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Libby Morris

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Libby Morris (born 1930) is a Canadian clown and actress. She appeared in several BBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onwards. She then moved on to London, England, where she starred in her own show doing impersonations.

Family

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Morris and her husband Murray Kash raised their daughter, Marcia Kash, in Hampstead, London, where they lived together for many years. They later returned to Canada where they remained until Kash died in March 2009.[1] In 1981, they appeared together on stage in Hampstead in Morris's play A Girl's Best Friend. They often participated in fundraising shows for the Stars Foundation for Cerebral Palsy.[2]

Theatre

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Year Title Role Company Director Notes
1989 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh Ian Woolridge play by Edward Albee[3]

Radio appearances

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  • 1955 The Jack Jackson Show
  • 1956 Meet Libby Morris
  • 1956 Two's Company

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Climb Up the Wall Herself
1961 Three on a Spree Trixie
1962 Tiara Tahiti Adele Franklin
1964 Promise Her Anything Clinic Mother
1967 Two for the Road American Lady Uncredited
1967 The Plank Tourist
1969 The Adding Machine Ethel
1969 A Talent for Loving Jacaranda
1985 Not Quite Paradise Mrs. Schwartz
2006 United 93 Hilda Marcin

TV appearances

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Year Title Role Notes
1955 The Jack Jackson Show
1961 Bresslaw And Friends
1962 Space Patrol Marla / Gabbler / Cassiopeia Voice, 34 episodes
1971 Alexander the Greatest Fay Green 6 episodes
1971 David Nixons magic box
1989 Mike and Angelo Nancy Mancini 10 episodes
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Libby Morris - It's My Life (1967-London) http://www.bazboothzone.co.uk/music.php?item=308

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary: Murray Kash". TheGuardian.com. 17 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Murray Kash". TheGuardian.com. 17 June 2009.
  3. ^ review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Mark Fisher, The List, Issue 94, 19 May - 1 June 1098, p. 33