Lana Morris, born Avril Maureen Anita Morrishttps://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=avril_morris&birth=1930&birth_x=0-0-0&count=50&name_x=1_1 (11 March 1930 – 28 May 1998) was a British film, stage and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s.
She played the role of Helene Hillmer in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with Roger Moore in The Saint, appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting of the novel The Saint in New York. She later became a television panellist. She was also in British films such as I Start Counting.
She was married to the BBC executive Ronnie Waldman (1914–1978).
She died of a heart attack in Windsor, Berkshire, having been taken ill shortly after the first performance of the Barbara Taylor Bradford adaptation Dangerous to Know at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, aged 68.'Lana dies after opening night', Reading Evening Post 5 June 1998, p. 33
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1946 School for Secrets Mrs Watlington Credited as Pamela Matthews1948 Spring in Park Lane Rosie 1948 The Weaker Sex Lolly 1948 It's Hard to Be Good Daphne 1949 Trottie True Bouncie Barrington 1949 The Chiltern Hundreds Bessie Sykes 1950 Morning Departure Rose Snipe 1950 Guilt Is My Shadow Betty 1950 The Reluctant Widow Becky 1950 Trio Gladys (segment "The Verger")1950 The Woman in Question Lana Clark 1951 A Tale of Five Cities Delia Morel Romanoff 1953 The Red Beret Pinky 1953 The Straw Man Ruth Hunter 1953 The Good Beginning Evie Watson 1953 Black 13 Marion 1953 Trouble in Store Sally Wilson 1954 Radio Cab Murder Myra 1954 Thought to Kill Ruby 1955 Man of the Moment Penny 1956 Home and Away Mary 1958 Moment of Indiscretion Janet Miller 1958 Passport to Shame Girl 1959 No Trees in the Street Marge 1959 Jet Storm Jane Tracer 1960 October Moth Molly 1970 I Start Counting Leonie
Television Year Title Role Notes 1954 The Six Proud Walkers Martha 6 episodes 1956 Dixon of Dock Green Elsie Kelly 1 episode 1957–1958 The RoyaltyMaisie 10 episodes 1958 Solo for Canary Ruth Maddern 6 episodes 1958 Murder Bag May Kean 1 episode 1959 Charlesworth Gahla 1 episode 1959 The Naked Lady Sylvia Craig 4 episodes 1959 The Invisible Man Ellen Summers 1 episode 1959–1961 Murder Bag Various 2 episodes 1960–1961 BBC Sunday-Night Play Various 3 episodes 1960 International Detective Suzanne Colmar 1 episode 1960 No Wreath for the General Isobel Gilmour 6 episodes 1961 Tales of Mystery Nancy Burley 1 episode 1962 The Six Proud Walkers Polly Arden 13 episodes 1962 Zero One Mrs. Warner 1 episode 1962 Maigret Felicie 1 episode (S3/Ep6) 1963 Jezebel ex UK Isobel Garnett 1 episode 1963 Love Story Bobby 1 episode 1963 No Cloak – No Dagger Emma Cresswell 6 episodes 1963 The Saint Teresa Alvarez 1 episode 1964 ITV Sunday Night Drama ok Probert 1 episode 1964 The Old Wives' Tale Sophia Scales 5 episodes 1965 Thursday Theatre Various 2 episodes 1965 The Flying Swan Marion Watson 1 episode 1967 The Forsyte Saga Helene Hillmer 10 episodes 1968 Never a Cross Word Maureen 1 episode 1971 Paul Temple Gwen Fox 1 episode 1974 Intimate Strangers Dr. Jenni Bowers 1 episode 1977 ITV Playhouse Aunt Marie 1 episode 1984 Emmerdale Gillian 6 episodes 1987 Inspector Morse Miss Tree 1 episode 1987–1990 Howards' Way Vanessa Rolfe 28 episodes, final screen role
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