Rosemarie Dunham

Rosemarie Dunham (born Rosemarie Tomlinson; 13 December 1924 – 5 December 2016) was a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Rosemary Dunham.

Rosemarie Dunham
Photo by Cornel Lucas, 1981
Born	Rosemarie Tomlinson 13 December 1924 Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Died	5 December 2016(2016-12-05) (aged 91) London, England
Nationality	British
Other names	Rosemary Dunham
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960–2000
Spouse(s)	Michael Ingrams (1949-?) (divorced) (1 child) Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman (1965-2018)

Early life

Dunham was born in Leuchars, Fife, the daughter of Willis Tomlinson,^{[citation needed]} an English squadron leader stationed on the RAF base at Leuchars who died on 26 March 1975 and Catherine, maiden name Parissi of Greek background who died on 15 April 1991 ^[1]

Career

On stage, Dunham was a member of the Croydon Repertory Players in 1953.^[2] She played Nerissa in a 1961 production of The Merchant of Venice at the Old Vic theatre, sharing the bill with Barbara Leigh-Hunt and John Stride.^[3] She appeared in a 1967 production of Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All? at London's Savoy Theatre, sharing the bill with William Mervyn, Vincent Ball, Jane Downs, and Viola Keats.^[4]

Dunham's television work was extensive, and included appearances in The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Public Eye, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Father Brown, Coronation Street, Kisses at Fifty and The Cedar Tree.^[5] Her best-known film role was as the "aging, but amorously inclined, landlady" Edna in the 1971 gangster movie Get Carter.^[6] Her other film roles included Something to Hide (1972), Mistress Pamela (1974), The Incredible Sarah (1976), Lady Oscar (1979), Croupier (1998), and The Wolves of Kromer (1998).^[7]

Personal life

Rosemarie Tomlinson was married to Michael Dunham Ingrams, the television presenter and documentary film-maker, and took her stage name from his middle name.^[8][9] They had a son, Paul Ingrams, born in 1949. Her second husband was Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman, son of Commander Francis Bridgeman and Alice Dorothy Bridgeman; they married in 1965.^{[citation needed]} She died in 2016, in London, just before her 92nd birthday.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

• The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – (uncredited)
• Gideon's Way 'The Prowler' (1965) – Sophie Murdoch
• Get Carter (1971) – Edna Garfoot
• Something to Hide (1972) – Elsie
• Mistress Pamela (1974) – Mistress Blimper
• The Incredible Sarah (1976) – Mrs. Bernhardt
• Lady Oscar (1979) – Marquise de Boulainvilliers
• Tai-Pan (1986) – Mrs. Fothergill
• Croupier (1998) – Jewish Woman
• The Wolves of Kromer (1998) – Mrs Drax
• Out of Depth (2000) – Rose (final film role)