Patricia Heywood (born January 1, 1927 in Gretna Green, Scotland) is a British character actress who has appeared in stage productions, movies, and television.
Career
She was born as one of five children to John David Heywood who was a civil servant. In her teens she was educated at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 1968 her movie debut was as Juliet's nurse in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. Her next role was as a maid in the psychodrama Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly by Freddie Francis. After that film she was seen (often in supporting roles or short appearances) in comedies, thrillers, and horror films. Her movie roles include parts in Whoever Slew Auntie Roo, 10 Rillington Place (where she has played Ethel Christie, the wife of serial killer John Christie), Young Winston (as Winston Churchill's nurse), Wish You Were Here (seen as Lynda's aunt Millie). She also appeared on the comedy television mini series Root Into Europe in which an elderly British couple visit several countries in Europe.
