh can be seen on the left in this photo. Rose herself found no luck in love her finace Gregory died on the battlefield and she lost all the money he left her in his will to Jamess investments in the stock market. During the war she falls in love with a young airman named Jack Dyson, who dies in action. On rare occasions, we went filming on location. Subsequent series refer to an aging husband named Archie who dies off screen leaving her a widow; she attends Elizabeth's 1909 wedding with Agatha (her only appearance during the entire run, but with no dialogue). Upstairs Downstairs, which followed the lives of the Bellamy family and their servants in the first 30 years of the last century, was a hit from the moment it first aired in 1971, running for. Thanks! is known as "Hudson" to the Bellamys, and as "Mr. Hudson" to the servants. Trending TV Shows . Here, we catch up with the Larkin family's actors and actresses 30 years after the show first delighted audiences on ITV in the early 90s. Yes, a live theater audiences immediate reaction was great. 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