Gudrun Ure

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Gudrun Ure (born 12 March 1926) is a Scottish actress, most famous for her portrayal of the title character in Super Gran.^[1]

Biography[]

Ure was born in Campsie, Stirlingshire. She starred in Orson Welles' 1951 stage production of Othello as Desdemona. She also starred in the pilot of a series called Life After Life, written by Yes Minister creator Jonathan Lynn. No further episodes, however, were made. She has also appeared in The 10th Kingdom as Mrs Murray, the mother of Tony Lewis' tyrannical boss and owner of their apartment building, T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom, Midsomer Murders, Casualty, The Crow Road and as Mrs. MacGregor in Second Thoughts in the episode Auld Acquaintance.

Ure's radio acting credits include the part of Joan Danbury, the mother of Inspector Gwen Danbury, in the eponymous police drama by Sue Rodwell broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2008 and 2010. In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Ure played the role of Lady Macbeth.

Partial filmography[]

• 36 Hours (1953)
• The Million Pound Note (1954)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• The Diamond (1954)
• Trouble in the Glen (1954) (uncredited)
• The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
• Othello (1952) - voice of Desdemona (1955 US cut only)

References[]

External links[]

• Gudrun Ure at IMDb
• BBC Comedy Guide profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 January 2007)

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