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Patricia Lawrence

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Patricia Lawrence (19 November 1925, Andover, Hampshire – 7 March 1993, Chelsea, London) was a British actress.

Personal life

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In 1947 she married writer and arts administrator Greville Poke (1912–2000) in the City of Westminster.[1] Lawrence and Poke had two sons, Christopher Frederick Lawrence Poke and musician James John Lawrence Poke.[2][3] She died in 1993, aged 67 years, in Chelsea.

Career

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She was well known for playing the formidable Sister Ulrica, a Dutch prisoner of war in the BBC television series drama Tenko and Ellie Herries in the BBC television drama To Serve Them All My Days (TV series).

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1964 Ferry Cross the Mersey Miss Kneave
1967–1969 The Wednesday Play Procla / Hetty / Gillian Player 3 episodes
1971 Softly, Softly Mrs. Raynes Episode: "In the Public Gaze"
1973 O Lucky Man! Clinic Receptionist / Miss Hunter
1973 The Hireling Mrs. Hansen
1973 Van der Valk Marijke Hoekstra Episode: "A Man of No Importance"
1973 Upstairs, Downstairs Mrs. Kenton Episode: "A Change of Scene"
1974 Intimate Strangers Joan Paynter 13 episodes
1974 Seven Faces of Woman Nellie Episode: "St Martin's Summer"
1976 Our Mutual Friend Mrs. Wilfer 2 episodes
1976 Angels Mrs. Hubbard Episode: "Accident"
1976 Brimstone and Treacle Mrs. Amy Bates Original TV version, 1976, first shown 1987
1979 Telford's Change Celia Hawkins 4 episodes
1980–1981 To Serve Them All My Days Ellie Herries 10 episodes
1981–1982 Barriers Miss Price 12 episodes
1984 The Gentle Touch Mrs McAvoy Episode: "Cure"
1985 A Room with a View Mrs Butterworth
1987 The Bill Mrs. Irving Episode: "Overnight Stay"
1988 A Very Peculiar Practice Joan Bunn Episode: "Values of the Family"
1991 Ålder okänd Barbara Heynes 2 episodes
1991 The House of Eliott Dowager 1 episode
1992 Howards End Wedding Guests
1992 Jeeves and Wooster Aunt Dahlia Episode: "Aunt Dahlia"

References

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  1. ^ Shorter, Eric (3 April 2000). "Greville Poke". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ^ Haigh, John D. (2004). "Poke, Greville John (1912–2000) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/73964. Retrieved 17 May 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Deceased Estates, The Gazette Official Public Record". The Gazette. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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