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Avril Elgar Biography (1932-)

Born Avril Williams, April 1, 1932, in Halifax, England; daughter of Albert Elgar (in the British army) and Annie (Rose), Williams; married James Maxwell,1952; children: two sons. Addresses: HOME--c/o John French, French's,26-28 Binney Street, London, W1 England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Female

Birth Details

April 1, 1932

Halifax, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• LONDON DEBUT--Young Macduff, second witch, Macbeth, Royal Court Theatre,1958.
• BROADWAY DEBUT-- Norah, Epitaph for George Dillon, John Golden Theatre, 1958.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Dodo, The Sport of My Mad Mother, Mrs. Ecto, The Hole, both Royal Court Theatre, London, 1958.
• Norah, Epitaph for George Dillon, Comedy Theatre, London, 1958.
• Lucille, Danton's Death, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1959.
• Peony, Farewell, Farewell, Eugene, Garrick Theatre, London, 1959.
• night nurse, The Death of Bessie Smith, Grandma, The American Dream, bothRoyal Court Theatre, 1961.
• woman, The Blood of the Bambergs, Royal Court Theatre, 1962.
• Asta, Little Eyolf, 59 Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1963.
• Miss Sympathy, Crawling Arnold, Arts Theatre, London, 1965.
• various roles, Shelley, Lilian Fawcett, The Cresta Run, both Royal CourtTheatre, 1965.
• Lady Kix, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Alice Maitland, The Voysey Inheritance, both Royal Court Theatre, 1966.
• Olga, The Three Sisters, Joyce, The Ruffian on the Stair, both Royal Court Theatre, 1967.
• Aase, Peer Gynt, 69 Theatre Company, University Theatre, Manchester, U.K., 1970.
• Sheila, The Sandboy, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1971.
• Miss Davitt, first nun, A Pagan Place, Royal Court Theatre, 1972.
• Agatha, The Family Reunion, 69 Theatre Company, 1972.
• Helen Mallock, Half Life, National Theatre, then Duke of York's Theatre,both London, 1978.
• Agatha, The Family Reunion, Round House Theatre, then Vaudeville Theatre,both London, 1979.
• Miss Moffatt, The Corn Is Green, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, U.K., 1981.
• Hadezda Mandelstan, Hope Against Hope, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1983.
• Rosa, Inner Voices, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1983.
• Queen, soothsayer, Cymbeline, Miss Havisham, Great Expectations, Lady Brocklehurst, The Admirable Crichton, all Royal Exchange Theatre, 1984-85.
• Aglae, Court in the Act, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1986, then Phoenix Theatre, London, 1987.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Young Macduff, second witch, Macbeth, U.K. cities, 1952.
• Rosa, Inner Voices, U.K. cities, 1983.
• Aglae, Court in the Act, U.K. cities, 1987.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--You Touched Me, BBC, 1956.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• "Back for Christmas," Tales of the Unexpected, Anglia, 1980.
• "The Moles," Tales of the Unexpected, Anglia, 1981.
• Credits; SERIES
• Looking for Mr. Wright, BBC, 1980.
• Also Rosie; George and Mildred.
• Credits; MOVIES
• visa clerk, Sakharov, HBO, 1984.
• Also in 13 for Dinner; Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread, both 1985;Also appeared in Under the Skin, BBC, 1981; Winnie, The Citadel, both BBC, 1982; The Bank Manager's Wife, Central, 1982; Paying Guests, BBC, 1985; Children of Dynmouth, The Oldest Goose in the Business, both BBC, 1986.
• FILM DEBUT--Town hall office girl, Room at the Top, 1958.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Landlady, Betrayal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.
• Also in Spring and Port Wine, 1970.