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	==Death==		==Death==
	She died in Chiswick, London, on 2 May 2012, aged 85 from pneumonia. She had previously battled [[breast cancer]] and [[myeloma]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell\|title=Charlotte Mitchell obituary\|first=Anthony\|last=Hayward\|date=7 June 2012\|accessdate=1 January 2018\|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>		She died in Chiswick, London, on 2 May 2012, aged 85 from pneumonia. She had previously battled [[w:breast cancer\|breast cancer]] and [[w:myeloma\|myeloma]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell\|title=Charlotte Mitchell obituary\|first=Anthony\|last=Hayward\|date=7 June 2012\|accessdate=1 January 2018\|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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	In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on [[London's West End]]. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for [[Madeleine Dring]] in ''[[Airs on a Shoestring]]'' (1953), ''Pay the Piper'' (1954), and ''[[Fresh Airs]]'' (1956), all productions of [[Laurier Lister]].~~{{citation needed\|date=June 2020}}~~		In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on [[w:London's West End\|London's West End]]. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for [[w:Madeleine Dring\|Madeleine Dring]] in ''[[w:Airs on a Shoestring\|Airs on a Shoestring]]'' (1953), ''Pay the Piper'' (1954), and ''[[w:Fresh Airs\|Fresh Airs]]'' (1956), all productions of [[w:Laurier Lister\|Laurier Lister]].

	She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of [[Peter Sellers]], and appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' episodes ''Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) as [[Maid Marian]] and ''Tales of Montmartre'' (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor [[Philip Guard]],~~{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}~~ from whom she separated in 1968, and was the mother of three children: actors [[Christopher Guard]]~~{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}~~ and [[Dominic Guard]]~~{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}~~ and animator and novelist [[Candy Guard]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|title=Candy Guard - David Higham Associates \|accessdate=20 November 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105212205/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Just in Case: Poems in My Pocket: Amazon.co.uk: Charlotte Mitchell: Books \|id= {{ASIN\|0285630601\|country=uk}} }}</ref>		She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of [[Peter Sellers]], and appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' episodes ''Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) as [[w:Maid Marian\|Maid Marian]] and ''[[Tales of Montmartre]]'' (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor [[w:Philip Guard\|Philip Guard]], from whom she separated in 1968, and was the mother of three children: actors [[w:Christopher Guard\|Christopher Guard]] and [[w:Dominic Guard\|Dominic Guard]] and animator and novelist [[w:Candy Guard\|Candy Guard]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|title=Candy Guard - David Higham Associates \|accessdate=20 November 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105212205/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Just in Case: Poems in My Pocket: Amazon.co.uk: Charlotte Mitchell: Books \|id= {{ASIN\|0285630601\|country=uk}} }}</ref>

	She appeared on [[BBC Radio]] with [[Ian Carmichael]] in ''The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter''. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'s mother) in the radio adaption of ''Strong Poison'' that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the [[BBC Radio 2]] daily serial ''[[Waggoners' Walk]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/81500e2bd05942ffa8532622d9b53dc7\|title = BBC Genome Project\|accessdate = 23 January 2019\|work = Waggoners' Walk}}</ref> On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'' (1972–74),<ref>{{cite book \|title= The Penguin TV Companion\|last = Evans \|first = Jeff \|publisher=Penguin \|year=2001 \|page=6\|isbn=978-0-140-51467-4}}</ref> and Monica Spencer in [[And Mother Makes Five]].<ref>{{cite book \|title= TV Heaven\|last1 = Sangster \|first1 = Jim \| last2 = Condon \|first2 = Paul \|publisher=HarperCollins \|year=2005 \|page=47\|isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}</ref>		She appeared on [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] with [[Ian Carmichael]] in ''The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter''. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]]'s mother) in the radio adaption of ''Strong Poison'' that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the [[w:BBC Radio 2\|BBC Radio 2]] daily serial ''[[w:Waggoners' Walk\|Waggoners' Walk]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/81500e2bd05942ffa8532622d9b53dc7\|title = BBC Genome Project\|accessdate = 23 January 2019\|work = Waggoners' Walk}}</ref> On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in ''[[w:The Adventures of Black Beauty\|The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'' (1972–74),<ref>{{cite book \|title= The Penguin TV Companion\|last = Evans \|first = Jeff \|publisher=Penguin \|year=2001 \|page=6\|isbn=978-0-140-51467-4}}</ref> and Monica Spencer in [[...And Mother Makes Five\|And Mother Makes Five]].<ref>{{cite book \|title= TV Heaven\|last1 = Sangster \|first1 = Jim \| last2 = Condon \|first2 = Paul \|publisher=HarperCollins \|year=2005 \|page=47\|isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}</ref>

	Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Poetry Please]]'', and one of her poems was chosen by [[Judi Dench]] and [[Michael Williams (actor)\|Michael Williams]] in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme ''With Great Pleasure''.~~{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}~~		Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the [[w:BBC Radio 4\|BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[w:Poetry Please\|Poetry Please]]'', and one of her poems was chosen by [[w:Judi Dench\|Judi Dench]] and [[w:Michael Williams (actor)\|Michael Williams]] in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme ''With Great Pleasure''.

