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	\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England, U.K.		\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England, U.K.
	\| spouse =		\| spouse =
	{{marriage\|[[w:Roy Rich]]\|1946\|1970\|end=d.}}		{{marriage\|[[w:Roy Rich\|Roy Rich]]\|1946\|1970\|end=d.}}
	{{marriage\|[[w:Clement McCallin]]\|1970\|1977\|end=d.}}		{{marriage\|[[w:Clement McCallin\|Clement McCallin]]\|1970\|1977\|end=d.}}
	\|children = 3		\|children = 3
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	'''Brenda Bruce''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (7 July 1919<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records?firstname=brenda&lastname=mccallin Year of birth given as 1919], findmypast.co.uk; accessed 30 January 2016.</ref><ref name="bfi">Some sources cite 17 July 1919.</ref> – 19 February 1996) was an English actress.<ref name="bfia">{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484e14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715171216/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484e14\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 July 2012\|title=Brenda Bruce\|work=BFI\|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She was focused on the theatre, radio, film and television.		'''Brenda Bruce''' [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (7 July 1919<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records?firstname=brenda&lastname=mccallin Year of birth given as 1919], findmypast.co.uk; accessed 30 January 2016.</ref><ref name="bfi">Some sources cite 17 July 1919.</ref> – 19 February 1996) was an English actress.<ref name="bfia">{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484e14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715171216/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484e14\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 July 2012\|title=Brenda Bruce\|work=BFI\|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She was focused on the theatre, radio, film and television.

	==Career==		==Career==

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	{{marriage\|[[w:Clement McCallin]]\|1970\|1977\|end=d.)		{{marriage\|[[w:Clement McCallin]]\|1970\|1977\|end=d.}}
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	\| name = Brenda Bruce		\| name = Brenda Bruce
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	\| birth_date = 7 July 1919 (some sources cite 17 July 1919)		\| birth_date = 7 July 1919 (some sources cite 17 July 1919)
	\| birth_place = [[Prestwich]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland\|U.K.]]		\| birth_place = [[w:Prestwich\|Prestwich]], [[w:Lancashire\|Lancashire]], [[w:England\|England]], [[w:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland\|U.K.]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1996\|2\|19\|1919\|7\|\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1996\|2\|19\|1919\|7\|\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[London]], England, U.K.		\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England, U.K.
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Roy Rich]]<br>\|1946\|1970\|end=~~died~~}}~~<br>~~[[Clement McCallin]]~~<br>({{abbr~~\|m.\|~~married}} 1970; died~~ 1977)		\| spouse =
			{{marriage\|[[w:Roy Rich]]<br>\|1946\|1970\|end=d.}}
			{{marriage\|[[w:Clement McCallin]]\|1970\|1977\|end=d.)
	\|children = 3		\|children = 3
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	==Career==		==Career==
	Bruce was born in [[Prestwich]], [[Lancashire]] in 1919, and started her acting career as a teenager on stage as a chorus girl.<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/brenda-bruce-p9113\|title=Brenda Bruce movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography\|work=AllMovie\|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She appeared with the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre\|Birmingham Repertory Company]] (1936–39) and was a long-time actress with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC).<ref name=independent>{{cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brenda-bruce-1320309.html\|title=Obituary: Brenda Bruce\|work=The Independent\|date=1996-02-22}}</ref> She was the RSC's resident Mistress Page in ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', playing the role in 1964, 1968, 1975 and 1995.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theatricalia.com/person/3ez/brenda-bruce/past?page=7\|title=Brenda Bruce\|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> She appeared as Irma in the RSC's production of [[Jean Genet]]'s ''[[The Balcony]]'' in 1971.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theatricalia.com/play/8k/the-balcony/production/19q\|title=Production of The Balcony\|author=Jean Genet\|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In the 1950s she appeared on television in many dramas, and in a chat show ''Rich and Rich'' with her husband.<ref name=allmovie/> She starred as Winnie in the 1962 British premiere of [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Happy Days (play)\|Happy Days]]'',<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/royalcourttheatr0000robe\|url-access=registration\|page=[https://archive.org/details/royalcourttheatr0000robe/page/91 91]\|quote=brenda bruce happy days.\|title=The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=9780521479622\|last1=Roberts\|first1=Philip\|date=1999-11-25}}</ref> and in 1977 as Lucilla Edith Cavell Teatime in ''Murder Most English''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/murdermostenglish.php\|title=DVD Verdict Review — Murder Most English\|work=dvdverdict.com\|access-date=27 March 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141403/http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/murdermostenglish.php\|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>		Bruce was born in [[w:Prestwich\|Prestwich]], [[w:Lancashire\|Lancashire]] in 1919, and started her acting career as a teenager on stage as a chorus girl.<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/brenda-bruce-p9113\|title=Brenda Bruce movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography\|work=AllMovie\|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She appeared with the [[w:Birmingham Repertory Theatre\|Birmingham Repertory Company]] (1936–39) and was a long-time actress with the [[w:Royal Shakespeare Company\|Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC).<ref name=independent>{{cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brenda-bruce-1320309.html\|title=Obituary: Brenda Bruce\|work=The Independent\|date=1996-02-22}}</ref> She was the RSC's resident Mistress Page in ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', playing the role in 1964, 1968, 1975 and 1995.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theatricalia.com/person/3ez/brenda-bruce/past?page=7\|title=Brenda Bruce\|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> She appeared as Irma in the RSC's production of [[Jean Genet]]'s ''[[The Balcony]]'' in 1971.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theatricalia.com/play/8k/the-balcony/production/19q\|title=Production of The Balcony\|author=Jean Genet\|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In the 1950s she appeared on television in many dramas, and in a chat show ''Rich and Rich'' with her husband.<ref name=allmovie/> She starred as Winnie in the 1962 British premiere of [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Happy Days (play)\|Happy Days]]'',<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/royalcourttheatr0000robe\|url-access=registration\|page=[https://archive.org/details/royalcourttheatr0000robe/page/91 91]\|quote=brenda bruce happy days.\|title=The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=9780521479622\|last1=Roberts\|first1=Philip\|date=1999-11-25}}</ref> and in 1977 as Lucilla Edith Cavell Teatime in ''Murder Most English''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/murdermostenglish.php\|title=DVD Verdict Review — Murder Most English\|work=dvdverdict.com\|access-date=27 March 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141403/http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/murdermostenglish.php\|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

