title: Helen Shingler
text: # Helen Shingler
  
  Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 – 8 October 2019) was a British film and television actress.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Shingler was born on 29 August 1919. She married producer Seafield Head, and was the mother of actor and singer Murray Head and actor Anthony Head; her granddaughters include actresses Emily and Daisy Head. Her television roles include Madame Maigret in the BBC Television series Maigret (1960–63), in which Rupert Davies played the eponymous French detective. She died in October 2019, some five weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Quiet Weekend (1946)
  * The Silver Darlings (1947)
  * The Long Mirror (TV movie, 1948)
  * The Rossiter Case (1951)
  * The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
  * Judgment Deferred (1952)
  * Love's a Luxury (1952)
  * Laughing Anne (1953)
  * Background (1953)
  * Room in the House (1955)
  * Rx Murder (1958)
  