	==Death==		==Death==

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	* [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell Obituary – The Guardian]		* [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell Obituary – The Guardian]
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	\| partner = [[w:Philip Guard\|Philip Guard]] (1952–1968)		\| partner = [[w:Philip Guard\|Philip Guard]] (1952–1968)
	\| children = [[w:Dominic Guard\|Dominic Guard]] <br> [[w:Christopher Guard\|Christopher Guard]] <br> [[w:Candy Guard\|Candy Guard]]		\| children = [[w:Dominic Guard\|Dominic Guard]] <br> [[w:Christopher Guard\|Christopher Guard]] <br> [[w:Candy Guard\|Candy Guard]]
	\| relatives = [[Pippa Guard]] (niece)		\| relatives = [[w:Pippa Guard\|Pippa Guard]] (niece)
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	\| name = Charlotte Mitchell		\| name = Charlotte Mitchell
	\| image =~~File:Tony Maiden as Albert Clifton (left),~~ Charlotte Mitchell ~~(1926–2012) as Amy Winthrop (middle) and Roderick Shaw as Kevin Gordon (right) in the episode "The Ponies" of the first series of "The Adventures of Black Beauty".png~~		\| image = Charlotte Mitchell.jpg
	\|caption = Tony Maiden as Albert Clifton (left), Charlotte Mitchell as Amy Winthrop (middle) and Roderick Shaw as Kevin Gordon (right) in the episode "[[The Ponies]]" of the first series of ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''.		\| birth_name= Edna Winifred Mitchell
	\| birth_name=Edna Winifred Mitchell
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1926\|07\|23\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1926\|07\|23\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Ipswich\|Ipswich]], [[w:Suffolk\|Suffolk]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2012\|5\|2\|1926\|6\|23\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2012\|5\|2\|1926\|6\|23\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Chiswick]], [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Chiswick\|Chiswick]], [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| years_active = 1949–96		\| years_active = 1949–96
	\| known_for = ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''		\| known_for = ''[[w:The Adventures of Black Beauty\|The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''
	\| partner = [[Philip Guard]] (1952–1968)		\| partner = [[w:Philip Guard\|Philip Guard]] (1952–1968)
	\| children = [[Dominic Guard]] <br> [[Christopher Guard]] <br> [[Candy Guard]]		\| children = [[w:Dominic Guard\|Dominic Guard]] <br> [[w:Christopher Guard\|Christopher Guard]] <br> [[w:Candy Guard\|Candy Guard]]
	\| relatives = [[Pippa Guard]] (niece)		\| relatives = [[Pippa Guard]] (niece)
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	In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on [[London's West End]]. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for [[Madeleine Dring]] in ''[[Airs on a Shoestring]]'' (1953), ''Pay the Piper'' (1954), and ''[[Fresh Airs]]'' (1956), all productions of [[Laurier Lister]].{{citation needed\|date=June 2020}}		In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on [[London's West End]]. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for [[Madeleine Dring]] in ''[[Airs on a Shoestring]]'' (1953), ''Pay the Piper'' (1954), and ''[[Fresh Airs]]'' (1956), all productions of [[Laurier Lister]].{{citation needed\|date=June 2020}}

	She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of [[Peter Sellers]], and appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' episodes ''Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) as [[Maid Marian]] and ''Tales of Montmartre'' (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor [[Philip Guard]],{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} from whom she separated in 1968, and was the mother of three children: actors [[Christopher Guard]]{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} and [[Dominic Guard]]{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} and animator and novelist [[Candy Guard]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|accessdate=20 November 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105212205/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Just in Case: Poems in My Pocket: Amazon.co.uk: Charlotte Mitchell: Books \|id= {{ASIN\|0285630601\|country=uk}} }}</ref>		She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of [[Peter Sellers]], and appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' episodes ''Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) as [[Maid Marian]] and ''Tales of Montmartre'' (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor [[Philip Guard]],{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} from whom she separated in 1968, and was the mother of three children: actors [[Christopher Guard]]{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} and [[Dominic Guard]]{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}} and animator and novelist [[Candy Guard]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|title=Candy Guard - David Higham Associates \|accessdate=20 November 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105212205/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard \|archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Just in Case: Poems in My Pocket: Amazon.co.uk: Charlotte Mitchell: Books \|id= {{ASIN\|0285630601\|country=uk}} }}</ref>