	Bruce played [[Aunt Dahlia]] in the 1990s production of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' with [[Stephen Fry]] and [[Hugh Laurie]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/jeeves_and_wooster/details\|title=Jeeves And Wooster\|work=comedy.co.uk}}</ref> Other roles include Tilda in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Paradise Towers]]",<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ab2eBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT117\|title=Doctor Who\|isbn=9781849018869\|last1=Campbell\|first1=Mark\|date=2011-03-24}}</ref> Bea in the rag trade drama ''[[Connie (TV series)\|Connie]]''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://networkonair.com/shop/1627-connie-the-complete-series.html\|title=Network ON AIR > Connie: The Complete Series\|work=networkonair.com\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629040821/http://networkonair.com/shop/1627-connie-the-complete-series.html\|archive-date=29 June 2015\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Granny Grogan in ''[[The Riff Raff Element]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d7672104c2e5449e8b8546f8490994eb\|title=The Riff Raff Element\|issue=3612\|pages=104\|work=BBC\|date=1993-03-25}}</ref> Among her film roles were ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)\|Peeping Tom]]'', where she played a prostitute murdered in the opening scene, and in 1964, she played Mary Lewis in ''[[Nightmare (1964 film)\|Nightmare]]''.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&pg=PA33\|title=The Women of Hammer Horror\|isbn=9781476602011\|last1=Cotter\|first1=Robert Michael "Bobb"\|date=2014-01-10}}</ref> In 1994, she starred in ''[[Honey for Tea]]'', a short-lived sitcom.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d7703f0\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003014632/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d7703f0\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2015-10-03\|title=Honey for Tea [01/5/94]\|work=BFI}}</ref>		Bruce played [[Aunt Dahlia]] in the 1990s production of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' with [[Stephen Fry]] and [[Hugh Laurie]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/jeeves_and_wooster/details\|title=Jeeves And Wooster\|work=comedy.co.uk}}</ref> Other roles include Tilda in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Paradise Towers]]",<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ab2eBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT117\|title=Doctor Who\|isbn=9781849018869\|last1=Campbell\|first1=Mark\|date=2011-03-24}}</ref> Bea in the rag trade drama ''[[Connie (TV series)\|Connie]]''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://networkonair.com/shop/1627-connie-the-complete-series.html\|title=Network ON AIR > Connie: The Complete Series\|work=networkonair.com\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629040821/http://networkonair.com/shop/1627-connie-the-complete-series.html\|archive-date=29 June 2015\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Granny Grogan in ''[[The Riff Raff Element]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d7672104c2e5449e8b8546f8490994eb\|title=The Riff Raff Element\|issue=3612\|pages=104\|work=BBC\|date=1993-03-25}}</ref> Among her film roles were ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)\|Peeping Tom]]'', where she played a prostitute murdered in the opening scene, and in 1964, she played Mary Lewis in ''[[Nightmare (1964 film)\|Nightmare]]''.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&pg=PA33\|title=The Women of Hammer Horror\|isbn=9781476602011\|last1=Cotter\|first1=Robert Michael "Bobb"\|date=2014-01-10}}</ref> In 1994, she starred in ''[[Honey for Tea]]'', a short-lived sitcom.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d7703f0\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003014632/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d7703f0\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2015-10-03\|title=Honey for Tea [01/5/94]\|work=BFI}}</ref>
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{{Short description|English actress (1919-1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Brenda Bruce
| image = Actor_Brenda_Bruce.jpg
| imagesize =
| birth_date = 7 July 1919 (some sources cite 17 July 1919)
| birth_place = [[Prestwich]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|U.K.]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|2|19|1919|7||df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England, U.K.
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Roy Rich]] |1946|1970|end=died}} [[Clement McCallin]] ({{abbr|m.|married}} 1970; died 1977)
|children = 3
| occupation = Actress}}

