Margaret Annabel Maule (born 8 September 1922) is a British retired actress, notable in theatre, radio, television and film. She played in several films and television series including numerous characters in Sunday Night Theatre and appeared in the television film Wuthering Heights.
Life and career Maule was born in Lambeth, London on 8 September 1922, to theatrical director-manager Donovan Maule and Mollie Shiells. Maule literally grew up on the stage, with her family having established their first theatre company in 1948, four years before the Kenya National Theatre, they were fundamental in helping establish the arts in Kenya.
She is the sister of actor Robin Maule (1924–1942). Maule married Douglas Dickson in Chelsea, London, in 1946, though the marriage was later dissolved.Who's Who in the Theatre, Volume 15 (1972), pg. 1163 She appeared in the West End in the play His Excellency in 1950 and 1951.
Maule published a book, Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story, about her family life in 2004.Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story She turned 100 in September 2022.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1938 Save a Little Sunshine Marlene 1939First Stop NorthBettTV movie1948Wuthering HeightsIsabella LintonTV movie1952Beauty and the BeastJaneTV movie1956The Tamer TamedBiancaTV movie1957Romantic Chapter IsabelTV movie1957A Time of DayRuth Calthorpe1959 Model for Murder Hospital Sister 1959The HillMaudeTV movie1959Probation OfficerEva Grantham1956–1959BBC Sunday-Night TheatreMrs. Kirkley / Connie Ewing1959Interpol CallingAmy1960 Danger Tomorrow Helen 1960Inside StoryJulie Wilson1960ITV Television Playhouse Mrs. Sybil Leighton1960On TrialRebecca Jarrett1960MaigretDr. Lucile Decaux1961Theatre 70Joan Penrose1957–1961Armchair TheatreMother / Probation Officer / Sister Taylor / Miss Klegg1960–1961BBC Sunday-Night PlayPeggy Dobson / Sophie Vauquin1961Boyd Q.C.Hilda Venning1962CompactJessica Gilchrist1965The Flying SwanLeonora Croft1966The Wednesday PlayMiss Hart1968Dixon of Dock GreenEleanor King / Eleanor Smith1985 Out of Africa Lady Byrne Final film role
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