Sylvia Coleridge

Sylvia Coleridge (10 December 1909 – 31 May 1986) was a British stage, film, radio and television actress.[1][2][3] She was married to Albert George Fiddes-Watt and their daughter Kate, born 1943, is also an actress as Kate Coleridge.

Sylvia Coleridge
Coleridge playing Mrs. Salt, owner of the Salt Line, in the episode "The Gamble" of The Onedin Line
Born
Kathleen Sylvia Duke Coleridge

(1909-12-10)10 December 1909
Darjeeling, British India (present-day India)
Died31 May 1986(1986-05-31) (aged 76)
London, England
OccupationActress

Birth

Coleridge was born in Darjeeling, British India, now India.[2]

Career

After her stage debut in 1931, her theatre work included appearances at The Old Vic, the Malvern Festival and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[2][4]

Her television acting credits include: Out of the Unknown, The Avengers, Paul Temple, The Lotus Eaters, Ace of Wands, The Tomorrow People, Z-Cars, Public Eye, Sutherland's Law, Dixon of Dock Green, The Onedin Line, Survivors, Armchair Thriller (in the serial Quiet as a Nun), Blake's 7 (in the episode Gambit as the Croupier), Shoestring, The Flipside of Dominick Hide, Angels, Funny Man, Rumpole of the Bailey, Artemis 81, Bleak House[5] and the sitcom Maggie and Her.

Coleridge made a guest appearance in the Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Doom (1976).[6] Tom Baker mentioned on the "Special Edition" DVD commentary for The Robots of Death that he had been so taken with Coleridge's eccentric performance in the serial that he had later suggested her as the new Doctor Who companion to producer Graham Williams.

Death

She died in London and was interred in the East London Cemetery.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1937Cross My HeartAlice
1939I Met a MurdererMartha Warrow
1940JailbirdsMrs. Smith
1971The Raging MoonCelia
1971Jude the ObscureMiss Fontover2 episodes
1979TessMrs. d'Urberville
1979The Human FactorMrs. Halliday
1984Secret PlacesMiss Trott

References
  1. "Sylvia Coleridge".
  2. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
  3. "Saturday-Night Theatre presents Fabia Drake, Terence Longdon and Sylvia Coleridge in ' CHRISTMAS PUDDING'". 4 December 1959. p. 50 – via BBC Genome.
  4. "Sylvia Coleridge - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  5. "Sylvia Coleridge". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. "The Seeds of Doom ★★★★★".
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