Isabel Dean (29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English film and television actress. Born as Isabel Hodgkinson in Aldridge, Staffordshire, she studied painting at Birmingham Art School. In 1937, she joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist. She was soon involved in acting with some small parts.
British character actress, on stage from 1939 and often cast as well-bred society matrons. Began her career as a scenic artist with the Cheltenham Repertory Company.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965
Mrs. Thornton
ITV Play of the Week
1957-1963
TV Series
Enid / Elizabeth Hollis / Margaret Adams / ...
Light in the Piazza
1962
Miss Hawtree
No Hiding Place
1961
TV Series
Gretel Naunton
The Bun House Wedding
1961
TV Movie
Miss Cushing
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960-1961
TV Mini-Series
Evelyn Hunter / Anne Eilers
Barnaby Rudge
1960
TV Series
Mrs. Rudge
A Life of Bliss
1960
TV Series
Anne Fellows
ITV Television Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Wife of vicar / Rose Hanbury
Our Virgin Island
1958
Mrs. Lomax
Davy
1958
Miss Carstairs
Dixon of Dock Green
1957
TV Series
Mrs. Dyce
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950-1956
TV Series
Celia / Mrs. Seddon / Anne Eilers / ...
Handcuffs, London
1955
Doris Tedford
The Vise
1955
TV Series
Sylvia Pemberton
Out of the Clouds
1955
Mrs Malcolm
Patrol Car
1954-1955
TV Series
Doris Tedford / Mrs. Regis
The Quatermass Experiment
1953
TV Series
Judith Carroon
Twice Upon a Time
1953
Miss Burke
Gilbert and Sullivan
1953
Mrs. Gilbert
Another Language
1952
TV Movie
Stella Hallam
Affair in Monte Carlo
1952
Miss Johnson
The Man with the Gun
1952
TV Movie
Martha Graham
The Woman's Angle
1952
Isobel Mansell
Man Bait
1952
May Harman (uncredited)
Nocturne in Scotland
1951
TV Movie
Jane Stirling
Man of Two Minds
1950
TV Movie
Madrigal Grey
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1949
TV Movie
Joyce Harper
The Passionate Friends
1949
Pat Stratton
Berkeley Square
1948
TV Movie
Helen Pettigrew
Afterglow
1948
TV Movie
Ilona
Inspector Morse
1990
TV Series
Isobel Radford
Mystery!: Campion
1989
TV Series
Donna Beatrice
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
TV Movie
The Understanding
1986
TV Movie
Eva
The Weather in the Streets
1983
TV Movie
Mrs. Curtis
Five Days One Summer
1982
Kate's Mother
Rough Cut
1980
Mrs. Willis
Company and Co
1980
TV Series
Barbara Harris
The Old Crowd
1979
TV Movie
Betty
Ripping Yarns
1977
TV Series
Lady Chiddingfold
Supernatural
1977
TV Mini-Series
Charlotte Gall
I, Claudius
1976
TV Mini-Series
Lollia
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
Bridget
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
TV Series
Lady Cartwright
Couples
1975
TV Series
Mrs. Brierley
Against the Crowd
1975
TV Series
Lady Peggy Frobisher
Ten from the Twenties
1975
TV Series
Mrs. Garthorne
Churchill's People
1975
TV Series
Anne, Lady Rochester
Dial M for Murder
1974
TV Series
Jean Browning
Centre Play
1974
TV Series
Fay Casaubon
The Aweful Mr. Goodall
1974
TV Series
Alexandra Winfield
The Terrorists
1974/II
Mrs. Palmer
Play for Today
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Richardson
Great Mysteries
1973
TV Series
Christine Kaye
Life and Soul
1973
TV Movie
The Man in the Wood
1973
TV Movie
Mrs. Farren
Kate
1972
TV Series
Miss Wren
ITV Playhouse
1972
TV Series
Sonia's mother
The Man Outside
1972
TV Series
Hilda Frisby
BBC Play of the Month
1968-1971
TV Series
Empress Alexandra / Mother
Catch Me a Spy
1971
Celia
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969-1971
TV Series
Peggy
Shadows of Fear
1971
TV Series
Gwen
Sense and Sensibility
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Dashwood
Husbands and Lovers
1970
TV Mini-Series
Eva Muller
The Wednesday Play
1970
TV Series
Mrs. Hammond
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
Sir John French's Lady
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
Mrs. Gamsey
A Man of our Times
1968
TV Series
Lydia Laing
Blackmail
1966
TV Series
Lady Belmont
Public Eye
1966
TV Series
Jean Clayton
A Man Could Get Killed
1966
Miss Bannister
Armchair Theatre
1957-1965
TV Series
Gwen Timwood / Helène Madinier
199 Park Lane
1965
TV Series
Stella Graham
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor