When William cruelly drops Emily, Emily is so devastated that she hangs herself. Portrayed by Brian Osborne, Mr Pearce (1872? Ms. Pagett was 26 when she was cast in the original Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-76), the prestigious, multi-award-winning British drama set in a spacious Belgravia townhouse during the first three decades of the 20th century. I could see the writers saying, What the hell do we do with her now?. She left for LA, bagging parts in Oceans Twelve, Entrapment and The Mask Of Zorro and as the vengeful pregnant wifeHelena in Traffic in 2000. Portrayed by Nicola Pagett, Miss Elizabeth Bellamy, later Elizabeth Kirbridge and then The Honourable Elizabeth Wallace after her father's elevation to the peerage (b. She was the ferocious Miss Trunchbull in 1996's Matlida, mean Aunt Marge in Harry Potter, and even had a scene-stealing role in Gavin & Stacey as Smithy's idle mum Cath. He has a series of relationships with women of inferior birth, and fails to launch himself as a responsible adult capable of managing a career, his money and relationships. Recently, though, Ive observed that these roles are opening up to well, just about anyone. Owing to Richard Bellamy's connections, he becomes a good friend of Arthur Balfour, financial adviser to the Tory Party, and a candidate for membership in the exclusive Pall Mall men's club, the Athenaeum. An update of the classic series, this edition of Upstairs, Downstairs isn't quite as riotous as the original, but it still outshines most of its contemporaries. A favorite of the playwright Harold Pinter, she played Helen when he directed Jean Giraudouxs The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1983). This is an alphabetical list of characters from the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs, which aired from 1971 to 1975. He is about to have a breakdown but manages to collect himself by . We had none of Downtons snappy exchanges or panoramic long shots. We filmed Upstairs, Downstairs in the studio ironically all on one level; we had to fake the stairs, which went nowhere. Upstairs Downstairs. You can also rent or buy it. Sweaty, panic-stricken actors did battle with corsets and collar studs in the half-dark between scenes. Now the show, which beat Coronation Street in its prime, is returning with The Chase host Bradley Walsh taking over as Pop, the role David Jason made his own. | 5 Seasons. He rejoins the Army in World War I. Hazel predeceases him in 1918. There were long dialogue scenes - always indoors. The maternal grandson of a Dorset baronet, he was educated at the University of Cambridge and married Elizabeth in June 1908 or 1909. See our privacy policy for more information. Upstairs, Downstairs Farewell - A Million Dollar Party (aka The Boston Tea Party ). She is married and has a daughter named Wilhelmina, who claims to be 'great, great friends' with Lady Prudence Fairfax's daughter, Agatha, even though they only just met the previous night. The period drama, which aired the final episode of its second series in the UK last month, struggled with low ratings and behind-the scenes setbacks. When Rose returns to Eaton Place as housekeeper she soon finds that in both 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' worlds lie a labyrinth of secrets, lies and scandal. There were long dialogue scenes always indoors. In rooms you live in, warmth and feeling underfoot are more important. A former child actor, he is best known for his work as the footman Edward on the 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs, as Billy, For the fictional television character, see David Langton (General Hospital)David Muir Langton (born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds; 16 April 1912 25 April 1994) was a British actor who is best, Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick (born 8 June 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank, Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010. Upstairs, Downstairs. Portrayed by Rachel Gurney, Lady Marjorie Helen Sybil Bellamy (ne Lady Marjorie Helen Sybil Talbot-Carey; 6 May 1860 or 12 July 1864 15 April 1912) is the wife of Richard Bellamy and the mother of James and Elizabeth. His first loyalty is to the Talbot-Careys, but he often proves helpful to the Bellamys as well. So conceited is she, that she believes that she is a subject of envy in London society. But what has become of the original line-up of stars, from Philip Franks' tax inspector Charley to Petunia and Zinnia, the family's twins, who were played by real-life twins? It transfixed millions of viewers in the 1970s. In the early months of 1914 Hazel suffers a miscarriage which sends her into an extended depression. One member of the cast who will need little in the way of introduction is David