Marjorie Jessica Sutherland Thomson was a Scottish film, television and theatre actress.
13 Facts About Marjorie Thomson
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Marjorie Thomson is best known as a cast regular in the hit TV series Take the High Road from 1980 to 1995.
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Marjorie Thomson was associated with the Glasgow Unity Theatre group from its foundation in 1941, playing a wide range of roles.
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Marjorie Thomson specialised in the stage through the 1950s until her TV debut on 1 January 1960.
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Marjorie Thomson told Michael Elder that her personal highlight in those years was appearing in Scotland's first Royal Variety Performance on 3 July 1958 at Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre, attended by Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Marjorie Thomson's TV debut was a guest role in Para Handy - Master Mariner.
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Marjorie Thomson stayed with the medium in addition to stage and some radio work.
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Marjorie Thomson was a cast regular as Mrs Gauld in High Living which ran for three years from 1968 to 1971 and was billed as Scottish Television's first soap opera.
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Marjorie Thomson appeared in three episodes of the TV series Sutherland's Law and had a regular part in the radio version of The McFlannels.
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Marjorie Thomson appeared in the first-ever episode of Take the High Road, aired on 19 February 1980, as Grace Lachlan.
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Marjorie Thomson stayed with the programme as one of the main cast until 1995, appearing in several hundred episodes.
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Marjorie Thomson left the programme in 1993 but returned for guest appearances until 1995.
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Marjorie Thomson was known outside acting as Marjorie Hunter and died aged 98 in Perthshire on 10 March 2012, survived by her daughters Lesley and Anne.