Rosemarie Dunham

Rosemarie Dunham (born Rosemarie Tomlinson; 13 December 1924 – 5 December 2016) was a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Rosemary Dunham.

Rosemarie Dunham
Photo by Cornel Lucas, 1981
Born
Rosemarie Tomlinson

13 December 1924
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Died5 December 2016(2016-12-05) (aged 91)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesRosemary Dunham
OccupationActress
Years active1960–2000
Spouse(s)Michael Ingrams (1949-?) (divorced) (1 child)
Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman (1965-?)

Early life

Dunham was born in Leuchars, Fife, the daughter of Willis Tomlinson, an English squadron leader stationed on the RAF base at Leuchars.[1]

Career

On stage, Dunham was a member of the Croydon Repertory Players in 1953.[2] She played Nerissa in a 1961 production of The Merchant of Venice at the Old Vic theatre, sharing the bill with Barbara Leigh-Hunt and John Stride.[3] She appeared in a 1967 production of Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All? at London's Savoy Theatre, sharing the bill with William Mervyn, Vincent Ball, Jane Downs, and Viola Keats.[4]

Dunham's television work was extensive, and included appearances in The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Public Eye, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Father Brown, Coronation Street, and The Cedar Tree.[5] Her best-known film role was as the "aging, but amorously inclined, landlady" Edna in the 1971 gangster movie Get Carter.[6] Her other film roles included Something to Hide (1972), Mistress Pamela (1974), The Incredible Sarah (1976), Lady Oscar (1979), Croupier (1998), and The Wolves of Kromer (1998).[7]

Personal life

Rosemarie Tomlinson was married to Michael Dunham Ingrams, the television presenter and documentary film-maker, and took her stage name from his middle name.[8][9] They had a son, Paul Ingrams, born in 1949. Her second husband was Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman; they married in 1965. She died in 2016, in London, just before her 92nd birthday.

Partial filmography

References
  1. "Willis Tomlinson Died: 26 Mar 1975 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. Fay, Gerald (14 March 1953). "Merits of Trial Runs for Plays before London Showing". The Guardian. p. 3. Retrieved 6 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wardle, Irving (4 June 1961). "No Holds Bard". The Observer. p. 26. Retrieved 6 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Aren't We All? (advertisement)". The Observer. 18 June 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 6 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rosemarie Dunham". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. Haun, Harry (19 March 1971). "A Case of Carrying Cold-Blood to Newcastle". The Tennessean. p. 16. Retrieved 6 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Feinstein, Howard (5 December 2000). "In the Company of Wolves". The Advocate. 826: 55 – via ProQuest.
  8. Purser, Philip (22 November 2009). "Michael Ingrams obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. "Rosemarie Dunham R.I.P." Forums. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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