Gwen Watford 10 September 1927 6 February 1994 was an English film stage and television actress She married actor Richard Bebb in 1952 Born in London Watford trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic She made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher 1949 Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger 1960 The Very Edge 1962 Cleopatra 1963 and Cry Freedom 1987 She died from cancer aged 66 in 1994 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gwen Watford licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia