Georgina Hale obituary

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In 2010, Kevin Younger began an article in the Guardian by saying: "Recognize the faces but can't place the names?" Among the list of Britain's ten greatest unsung television actors that followed was Georgina Hale. "This devious, adenoidal, estuarine glamor kitty exuded mischief in a number of interesting films and on some classic television in the 1970s," he wrote. "She has cornered the market lately in nouveau riche languor and middle-aged decadence."

Although most of her film roles were on television, Hale, who has died aged 80, was a favorite of the flamboyant film director Ken Russell, ...