I had the great pleasure of working with Barbara on .357: she was a great
actress and a wonderful person.
In loving memory
of her, below are some of the online reports about her passing: all copyright
is retained with the original writers.
Much love to everyone
who knew her.
Peter Devonald
http://www.hawguk.org/barbara.keogh/index.html
Barbara Keogh
Barbara Keogh's funeral took place on 7th November. It was followed by
a "Memorial Party", as requested by Barbara: a joyous celebration
of her life. Many thanks to all who attended the funeral and the party
and to everyone who took part in awl's celebration of Barbara's life
on 31st October.
We have updated
Barbara's page on this website as a memorial to this much loved member
of awl, who will be greatly missed.
R.I.P.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/otherlives/story/0,16381,1647769,00.html
Obituary
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Barbara Keogh
James Bradshaw
Tuesday November 22, 2005
The Guardian
I first met the character actor Barbara Keogh, who has died aged 76, when
she played my wonderfully unkempt Nan in the ITV comedy, The
Grimleys. She was a kind and supportive colleague, and we were firm friends
from then on. Born in Cheshire, Barbara trained at the Birmingham School
of Speech and Drama and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
She went into weekly rep, an experience she always valued. At Kidderminster,
she acted alongside John Osborne and Ronnie Barker (obituary, October
5), whom she was to work with later in Open All Hours and The Two Ronnies.
There followed a tour of Teahouse of the August Moon, in which she spoke
all her dialogue in Japanese.
She was an established
face on television, contrasting her role in The Grimleys with that of
Lilly Mattock in Eastenders. While she played in
everything from Dixon of Dock Green to Game On during a 40-year TV career,
her stage career also flourished, with performances at the
Royal Court and the Hampstead Theatre. She appeared in three plays at
the National, including John Gabriel Borkman, with Ralph Richardson
and Peggy Ashcroft. Later came Adrian Noble's production of The Duchess
of Malfi. She made several film appearances. She was still working four
days before she died, and had recently filmed an episode of Little Britain:
she was thrilled to be asked back, having immensely enjoyed herself during
the first series.
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http://www.walfordweb.co.uk/walfordweb/article.php?id=308
Obituary: Barbara Keogh
Published 30 November 2005
The Stage
Well-known character
actress Barbara Keogh died suddenly on October 25, aged 76.
Barbara was an
established face to television viewers in varied roles such as the unkempt
grandmother in successful ITV comedy The Grimleys and the glamorous Lilly
Mattock in EastEnders.
She was born in
Cheshire on April 21, 1929, and after the war trained at the Birmingham
School of Speech and Drama and then the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Like many of her contemporaries she
went into weekly repertory, an experience she always valued for the wonderful
variety of roles she played, which included characters such as Mrs Malaprop
in The Rivals and Mrs Danvers in Rebecca. At
Kidderminster Repertory Theatre she acted alongside John Osborne and Ronnie
Barker, who she was to work with later in Open All Hours and The Two Ronnies.
There followed a tour of Teahouse of the August Moon with Bill Kerr.
In the late fifties
and through to the seventies Barbara was a regular on television, making
guest appearances on numerous programmes such as Dixon of Dock Green,
Z Cars, Crossroads, the Sweeney, Coronation Street and The Newcomers.
She also featured in the groundbreaking On Giant's Shoulders with Dame
Judi Dench.
Alongside her
television career, her stage career flourished. She performed in No One
Was Saved with a young Maureen Lipman at the Royal
Court and with David Hemmings in Adventures of the Skin Trade, which was
directed by James Roose Evens at the then newly established
Hampstead Theatre. She also played at the Royal National Theatre in three
productions - John Gabriel Borkman with Sir Ralph Richardson and Dame
Peggy Ashcroft, Plunder with Dinsdale Landen and Frank Finlay and Engaged
with Jonathan Pryce.
Throughout the
eighties and nineties, Barbara's career went strength to strength. On
stage she worked alongside Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren
and Pete Postlethwaite in Adrian Noble's production of The Duchess of
Malfi and toured in Alan Ayckbourn's Sisterly Feelings with Peter
Sallis, Trudie Styler, Tessa Peake-Jones and the late Bryan Pringle.
On television
she worked with the legendary Alan Clarke in his production of Jim Cartwright's
Road (1987) and made appearances in Juliet Bravo, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries,
Heartbeat, Game On, My Family, Casualty and numerous others.
She also starred
on the big screen, most notably in Tai Pan, The Virgin Soldiers, Princess
Caraboo with Kevin Kline and cult classic The Abominable Dr Phibes, alongside
Vincent Price and Terry Thomas, playing the latter's housekeeper.
It is a wonderful
testament to Barbara that she was still working only four days before
she died. She had recently filmed a forthcoming episode of Little Britain,
which she was thrilled to be asked back to work on, after enjoying herself
immensely as Marjorie Dawes' mother in the first series.
She will be remembered
as an actress of great versatility, a consummate professional and a lady
with integrity, kindness and a wonderful sense of humour.
