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{{Short description|British actress (1913–2007)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ruth Kettlewell
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| birth_name = Ruth Anne Berry
| birth_date = 13 April 1913
| birth_place = [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]], England
| death_date = 17 July 2007 (aged 94)
| death_place = [[London]], England
| yearsactive =
| spouse = The Rev Robert Kettlewell
| children =
| occupation = [[Actress]]
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'''Ruth Kettlewell''' (born '''Ruth Anne Berry''', 13 April 1913 – 17 July 2007) was an English actress.<ref>[http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/actors-actresses/9702-ruth-kettlewell-r-i-p.html Peer tributes]</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|0450591}}</ref> She was, by her own admission, a "character bag"; that is, a face recognisable to regular television viewers, but not a household name.<ref name=Times>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2245972.ece ''Times'' Obituary]</ref>

==Early life==
Kettlewell was born as the second daughter of a [[clergyman]], and was educated at [[Casterton School]] and at art college. She married a [[curate]], the Rev Robert Kettlewell, at the age of eighteen. Her husband died from the [[scarlet fever]] that he caught while serving as a [[World War II|wartime]] army [[Military Chaplain|padre]]. She herself served in the [[Women's Land Army]] from 1942 to 1946.

==Career==
===Early career===
After playing small parts in many [[amateur theatre|amateur dramatic productions]], Kettlewell began her career in [[Repertory#Today's practice - UK|repertory theatre]]<ref>[http://www.serendipityproductions.co.uk/friends/history.html Memories of time in rep]</ref> at the Little Theatre, Great Yarmouth; first with [[Aurora Productions Limited]] and later with the Great Yarmouth Repertory Company.<ref>Repertory, "Yarmouth Milestone", 29/10/1953, ''The Stage'', Page 12, British News Archive</ref> By the late 1950s, she had managed to secure small [[West End theatre|West End]] roles. In 1959, she had her first film role in ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''. She also acted in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] for a [[Scandinavia]]n children's film.

===TV and Radio breakthroughs===
In the 1960s, Kettlewell's television career unfolded and she worked alongside the likes of [[Harry Worth]], [[Joan Sims]] and [[Deryck Guyler]]. She is perhaps best known for her role in the early episodes of ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]'', <ref>[http://www.sitcom.co.uk/gas_gaiters/index.shtml ''All Gas and Gaiters'' critique]</ref> where she played Mrs Grace Pugh-Critchley, the [[Dean (religion)|Dean]]'s wife. In 1966, she had a small role in the seminal ''[[Cathy Come Home]]''.

A specialist in landladies and mothers-in-law, she was equally at home with both adult and children's material. In the early 1970s, she played alongside the Scottish comedy double-act [[Hope and Keen|Mike Hope and Albie Keen]] in BBC TV's ''Hope and Keens Crazy House'', later reprised as ''Hope and Keen's Crazy Bus''.<ref>[http://tv.cream.org/a-z/h/h2.htm Hope and Keen's Crazy House/Bus at TV Cream]</ref> Like many actors, she continued to work well into her eighties.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/ruth-kettlewell/person/77194/summary.html Most recent role]</ref>

In her obituary, [[The Independent]] noted that "By her own admission ...Ruth Kettlewell often played battleaxes, but it kept her in regular work...for half a century, sometimes only in fleeting roles. A lifelong Christian, she even felt sympathy for those on the receiving end of her characters' stern actions."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ruth-kettlewell-462782.html|title = Ruth Kettlewell|date = 18 September 2011}}</ref>

==Later life==
A devout [[Anglo-Catholic]] and an active member of the Actors’ Church Union, she visited the shrine of [[Our Lady of Walsingham]] on numerous occasions.<ref name=Times/> She directed many amateur productions with a devotional theme for her church, [[St Augustine of Canterbury]], [[Highgate]],<ref>[http://www.saintaugustine.org.uk/ Parish web-site]</ref> where she also served as a [[churchwarden]] and a [[sacristan]]. She died on 17 July 2007 in London.

==Filmography==
===Film===
* ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'' (1959) - Thespians Member (uncredited)
* ''[[Friends and Neighbours]]'' (1959) - Woman in club
* ''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]'' (1960) - Mrs. Bonner
* ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'' - ([[The Clue of the New Pin (1961 film)]]) - (1961) - Mrs. Rushby
* ''[[The Yellow Teddy Bears]]'' (1963) - Mrs. Seymour
* ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' (1969) - Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
* ''[[No Blade of Grass (film)|No Blade of Grass]]'' (1970) - Fat Woman
* ''[[Zeppelin (film)|Zeppelin]]'' (1971) - Mrs. Parker
* ''[[Professor Popper's Problem]]'' (1974) - Meter Maid
* ''[[Adventures of a Private Eye]]'' (1977) - Mrs. Grimpton
* ''[[The Black Panther (1977 film)|The Black Panther]]'' (1977)
* ''Crystalstone'' (1987) - Dolores
* ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'' (1989) - Dowager
* ''[[Funny Bones]]'' (1995) - Camilla Powell

===Television===
* ''[[Swallows and Amazons (television series)|Swallows and Amazons]]'' (1963) as Mrs. Jackson
* ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]'' (1966-1969) - Grace Pugh-Critchley / Mrs. Beems
* ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1970-1971) - the Nurse
* ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' (1975) - Woman
* ''[[The Howerd Confessions]]'' (1976) - the Magistrate
* ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'' (1980) - the Magistrate
* ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]'' (1980) - Big Madge Butley
* ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' (1984) - Mrs Fletcher
* ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' (1984) - Miss Falkender

==References==
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