11 Facts About Shelagh Fraser

Shelagh Fraser is best known for her roles in the television serial A Family at War and as Luke Skywalker's Aunt Beru in Star Wars.

Shelagh Fraser was born in Purley, Surrey, on 25 November 1920.

Shelagh Fraser's parents were John Newton Mappin Fraser and Vera Eleanor.

Shelagh Fraser was educated at St Christopher's School in Kingswood and won a scholarship to train as an actor at Croydon Repertory Theatre Drama School.

Shelagh Fraser made her West End theatre debut in 1944 at the Comedy Theatre as Effie in This Was a Woman.

Shelagh Fraser went on to play Mabel Crumm in While the Sun Shines, Hetty, in Call Home the Heart, Lady Orreyd in a revival of The Second Mrs Tanqueray.

In cinema, Shelagh Fraser often played demure character roles in films such as the Master of Bankdam and Raising a Riot, although she is remembered for her roles as the vulgar Mrs Orreyd in the 1952 film The Second Mrs Tanqueray.

Shelagh Fraser took part in location filming in Matmata, Tunisia, and her voice was later recorded at home for additional wild track lines and dialogue dubbing.

Shelagh Fraser appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows during her career, including Z-Cars; Softly, Softly; A Family at War; The Professionals and Heartbeat on television, and such films as The Witches, Till Death Us Do Part, The Body Stealers, Doomwatch and Hope and Glory.

Shelagh Fraser was a member of the BBC Repertory Company and appeared in over 500 BBC Radio plays.

Shelagh Fraser adapted Rose Macauley's novel The World My Wilderness and Rebecca West's short story "The Salt of the Earth" for BBC Radio 4.