'''Brenda Bruce''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 July 1919<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records?firstname=brenda&lastname=mccallin Year of birth given as 1919], findmypast.co.uk; accessed 30 January 2016.</ref><ref name="bfi">Some sources cite 17 July 1919.</ref> – 19 February 1996) was an English actress.<ref name="bfia">{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484e14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715171216/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484e14|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2012|title=Brenda Bruce|work=BFI|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She was focused on the theatre, radio, film and television.

==Career==
Bruce was born in [[Prestwich]], [[Lancashire]] in 1919, and started her acting career as a teenager on stage as a chorus girl.<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/brenda-bruce-p9113|title=Brenda Bruce movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography|work=AllMovie|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She appeared with the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre|Birmingham Repertory Company]] (1936–39) and was a long-time actress with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC).<ref name=independent>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brenda-bruce-1320309.html|title=Obituary: Brenda Bruce|work=The Independent|date=1996-02-22}}</ref> She was the RSC's resident Mistress Page in ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'', playing the role in 1964, 1968, 1975 and 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatricalia.com/person/3ez/brenda-bruce/past?page=7|title=Brenda Bruce|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> She appeared as Irma in the RSC's production of [[Jean Genet]]'s ''[[The Balcony]]'' in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatricalia.com/play/8k/the-balcony/production/19q|title=Production of The Balcony|author=Jean Genet|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In the 1950s she appeared on television in many dramas, and in a chat show ''Rich and Rich'' with her husband.<ref name=allmovie/> She starred as Winnie in the 1962 British premiere of [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Happy Days (play)|Happy Days]]'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/royalcourttheatr0000robe|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/royalcourttheatr0000robe/page/91 91]|quote=brenda bruce happy days.|title=The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521479622|last1=Roberts|first1=Philip|date=1999-11-25}}</ref> and in 1977 as Lucilla Edith Cavell Teatime in ''Murder Most English''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/murdermostenglish.php|title=DVD Verdict Review — Murder Most English|work=dvdverdict.com|access-date=27 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141403/http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/murdermostenglish.php|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

