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Judy Cornwell

Actor

Judy Cornwell

Born February 22, 1940 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK35 films

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.

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Persuasion posterFirst watchPersuasion19957.2as Mrs. MusgroveIn early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth.View film

Essential films

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Two for the Road poster7.0Two for the Road1967Cry Freedom poster7.0Cry Freedom1987Santa Claus: The Movie poster6.3Santa Claus: The Movie1985Dr. Terror's House of Horrors poster6.5Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1965Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? poster6.2Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?1972Wuthering Heights poster6.4Wuthering Heights1970

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 2025Mrs. Weekley's LoverFrieda Weekley
  2. 2001David CopperfieldClara Peggotty
  3. 1999Mary, Mother of JesusInkeeper's Wife
  4. 1999Mad CowsMaddy’s Mother
  5. 1998The Student PrinceMrs. Quigley
  6. 1998The Life and Crimes of William PalmerMrs. Palmer
  7. 1997The Memoirs of Hyacinth BucketDaisy
  8. 1995The Wind in the WillowsBarge Woman (voice)
  9. 1995PersuasionMrs. Musgrove
  10. 1992Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideHeather Badcock
  11. 1987Cry FreedomReceptionist
  12. 1987Doctor Who: Paradise TowersMaddy
  13. 1986Paying Guests (Part 2)Mrs. Bliss
  14. 1986Paying Guests (Part 1)Mrs. Bliss
  15. 1985Santa Claus: The MovieAnya Claus
  16. 1985Kisses on the BottomMam
  17. 1982The GuestHilary
  18. 1978A Touch of the Tiny HackettsSylvia Collis
  19. 1978The Mill on the FlossBessy Tulliver
  20. 1976Pot LuckFarmer's Wife
  21. 1973The Ruffian on the StairJoyce
  22. 1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Clarine
  23. 1970Wuthering HeightsNellie
  24. 1970PaddyBreeda
  25. 1970Every Home Should Have OneLiz Brown
  26. 1970Brotherly LoveRosie
  27. 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?Filigree Fondle
  28. 1968Cry WolfStella
  29. 1968Infidelity Took PlaceMolly Panett
  30. 1968The Wild RacersPippy
  31. 1967Poor CherryAbbie
  32. 1967Jules Verne's Rocket to the MoonLady Electra
  33. 1967Two for the RoadPat
  34. 1967Call Me DaddyJanet Smith
  35. 1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsNurse (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")