Gwyneth Leith, better known by her stage name Gwyneth Powell, was an English actress.
12 Facts About Gwyneth Powell
1.
2.
Gwyneth Powell was best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series Grange Hill for eleven series between 1981 and 1991.
3.
Gwyneth Powell originally trained as a teacher at Goldsmiths, University of London, but instead chose to act in repertory theatre.
4.
Gwyneth Powell was a regular, if minor, player in many television dramas until being cast in Grange Hill, in which she played the "firm but fair" headmistress Bridget McClusky for eleven years.
5.
Gwyneth Powell went on to appear in other television programmes such as Heartbeat, A Touch of Frost, Holby City, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Father Brown, and in 2008, Echo Beach.
6.
Gwyneth Powell played the role of a school teacher in a Victorian School Day in an episode of the BBC Schools TV series Watch.
7.
In 2009, using archive footage, coupled with some newly recorded lines, Gwyneth Powell reprised her Grange Hill role as Mrs McClusky for a cameo appearance in an episode of Ashes to Ashes, set in 1982.
8.
Gwyneth Powell appeared in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Salisbury Playhouse.
9.
In 2010, Gwyneth Powell starred as Nana in The Gemma Factor.
10.
Gwyneth Powell lived in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, where she was a patron of a local drama group, the Hurstpierpoint Players.
11.
Gwyneth Powell died in Brighton on 8 September 2022, aged 76.
12.
Gwyneth Powell's death was attributed to complications following surgery for a perforated colon.