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Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 – 8 October 2019) was a British film and television actress.

Helen Shingler
Born	(1919-08-29)29 August 1919 London, England
Died	8 October 2019(2019-10-08) (aged 100) Somerset, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1940–1985
Spouse	Seafield Head ​ ​ (m. 1944; died 2009)​
Children	Murray Head Anthony Head
Relatives	Emily Head (granddaughter) Daisy Head (granddaughter)

Biography

Shingler was born on 29 August 1919.[1] She married producer Seafield Head,[2] and was the mother of actor and singer Murray Head and actor Anthony Head, as well as the grandmother of Kathryn and Sophie Head and actresses Emily and Daisy Head.[3] Her television roles include Madame Maigret in the BBC Television series, Maigret (1960-63), in which Rupert Davies played the eponymous French detective. She died in October 2019, some five weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday.[4]

Selected filmography

• Quiet Weekend (1946)
• The Silver Darlings (1947)
• The Long Mirror (1948) (as Valerie Camber)
• The Rossiter Case (1951)
• The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
• Judgment Deferred (1952)
• Love's a Luxury (1952)
• Laughing Anne (1953)
• Background (1953)
• Room in the House (1955)
• Rx Murder (1958)

References

External links

• Helen Shingler at IMDb
• Portraits of Helen Shingler at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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