Daphne Slater
Daphne Helen Slater was an English actress noted for Shakespearean and period films.
Biography
She was born in London and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, when it was in Acton, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she won the academy's gold medal.
Frequently lavished with praise by Kenneth Tynan, the most influential critic of his day, Slater divided her career between Shakespearean roles and appearances in television plays. After leaving RADA with a Gold Medal, she was snapped up by the film director Herbert Wilcox, who gave her a seven-year contract and a leading role in The Courtneys of Curzon Street and she played major screen parts in dozens of television dramas and novel adaptations, including the role of Queen Mary I in the 1971 BBC TV serial Elizabeth R opposite Glenda Jackson.
Death
Slater died on 4 October 2012, aged 84. She was predeceased by her brother and her second husband. She was survived by her first husband John Harrison, film/television actor, director and producer and their two sons, Stephen and William.
Roles
The Courtneys of Curzon Street .... Cynthia CarmodyEmma .... Harriet SmithPride and Prejudice .... Elizabeth BennetRomeo and Juliet Stratford-upon-Avon RSC Theatre... RosalindJane Eyre .... Jane EyrePrecious Bane TV series.... Prue SarnBBC Sunday Night Theatre .... Helen PettigrewThe Burning Glass TV episode.... Mary TerrifordITV Play of the Week.... Mary Terriford Persuasion .... Anne ElliotArmchair Theatre TV episodeOur Man at St Mark's TV seriesOut of the Unknown TV episode.... Margaret WilsonThe Wednesday Play.... Stella Forty The Big Breaker TV episode.... SybilJackanory :The Jazz Age TV episode.... Miss CroweCallan TV episode.... Stella PaxtonThe Gold Robbers TV episode.... Mrs. OscroftW. Somerset Maugham TV episode.... Margery BishopPlay for Today TV episode.... Mary PalmerElizabeth R .... Mary IThirty-Minute Theatre TV episodeITV Playhouse TV episodeShadows TV episode.... Mrs. Butler