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Home/People/Georgina Cookson
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Born
Dec 19, 1918Died: Oct 1, 2011
Lived 92 years
Place of Birth
Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

13
Movies
7
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Georgina Cookson

Acting

Biography
Lean, aristocratic-looking British character actress,on stage from the 1940's. She was noted on Broadway for her performance (and for bringing the house down with her tango on opening night) as Lady India in Jean Anouilh's 'Ring Around the Moon' (1950-51). On television, her aquiline features and impeccable bearing led to her gravitating towards upper class roles as wealthy or snooty socialites -- few more memorable than her unnamed party-goer in the dream sequence of The Prisoner (1967) episode "A.B.and C."; and as Mrs. Butterworth, who not only resides in Patrick McGoohan's old flat and drives his sports car but turns out to be another Number 2 (in the episode "Many Happy Returns"). She also had to graciously scrape the mould of a bread-roll offered her by Steptoe and Son (1962) in "Loathe Story", as the hyphenated mother of Joanna Lumley. Georgina had a rare lead in the title role of the low-budget thriller The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) as Gary Merrill's crippled and demanding wife, who, unsurprisingly gets killed and disposed of in the potting shed. Of course, she comes back to haunt her evil hubby (really, just a double-cross staged by his two accomplices). In many of her other appearances on screen, Georgina played opposite great British comic actors, from Sidney James to Tony Hancock. Privately, her circle of friends included Denholm Elliott and Terry-Thomas (with whom she shared the stage in 'Full House'). Her final curtain call before retirement in Australia was as the lead in the comedy play 'A Breath of Spring' in 1990. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Love, I Think poster

Love, I Think

as Mark's Mother
1970
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The Picasso Summer

as British Woman at Dinner
1969
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Darling

as Carlotta Hale
1965
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Catacombs

as Ellen Garth
1965
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Woman of Straw

as Guest at Villa Salon (uncredited)
1964
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Five Golden Hours

as Lady Passenger
1961
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Your Money or Your Wife

as Thelma Cressingdon
1960
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The Shakedown

as Miss Firbank
1960
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The Treasure of San Teresa

as Billie
1959
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A Question of Adultery

as Mrs. Duncan
1958
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The Naked Truth

as Lady Lucy Mayley
1957
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Woman Hater

as Julia
1948
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I Didn't Do It

as Willow Thane
1945