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t3878.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449040/
Date of birth
(location)
21 April 1929
Cheshire, England, UK
Date of death (details)
25 October 2005
UK.
IMDbPro Professional
Details
Filmography
as: Actress, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Actress - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s)
Dark Corners (2006)
(post-production) .... Old Woman
"Mike Bassett: Manager" (2005) TV Series .... MARGARET
.357 (2005) .... Old Lady
Bloodlines (2005) (TV) .... Soho Bartender
Ready When You Are Mr. McGill (2003) (TV) .... Mrs. Danby
The Secret (2002) (TV) .... Maureen
"Tough Love" (2000) TV Series .... Lady Mayoress
"The Grimleys" (1999) TV Series .... Nan Grimley
"EastEnders" (1985) TV Series .... Lilly Mattock (1998-1999)
Lost in France (1998) (TV) .... Gran
"Bramwell IV" (1998) TV Series .... Landlady
The Grimleys (1997) (TV) .... Nan Grimley
Jane Eyre (1997) (TV) .... Miss Abbot
Brazen Hussies (1996) (TV) .... Ruby
Princess Caraboo (1994) .... Mrs. Wilberforce
Dead Romantic (1992) (TV) .... Mrs. Rankin
Murder Being Once Done (1991) (TV) .... Mrs. Foster
God on the Rocks (1990) (TV) .... Nurse Booth
One Last Chance (1990) (TV) .... Agatha
"Making Out" (1989) TV Series .... Sally
Paperhouse (1988) .... Hotel receptionist
"A Perfect Spy" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Vi
... aka John Le Carré's A Perfect Spy
Road (1987) .... Brenda
Tai-Pan (1986)
Whoops Apocalypse (1986) .... Woman at wax museum
Past Caring (1985) (TV) .... Warden's wife
Last Video and Testament (1984) (TV) .... Mrs. Villiers
... aka Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: Last Video and Testament
(UK: series title)
"Quatermass" (1979) TV Series .... Make-up Lady
... aka The Quatermass Conclusion
"Thomas and Sarah" (1979) TV Series .... Lady Pendleton
"Wuthering Heights" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Zillah
"Out" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Amy
"Fall of Eagles" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Vara
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) .... Mrs. Frawley
... aka Dr. Phibes (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Curse of Dr. Phibes
A Nice Girl Like Me (1969) .... Maternity Night Nurse
The Virgin Soldiers (1969) .... W.R.A.C.
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar (1968) (TV) .... Mae
The Voices in the Park (1967) (TV) .... Woman on bus
... aka The Wednesday Play: The Voices in the Park (UK)
Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) (TV) .... Mrs. Taylor
... aka Wednesday Play: Stand Up, Nigel Barton (UK: series title)
"The Newcomers" (1965) TV Series .... Celia Blatchford
Filmography
as: Actress, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Doctors"
playing "Grace Petit" in episode: "One Man's Meat"
(episode
# 10.35) 20 February 2004
"Little Britain" playing "Marjorie Dawes's Mum" in
episode: "Most
Cigarettes in a Mouth" (episode # 1.4) 7 October 2003
"Spooks" playing "Old Woman in the Cottage" (scenes
deleted) in
episode: "Mean, Dirty, Nasty" (episode # 1.6) 17 June 2002
"My Family" playing "Mrs. Norton" in episode: "Trust
Never Sleeps"
(episode # 2.4) 21 September 2001
"Highlander" playing "Grandmother" in episode: "Forgive
Us Our
Trespasses" (episode # 5.18) 5 May 1997
"Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" playing "Beryl Pacey"
in episode:
"Poison Pen" (episode # 2.1) 30 November 1996
"Game On" playing "Woman in Precinct" in episode:
"Bruce Willis &
Robert De Niro Holding a Fish" (episode # 2.6) 21 October 1996
"Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives" in episode: "Consumer Watchdogs"
(episode # 1.5) 28 June 1996
"Ghostbusters of East Finchley" playing "Thelma Thane"
(episode # 1.6)
21 December 1995
"Ghostbusters of East Finchley" playing "Thelma Thane"
(episode # 1.4)
7 December 1995
"Joking Apart" playing "Aunt Helen" (episode # 2.4)
1995
"Heartbeat" playing "Edith Gillet" in episode: "Wall
of Silence"
(episode # 2.9) 13 June 1993
"Birds of a Feather" playing "Mrs. Mimms" in episode:
"The Chigwell
Connection" (episode # 4.14) 25 December 1992
"Covington Cross" playing "Maid" in episode: "Revenge"
(episode # 1.11)
"The Bill" playing "Woman in Market" in episode: "By
the Skin of Our
Teeth" (episode # 6.1) 2 January 1990
"Boon" playing "Mrs. Robinson" in episode: "Do
