Like your dad, Donald, you were an exceptional, varied thespian, with the means to draw one in and pluck at every, emotional chord.
You even teamed with your father in the effective, Amicus anthology, From Beyond the Grave, as well as The Barchester Chronicles, and more than held your own in the psychological thriller, Symptoms, and the supernatural chiller, The Godsend.
There's so much more, of course, with appearances in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Les Misérables (1978), A Christmas Carol (1984), Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Gangs of New York, Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, Destiny of a Spy, The Love Ban, Stealing Heaven, Silas Mariner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985), The Search for John Gissing, Cider with Rosie, Doctors, Girls on Top, The Gigolos, Paul Temple, Churchill's People, Mansfield Park, Whitechapel, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Agatha Christie's Marple, Casualty, Play for Today, Play of the Month, The English Programme, Coronation Street, Aquarius, Crime Traveller, Doctor Who ... and Dr. Terror's House of Horrible.
Your distinct persona was unforgettable, Ms. Pleasence, making you one of the best character performers to distinguish the big and small screen. What you gave was seasoned and fresh, wry and forceful. I, for one, will miss you greatly, but will rejoice in your presence whenever I revisit one of your many remarkable works.
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