Patricia Ruth Plunkett (17 December 1926 – 13 October 1974) was an English actress, born to an Australian WWI soldier, Captain Gunning Francis Plunkett, and Alice Park.
Born in Streatham, London, she trained at RADA and had an early stage hit in Pick-Up Girl (1946)"Plunkett, Patricia" in Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.526 by the American dramatist Elsa Shelley.Lorraine Greenslade "Patricia Plunkett - My Sister", Herne Hill Society Newsletter, #102, Spring 2008, p.12-13
Plunkett appeared in 12 films."Plunkett, Patricia", credits, BFI Film & TV database She was usually in supporting roles, but she was the female lead (with above-the-title billing) in both her 1949 films: Landfall and For Them That Trespass. The best known of her supporting roles is probably It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), in which her character, Doris Sandigate, is the step-daughter of Rose (Googie Withers), the leading role. Her husband was the actor Tim Turner (died 1987).
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1947 It Always Rains on Sunday Doris Sandigate 1948 Bond Street Mary Phillips1949 For Them That Trespass Rosie Landfall Mona 1950 Murder Without Crime Jan, Stephen's Wife 1952 Mandy Miss Crocker 1954 The Crowded Day Alice 1957 The Flesh Is Weak Doris Newman 1958 Dunkirk Grace Holden1960 Identity Unknown Betty Escort for Hire Eldon Baker 1961 The Singer Not the Song Arcelia Uncredited
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