Julia Lockwood

Julia Lockwood (born Margaret Julia Leon; 23 August 1941 – 24 March 2019) was a British actress. Daughter of Margaret Lockwood, her career began as a child actress at the age of 4 and spanned 30 years in film, television and the theatre.

Early life She was born in Ringwood, England on 23 August 1941. Her mother, Margaret Lockwood, was one of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Her father, Rupert Leon, was a commodities clerk who was serving in the British Army. During the war years, she lived with her maternal grandmother in Ringwood, but after her parents divorced in 1949, she moved to London to live with her mother in Roehampton, London.

Lockwood attended the Arts Educational Schools, London from the age of 5.

Career Lockwood's first appearance as a film actor was in the 1947 film Hungry Hill, alongside her mother; she was only four years old when filming began. She began to gain leading roles in the late 1950s, often in coming-of-age films such as Please Turn Over. She screen-tested for Hollywood with Columbia Pictures.

Her theatrical career began at the age of 12, when she was cast in the lead role in Alice in Wonderland at the Q Theatre in south-west London. She went on to star in numerous West End shows into the 1970s. However, it is in the play Peter Pan that she is perhaps most remembered.“My obsession with Peter Pan began when I was eight years old. My mother, Margaret Lockwood was invited to play "The Immortal Boy" (as we called him) at the Scala theatre in 1949. I used to sit in the wings transfixed, longing to be up on the stage with her and the lost boys, flying through the air and fighting the pirates.” She first played the role of Wendy opposite her mother in 1957, and then reprised the role the following year with Sarah Churchill (daughter of Winston Churchill and Clementine, Lady Churchill) in the title role. One performance was even visited by the Churchill family. In 1959, Julia finally achieved her dream of playing Peter; she would go on to play the lead role a further three times, in 1960, 1963 and 1966. She is one of only three actors to play both Wendy and Peter, and she is the only actor to have played Wendy opposite her own mother in the lead role.

Julia Lockwood's television career began at the age of 12, when she was cast in the lead role of the children's television film Heidi and the follow-up TV series Heidi Grows Up. She again featured alongside her mother in the 1957 series The Royalty, set in an exclusive London hotel. Both Lockwoods also appeared in the BBC's sequel series of 1965, The Flying Swan. During the 1950s and 1960s Julia was a regular feature of the small screen, appearing in over a dozen different television series. She is perhaps best remembered in the mid-1960s BBC soap opera Compact, set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine. Lockwood played the role of Anthea Keane, appearing in over 70 episodes. In 1971 she appeared in the BBC comedy series Birds on the Wing (with Richard Briers and Anne Rogers).

She was in the series Brothers in Law (with Richard Briers) in the 1970s.

Lockwood appeared on the front cover of Tatler magazine in February 1965.

She was one of five judges of the Miss England beauty pageant in 1965, alongside comedian Des O'Connor, actress Fenella Fielding, Patrick Wymark, and disc jockey Pete Murray.

In 1971, Lockwood released a 7" single on the Columbia label. The A-side was titled "He's and She's", the B-side "Edward, Alexander & Joe".

She worked as a drama teacher during the early 1990s at the Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick, London.

Personal life and death In 1972, she married Ernest Clark, a British actor, best known for playing Geoffrey Loftus in Doctor in the House and its TV sequels. She retired from acting in 1977 after the birth of her third child. She and her husband had three children. She also had a son from a previous relationship. Following Clark's death in 1994, Lockwood moved to Spain, but returned to the UK in 2007 and lived in Ilminster until her death.

Lockwood's last public appearance was in July 2015, at the unveiling of the blue plaque on her mother's house in Kingston upon Thames.

She died on 24 March 2019 after a short illness, surrounded by her children.

