Gabrielle Daye

Gabrielle Daye
Gabrielle Daye
Born	2 October 1911; Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died	5 January 2005 (aged 93); Essex, England
Occupation	Actress

Gabrielle Daye (2 October 1911 – 5 January 2005) was an English stage, film and television actress, notable for her TV role as Mrs. Pring on Bless Me, Father.^[1] Other television appearances include Coronation Street (as Beattie Pearson, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983–84), The War of Darkie Pilbeam (1968), Persuasion (1971), Survivors (Long Live The King, 1977), Dear Enemy (1981), Juliet Bravo (John the Lad, 1983), Ever Decreasing Circles (The Tea Party and The New Neighbour, 1984), Bleak House (1985) and A Very British Coup (1988).^[2] She also appeared in the feature films 10 Rillington Place (1971), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974), Cry Wolf (1980) and No Surrender (1985).^[3]

On stage, she was in the original Royal Court production of David Storey's In Celebration in 1969 for director Lindsay Anderson; and she reprised her role in his film version in 1975.^[4]^[5] She worked again for Anderson in the long running Ben Travers farce The Bed Before Yesterday at London's Lyric Theatre in 1975.^[6]

Filmography[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1945	Twilight Hour	Housemaid	Uncredited
1949	Saints and Sinners	Maeve's Mother	Uncredited
1952	Little Big Shot		Uncredited
1961-1984	Coronation Street	Beattie Pearson (née Tatlock)	26 episodes
1968	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Lady-in-Waiting	Uncredited
1971	10 Rillington Place	Mrs. Lynch
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Wife at Hospital
1972	The Frighteners	Daisy Cartwright	'Bed and Breakfast', episode
1974	Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!	Elderly lady
1975	In Celebration	Mrs. Burnett
1985	No Surrender	Winnie