Not Forsake Me"
(episode # 4.8) 20 November 1989
"Juliet Bravo" playing "Barbara Bastin" in episode:
"Work Force"
(episode # 5.8) 20 October 1984
"Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense" playing "Mrs. Villiers"
in
episode: "Last Video and Testament" (episode # 1.2) 12 September
1984
"The Professionals" playing "Maisie" in episode: "Foxhole
on the Roof"
(episode # 5.1) 7 November 1982
"Hammer House of Horror" playing "Joan" in episode:
"The Thirteenth
Reunion" (episode # 1.2) 20 September 1980
"Buccaneer" in episode: "Grounded" (episode # 1.3)
11 May 1980
"Mind Your Language" playing "Lil" in episode: "The
School Fete"
(episode # 3.7) 8 December 1979
"Z Cars" playing "Lil" in episode: "Error Of
Judgement" (episode #
12.5) 3 May 1977
"Doctor on the Go" playing "Wife" in episode: "I
Love Paris... When I
Get There" (episode # 2.2) 23 January 1977
"Angels" playing "Gwen Shields" in episode: "Round
the Clock" (episode
# 2.1) 6 April 1976
"Open All Hours" playing "Mrs. Ellis" in episode:
"A Nice Cosy Little
Disease" (episode # 1.3) 5 March 1976
"Open All Hours" playing "Mrs. Ellis" in episode:
"A Mattress on
Wheels" (episode # 1.2) 27 February 1976
"Z Cars" playing "Milly Donlan" in episode: "Manslaughter"
(episode #
11.2) 12 January 1976
"Softly Softly" playing "Mrs. Morgan" in episode:
"Domestic Incident"
(episode # 10.4) 25 September 1974
"Crown Court" in episode: "Two Rings for Margie" (episode
# 1.89) 10 July 1974
"Public Eye" playing "Gladys Mottram" in episode:
"Home and Away"
(episode # 6.11) 31 January 1973
"Follyfoot" playing "Lady Buying Apples" in episode:
"Miss Him When
He's Gone" 1973
"Doctor in Charge" playing "Mrs. Laing" in episode:
"Amazing Grace"
(episode # 1.18) 6 August 1972
"Softly Softly" playing "Alice West" in episode: "Copper
Wire"
(episode # 7.9) 1 December 1971
"Z Cars" playing "Rita" in episode: "Dan Dan
... : Part 2" (episode #
7.8) 24 August 1971
"Z Cars" playing "Rita" in episode: "Dan Dan
... : Part 1" (episode #
7.7) 23 August 1971
"Brett" in episode: "All the King's Horses..." (episode
# 1.17) 16 August 1971
"Public Eye" playing "Store Detective" in episode:
"A Mug Named Frank"
(episode # 5.1) 7 July 1971
"Softly Softly" playing "Marie" in episode: "Safe
in the Streets?"
(episode # 6.3) 30 September 1970
"The Troubleshooters" playing "Mary Bartlett" in episode:
"A Truly
Exotic Development" (episode # 6.11) 27 July 1970
"Z Cars" playing "Mrs. Cashman" in episode: "It's
Not Against the Law:
Part 1" (episode # 6.223) 5 May 1969
"Softly Softly" playing "Eva Nevin" in episode: "Five
Pair O' Hands"
(episode # 4.7) 24 October 1968
"The First Lady" playing "Vera" in episode: "Mrs.
Whatever" (episode #
1.8) 26 May 1968
"Public Eye" in episode: "But What Good Will Truth Do?"
(episode #
3.2) 27 January 1968
"Z Cars" playing "Alice Platt" in episode: "You
Can't Win 'Em All!:
Part 1" (episode # 6.89) 8 January 1968
"Z Cars" playing "Ruby" in episode: "It Was Doing
Nothing: Part 1"
(episode # 6.37) 10 July 1967
"Public Eye" in episode: "Twenty Pounds of Heart and Muscle"
(episode
# 2.12) 17 September 1966
"The Wednesday Play" playing "Mrs. Taylor" in episode:
"Stand Up,
Nigel Barton" (episode # 1.41) 8 December 1965
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Mrs. Rodinsky" in episode:
"Edward the
Confessor" (episode # 11.17) 9 January 1965
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Peggy" in episode:
"The Night Man"
(episode # 11.2) 26 September 1964
"Z Cars" playing "Mrs. Cookson" in episode: "Seconds
Away" (episode #
3.35) 6 May 1964
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Maggie Turner" in episode:
"A Family
Affair" (episode # 10.21) 22 February 1964
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Blondie Cooper" in
episode: "Christmas
Dip" (episode # 10.12) 21 December 1963
"Z Cars" playing "Marge" in episode: "Come on
the Lads" (episode #
2.40) 19 June 1963
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Barmaid" in episode:
"Green Wedding"
(episode # 9.17) 5 January 1963
"Outbreak of Murder" playing "Supervisor" in episode:
"The Wine
Tasters" (episode # 1.2) 28 July 1962
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Mollie" in episode:
"The Glass of Fury"
(episode # 7.26) 25 March 1961
"Dixon of Dock Green" playing "Evie" in episode: "All
Cats Are Grey"
(episode # 7.1) 1 October 1960
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