Rosemarie Dunham
Rosemarie Dunham (born Rosemarie Tomlinson; 13 December 1924 – 5 December 2016) was a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Rosemary Dunham. Early life 
Dunham was born in Leuchars, Fife, the daughter of Willis Tomlinson, an English squadron leader stationed on the RAF base at Leuchars. Career 
On stage, Dunham was a member of the Croydon Repertory Players in 1953. She played Nerissa in a 1961 production of The Merchant of Venice at the Old Vic theatre, sharing the bill with Barbara Leigh-Hunt and John Stride. She appeared in a 1967 production of Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All? at London's Savoy Theatre, sharing the bill with William Mervyn, Vincent Ball, Jane Downs, and Viola Keats. Dunham's television work was extensive, and included appearances in The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Public Eye, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Father Brown, Coronation Street, and The Cedar Tree. Her best-known film role was as the "aging, but amorously inclined, landlady" Edna in the 1971 gangster movie Get Carter. Her other film roles included Something to Hide (1972), Mistress Pamela (1974), The Incredible Sarah (1976), Lady Oscar (1979), Croupier (1998), and The Wolves of Kromer (1998). Personal life 
Rosemarie Tomlinson was married to Michael Dunham Ingrams, the television presenter and documentary film-maker, and took her stage name from his middle name. They had a son, Paul Ingrams, born in 1949. Her second husband was Gerald William Paul Orlando Bridgeman; they married in 1965. She died in 2016, in London, just before her 92nd birthday. Partial filmography
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – (uncredited)
Get Carter (1971) – Edna
Something to Hide (1972) – Elsie
Mistress Pamela (1974) – Mistress Blimper
The Incredible Sarah (1976) – Mrs. Bernhardt
Lady Oscar (1979) – Marquise de Boulainvilliers
Tai-Pan (1986) – Mrs. Fothergill
Croupier (1998) – Jewish Woman
The Wolves of Kromer (1998) – Mrs Drax
Out of Depth (2000) – Rose (final film role)

References

External links

Rosemarie Dunham at the British Film Institute

1935 births
2016 deaths
People from Leuchars
British television actresses
British film actresses