Helen Shingler

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Forenames(s): Helen
Family name: Shingler
Work area/Craft/Role: Producer Actor
Industry: Film

Interview no: 544
Interview date(s): 10 November 2005
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Production Media: video

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Seafield Head and Helen Shingler. Parents of actors Anthony and Murray Head.Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 – 8 October 2019) was a British film and television actress.She was born on 29 August 1919.^[1] She married producer Seafield Head,^[2] ; her granddaughters include actresses Emily and Daisy Head.^[3] Her television roles include Madame Maigret in the BBC Television series Maigret (1960–63), in which Rupert Davies played the eponymous French detective. She died in October 2019, some five weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday.^[4]

Selected filmography:Quiet Weekend (1946),The Silver Darlings (1947),The Long Mirror (TV movie, 1948),The Rossiter Case (1951),The Lady with a Lamp (1951),Judgment Deferred (1952),.Love's a Luxury (1952),Laughing Anne (1953),Background (1953),Room in the House (1955),Rx Murder (1958)

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