Bruce played [[Aunt Dahlia]] in the 1990s production of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' with [[Stephen Fry]] and [[Hugh Laurie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/jeeves_and_wooster/details|title=Jeeves And Wooster|work=comedy.co.uk}}</ref> Other roles include Tilda in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Paradise Towers]]",<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ab2eBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT117|title=Doctor Who|isbn=9781849018869|last1=Campbell|first1=Mark|date=2011-03-24}}</ref> Bea in the rag trade drama ''[[Connie (TV series)|Connie]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://networkonair.com/shop/1627-connie-the-complete-series.html|title=Network ON AIR > Connie: The Complete Series|work=networkonair.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629040821/http://networkonair.com/shop/1627-connie-the-complete-series.html|archive-date=29 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Granny Grogan in ''[[The Riff Raff Element]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d7672104c2e5449e8b8546f8490994eb|title=The Riff Raff Element|issue=3612|pages=104|work=BBC|date=1993-03-25}}</ref> Among her film roles were ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'', where she played a prostitute murdered in the opening scene, and in 1964, she played Mary Lewis in ''[[Nightmare (1964 film)|Nightmare]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&pg=PA33|title=The Women of Hammer Horror|isbn=9781476602011|last1=Cotter|first1=Robert Michael "Bobb"|date=2014-01-10}}</ref> In 1994, she starred in ''[[Honey for Tea]]'', a short-lived sitcom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d7703f0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003014632/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d7703f0|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-10-03|title=Honey for Tea [01/5/94]|work=BFI}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was married and widowed twice, first to television personality [[Roy Rich]], with whom she had two daughters, and second to actor [[Clement McCallin]], with whom she adopted a son.<ref name=independent/> McCallin died in 1977.

==Death==
She died in London on 19 February 1996 from undisclosed causes, aged 76.<ref name=independent/>

==Awards==
*In 1962 she was given the [[Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards 1962]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/society-of-film-and-television-arts-television-awards-1962|title=Society of Film and Television Arts Television Awards 1962|work=Answers.com}}</ref>
*She was named Best Actress in 1963 by [[BAFTA]] [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/television/actress|title=BAFTA Awards|work=bafta.org}}</ref>
*She was awarded an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1985 New Year Honours]].

==Theatre==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Stage
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Play
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Love in Albania]]''
| Susan Lawn
| [[St James's Theatre]]
|
|-
||1962
| ''[[Happy Days (play)|Happy Days]]''
| Winnie
| [[Royal Court Theatre]]
|-
||
| ''Woman in a Dressing Gown''
|
| [[The Vaudeville Theatre]]
|-
||1967
| ''[[Little Murders]]''
|
| [[Aldwych Theatre]]
|-
||1970
| ''[[The Balcony]]''
| Irma
| [[Aldwych Theatre]]
|-
||1980
| ''Romeo and Juliet''
|Nurse
| [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]]
|}

==Radio==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Radio
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Play
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
||1965
| ''[[Host Planet Earth]]''
| ''Clare Stewart''
| [[BBC Light Programme]]
|-
||1977
| ''Cry God for Harry!''
| ''[[Doll Tearsheet]]''
| [[BBC Radio 4]]
|-
||1983
| ''[[When the Wind Blows (comics)|When the Wind Blows]]''
| ''Hilda''
| [[BBC Radio 4]]
|-
||1983
| ''[[A Mad World, My Masters]]''
| ''Courtesan's Mother''
| [[BBC Radio 3]]
|-
||1986
| ''Too Long an Autumn''
| ''Maisie May''
| [[BBC Radio 4]]
|-
||1987
| ''Kiss of Life''
| ''Dot''
| [[BBC Radio 4]]
|-
||1992
| ''The Boy with the Cart''
| ''Mother''
| [[BBC Radio 4]]
|-
||1993
| ''[[A Perfect Spy]]''
| ''Miss Dubber''
| [[BBC Radio 4]]
|}