Filmography Hungry Hill (1947) – Fanny's Daughter (uncredited) The White Unicorn (1947) – Norey The Flying Eye (1955) – Angela My Teenage Daughter (1956) – Poppet Carr The Solitary Child (1958) – Maggie Please Turn Over (1959) – Jo Halliday No Kidding (1960) – Fenella / 'Vanilla'

Theatre credits YearPlayAuthorRoleDirectorWithTheatreRef1953Alice in WonderlandLewis CarrollAlicePeter Butterworth, Billy ThatcherQ Theatre1957/58Peter PanJ.M. BarrieWendyHugh MillerMargaret Lockwood, Michael WarreScala Theatre1958/59Peter PanJ. M. BarrieWendySarah Churchill, John JustinScala Theatre1959/60Peter PanJ. M. BarriePeterRichard Wordsworth, Patricia GarwoodScala Theatre King's Theatre, Glasgow1960/61Peter PanJ. M. BarriePeterDonald Sinden, Juliet MillsScala Theatre1962Cry for Love (also known as The Devil Inside Him)John Osborne (as Robert Owen)Michael Williams, Richard Wordsworth, Patrick DesmondPembroke Theatre Sunderland Empire Theatre1962No Time for LoveLiggat JamesBarry Sinclair, Terence DuffGolders Green Hippodrome1963/64Peter PanJ. M. BarriePeterAlastair SimScala Theatre1964Every Other EveningJack PopplewellDerek Farr, Margaret Lockwood, Diane Hart, Jeremy BullochPhoenix Theatre1966Arsenic And Old LaceJoseph KesselringElaine HarperMurray MacdonaldDame Sybil Thorndike, Athene Seyler, Richard Briers, Neil McCarthyVaudeville Theatre1966/67Peter PanJ.M. BarriePeterRon Moody, Mia MartinScala Theatre Royal Shakespeare Theatre1968The Servant of Two MastersCarlo GoldoniBeatriceToby RobertsonTommy Steel, Michele Dotrice, Clive Francis, Edward de Souza, Morag Hood, Graham CrowdenQueen's Theatre1969Goodbye CharlieGeorge AxelrodVirginiaDavid ButlerJohn Gregson, Lynda BaronKing's Theatre, Glasgow Ashcroft Theatre1969Birds on the WingPeter YeldhamSamantha Harvey MedlinskyBruce Forsyth, June BarryPiccadilly Theatre Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool1970/71The Jockey Club StakesWilliam Douglas HomeMurray MacDonaldWilfrid Hyde White, Ernest Clark, Alastair SimDuke of York's Theatre Grand Theatre, Leeds1972The Mating GameRobin HawdonJulia CarringtonRay CooneyAvril Angers, Clive Francis, Aimi Macdonald, Terry ScottApollo Theatre1976Out on a LimbJoyce RayburnEllieIan Carmichael, Phyllida Law, Hugh PaddickVaudeville Theatre The Alexandra, Birmingham1977Sextet (or Six of One)Michael PertweeValerie Robin MidgleyLeslie Phillips, Peter Blythe, Carol Hawkins, Angela Scoular, Julian FellowesCriterion Theatre

Television credits YearTitleForTypeEpisodesRoleRef1953HeidiBBCserial6Heidi1954The Secret WayBBCfilm1Alexandra1954Heidi Grows UpBBCserial3Heidi1954A Mad Tea Party from 'Alice in Wonderland''' |BBC |special |1 |Alice

|1956 |Tit-for-Tat|BBC |series (children's) |2 |Narrator

|1956 |Call It a Day|BBC |film |1 |Ann Hilton

|1957 |Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z: L|BBC |series |1 |herself

|1957 |Studio E: Getting to Know You|BBC |magazine |1 |herself

|1957/58 |The Royalty|BBC |serial |8 |Carol

|1959 |Mainly for Women|BBC |magazine |1 |herself

|1960 |Saturday Playhouse: Your Obedient Servant|BBC |play |1 |Caroline Pemberton

|1961/63 |Juke Box Jury|BBC |music |3 |herself

|1962 |The Six Proud Walkers|BBC |serial |13 |Martha Barlow

|1963 |Compact|BBC |serial |73 |Anthea Keane

|1963 |This Is Your Life: Margaret Lockwood |BBC |documentary |1 |herself

|1965 |The Flying Swan|BBC |serial |24 |Carol Manning

|1966 |The Spies|BBC |serial |1 |Jill

|1969 |Out of the Unknown|BBC |series |1 |Mary Beldon

|1971 |Birds on the Wing'' BBCserial6Samantha

Radio credits YearProductionOnTypeEpisodesRoleRef1963FIVE-FIFTEENBBC Home Servicemagazine1herself1970Be My GuestBBC Radio 2talk radio1herself1971Brothers in LawBBC Radio 4serial24Sally 1974Husband of the YearBBC Radio 2game show1herself (with her husband Ernest Clark)

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