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Evelyn Noelle Woodeson (née Middleton; 18 December 1926 – 30 January 2016)[1] was an Irish actress and one of the first BBC television announcers. She was also a leading lady of the 1950s British films.

Noelle Middleton
Born	Evelyn Noelle Middleton (1926-12-18)18 December 1926 Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
Died	30 January 2016(2016-01-30) (aged 89) Strandhill, Connacht, Ireland
Other names	Evelyn Woodeson
Education	Trinity College Dublin
Occupation	Actress, announcer

Middleton received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for her leading role in Carrington V.C. (1954). Her other notable film roles were in Happy Ever After (1954), John and Julie (1955), The Iron Petticoat (1956), and Three Men in a Boat (1956).

Biography

Middleton was the daughter of Lillian (née Martin) and Wilbur Middleton. She had a brother, Gerald.[2] She attended Trinity College, Dublin, but left and began her career on the stage at the famous Gate Theatre in Dublin.[3] In the 1950s she moved to London and began appearing in British films. She was also an announcer on the BBC.[4]

Her first film was South of Algiers in 1953. Other films include Carrington V.C. with David Niven and The Iron Petticoat with Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope.[5] She was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress in 1955 for her performance in Carrington V.C..[6] She was a founding member of Irish Actors' Equity.[7]

She retired and returned to County Sligo to run an oyster farm at Culleenamore Bay.[1] Noelle died on 30 January 2016 at Summerville Nursing Home, Strandhill, Co. Sligo aged 89.[1]

Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Note
1953	South of Algiers	Stewardess
1954	Happy Ever After	Kathy McGluskey
1955	Carrington	Captain Alison L. Graham
	John and Julie	Miss Stokes
	St. Ives	Flora Gilchrist	TV series (6 episodes)
	A Yank in Ermine	Angela
1956	The Iron Petticoat	Lady Connie Warburton-Watts
	Three Men in a Boat	Ethelbertha
	You Can't Escape	Kay March
1957	The Vicious Circle	Laura James
1958	Sword of Freedom	Adriana	TV series (1 episode)
1961	Sir Francis Drake	Mary Queen of Scots	TV series (1 episode)
1962	Man of the World	Mother Superior / Fiona	TV series (2 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1955	8th British Academy Film Awards	Best British Actress	Carrington V.C.	Nominated

References

External links

• Noelle Middleton at IMDb

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