Person
Judy Cornwell
Acting · Born 1940-02-22 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Biography
Judy Valerie Cornwell (born 22 February 1940) is an English actress best known for her role as Daisy in the successful British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. She also played Anya Claus in the 1985 film Santa Claus: The Movie.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
May Cuttle
Doctor Who
Maddy
BBC Play of the Month
Ginny
Heartbeat
Isabelle Sheba Christie
Theatre 625
Maria
Bergerac
Belle Young
Playhouse
Hilary
ITV Playhouse
Lucy Hodges
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rosemary Tuttle
Pebble Mill
Self
Filmography
- 2025Mrs. Weekley's LoverFrieda Weekley
- 2023Comedy Classic: Keeping Up AppearancesSelf
- 2013A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedySelf
- 2003The RoyalMartha Hooke
- 2001David CopperfieldClara Peggotty
- 2000David CopperfieldClara Peggotty
- 1999Mary, Mother of JesusInkeeper's Wife
- 1999Mad CowsMaddy’s Mother
- 1998The Student PrinceMrs. Quigley
- 1998The Life and Crimes of William PalmerMrs. Palmer
- 1997The Memoirs of Hyacinth BucketDaisy
- 1997Midsomer MurdersMay Cuttle
- 1995The Wind in the WillowsBarge Woman (voice)
- 1995PersuasionMrs. Musgrove
- 1992Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideHeather Badcock
- 1992Nice TownAunt Peggy
- 1992HeartbeatIsabelle Sheba Christie
- 1991Pebble MillSelf
- 1990Keeping Up AppearancesDaisy
- 1989Birds of a Feather
- 1987Cry FreedomReceptionist
- 1987Doctor Who: Paradise TowersMaddy
- 1986Paying Guests (Part 2)Mrs. Bliss
- 1986Paying Guests (Part 1)Mrs. Bliss
- 1986ScreenPlayMrs. Bliss
- 1986The December RoseMrs McDipper
- 1986Farrington of the F.O.Sarah Lawrence
- 1985Santa Claus: The Making of the MovieSelf
- 1985Santa Claus: The MovieAnya Claus
- 1985Kisses on the BottomMam
- 1985There Comes A Time...
- 1983Jane EyreMrs Reed
- 1983DramaramaMighty Mum
- 1983Fair Ground!
- 1982The GuestHilary
- 1981BergeracBelle Young
- 1981Plays for PleasureApril Hollingsworth
- 1980The Good CompanionsElizabeth Trant
- 1980CribbMiss Crush
- 1979Blankety BlankSelf
- 1978The Mill on the FlossBessy Tulliver
- 1978A Touch of the Tiny HackettsSylvia Collis
- 1978Do You Remember?Joan
- 1978The Mill on the FlossBessy Tulliver
- 1977SupernaturalMargaret
- 1976Cakes and AleRosie Gann
- 1976Pot LuckFarmer's Wife
- 1975Rumpole of the BaileyRosemary Tuttle
- 1975Private AffairsFrieda Weekley
- 1974Moody and Pegg
- 1974PlayhouseHilary
- 1973The Ruffian on the StairJoyce
- 1972Van der ValkHarriet Kuyper
- 1972Late Night TheatreLady Sims
- 1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Clarine
- 1972Man of StrawGuste Daimchen
- 1971The Ten CommandmentsSarah
- 1970Wuthering HeightsNellie
- 1970PaddyBreeda
- 1970Every Home Should Have OneLiz Brown
- 1970Brotherly LoveRosie
- 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?Filigree Fondle
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreJoyce
- 1968Cry WolfStella
- 1968Cry WoIfStella
- 1968Infidelity Took PlaceMolly Panett
- 1968The Wild RacersPippy
- 1967ITV PlayhouseLucy Hodges
- 1967Poor CherryAbbie
- 1967Boy Meets GirlSamantha
- 1967Jules Verne's Rocket to the MoonLady Electra
- 1967Mickey DunneMonica
- 1967Two for the RoadPat
- 1967Call Me DaddyJanet Smith
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthGinny
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreAnn
- 1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsNurse (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
- 1964The Wednesday PlayMolly Panett
- 1964It's a Woman's WorldClaire
- 1964Theatre 625Maria
- 1963Doctor WhoMaddy
- 1962Out of This WorldButch
- 1961The Younger GenerationSophie
- 1956Armchair TheatreMiss Janet Smith
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