==TV and filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film & Television
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1938
| ''Laugh with Me''
| Rose Dinwiddy
| TV Movie
|-
| ''The Wooing of Anne Hathaway''
| Katharine Hathaway
| TV Movie
|-
| 1943
| ''[[Millions Like Us]]''
| Brenda
| Uncredited
|-
| 1944
| ''[[They Came to a City]]''
| One of couple on hillside
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[I Live in Grosvenor Square]]''
| 1st Girl in Guard's Van
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1946
| ''[[Night Boat to Dublin]]''
| Lily Leggett
|
|-
| ''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]''
| American Waitress
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]''
| Sally Benton
|
|-
| ''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]''
| Maudie Chapman
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1947
| ''[[While the Sun Shines]]''
| Mabel Crum
|
|-
| ''[[When the Bough Breaks (1947 film)|When the Bough Breaks]]''
| Ruby Chapman
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[My Brother's Keeper (film)|My Brother's Keeper]]''
| Winnie Foreman
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1949
| ''[[Marry Me! (1949 film)|Marry Me!]]''
| Brenda Delamere
|
|-
| ''[[Don't Ever Leave Me]]''
| Miss Smith
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Two on the Tiles]]''
| Janet Lawson
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1953
| ''[[The Final Test]]''
| Cora
|
|-
| ''[[The Motorola Television Hour]]''
|
| "Westward the Sun"
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Douglas Fairbanks Presents]]''
| Emily
| "Man Who Heard Everything"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1958
| ''[[Law and Disorder (1958 film)|Law and Disorder]]''
| Mary Cooper
|
|-
| ''[[Behind the Mask (1958 film)|Behind the Mask]]''
| Elizabeth Fallon
|
|-
| ''[[Mary Britten, M.D.]]''
| Mary Britten
| 13 episodes
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]''
| Dora
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1961
| ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
| May Sommers
| "Nearer to Heaven"
|-
| ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
| Elaine
| "The Wrong Side of the Park"
|-
| rowspan="5"|1962
| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
|
| "Girl in a Bird Cage"
|-
| ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]''
| Millie Crocker Harris
| "A Lily in Little India"
|-
| ''Zero One''
| Sarah Elkinson
| "Stoneface"
|-
| ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''
| Paulina
| TV Movie
|-
| ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
| Ethel Gibbons
| "This Happy Breed"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1963
| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
|
| "The Monkey and the Mohawk"
|-
| ''[[Dr. Finlay's Casebook]]''
| Bridie Bell
| "The Face Saver"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Nightmare (1964 film)|Nightmare]]''
| Mary Lewis
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1965
| ''[[The Uncle]]''
| Addie Morton
|
|-
| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
| Ellen
| "The Lodger"
|-
| ''[[Thirty-Minute Theatre]]''
| Pat Pendleton
| "Give the Clown His Supper"
|-
| rowspan="4"|1966
| ''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
| Betty Bradshaw
| "Way Off Beat"
|-
| ''ITV Play of the Week''
| Millie Crocker Harris
| "The Browning Version"
|-
| ''[[Knock on Any Door (TV series)|Knock on Any Door]]''
|
| "The First Day of Spring"
|-
| ''Knock on Any Door''
|
| "The Dear Ones"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1967
| ''The Girl''
| Miss Cashcart
|
|-
| ''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
| Mollie
| "Death of a Teddy Bear"
|-
| ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]''
| Hilda Berry
| "An Eye for an Eye"
|-
| rowspan="4"|1968
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
| Saunders
| "The Dancing Men"
|-
| ''Late Night Horror''
| Mary Pearl
| "William and Mary"
|-
| ''[[The First Lady (UK TV series)|The First Lady]]''
| Mary Tunnicliffe
| "Mrs. Whatever"
|-
| ''The Gamblers''
| Gertie
| "Give and Take"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1969
| ''[[The Virgin Soldiers]]''
| Nursing Sister
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
| Ma
| "Happy"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1971
| ''[[A Family at War]]''
| Mrs Thomas
| "Happy Returns"
|-
| ''[[Budgie (TV series)|Budgie]]''
| Janey Baib
| "Sunset Mansions or Whatever Happened to Janey Baib?"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1972
| ''Country Matters''
| Mrs Holland
| "The Mill"
|-
| ''Thirty-Minute Theatre''
| The Wife
| "Not Counting the Savages"
|-
| ''The Man from Haven''
| Mary Balfour
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1973
| ''Cheri''
| Charlotte
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[That'll Be the Day (film)|That'll Be the Day]]''
| Doreen
|
|-
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Madge
| "Jingle Bells"
|-
| rowspan="4"|1974
| ''[[Bedtime Stories (1974 TV series)|Bedtime Stories]]''
| Gertie
| "Hansel and Gretel"
|-
| ''Dial M for Murder''
| Kath
| "Recording Angel"
|-
| ''Alice Through the Looking Glass''
| [[White Queen (Through the Looking-Glass)|The White Queen]]
| TV Movie
|-
| ''[[Swallows and Amazons (1974 film)|Swallows and Amazons]]''
| Mrs Dixon
