... West End theatre, among them Donkey's Years, Moving and, in 1994, St Joan at the Strand. He was married twice, first to the actress Yvonne Bonnamy, secondly to Jill Jowett. Peter Hepple OBITUARIES As adept in modern plays as the classics-Peter Jeffrey ...

... addition to his fine piano playing, McKenzie was a beguiling vocalist and wrote songs, occasionally in partnership with his actress wife Lizzie, who survives him with their son and daughter. Peter Hepple ...

... awarded the London University Diploma. There subsequently followed a period during which she began broadcasting, appeared as an actress in various plays, including TS Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral on the West End stage and abroad, and gave lessons at the Italia ...

... of high merit and a director of consummate skill. Bom into a theatrical environ ment on May 2, 1960 his mother being the actress Davina Barnes (nee Hannon) his career spanned almost all his 39 years. Early stage appearances included roles as the young ...

... Doyle is survived by his wife Sally and six children, three of them from his first marriage. They include the London-based actress Suzannah Doyle. Anthony Gsivey COLIN PfLDfTCH Colin Pilditch, who died recently at the age of 47, was a singer, songwriter ...

... HOPE JACKMAN Actress Hope Jackman, a total professional in her work and with a good record of theatrical roles both in the UK and overseas, has died in hospital in London. She was in her mid-seventies. She had appeared in Follies in the West End and was ...

... THELMA ROGERS Actress Thelma Rogers, who for nine years played the leading role of Peggy Archer in BBC radio's long-running serial The Archers, died recently aged 75. Bom and raised in Coventry, Rogers studied to be a teacher before spending four years ...

... Crowther. After retiring from the stage, she became a licensee of the Eclipse pub, Islington, a haunt of many actors and actresses. She was a familiar face at her sister's London Palladium concerts in the seventies and eighties. She is survived by her ...

... GWEN WATTS Gwen Watts, who died on February 5, was a character actress of distinction with a flair for comedy, and much of her career was spent working along side some of Britain's best-known comedians. Her early work, how ever, involved a considerable ...

... THELMA WHITELEY A dedicated and versatile actress of great truth, Thelma Whiteley's powerful personality was always apparent in her performances. She was born in Luton, Befordshire on September 29, 1934 and moved to America with her parents as a child ...

... JAYNE SNOW The actress Jayne Snow has died in Dublin, aged 47. Bom in Solihull, she was educated in Cornwall and grad uated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Soon afterwards she met her Irish husband, Brian Snow, and moved with him ...

... series and single plays. He was also in two films, The Man Who Had Power Over Women and Vengeance of Robin Hood. His wife, the actress and director Janet Brandes, who had her own company for a time, died several years ago, but Jessup had a number of interests ...