Jason, already a telly superstar thanks to his role as Delboy in Only Fools And Horses. I think it's perfectly fine to have different carpet on the stairs/hall vs downstairs rooms. Upstairs, Downstairs is available to stream on BritBox. Winchmore briefly challenges Richard on his conservative view as opposed to her liberal/radical views and serves as Elizabeth's maid of honour at her wedding. Nol Coward set the retro ball rolling in 1931 with his play Cavalcade, which followed the Marryot family and their servants through the early years of the 20th century. And she had a thriving London theater career for decades. The upstairs floor of the Brain House is the Thinking Floor. In the summer of 1906, she has an affair with a much younger man, Charles Victor Hammond, a captain in the Khyber Rifles and a friend of her son James. She is however emotionally disturbed by the sinking and loss of Lady Marjorie, taking the blame personally, and is later sent off by Richard to a psychiatric ward. He works as the butler of Eaton Place, and is known for his conservative views. In June 1904, Richard Bellamy commissions Guthrie Scone to paint his wife. It was a perfect format for drama. Back-stage group photo from the 50-years BAFTA celebration event from October 2007. to guest on a forthcoming Season Four episode of, What Christmas Is In Country Places by Charles Dickens, Louisa Cornell By the late 18th century, a new species of rat had invaded England. Ms. Pagett married the actor turned writer Graham Swannell in 1975. She is saved by the testimony of Robert, Marquess of Stockbridge, whom she later marries. As Nol Coward said, early TV was weekly rep in an iron lung (both now obsolete). In the episode I Dies From Love, Emily falls hopelessly in love with a footman named William from the household of Lady Bellamy's committee associate, Mrs. Van Groeben. Created by Jean Marsh (who won an Outstanding Actress Emmy as the downstairs maid Rose) and Eileen Atkins, the series spans the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and the shifting fortunes of complex and colorful characters, some more privileged than others. | By Simon Williams As a young man he won a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he excelled. We had none of Downton 's snappy exchanges or panoramic long shots. When John Hawkesworth, our producer, came to rehearsals, he seldom mentioned the acting. Season 1. This is where the thinking people live, they help us understand our emotions, to decide how to behave. In the original series, Rose was always there as a shoulder to cry on for the rest of the staff, or as someone in whom to confide secrets, as Sarah did regarding her affair with James. For other inquiries, Contact Us. you will spare them the shame of explaining their presence more.. Portrayed by Margaretta Scott, Lady Southwold's sister, Lady Katherine "Kate" Castleton (died 1921), was to have presented Elizabeth to King Edward VII at a Londonderry House ball in 1905. At the age of 13 she entered service. Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV. Besides, Ms. Pagett had learned what really mattered. According to IMDb, his last credited TV role was in 2011, when he appeared in an episode of Doctors. He can be both kind and very harsh. In the 2010 revival of Upstairs, Downstairs, Rose Buck refers to her late master, Lord Richard Bellamy of Haversham, with the implication that Richard had died sometime between 1930 and 1936; Rose later claims that "The Bellamys", meaning Richard and Virginia, gave Rose a teapot for all of her hard work when she left their service sometime between 1930 and 1936. When in one episode I lost my temper with my wife, the disapproval I encountered in the street the following week was heartfelt. Daisy Barnes (ne Daisy Peel) (born 11 May 1895) is the under house parlour maid from 1913 to 1918, and the head house parlour maid from 1919 to 1930, when she goes with Edward to work for Lord and Lady Stockbridge. In the episode I Dies from Love, set during the summer of 1907, the scullery maid, Emily, falls in love with William and the two spend most of their days off together. From left to right: Christopher Beeny (Edward), Jacqueline Tong (Daisy), Simon Williams (James), Pauline Collins (Sarah), John Alderton (Thomas), Jean Marsh (Rose/co-creator), Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel), Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina) and Jenny Tomasin (Ruby). Ray Romano (Ray Barone), Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone), Brad Garrett (Robert Barone), Doris . Watch with BritBox. Rose tries to . See production, box office & company info, Breakfast: Episode dated 22 December 2010. View our online Press Pack. In the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), she was Princess Mary, the teenage daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII. James is immediately attracted to her, and within two years they marry, after she initially declined his proposal, having been married before to a violent alcoholic named Patrick O'Connor. In June 1909, he becomes manservant and later chauffeur to Lawrence and Elizabeth Kirbridge, and friends with Rose. Set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, the drama explores the lives and loves of the main characters through tragedy, world war and social upheavals. Sarah loses the baby and ultimately marries the Bellamys' chauffeur, Thomas Watkins, and they leave service. Jean Marsh The co-creator of the series (with fellow actress Eileen Atkins), she played formidable parlourmaid Rose Buck. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. He and Rose meet on a tram in April 1914 when he accidentally sits on a plum cake she is carrying. The actress remained with the Motel soap until . She briefly leaves again in 1929 to become maid of all work to the middle class Mrs Waddilove. They spend several of their days off together, and Emily desperately wants to marry him. In 1913, Alfred returns to Eaton Place in search of refuge, after murdering his most recent employer (and lover). Veteran actress Cathleen Nesbitt portrayed Lady Mabel Talbot-Carey, Countess of Southwold. She reads Goethe, talks politics incessantly, refuses an arranged marriage with a rich Scotsman, walks out on her debutante ball, rejects her parents conservatism and entertains ill-mannered socialist poets in the morning room. The cast gathered in May 1977 (a whole 16 months after the last episode aired in the UK) to celebrate the screening of the final episode on PBS. When Lady Marjorie reveals the news about Emily, Mrs. Van Groeben is uncaring about what happened. After losing his fianc, he leaves the military for a position with an investment firm prior to meeting Hazel Forrest, whom he marries. Angus Hudson (1856?) With the help of the drug lithium and more than one stay in a psychiatric hospital, she largely recovered, but she soon retired from acting. However, Lily sees Hudson as more of a father figure. 24/02/2023 19:09. She says that as a child, she watched a cart arrive on the estate with various goods from London and then leave again and longed to know where it had been, and so went into service with Lady Marjorie when asked. Then she marries a charming poet (played by Ian Ogilvy) who shares her progressive social attitudes but not her physical desires. The 80-year-old actor carried on playing the wheeler-dealer long before and after the Darling Buds of May, with the legendary sitcom's increasingly aged cast continuing to churn out Christmas specials until 2003. This cast list of actors from Upstairs, Downstairs focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Upstairs, Downstairs that are on here as well. Harold Scott was a Shell Oil executive, and Barbara (Black) Scott was stationed there with the Womens Royal Naval Service. She can be gossipy and frivolous, but she remains a close and trusted family friend until the end of the complete series. He uses her to further his career and contacts, and gives Elizabeth a hat shop in Mayfair's Brook Street, and successfully manages the stocks she inherited from a recently deceased great-aunt. In Series Two, however, the date was changed, and they were said to have married in 1908. We use cookies to give you the best possible online experience. She had a brother, Charlie, who died young, and a sister named Sophia. BTW, the actress who played the cook in the film, Angela Baddeley, she advised them what they did and didn't do in the 1900's because she grew up in the 1900's so she was very instrumental to them. Portrayed by David Langton, Richard Pemberton Bellamy, Viscount Bellamy of Haversham (1853before 1936),[note 1] was the youngest son of the parson of Burnham Trenton in Norfolk, Charles Bellamy, and his wife Hannah. Lisa Faulkner as Helen Flynn (Series 1) BBC/Shutterstock/ITV Lisa's role in Spooks was. From ITV he got the Roger & Gallet of all soaps, with the bulldozer of political correctness parked out of sight beyond the rhododendrons. An old . Keeley Hawes and Alex Kingston are included on this list, along with many more. Shewas modest modest to a fault when a producer offered her a part she was inclined to shake her head sadly and murmur: Im not really right for it, you know. Yes, a live theater audiences immediate reaction was great. As Captain Bellamy, I became accustomed to the sobriquet cad. At Hazel's urging, Richard asks family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon to help. or "Who starred on Upstairs, Downstairs?" Last edited on 27 February 2023, at 00:10, "List of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series) characters", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. Today, with