Elspeth Duxbury was a British actress born in Mhow, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 on the 3rd of April 1909.
Known primarily for working in theatre, she had one television role in 1938 but did not make her big screen debut till 1960 in the Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens was a distinctive English comic actor, known as Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads and toffs, with the trademark gap in his front teeth, cigarette holder, smoking jacket, and catch-phrases such as...

 hit comedy Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink is a 1960 British comedy directed by Robert Asher and featuring Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Billie Whitelaw, Elspeth Duxbury, Jack Hedley and Raymond Huntley, with cameos by Kenneth Williams and Irene Handl. A group of misfits go on a spree, stealing mink coats...

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She followed this with a role on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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 the following year in the episode I Spy

I Spy

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Concentrating more on theatre she had two further television roles, one a biography of Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

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 and the other in the popular at the time twice weekly BBC

BBC

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 comedy drama series Swizzlewick

Swizzlewick

Swizzlewick was a twice weekly 1964 BBC comedy drama series about the day-to-day events of a local council in a fictional Midlands town. The writers included David Turner who created the series....

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In 1966 she appeared in two films including the fourth St Trinian's movie The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery.

Her final screen role (and one she had performed on stage) was a televised version of the well known farce Big Bad Mouse

Big Bad Mouse

Big Bad Mouse is a frequently revived 1960s British stage play and theatrical comedic farce that, although not specifically written for them, became famous as a loose vehicle for the many talents of the British comedy actors Jimmy Edwards and Eric Sykes and has constantly seen various revivals with...

 with Eric Sykes

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 and Jimmy Edwards

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Elspeth died on the 10th of march 1967 aged 57.

Filmography

1966 Big Bad Mouse

Big Bad Mouse

Big Bad Mouse is a frequently revived 1960s British stage play and theatrical comedic farce that, although not specifically written for them, became famous as a loose vehicle for the many talents of the British comedy actors Jimmy Edwards and Eric Sykes and has constantly seen various revivals with...

 (TV)
(as Miss Spencer)

1966 The Yellow Hat
(as Customer)

1966 The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
(as Veronica Bledlow)

1965 Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

 (TV)
(as Mrs. Tweedie)

1964 Swizzlewick

Swizzlewick

Swizzlewick was a twice weekly 1964 BBC comedy drama series about the day-to-day events of a local council in a fictional Midlands town. The writers included David Turner who created the series....

 (TV series)
(as Miss. Oldacre)

1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...

 (episode I Spy) (TV series)
(as Gladys)

1960 Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink is a 1960 British comedy directed by Robert Asher and featuring Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Billie Whitelaw, Elspeth Duxbury, Jack Hedley and Raymond Huntley, with cameos by Kenneth Williams and Irene Handl. A group of misfits go on a spree, stealing mink coats...

(as Elizabeth Pinkie Pinkerton)

1938 Laugh with Me (TV)
(as Sophia Kimberley)

Links

Elspeth Duxbury at the Internet Movie Database

Internet Movie Database

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Still of Elspeth Duxbury (far left) on the set of Make Mine Mink