Pamela Cundell

Known for

Acting

Born

January 15, 1920

Birthplace

Croyden, England, UK

Died

February 14, 2015 (aged 95)

Biography

Pamela Cundell was a renowned comic character actor perhaps best remembered for playing Mrs Fox in Dad's Army. Her career stretched as far back as 1948 when she appeared in Brighton Rock as a Pierrot artiste. Other film credits included Half a Sixpence, the big screen spin offs of popular 70s sitcoms On the Buses and Love Thy Neighbour, Memoirs of a Survivor, and A Fantastic Fear of Everything. On TV she appeared alongside comics such as Benny Hill and Barry Humphries, and in dramas such as The XYY Man, Minder, Big Deal, The Borrowers, and Doctors. She was married to actor Bill Fraser from 1981 to his death in 1987.

Best known work

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

2012

Brighton Rock

1948

Dad's Army

1968

A Touch of Frost

1992

Blackball

2003

Goodnight Sweetheart

1993

On the Buses

1971

TwentyFourSeven

1998

Minder

1979

The Wicked Lady

1983

Filmography

2012
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
as Ivy
2012
Run For Your Wife
2005
The Jealous God
as Mrs Rosslea
2003
Blackball
as OAP
2000
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
1998
TwentyFourSeven
as Auntie Iris
1995
Crown ProsecutorTV
as Mrs. Gardner (1 episode)
1993
Goodnight SweetheartTV
as Edna (1 episode)
1993
The Return of the BorrowersTV
as Aunt Lupy (2 episodes)
1993
The DetectivesTV
as Granny-o-gram (1 episode)
1993
Never Rest: A Drama About Farm Safety for Children
as Mary / Mrs. Mop
1992
A Touch of FrostTV
as Mrs Barrett (1 episode)
1992
The BorrowersTV
as Aunt Lupy (3 episodes)
1989
No StringsTV
as Busybody (1 episode)
1986
BreadTV
as Woman at Police Station (1 episode)
1985
In Sickness and in HealthTV
as Woman in Pub (1 episode), as The Ginger Woman (1 episode)
1984
Big DealTV
as Vi Box (30 episodes)
1983
The Wicked Lady
as Coach Passenger
1983
Doubting Thomas
as Abi, Thomas' Mother
1981
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Neighbour
1979
MinderTV
as Juror (1 episode), as Woman Mourner (1 episode)
1979
Only When I LaughTV
as Cook (1 episode)
1979
She Loves Me
as Baroness
1976
Emily
as Mrs. Prince
1976
The XYY ManTV
as Norah (3 episodes)