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (film)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''
| Miss Harbottle
| TV Movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976
| ''[[Ubu roi]]''
| Ma Ubu
| TV Movie
|-
| ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]''
| Angela Stacey
| "A Matter of Honour"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1977
| ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]''
| Queen Anne of Austria
| TV Movie
|-
| ''Murder Most English''
| Lucy Teatime
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''Centre Play''
| Auntie Kathleen
| "Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes"
|-
| rowspan="5"|1978
| ''[[Armchair Thriller]]''
| Sister Elizabeth
| "[[Quiet as a Nun]]"
|-
| ''[[The Devil's Crown]]''
| Matilda
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Mrs Hackett
| "A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts"
|-
| ''[[Play of the Month]]''
| Lady Bountiful
| "[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]"
|-
| ''[[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]''
| Aunt Miranda
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1979
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare]]''
| Mistress Quickly
| "The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, with the life and death of Henry surnamed Hotspur"
|-
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare]]''
| Mistress Quickly
| "The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, including his death and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth"
|-
| rowspan="4"|1983
| ''[[The Mad Death]]''
| Miss Stonecroft
| three-part [[BBC]] television serial
|-
| ''The Home Front''
| Mrs Place
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare]]''
| First Witch
| "Macbeth"
|-
| ''Farmers Arms''
| Mrs Casson
| TV Movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|1984
| ''[[Weekend Playhouse]]''
| Margaret
| "Winter Break"
|-
| ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]''
| Angela Stacey
| "Oddball"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1985
| ''[[Connie (TV series)|Connie]]''
| Bea
| 10 episodes
|-
| ''[[Steaming (film)|Steaming]]''
| Mrs Meadows
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1986
| ''[[Play for Today#Demise and legacy|Screen Two]]''
| June Swift
| "Time After Time"
|-
| ''[[David Copperfield (1986 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]''
| [[Betsey Trotwood]]
| 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|1987
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Tilda
| "[[Paradise Towers]]"
|-
| ''The Secret World of Polly Flint''
| Granny Porter
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''London Embassy''
| Madge Cowrie
| "Tomb with a View"
|-
| rowspan="5"|1988
| ''[[The Tenth Man (1988 film)|The Tenth Man]]''
| Madame Mangeot
|
|-
| ''[[Little Dorrit (1987 film)|Little Dorrit]]''
| Duchess
|
|-
| ''[[Worlds Beyond (TV series)|Worlds Beyond]]''
|
| "Home"
|-
| ''Menace Unseen''
| Norma Trisk
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Return of the Antelope]]''
| Mrs Henshaw
| "Travelling Companions"
|-
| rowspan="7"|1990
| ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]''
| [[Aunt Dahlia|Aunt Dahlia Travers]]
| "The Hunger Strike", "Brinkley Manor"
|-
| ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]''
| Karen Markham
| "In Love and War"
|-
| ''Back Home''
| Lady Beatrice Langley
|
|-
| ''[[Theatre Night]]''
| Old Woman
| "Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death"
|-
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| June Swift
| "Circles of Deceit"
|-
| ''The Fool''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Antonia and Jane]]''
| Therapist
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1991
| ''[[December Bride (film)|December Bride]]''
| Martha Gilmartin
|
|-
| ''[[Lovejoy]]''
| Mrs Jaglom
| "Bin Diving"
|-
| ''[[The New Statesman (1987 TV series)|The New Statesman]]''
| Beryl
| "Keeping Mum"
|-
| ''4 Play''
| Sarah
| "Finding Sarah"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1992
| ''[[Goodbye Cruel World (miniseries)|Goodbye Cruel World]]''
| Marjory
| 3 episode
|-
| ''Growing Rich''
| Mrs Baker
| 2 episode
|-
| rowspan="5"|1993
| ''[[The Riff Raff Element]]''
| Granny Grogan
| TV Movie
|-
| ''[[Splitting Heirs]]''
| Mrs Bullock
|
|-
| ''[[Riders (1993 film)|Riders]]''
| Granny Maxwell
| TV Movie
|-
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|CASUAL<big>+</big>Y]]''
| Carrie Springett
| "The Final Word"
|-
| ''[[Harnessing Peacocks (film)|Harnessing Peacocks]]''
| Amy Tremayne
| TV Movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994
| ''[[Men of the World]]''
| Mrs Daff
| 3 episode
|-
| ''[[Honey for Tea]]''
| Mary Harris
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''Performance''
| Grandmother
| "The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd"
|-
| 1996
| ''The Vet''
| Kath Paley
| "Stormy Weather" (final appearance)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0115429}}
*[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays_all?forename=Brenda&surname=BRUCE&job=Actor&pid=3215&image_view=Yesamp;x=19amp;y=17 Performances in the Theatre Archive University of Bristol]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220057/http://www.timeout.com/film/people/287019/brenda-bruce.html Brenda Bruce filmography], timeout.com

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