	She appeared on [[BBC Radio]] with [[Ian Carmichael]] in ''The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter''. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'s mother) in the radio adaption of ''Strong Poison'' that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the [[BBC Radio 2]] daily serial ''[[Waggoners' Walk]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/81500e2bd05942ffa8532622d9b53dc7\|title = BBC Genome Project\|accessdate = 23 January 2019\|work = Waggoners' Walk}}</ref> She also featured as Maid Marion in [[The Goon Show]]'s "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest"<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e14_ye_bandit_of_sherwood_forest\|title=The Goon Show Site – Script – Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (Series 5, Episode 14)\|website=www.thegoonshow.net\|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> in December 1958. On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'' (1972–74),<ref>{{cite book \|title= The Penguin TV Companion\|last = Evans \|first = Jeff \|publisher=Penguin \|year=2001 \|page=6\|isbn=978-0-140-51467-4}}</ref> and Monica Spencer in [[And Mother Makes Five]].<ref>{{cite book \|title= TV Heaven\|last1 = Sangster \|first1 = Jim \| last2 = Condon \|first2 = Paul \|publisher=HarperCollins \|year=2005 \|page=47\|isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}</ref>		She appeared on [[BBC Radio]] with [[Ian Carmichael]] in ''The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter''. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'s mother) in the radio adaption of ''Strong Poison'' that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the [[BBC Radio 2]] daily serial ''[[Waggoners' Walk]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/81500e2bd05942ffa8532622d9b53dc7\|title = BBC Genome Project\|accessdate = 23 January 2019\|work = Waggoners' Walk}}</ref> On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'' (1972–74),<ref>{{cite book \|title= The Penguin TV Companion\|last = Evans \|first = Jeff \|publisher=Penguin \|year=2001 \|page=6\|isbn=978-0-140-51467-4}}</ref> and Monica Spencer in [[And Mother Makes Five]].<ref>{{cite book \|title= TV Heaven\|last1 = Sangster \|first1 = Jim \| last2 = Condon \|first2 = Paul \|publisher=HarperCollins \|year=2005 \|page=47\|isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}</ref>

	Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Poetry Please]]'', and one of her poems was chosen by [[Judi Dench]] and [[Michael Williams (actor)\|Michael Williams]] in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme ''With Great Pleasure''.{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}		Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Poetry Please]]'', and one of her poems was chosen by [[Judi Dench]] and [[Michael Williams (actor)\|Michael Williams]] in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme ''With Great Pleasure''.{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}

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{{Short description|English actress and poet (1926–2012)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Charlotte Mitchell
| image =File:Tony Maiden as Albert Clifton (left), Charlotte Mitchell (1926–2012) as Amy Winthrop (middle) and Roderick Shaw as Kevin Gordon (right) in the episode "The Ponies" of the first series of "The Adventures of Black Beauty".png
|caption = Tony Maiden as Albert Clifton (left), Charlotte Mitchell as Amy Winthrop (middle) and Roderick Shaw as Kevin Gordon (right) in the episode "[[The Ponies]]" of the first series of ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''.
| birth_name=Edna Winifred Mitchell
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|07|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|2|1926|6|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chiswick]], [[London]], England
| years_active = 1949–96
| known_for = ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''
| partner = [[Philip Guard]] (1952–1968)
| children = [[Dominic Guard]] <br> [[Christopher Guard]] <br> [[Candy Guard]]
| relatives = [[Pippa Guard]] (niece)
}}

'''Charlotte Mitchell''' (born '''Edna Winifred Mitchell'''; 23 July 1926 – 2 May 2012) was an English actress and poet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theshakespearecode.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/charlotte-mitchell-23rd-july-1926-2nd-may-2012|title=Charlotte Mitchell 23rd July 1926 – 2nd May 2012 « The Shakespeare Code|website=Theshakespearecode.wordpress.com|accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==

In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on [[London's West End]]. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for [[Madeleine Dring]] in ''[[Airs on a Shoestring]]'' (1953), ''Pay the Piper'' (1954), and ''[[Fresh Airs]]'' (1956), all productions of [[Laurier Lister]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of [[Peter Sellers]], and appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' episodes ''Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) as [[Maid Marian]] and ''Tales of Montmartre'' (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor [[Philip Guard]],{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} from whom she separated in 1968, and was the mother of three children: actors [[Christopher Guard]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} and [[Dominic Guard]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} and animator and novelist [[Candy Guard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard |title=Archived copy |accessdate=20 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105212205/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard |archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.<ref>{{cite book|title=Just in Case: Poems in My Pocket: Amazon.co.uk: Charlotte Mitchell: Books |id= {{ASIN|0285630601|country=uk}} }}</ref>

