Rosamund Mary Von Pokorny (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) better known as Rosamund Greenwood, was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990.
Biography After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included starring in the original West End and Broadway productions of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker from 1954 until 1957.
In a career spanning 60 years, Greenwood's screen work included The Prince and the Showgirl, Night of the Demon, Upstairs, Downstairs, All Creatures Great and Small, Angels, Crown Court and A Perfect Spy, and Hallelujah! in 1983. Her final role came in 1990, when aged 83, she played a witch in the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches.
Personal life and death Greenwood married the actor Leo Von Pokorny in 1934. The marriage produced one child, a son, who was born in 1935. Von Pokorny died in 1951, aged 58.
Greenwood died on 15 July 1997, aged 90, in Malvern, Worcestershire.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1935 School for Stars Uncredited1936 Men Are Not Gods Pianist Uncredited1940 Room for Two Uncredited1942 Penn of Pennsylvania Uncredited1943 The Peterville Diamond Miss Geach 1944 Heaven Is Round the Corner Maid 1944 Give Us the Moon Uncredited1957 The Prince and the Showgirl Maud 1957 Night of the Demon Mrs Meek 1958 A Night to Remember Mrs Bull Uncredited1959 Idol on Parade Spinster 1960 Village of the Damned Miss Ogle 1962 Term of Trial Constance 1965 The Murder Game Mrs Potter 1965 Strangler's Web Miss Pitts 1971 A Severed Head Miss Seelhaft1971 Loving Memory Sister 1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Village Gossip Uncredited1977 Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers Miss Plant 1982 The Missionary Lady Fermleigh 1983 Hallelujah! (TV series) Sister Dorothy Smith 1984 Secret Places Hannah 1990 The Witches Janice Final film role
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