Dodo Watts

Dorothy Margaret Watts (1910–1990), known professionally as Dodo Watts, was a British stage and film actress.[1] She played Fay Eaton in the 1929 Broadway version of Ian Hay's play The Middle Watch, and reprised her role in the 1930 British film version the following year.[2][3] When her career wound down, she became a business woman, owning a successful millinery firm in London's West End.[4] She was later a casting director, and head of casting for ABC Weekend TV (later Thames Television);[5] and largely responsible for casting Diana Rigg in the role of Emma Peel in The Avengers TV series.[6] She later became a theatrical agent.[4]

Dodo Watts
Picturegoer postcard c.1935 (photo by Dorothy Wilding)
Born	Dorothy Margaret Watts (1910-12-27)27 December 1910 London, England
Died	25 December 1990(1990-12-25) (aged 79) Teddington, Middlesex, England
Occupation(s)	Actress and casting director