Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone (23 August 1922 – 21 December 2009) was an English character actress.

[1] She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies.

Stone appeared in nine of the Carry On films, and took part in an episode of the Carry On Laughing television series ("The Case of the Screaming Winkles").

Stone also appeared in Brighton Rock (1947), Seven Days to Noon (1950), The 39 Steps (1959), Lolita (1962), Ladies Who Do (1963), Oh!

[1] Her most serious and arguably most dramatic role was as Lena van Broecken in three episodes of the BBC's Secret Army between 1977 and 1978.