Henryetta Edwards

For the Canadian women's rights activist of similar name, see Henrietta Edwards.

Henryetta Edwards (1 January 1926 – 1 May 2021) was a British actress on the London stage, and in films and television, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s.

Henryetta Edwards
Born	Chrissie Henryetta Edwards 1 January 1926 Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
Died	1 May 2021 (aged 95) UK
Occupation	Actress
Parent(s)	Henry Edwards and Chrissie White

Early life

Edwards was born in Chertsey, Surrey, the daughter of actors Henry Edwards and Chrissie White.^[1]

Career

London stage roles for Edwards included parts in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1947), I Remember Mama (1948),^[2] Terrence Rattigan's The Browning Version and Harlequinade (original casts, 1948–1949),^[3] An Angel of No Importance (1949),^[4] The Trial (1950), Treasure Hunt (1950),^[5] The Attenborough Home (1953), Murder Story (1954), and Sailor Beware! (1955–1958).^[6]

Edwards appeared in the films Squibs (1935, directed by her father), She Shall Have Murder (1950),^[7] and The Feminine Touch (1956, a hospital drama from Ealing Studios;^[8] marketed as The Gentle Touch in the United States, and A Lamp is Heavy in Canada).^[9][10] She had roles in television adaptations of Lady from Edinburgh (1948), The Browning Version (1949), Harlequinade (1953), and Sailor Beware! (1956); she also appeared in "The Invisible Knife", an episode of the Boris Karloff series Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1955).^[11]

Personal life

Edwards died in 2021, aged 95, in England. She never married.^[12][13]