Personal Info
Birth date
1918-08-14 (107 Years)
Day of death
1996-02-06
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chingford, Essex, England, UK
Also known as
-Patsy Smart
Biography
Patsy Smart (14 August 1918 – 6 February 1996) was an English actress who is best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs. She also appeared in: Danger Man, "Only When I Laugh", Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Sweeney, Doctor Who (The Talons of Weng-Chiang), Blake's 7, Danger UXB, The Chinese Detective, Minder, Rentaghost, Terry and June, Farrington of the F.O., Casualty, Hallelujah!, and The Bill. In her later roles, she was expert at playing dotty old ladies, her Mrs Sibley and Miss Dingle characters in Terry and June being examples. Another example was as the wife of the gardener in the Miss Marple episode "The Moving Finger" which starred Joan Hickson. Her films included Sons and Lovers (1960), The Tell Tale Heart (1960), Return of a Stranger (1961), What Every Woman Wants (1962), Arthur? Arthur! (1969), Leo the Last (1970), The Raging Moon (1971), Great Expectations (1974), Exposé (1976), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Tess (1979), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fourth Protocol (1987). Patsy Smart died of barbiturate poisoning in 1996. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Controversial place of birth: Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK
Filmography
Play for Today
6.3
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.Minder
6.8
Overview:
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.Doctor Who
7.9
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.The Avengers
7.7
Overview:
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).Casualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.The Sweeney
7.8
Overview:
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.One Step Beyond
5.6
Overview:
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.No Hiding Place
3.7
Overview:
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.The Bill
6.7
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.Maigret
6.9
Overview:
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.Z-Cars
7
Overview:
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.The Elephant Man
8
Overview:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.Gideon's Way
6.8
Overview:
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.Upstairs, Downstairs
7.7
Overview:
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.Danger Man
7.2
Overview:
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.Blake's 7
7.2
Overview:
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.Public Eye
7.8
Overview:
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."Angels
3.7
Overview:
Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.The Prisoner
7.7
Overview:
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.Dr. Finlay's Casebook
6
Overview:
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.Terry and June
6.2
Overview:
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird had disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with a friendly next door neighbour, Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.Filthy Rich & Catflap
6.6
Overview:
Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent.Never the Twain
6.6
Overview:
Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane. It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles. The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.Festival
8
Overview:
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.Story Parade
8
Overview:
Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry Nation (who invented "Blake's 7" and the Daleks in Dr. Who), and Elijah Baley was played by the late Peter Cushing. It also starred John Carson John Carson as R. Daneel Olivaw and Kenneth J. Warren. The master tapes of the program were erased, however a few clips from the production have turned up in various documentaries about Isaac Asimov's work.The Gentle Touch
6.9
Overview:
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.Tess
7.1
Overview:
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.The Adventures of William Tell
6.3
Overview:
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.Baffled!
5
Overview:
Tom Kovack is a hard-nosed race car driver until a sudden supernatural vision causes a near-fatal crash while he's hurtling down the backstretch at 140 miles per hour. Michele Brent is the woman who convinces Kovack that his visions are significant. She leads him to the manor house that appeared in his vision, which in turn leads him into a world of revenge and murder from beyond the grave. Kovack must tap into his newfound power to conquer the evil forces at work.Acting
1988Alexei Sayle's Stuff (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Claws as Mrs Truforth
1987The Fourth Protocol as Preston's Housekeeper
1987Filthy Rich & Catflap (1 Episode) as Old Woman
1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Winnie
1986Slinger's Day (1 Episode) as Penshioner
1985Lace 2 as Bank Secretary
1985Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (2 Episodes) as Mrs. Cleat
1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Mitch (1 Episode) as Rose
1984Electric Dreams as Lady in Ticket Line
1984The Tragedy of Coriolanus as Gentlewoman
1984The Chain as Old Lady
1983Cymbeline as Helen
1981Never the Twain (1 Episode) as Mrs.Piggit
1981House on the Hill (1 Episode) as Miss Geddes
1981Three of a Kind (1 Episode) as Self
1981The Chinese Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980The Elephant Man as Distraught Woman
1980The Wildcats of St. Trinian's as Miss Wormold
1980The Gentle Touch (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Together (4 Episodes) as Amy Barratt
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Mrs. Foskitt
1979Only When I Laugh (1 Episode) as Lady
1979Terry and June (1, 5, 1 Episode) as Nora Dingle, Miss Dingle, Mrs. Sibley
1979Tess as Housekeeper
1979The Winter Ladies as Miss Curlew
1979Danger UXB (1 Episode) as Molly Preston
1978The Legacy as Cook
1978Last Wishes as Miss Bell
1978Blake's 7 (1 Episode) as Giroc
1977Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang as Ghoul
1977Nicholas Nickleby (4 Episodes) as Miss La Creevy
1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again as Mrs Japonica
1976Exposé as Mrs. Aston
1976Rentaghost (58 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Shove Tuesday as Mrs. Sparrow
1975Angels (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1975Carry On Laughing (1 Episode) as Old Hag
1975The Sweeney (1 Episode) as Alice
1974Carrie's War (5 Episodes) as Mrs. Gotobed
1974Great Expectations as Mrs. Wopsle
1973The Stretch as Customer
1973Baffled! as Cleaning Woman
1973O Lucky Man! as Unknown
1973The Operation as Cleaner
1972Steptoe & Son as Mrs Hobbs
1971Upstairs, Downstairs (8, 4 Episode) as Miss Roberts, Roberts
1971The Raging Moon as Bruce's Mother
1970I Can't See My Little Willie as Woman in Bar
1970Play for Today (2, 1 Episode) as The Cleaner, Customer
1970Leo the Last as Mrs Kowalksi
1969Paul Temple (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Arthur? Arthur! as Miss Bonnamie
1967The Prisoner (1, 1 Episode) as Night Maid, Waitress
1967Travelling Light as Mrs. Thorp
1967Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 Episode) as Mrs. Stone
1965Never Mention Murder as Nurse
1965Gideon's Way (1 Episode) as Mrs. Samuels
1965Public Eye (1 Episode) as Waitress
1964Story Parade (1, 1 Episode) as Customer, Grandma Kilker
1963Doctor Who (1 Episode) as Ghoul
1963Festival (1 Episode) as Chorus
1962Man of the World (1 Episode) as Australian Man's Wife
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962What Every Woman Wants as Hilda
1962Z-Cars (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1961The Avengers (1 Episode) as Mrs. Golightly
1961Return of a Stranger as Mrs. Rayner
1960Maigret (2 Episodes) as Mademoiselle Rinquet
1960Danger Man (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Sons and Lovers as Emma
1959No Hiding Place (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959One Step Beyond (1 Episode) as Ethel, Housekeeper
1958The Adventures of William Tell (1 Episode) as Unknown