Peter Kelly obituary: actor and key figure at the Citizens
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Georgina Hale, who has died aged 80, was a British stage and screen actress whose ready, slinky sensuality might have made her a star in other countries. Her diminutive, smoky-eyed presence and Betty Boop-like voice were most memorably deployed by Ken Russell in his run of 1970s provocations, notably The Devils (1971) and Mahler (1974), for which she won a Bafta.
Threepenny, as I understand it, is meant to be provocative and gritty, whereas I came away feeling I’d seen something pleasant and agreeable.
Actor gave time to single-issue campaigns, such as human rights and abortion before running for election in 1992
Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who renounced a successful film and stage career in her 50s to become a member of the British Parliament, th