Patsy Smart
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1918-08-14
- Died
- 1996-02-06
- Place of birth
- Chingford, Essex, England, UK
Biography
Patsy Smart (14 August 1918 – 6 February 1996) was an English actress who is best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
She also appeared in: Danger Man, "Only When I Laugh", Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Sweeney, Doctor Who (The Talons of Weng-Chiang), Blake's 7, Danger UXB, The Chinese Detective, Minder, Rentaghost, Terry and June, Farrington of the F.O., Casualty, Hallelujah!, and The Bill.
In her later roles, she was expert at playing dotty old ladies, her Mrs Sibley and Miss Dingle characters in Terry and June being examples. Another example was as the wife of the gardener in the Miss Marple episode "The Moving Finger" which starred Joan Hickson.
Her films included Sons and Lovers (1960), The Tell Tale Heart (1960), Return of a Stranger (1961), What Every Woman Wants (1962), Arthur? Arthur! (1969), Leo the Last (1970), The Raging Moon (1971), Great Expectations (1974), Exposé (1976), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Tess (1979), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fourth Protocol (1987).
Patsy Smart died of barbiturate poisoning in 1996. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Controversial place of birth: Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK
Known For
TV Shows (50)

The Avengers
1961
as Mrs. Golightly

Doctor Who
1963
as Ghoul

Casualty
1986
as Winnie

Play for Today
1970
as The Cleaner / Customer

Crown Court
1972
as Dorothy Willett

Minder
1979
as Mrs. Foskitt

Z-Cars
1962

The Sweeney
1975
as Alice

The Bill
1984

No Hiding Place
1959

One Step Beyond
1959
as Ethel, Housekeeper

Danger Man
1960
as Mrs. Parkes

Maigret
1960
as Mademoiselle Rinquet

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

The Prisoner
1967
as Night Maid / Waitress

Blake's 7
1978
as Giroc

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Miss Roberts

Public Eye
1965
as Waitress
Festival
1963
as Chorus

Angels
1975

Gideon's Way
1965
as Mrs. Samuels

Terry and June
1979
as Nora Dingle / Miss Dingle / Mrs. Sibley

The Gentle Touch
1980

Never the Twain
1981
as Mrs.Piggit

Man of the World
1962
as Australian Man's Wife

Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Nurse

The Adventures of William Tell
1958

Rentaghost
1976

Danger UXB
1979
as Molly Preston
Story Parade
1964
as Customer / Grandma Kilker
Together
1980
as Amy Barratt

Sergeant Cork
1963
as Betsy Bishop

Open All Hours
1976
as Mrs Fielding

Paul Temple
1969

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
as Mrs. Cleat

The Chinese Detective
1981

Carry On Laughing
1975
as Old Hag

Three of a Kind
1981
as Self

Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Old Woman

Mitch
1984
as Rose

Only When I Laugh
1979
as Lady

Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988

Slinger's Day
1986
as Penshioner

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Mrs. Stone

Nicholas Nickleby
1977
as Miss La Creevy

House on the Hill
1981
as Miss Geddes

Carrie's War
1974
as Mrs. Gotobed

Farrington of the F.O.
1986
as Enid Parker

Bat Out of Hell
1966
as Kitty Tracey
The Squad
1980
as Old Lady
Movies (36)

Exposé
1976
as Mrs. Aston

The Elephant Man
1980
as Distraught Woman

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Mrs Japonica

Tess
1979
as Housekeeper

The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Preston's Housekeeper

Electric Dreams
1984
as Lady in Ticket Line

O Lucky Man!
1973

The Raging Moon
1971
as Bruce's Mother

The Legacy
1978
as Cook

The Chain
1984
as Old Lady

Steptoe & Son
1972
as Mrs Hobbs

The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Miss Wormold

Leo the Last
1970
as Mrs Kowalksi

Great Expectations
1974
as Mrs. Wopsle

Cymbeline
1983
as Helen

Sons and Lovers
1960
as Emma

Lace 2
1985
as Bank Secretary

Baffled!
1973
as Cleaning Woman

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
as Village Gossip (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977
as Ghoul

Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Miss Bonnamie

Claws
1987
as Mrs Truforth

Never Mention Murder
1965
as Nurse

Return of a Stranger
1961
as Mrs. Rayner

The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984
as Gentlewoman
The Winter Ladies
1979
as Miss Curlew

What Every Woman Wants
1962
as Hilda
Shove Tuesday
1976
as Mrs. Sparrow
Design for Loving
1962
as Landlady

I Can't See My Little Willie
1970
as Woman in Bar
Travelling Light
1967
as Mrs. Thorp
Last Wishes
1978
as Miss Bell

The Caves of Steel
1964
as Customer

The Operation
1973
as Cleaner

Blake's 7: Duel
1986
as Giroc

The Stretch
1973
as Customer
About Patsy Smart
Patsy Smart (14 August 1918 – 6 February 1996) was an English actress who is best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs. She also appeared in: Danger Man, "Only When I Laugh", Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Sweeney, Doctor Who (The Talons of Weng-Chiang), Blake's 7, Danger UXB, The Chinese Detective, Minder, Rentaghost, Terry and June, Farrington of the F.O., Casualty, Hallelujah!, and The Bill. In her later roles, she was expert at playing dotty old… With 86 credits spanning from 1958 to 1988, Patsy Smart has appeared in 36 films and 50 TV shows.
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- Exposé (1976) — as Mrs. Aston
- The Elephant Man (1980) — as Distraught Woman
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — as Mrs Japonica
- Tess (1979) — as Housekeeper
- The Fourth Protocol (1987) — as Preston's Housekeeper
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