Meriel Forbes

Actor, Film actor

1913 – 2000

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Who was Meriel Forbes?

Meriel Forbes was an English actress. She was a granddaughter of Norman Forbes-Robertson and great-niece of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. After making her stage debut with her father's touring company in 1929 she progressed via provincial repertory to the West End, where she appeared continually from the 1930s to the 1970s.

She married the actor Ralph Richardson in 1944, and the couple regularly appeared together in London, and on tour in the UK, continental Europe, Australia and North and South America. She made her first film in 1934 and made fourteen more films between then and 1969.

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Born
Sep 13, 1913
Fulham
Also known as
  • Meriel Forbes-Robertson
  • Merial Forbes
  • Lady Richardson
  • Meriel Forbes, Lady Richardson
  • Meriel Smiley Forbes
  • Meriel "Mu" Forbes
  • Mu
  • Mu Forbes
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Nationality
  • United Kingdom
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Died
Apr 7, 2000
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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