The Pink Panther
1964
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Brenda Doreen Mignon de Banzie (28 July 1909 – 5 March 1981) was a British actress of stage and screen.
Brenda de Banzie. Actress: The Man Who Knew Too Much. The daughter of a musical conductor, fair-haired, matronly Brenda de Banzie appeared in around 40 films. As the result of two outstanding performances she became an unexpected star when well into her middle age.
Brenda de Banzie. Actress: The Man Who Knew Too Much. The daughter of a musical conductor, fair-haired, matronly Brenda de Banzie appeared in around 40 films. As the result of two outstanding performances she became an unexpected star when well into her middle age.
Mar 10, 1981 · Brenda de Banzie, a British-born actress who worked on the stage and in films on both sides of the Atlantic, died on March 5 following surgery. She was 65 years old. Miss...
Brenda D. M. De Banzie was a British actress of stage and screen. She was the daughter of Edward De Banzie and his second wife Dorothy, whom he married in 1908. In 1911, the family lived in Salford. She appeared as Maggie Hobson in the David Lean film version of Hobson's Choice (1954) with John Mills and Charles Laughton.
Brenda de Banzie was undoubtedly a very under-rated actress who also suffered from the usual lack of really strong roles for women during the key periods of her life, the 1950s and 60s. De Banzie was most probably born in 1909.
It stars Charles Laughton in the role of Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson, Brenda de Banzie as his eldest daughter and John Mills as a timid employee. The film also features Prunella Scales in one of her first cinema roles.
