Margaret Burton (18 March 1924 — 23 November 1984) was an English actress who appeared in roughly a dozen British films between 1964 and 1985, including in Sex and the Other Woman (1972) and Secrets of a Superstud (1976), and in the TV series The Tomorrow People.
Career Burton trained at the Royal Manchester College of Music, and had a successful musical comedy career in the theatre, including as principal boy in pantomime at the London Palladium in 1954, and as Louella Parsons in Marilyn! the Musical at the Adelphi Theatre in 1983.
On TV, she played Gordon's mother in the Last of the Summer Wine episode "Going to Gordon's Wedding" (1976), and appeared in four episodes of Coronation Street in 1980 as Poppy Watts.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1972Sex and the Other WomanFlora1976Secrets of a SuperstudAunt Sophie
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1962Harpers West OneBarmaidEpisode #2.101964DetectiveKathEpisode: "The Quick One"1971Z-CarsTeresa O'FarrellEpisode: "Nobody Wins, Nobody Loses: Part 1"1973ITV Sunday Night TheatreLandladyEpisode: "Free as a Bird"1973Orson Welles Great MysteriesSecretary Miss FordEpisode: "For Sale - Silence"1974Comedy PlayhouseMrs. KintoulEpisode: "Pygmalion Smith"1974South RidingMadame Hubbard3 episodes1975The Tomorrow PeopleThe Momma"A Man for Emily" - 3 episodes1975Three Comedies of MarriageBarmaidEpisode: "Feeling His Way"1976Last of the Summer WineGordon's MumEpisode: "Going to Gordon's Wedding"1978Send in the GirlsIda MawsonEpisode: "Chickabiddy"1978AngelsMrs. HarrisEpisode: "Present Imperfect"1979Sally AnnMrs. GlendillEpisode: "Put Out to Grass"1980Coronation StreetPoppy Watts4 episodes1982HoraceMadame Henrietta2 episodes1983Being NormalShop assistantTelevision film1985The Personal TouchStreet Singer
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