Morag Hood (12 December 1942–5 October 2002) was a Scottish actress described by many commentators as "a celebrated beauty", who featured in numerous British programs, stage productions, and audio presentations from the 1960s up to the late 1990s. Morag Hood was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was a graduate of the University of Glasgow. She is particularly renowned for playing Natasha Rostova in the epic 1972 BBC television adaptation of War and Peace. Thereafter, Morag Hood stared in numerous other British television series, including: Z Cars, The Borderers, Bergerac, Families and Hamish Macbeth. She also starred in the controversial 1990 BBC 1 drama "A Sense of Guilt" [1]. Morag Hood died in a London hospice on the 5th October, 2002, following a long battle with cancer, at the age of 59. She had two elder siblings: Liam Hood (the late Scottish TV executive) and Elisa Hood. She never married and had no children.
