1. Patsy Rowlands was born in Palmers Green, Middlesex and attended the Sacred Heart convent school at Whetstone.
13 Facts About Patsy Rowlands
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Patsy Rowlands applied for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and won a scholarship aged 15.
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Patsy Rowlands began her career in the chorus of Annie Get Your Gun, followed by a summer season in Torquay.
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Patsy Rowlands then spent several years with the Players' Theatre in London, before making her West End theatre debut in Sandy Wilson's musical Valmouth.
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Patsy Rowlands appeared quite frequently on television early in her career.
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Patsy Rowlands played the role of a love interest for George called "Beryl" in the 1979 Christmas special and final episode of George and Mildred.
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Patsy Rowlands made her debut in the Carry On films in Carry On Again Doctor in 1969 and soon became a regular member of the repertory company of performers, usually playing the dowdy, put-upon wife or the long-suffering secretary.
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On 7 March 1971, Patsy Rowlands starred in a single episode of the ITV sitcom Doctor at Large, with Barry Evans and George Layton, as a nymphomaniac secretary, the kind of role she had played in Carry On Loving.
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From 1971 to 1976, Patsy Rowlands played Betty, the feckless neighbour in the ITV sitcom Bless This House, which starred fellow Carry On star Sid James.
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Patsy Rowlands appeared in screen versions of two of Frances Hodgson Burnett's books: the television film Little Lord Fauntleroy, as Mrs Dibble, and a TV dramatisation of A Little Princess as the baker's wife.
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Patsy Rowlands took part in several DVD audio commentaries along with other surviving stars of the Carry On films in 2003.
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Patsy Rowlands developed breast cancer, abandoned her plans to become an acting teacher and retired.
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Patsy Rowlands died of the disease in an East Sussex hospice, aged 74.