British Character Actors No.8: June Whitfield

The key word here is 'trooper' as Streatham-born June, once described as the English Lucille Ball, has tackled everything from 'South Pacific' to adverts for frozen peas with patience, talent and endless good nature. Always playing someone called Beryl, Mabel or Dolly, she usually turned up in films looking faintly outraged, the prim young lady [...:]