She appeared on [[BBC Radio]] with [[Ian Carmichael]] in ''The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter''. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'s mother) in the radio adaption of ''Strong Poison'' that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the [[BBC Radio 2]] daily serial ''[[Waggoners' Walk]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/81500e2bd05942ffa8532622d9b53dc7|title = BBC Genome Project|accessdate = 23 January 2019|work = Waggoners' Walk}}</ref> She also featured as Maid Marion in [[The Goon Show]]'s "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e14_ye_bandit_of_sherwood_forest|title=The Goon Show Site – Script – Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (Series 5, Episode 14)|website=www.thegoonshow.net|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> in December 1958. On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'' (1972–74),<ref>{{cite book |title= The Penguin TV Companion|last = Evans |first = Jeff |publisher=Penguin |year=2001 |page=6|isbn=978-0-140-51467-4}}</ref> and Monica Spencer in [[And Mother Makes Five]].<ref>{{cite book |title= TV Heaven|last1 = Sangster |first1 = Jim | last2 = Condon |first2 = Paul |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2005 |page=47|isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}</ref>

Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Poetry Please]]'', and one of her poems was chosen by [[Judi Dench]] and [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]] in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme ''With Great Pleasure''.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==Death==
She died in Chiswick, London, on 2 May 2012, aged 85 from pneumonia. She had previously battled [[breast cancer]] and [[myeloma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell|title=Charlotte Mitchell obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=7 June 2012|accessdate=1 January 2018|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
* ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' (1949, ''Naughty Arlette'' 1950 in the US) – Charlotte (uncredited)
* ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)|The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' (1950) – Ethel (uncredited)
* ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951) – Ethel
* ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951) – Mill Girl
* ''[[Lady Godiva Rides Again]]'' (1951) – Lucille
* ''[[Curtain Up]]'' (1952) – Daphne Ray
* ''[[Time Bomb (1953 film)|Time Bomb]]'' (1953) – Buffet Waitress (uncredited)
* ''[[The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (film)|The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' (1953) (or ''The Great Gilbert and Sullivan'' in the US) – Charlotte
* ''[[Street Corner (1953 film)|Street Corner]]'' (1953, ''Both Sides of the Law'' 1954 in the US) – Lily Propert (uncredited)
* ''[[Lost (1956 film)|Lost]]'' (1955, ''Tears for Simon'' 1957 in the US) – Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[The Bridal Path (film)|The Bridal Path]]'' (1959) – Mrs. Mavis Bruce (uncredited)
* ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1960) – Janet Pawle
* ''[[Dentist in the Chair]]'' (1960) – Woman in Surgery
* ''[[Nearly a Nasty Accident]]'' (1961) – Miss Chamberlain
* ''[[Dentist on the Job]]'' (1961, ''Get on with It!'' 1963 in the US) – Mrs. Burke
* ''[[The Blood on Satan's Claw]]'' (1970) – Ellen
* ''[[Jim, the World's Greatest]]'' (1975) – School Secretary
* ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' (1981) – Mrs. Tranter
* ''Out of the Darkness'' (1985) – Mrs. Barrow
* ''[[The First Kangaroos]]'' (1988) – Mrs. Oaks

===Television===
* ''[[Not in Front of the Children (TV series)|Not in Front of the Children]]'' (1967–1970) – Mary
* ''[[Dombey and Son (1969 TV series)|Dombey and Son]]'' (1969) - Polly "Richards" Toodle
* ''[[Persuasion (1971 TV series)|Persuasion]]'' (1971) – Mrs. Clay
* ''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]'' (1972–1974) – Amy Winthrop
* ''[[The Kids from 47A]]'' (1973, Writer)
* ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'' (1974–1976) – Monica Spencer
* ''[[In This House of Brede]]'' (1975, TV Movie) – Mrs. Fraser
* ''[[Miss Jones and Son]]'' (1977) – Mum
* ''Shades of Darkness'' (1983) – Mrs. Blinder
* ''[[Return to Treasure Island (TV series)|Return to Treasure Island]]'' (1986) – Mrs. Hawkins
* ''[[The Woman He Loved]]'' (1988, TV Movie) – Lady Chatfield
* ''[[Selling Hitler]]'' (1991) – Lady Katherine Giles
* ''[[Pond Life (TV series)|Pond Life]]'' (1996) – Ivy
* ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (1997–1999) – Granny Bellamy (final appearance)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*[[Brister, Wanda]]. ''[[Madeleine Dring]]: The Lady Composer''

==External links==
* [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/07/charlotte-mitchell Obituary – The Guardian]
* {{IMDb name|id=0593209|name=Charlotte Mitchell}}

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	==External links==		==External links==