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Maria Charles Biography (1929-)

Original name, Maria Zena Schneider; born September 22, 1929, in London, England; daughter of David and Celia (maiden name, Ashken) Schneider; married Robin Hunter (marriage ended).

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

September 22, 1929

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Dormouse, Alice in Wonderland, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, England, 1945
• (London debut) Ruby Lockwood, Pick-Up Girl, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1946
• Rosie, Women of Twilight, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1951
• See You Again (revue), Watergate Theatre, London, 1952
• Swing Back the Gate (revue), Irving Theatre, London, 1952
• Sorrell Connaught, A Kiss for Adele, Royal Court Theatre, London,1952
• Florrie Solomon, Spring Song, Embassy Theatre, London, 1953
• Dulcie, The Boy Friend, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1954-1958
• Dulcie Du Bois, Divorce Me, Darling!, Globe Theatre, London, 1965
• Fairy Sorayah, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Players' Theatre, London, 1965
• Florence, Enter a Free Man, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1968
• Jessie Macfarlane, Mrs. Dawkins, Bridgid O'Cooney, Mrs. van Boven, Dellarosa Paravici, Miss Minter, Mary Thornton, Mrs. Campbell-Scully, and Mrs. Zuckmeyer, They Don't Grow on Trees, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1969
• Felice Kovacs, Partners, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1969
• Piglet, Winnie the Pooh, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1972
• Fairy Cabbage Rose, Beauty and the Beast, Players' Theatre, 1973
• Annie Chapman, Jack the Ripper, Players' Theatre, 1974
• Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, The Matchmaker, Her Majesty's Theatre,London, 1978
• Mistress Overdone, Measure for Measure, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, England, 1979
• Miss Hannigan, Annie, Theatre at Victoria Palace, London, 1979
• Vera Klein, The Absence of War, National Theatre, London, 1993
• Also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, The LowerDepths, Peer Gynt, Steaming, and When We Are Married.
• Stage Work
• Director of Owl and the Pussycat.
• Film Appearances
• Goldie, A Gunman Has Escaped, Monarch, 1948
• Folly to Be Wise, 1952
• Blonde, The Deadly Affair, Columbia, 1967
• Eye of the Devil: The Return of the Pink Panther, 1975
• Tea lady, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization As We Know It, 1977
• Lady Client, Revenge of the Pink Panther, 1978
• Senora Pulido, Cuba, 1979
• Madame President, Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
• Mrs. Weedle, Under the Bed, 1988
• The Pure Gatherer, The Fool, 1990
• Sylvia Pinker, Antonia & Jane, Miramax, 1991
• Maria, Savage Hearts, August Entertainment/Bratton/Wavepower Navigation Corp., 1995
• Hey Mr. Producer (also known as Hey Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh), 1998
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Madge, Thomas and Sarah, 1979
• Bea Fisher, Agony, 1979
• Mrs. Sadler, Never the Twain, 1981
• Dream Stuffing, 1984
• Bea Fisher, Agony Again, 1995
• Miniseries
• Ma Mayfield, Brideshead Revisited, PBS, 1982
• Lady Chairperson, "A Perfect Spy" (also known as "John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy"), Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1988
• Sarah Pocket, Great Expectations, 1989
• Old lady gambler, The 10th Kingdom, NBC, 2000
• Movies
• Sara Pocket, Great Expectations, NBC, 1974
• Alena, Crime and Punishment (also known as Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment), NBC, 1998
• Specials
• Country Matters I, 1975
• Mrs. Rita Green, Bar Mitzvah Boy (also known as Play for Today:Bar Mitzvah Boy), 1977
• Episodic
• Jewish woman, "The Violet Hour," Whoops Apocalypse, 1982
• Mrs. Jowett, "Charity Begins at Home: Parts 1 & 2," Boon, 1988
• Miss Phelan, "Deluge," Casualty, 1989
• Alas Smith & Jones, 1990
• Alice, "The Galloping Major," Lovejoy, 1993
• Second lady, "Paris, October 1916," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
• Celia Owen, "Release," Holby City, 2001
• Other
• Mrs. Higgins, Pollyanna, 1973
• Anna Gemignani, Anna (pilot), NBC, 1990
• Widow Corney, Oliver Twist, ABC, 1997
• Mrs. Mawtrey, Cor Blimey!, 2000
• Also appeared in Angel Pavement, Crown Court, Down Our Street, Easter Passion, The Fourth Wall, The Good Old Days, La Ronde, The Likes of 'Er, The Moon and the Yellow River, Nicholas Nickleby, Other People's Houses, The Prince and the Pauper, Rogue's Gallery, Secret Army, Shine of Harvey Moon, Turn Out the Lights, The Ugliest Girl in Town, The Voice of the Turtle, and Sheppey.