our huge plasma screens, its totally like the movies. Rose Buck (born 1873) was born to a gamekeeper and his wife on the Southwold estate where Lady Marjorie was born and raised. Elizabeth fails to read her true situation, seeing the gift as loving support of her new-found equality: meanwhile, the businessman uses his new connections to court a Marchioness. more. With the arrival of BritBox on Amazon Video, I've been indulging in a glorious back-catalog of classic British TV shows. Depicting an Edwardian aristocratic family living in a townhouse in Belgravia, waited on by a selection of servants, Upstairs Downstairs became so popular that a spin-off was planned. She was preceded by Doris, Nellie, and Emily. You can watch most of the surviving cast members discussing the series and their roles in The Making of Upstairs, Downstairs beginning here. She meets Richard when she asks for help to establish a fund for the children of naval officers killed in battle, and they initially dislike each other. Doctors said she had manic depression, more often referred to now as bipolar disorder. Hazel is particularly close to Richard, Georgina and Rose, but Hudson never truly accepts her, a middle class woman, as mistress of the house. During the 1920s, she joins the ranks of young people known as the "Bright Young Things"silly, giddy, empty-headed typesbut changes her ways after she accidentally runs over and kills a farmworker. Portrayed by Jenifer Armitage, Henrietta Winchmore is the best friend of Elizabeth; she lives in her own apartment. Not long ago, if directors needed a lofty aristocrat a James, Charles, Sebastian or Peregrine my hat would always be in the ring. Everywhere, theres new blood and there are new faces. They soon start courting, and within a week, Rose agrees to go back to Australia with him and become his wife, but hesitant and fearful, she changes her mind at the last minute. This list includes all of the Upstairs, Downstairs main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. They had two children, James and Elizabeth. Cast . 35 Clarendon Square, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. During this time she developed an obsession with Alastair Campbell, whoused this obsession to distract attention from negative headlines about the New Labour Party Conference. If Id learned anything at Harrow, it was how to put on a wing collar and be bloody-minded with servants itd be a shoo-in, surely. In 1880, he married the wealthy Lady Marjorie Talbot-Carey and became a Conservative MP. Rose says that the "Bellamys" gave her the silver teapot; she left service before 1936, yet mentions both of them, meaning Richard was dead by 1936 but alive when Rose left. All four laid bare our class system for the world to marvel at. A British sheep farmer living in Australia, he has socialist views. As she told The Independent in 1992, her original ambition was to open in the West End and have men with cloaks take me out to dinner. But she soon discovered a bigger thrill. Upstairs Downstairs, which followed the lives of the Bellamy family and their servants in the first 30 years of the last century, was a hit from the moment it first aired in 1971, running for. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. The show initially ran in the USA on Masterpiece Theatre in the early 1970s. Sir Geoffrey was originally called Sir George Dillon in John Hawkesworth's novelisation of the show's scripts. She played a socialite in Scoop (1987), based on Evelyn Waughs novel; a mother-of-the-bride who fancies the father-of-the-groom in the series A Bit of a Do (1989); and a second-rate Liverpool stage actress in the film An Awfully Big Adventure (1989). However, Elizabeth and he later part company. Sarah is sent to deliver Lady Marjorie's dresses to his studio, and soon Scone is painting her as well. Love Island fans' horror as axed Olivia handed power to destroy TWO other stars, Frogmore eviction shows King's drawn a line with Harry, Strictly star bags life-changing EastEnders role as part of new family, Baby's body found after huge search as cops quiz Constance Marten & lover, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. In the final episode, she and Hudson are married and moved to open a seaside boarding house in Hastings. The cause was a brain tumor, her daughter, Eve Swannell, said. 3. Back in 1974, in the opening scene of the very first episode, we met Rose greeting a new job applicant for the household staff at the downstairs servants' entrance, of course. Lady Marjorie dies in 1912, a victim of the sinking of the RMSTitanic, while her lady's maid, Miss Roberts, survives. Elizabeth tries to have the marriage annulled, but becomes pregnant by Lawrence Kirbridge's publisher, through