Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone
Born	23 August 1922 London, England

Marianne Stone (born 23 August 1922) was Britain’s most prolific character actress appearing in hundreds of films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s. She usually played working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies, and is probably best known for her contribution to the nine Carry On films which she appeared in. She also appeared in one episode of the Carry On Laughing television series ("The Case of the Screaming Winkles"). She was a great scene stealer, however small the part, and is particularly funny in Carry On at Your Convenience and To Sir With Love. Among her many other films are appearances in such classics as Lolita, Oh! What a Lovely War, Brighton Rock and the first two "Quatermass" films. 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.

Stone, whose nickname was "Mugsie", was credited in her early films under the name "Mary Stone", and also has been credited as "Marion Stone". She was married for fifty years, from 1947 to 1997, to actor turned theatre critic and film historian Peter Noble, with whom she had two children, one of whom is DJ Kara Noble. Although she appeared in a record 201 films, in the 1980s the offers dried up and she retired.^[1]

Carry On Contributions

• Carry On Nurse – Alice Able
• Carry On Constable Miss Horton (voice only, for Lucy Griffiths)
• Carry On Jack - Peg
• Carry On Screaming – Mrs Parker
• Carry On Don’t Lose Your Head - Landlady
• Carry On Doctor - Mother
• Carry On at Your Convenience - Maud
• Carry On Matron - Mrs Putzova (scenes deleted)
• Carry On Girls – Miss Drew
• Carry On Dick - Maggie
• Carry On Behind – Mrs Rowan
• Carry On Laughing: "The Case of the Screaming Winkles" – Madame Petra

Miscellany

• In the book English Gothic, Stone is highly praised for her contribution to the horror film genre.
• Stone was a good friend of the late Carry On producer Peter Rogers.
• In Donnie Darko, Maggie Gyllenhaal dresses in the Halloween party scene as "Vivian Darkbloom", the character Stone played in the 1962 version of Lolita.

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Jonathan Rigby, English Gothic
• Robert Ross, The Carry On Story
• Robert Ross, The Carry On Companion
• Robert Ross, Mr Carry On: The Life and work of Peter Rogers
• Neil Snelgrove, The Carry On book of Statistics
• Richard Webber, The A-Z of Everything Carry On
• Kenneth Williams, The Kenneth Williams Diaries

• Appeared in "The Night Caller" (1965) as the wife of Warren Mitchell whose daughter has been abducted by 'Medra'.

External links

• Marianne Stone at the Internet Movie Database