Person
Marianne Stone
Born 23 August 1922 Died 21 December 2009, aged 87 London, England, UK TMDB ↗
The accomplished character actress Marianne Stone had the distinction of being the most prolific actress in the UK, appearing in over 200 films, an achievement that earned her a place in the latest Guinness Book of World Records as "the actress with the most screen credits". She has also been hailed in the book English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema for her contribution to the horror movies that flourished in the Sixties, but most of her screen roles were as working-class characters. In two of her earliest films she was respectively a shop assistant in When the Bough Breaks (1947), and a sluggish waitress in Brighton Rock (1947).
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The numbers
31age in their first credit on record (1954)
27years on screen and counting
2credits in 1972, their busiest year
17dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 58 Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981as Venus
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Age: 51 Miss Nightingale
1974as Miss Trott
Age: 50 Bless This House
1972as Muriel
Age: 49 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1972as Miss Wilcox
Age: 46 Twisted Nerve
1968as Store Detective
Age: 44 Don't Lose Your Head
1967as Landlady
Age: 44 The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966as Mrs. Whitby
Age: 42 Catch Us If You Can
1965as Mrs. Vera Stone
Age: 42 Traitor's Gate
1964as Cashier at Dandy Club
Age: 39 Lolita
1962as Vivian Darkbloom
Age: 39 The Frightened City
1961as Barmaid
Age: 36 Corridors of Blood
1958as Arrested Woman (uncredited)
Age: 34 Hell Drivers
1957as Nurse
Age: 32 The Brain Machine
1955as Hospital Technician (uncredited)
Age: 31 Dance Little Lady
1954as Nurse
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