Judith Furse
Judith Furse ( born March 4, 1912 in Camberley, Surrey, England; † August 29, 1974 in Canterbury ) was a British theater and film actress.
Life
Judith Furse, was born in 1912 as a subsidiary of the British Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse in Camberley, England. Her brother Roger K. Furse made a name as a costume and set designers, renowned for its features of Laurence Olivier's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet ( 1948) won an Oscar. After attending St. Paul 's Girl 's School Judith Furse studied the early 1930s acting at the Old Vic Theatre in London.
In 1939, she made her screen debut as Greer Garsons friend Flora in the teacher drama Goodbye, Mr. Chips ( Goodbye, Mr. Chips ). Your perhaps most famous role was in the film drama Black Narcissus (Black Narcissus, 1947) as a reliable sister Briony on the side of Deborah Kerr. Due to their imposing stature and more masculine facial features Furse was mostly set to the bitter type of woman. From 1961 to 1964 she was also seen in three episodes of the British Carry-on ... film series. In 1972, she retired from the film business.
Judith Furse died in 1974 at the age of 62 years in Canterbury in a heart attack.