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Eleanor Audrey Summerfield (7 March 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an English actress who appeared in many plays, films and television series. She is known for her roles in Laughter in Paradise (1951), Final Appointment (1954), Odongo (1956), Dentist in the Chair (1960), On the Fiddle (1961), The Running Man (1963) and Some Will, Some Won't (1970).
Sachs married the actress Eleanor Summerfield in 1947. The couple had two sons, including Robin Sachs. [10] In January 1984, he was fined £75 for "importuning men for an immoral purpose" at Notting Hill Gate tube station. [11] Sachs died from kidney failure on 15 June 1990 in Westminster, London, at the age of 80. [12]
Sachs was born in London, the elder of two sons of the South African-born actor Leonard Sachs and the English actress Eleanor Summerfield. [1] His father was Jewish. [2] After leaving school he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, after which he followed the traditional route of provincial repertory and touring before being cast in supporting roles in West End productions during the ...
Burton's habits of drinking and smoking increased during this period; he was involved in a brief casual affair with actress Eleanor Summerfield. [58] [f] Burton was cast in an uncredited and unnamed role of a bombing officer by BBC Third Programme in a 1946 radio adaptation of In Parenthesis, an epic poem of the First World War by David Jones.
Final Appointment (U.S. title: The Last Appointment [3]) is a 1954 British second feature ('B') [4] comedy thriller film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring John Bentley, Eleanor Summerfield and Hubert Gregg. [5] [6] It also features Arthur Lowe, later to become famous for his portrayal of Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, in an early role ...
Dane Clark, playing with effective restraint, makes a credible character out of the bail hero, aided by Eleanor Summerfield as the wisecracking Maggie Doone. Belinda Lee's voluptuous charms are more stimulating than her acting. Technically the film is competently made, and the dialogue is agreeably convincing." [8]
Elinor Donahue played the eldest daughter on the 1950s TV show 'Father Knows Best.'
Eleanor Summerfield as Sheila Wilcott; Charlotte Mitchell as Ethel, Agnes's maid; Leslie Dwyer as Police station sergeant; Colin Gordon as Police station constable; Ronald Adam as Wagstaffe, the bank manager; Michael Pertwee as Stewart, a bank employee; Mary Germaine as Susan Heath; Audrey Hepburn as Frieda, a cigarette girl; Noel Howlett as ...