a cold-blooded arrangement between Lawrence and the publisher to seduce her. Nicola Pagett, the actress who played the rebellious and thoroughly spoiled Elizabeth Bellamy on the beloved British television series Upstairs, Downstairs and the title role in an acclaimed BBC version of Anna Karenina, died on March 3 at a hospice center in suburban London. Where To Stream All The Best Drama Emmy Winners. In the name of diversity, audiences were herded towards gender and race blindness. He was the co-author of her memoir, but they divorced after its publication. She was part of the original London cast of his Party Time (1991), about a cocktail-hour gathering of fashionable narcissists, chatting about island vacations and past love affairs while a violent conflict rages outside. Jeffrey, who has been married to actor wife Judy Buxton, joined Paul and Su Pollard in the Upstairs Downstairs-inspired sitcom You Rang M'Lord. Richard has an older brother named Arthur (John Nettleton), who bullied Richard as a child. During this period, Ms. Pagett wrote love letters to Alastair Campbell, the press secretary of Prime Minister Tony Blair, with whom she had become obsessed after watching him on television. He alsokept up his role as Inspector Jack Frost in ITV's A Touch Of Frost until 2010 and took over from comedy hero Ronnie Barker in Still Open All Hours, which is still on air. With the beginning of the new series (see our previous post here) to be airedon BBC One and BBC HD on 26th, 27th and 28th December, we got towondering about what had happened to the original cast members in the intervening years. Mrs. Bridges's bad conscience over the suicide is not assuaged until Sarah, an under-parlour maid who has worked for a carnival, leads a fake seance in which Sarah relays Emily's forgiveness to Mrs. Bridges. Virginia returns about a year later, when her seventeen-year-old son Michael (who is at that time serving as a midshipman aboard a British Navy coastal patrol boat) is court-martialled for cowardice. Her mother and step-father die along with Lady Marjorie in the sinking of the RMSTitanic in 1912, after which she moves into 165 Eaton Place. She preferred the stage, but she won praise for her work on television as the rebellious and thoroughly spoiled Elizabeth Bellamy, and later as Anna Karenina. In 1905 he is forced to flee in disgrace after being caught in a sexual situation with an upstairs guest, Baron Klaus von Rimmer. The character appeared throughout the show until the very last episode, meaning that if the timeline were to be accurate, Dillon was still practising law at the age of 92. Daisy was raised in a poor family in the London slums,[1] and she is especially sympathetic to the struggles of the working class. Widowed by Lady Marjorie's death in 1912, he marries Virginia Hamilton, a war widow, in 1919, having been created Viscount Bellamy of Haversham and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1917. She was portrayed by Angela Baddeley, who was nominated twice for an Emmy (Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress). In 1909 Arthur visits Richard, the two have a falling out and they never speak to each other again. She quickly strikes up an unlikely friendship with head house parlourmaid, Rose. 02649845). | I need to buy this series in DVD. Kate Hudson, ne Bridges (1858sometime after 1931) was the cook at 165, Eaton Place throughout the whole series. Portrayed by Patsy Smart, Maude Roberts (1850?) She makes her first appearance in Series 1, episode 5 "A Suitable Marriage". Unwilling to accept marital responsibilities and unable to consummate the marriage, he encourages his publisher to seduce Elizabeth instead. 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A social climbing colonial of Dutch descent, Mrs. Van Groeben (born 1862) is a haughty and unpleasant nouveau riche woman from Cape Town, South Africa. Blackmail for Lady Marjorie's affair later helps her chauffeur and Sarah in leaving service and purchasing their own business, a garage. Goodwill to all men. She had gone completely noisettes, she wrote in Diamonds Behind My Eyes (1997), a memoir about her psychiatric crisis, but asked not to be described as mentally ill. It gets right up my nose.. At a weekend hunting party at Somerby Park in 1913, Diana, jealous and contemptuous of James' middle-class wife Hazel, secretly switches horses on her, nearly causing a disastrous accident. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Popular. Despite that, she is often included in family celebrations and is considered family by the Bellamys and due to the fact that she is such a constant and familiar presence at 165 Eaton Place, she is well-liked and respected by the Bellamy servants. Stairs take quite a beating, so hardwearing is key. