Mary Morris

Mary Lilian Agnes Morris (13 December 1915 – 14 October 1988) was a distinguished British actress whose career spanned several decades and encompassed both film and television. She made her stage debut in 1935 with a performance in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre in London. During the 1940s, Morris gained recognition for her role as Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war film Undercover, portraying the wife of a Serbian guerrilla leader, and appeared in numerous British films throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

In the realm of television, Morris is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Professor Madeleine Dawnay in the science-fiction series A for Andromeda, as well as its sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough. She also took on the iconic role of Cleopatra in the BBC's adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, part of the 1963 series The Spread of the Eagle.

Morris made a memorable appearance in the cult classic series The Prisoner as Number Two, where she famously donned a Peter Pan costume during a masquerade ball. After a significant hiatus from film, she returned to the screen in 1977, playing the grieving mother in the horror film Full Circle. Further showcasing her versatility, she appeared in the beloved series Doctor Who as the shaman Panna in the 1982 story Kinda. Her notable television credits also include memorable roles as the Countess Vronsky in the 1977 adaptation of Anna Karenina and as a formidable matriarch in the 1989 adaptation of Margery Allingham's Police at the Funeral.