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In 1974, she tackled the work of three great playwrights (Shakespeare, Chekhov and Ibsen) at once during a special Greenwich Theater season. My old territory is under siege: actors of all sorts are now upwardly mobile, wafting effortlessly into palaces and drawing rooms. Upstairs, Downstairs - Full Cast & Crew 2011 -2022 5 Seasons PBS Drama Watchlist Where to Watch The intertwining lives of the wealthy Bellamy family and its servants in Edwardian England unfold. Phillip, now 64, was recently seen singing David Jason's praises in a Channel 5 documentary about him. THE Darling Buds of May was one of the biggest dramas ITV ever aired - and launched Catherine Zeta-Jones on the world asMariette, the eldest child of the sprawling Larkin family. The actors were jockeying to find the cameras while the actual hunt were after the fox in deadly earnest. Portrayed by Madeleine Cannon, Lady Dorothy "Dolly" Beatrice Louisa Hale is one of Georgina's closest friends and a fellow "Bright Young Thing". After the episode, she is mentioned only once more when Lady Marjorie states how much she had liked a dinner that Mrs. Bridges had made. He commits suicide after losing his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Hudson originally came from Scotland, born to Ian and Margaret Hudson; he also has a brother Donald and a sister Fiona. After leaving the series, Pagett went on to played the title role in a 1977 BBC adaptation of, Gordon Jackson Angus Hudson The stern, bible quoting Mr. Hudson ran 165 Eaton Place with an iron hand, while at times his soft side w. 2023 Number One London Blog. In August 2011, it was announced that Dame. In Season 2, inconveniently pregnant by his publisher (from an assignation the husband had arranged), she goes home to her parents. Early in the series he becomes a junior minister (Civil Lord of the Admiralty). While on leave in London 1916, he seeks out Rose and they agree to marry when the war ends; later there is a brief mention that they will marry on his next leave in London. Feedback. Inappropriate liaisons were de rigueur for the Sunday-evening treat, with four-poster beds begging to be rumpled and pantries primed for hanky-panky. . When Upstairs, Downstairs was at its peak, with viewing figures of 18 million (video tape recorders hadnt yet been born), parishioners demanded that evensong be brought forward to avoid a conflict of loyalties. What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? In 1995, while appearing in What The Butler Saw at the National Theatre, she began behaving erratically and was ultimately diagnosed as having acute manic depression. Portrayed by Anthony Andrews, Lord Robert Charles Algernon St. John Stockbridge, Marquess of Stockbridge (born 1901) is the son of the Duke and Duchess of Buckminster. ". What's more he has appeared in a series of. Celebrate over 50 years of small-screen prestige by re-visiting some of the best dramatic series in TV history. Upstairs/Downstairs is the eighth episode of the third season of the television series Daredevil. It is set in Edwardian London, and features the life of all who inhabited "165 Eaton Place." The "Upstairs" at this opulent residence consists of an aristocrat family. Lady Dolly then secretly arranges for Georgina and Frederick to have to kiss in a film that they are both starring in. Two months later, Sarah, upset by James's half-hearted affections, leaves Eaton Place. Upstairs Downstairs, based on an original idea by actress friends Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, ran for 5 series and 68 episodes from 1971-1975 and featured a number of well-known or soon-to-be well known British actors.In addition to Marsh and now-Dame Eileen Atkins, the series jump-started the careers of Anthony Andrews, Gordon Jackson, Lesley-Anne Down and Pauline Collins. However, in the summer of 1928, Lady Dolly, Georgina, Lord Stockbridge and three others take part in a scavenger hunt; Georgina drives them down to finish the hunt, and runs over and kills a man on his bicycle. first appears as James Bellamy's Army batman Trooper Norton when he arrives at Eaton Place to return some of James's belongings when James is believed killed in October 1917. However, in February of 1976 she died in London of pneumoniaat the age of 71. When both paintings are exhibited together as "The Mistress" and "The Maids", Sarah and Rose, whom Scone has painted from Sarah's descriptions, are nearly dismissed, but Scone persuades Richard to keep them on. She then begins a career as music hall entertainer Clmence Dumas/Sarah Delice, known for saucy songs like "What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?" She is a very kind, if awkward, girl who is frequently scolded by Mrs Bridges. 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