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Acting

Gwen Taylor

Career: Active from 1973 to 2017, with a break from 2001 to 2010, busiest in 1989 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 72/100

Highest rated: Golden Gordon
80/100

Characters

4

The characters Gwen Taylor played, best-known titles first.

Gwen Taylor as Mrs. Big Nose

Gwen Taylor as Vi Highway

Gwen Taylor as Peggy Armstrong

Gwen Taylor as Amy Pearce

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gwen Taylor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.0, average 3.0
Adrenaline
2.8, average 4.8
Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Tension
4.5, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
British Sitcom 3
Social Commentary 3
Witty Dialogue 2
Melancholy 2
Slow-Burn Narrative 2
Classic British Sitcom 2
Domestic Drama 2
Nostalgic Appeal 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

8 titles · average score 60

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

as Lucille

Small Town Killers

46

as Miss Nippleworthy

Another Mother's Son

51

as Lily Vibert

Pylon

as Matty's Mum

The Lady in the Van

72

as Mam

The North London Book of the Dead

as Mother

Trollied

69

TV show · as Lillian (Gavin's Mum)

as Bernie

2000s

4 titles · average score 45

Trials and Tribulations

as (archive footage)

The Paul O'Grady Show

35

TV show

Born and Bred

55

TV show · as Dora Brisley

Belonging

TV show · as Margaret

1990s

16 titles · average score 71

Barbara

TV show · as Barbara Liversidge

Holby City

64

TV show · as Geraldine

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Frances Le Bon

A Perfect State

TV show

TV show · as Tilly

Some Kind of Life

as Sandra

Wycliffe

70

TV show · as Alma Petheric

The Detectives

71

TV show · as Annie

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as German Naturist / Peggy Armstrong

TV show · as Celia Forrest

Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again

as Mother

Murder Most Horrid

70

TV show · as Beryl

1980s

17 titles · average score 63

A Bit of a Do

67

TV show · as Rita Simcock

Happy Christmas, I Love You

as Renee Naylor

TV show

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Margaret Cliff

Lorna

as Mavis Martin

Theban Plays: Antigone

as Ismene

Yes, Prime Minister

87

TV show

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Winnie

Lytton's Diary

TV show · as Angela Monroe

Duty Free

69

TV show · as Amy Pearce

A Coming to Terms for Billy

as Mavis Martin

Countdown

40

TV show

1970s

23 titles · average score 75

Golden Gordon

80

as Mrs. Ottershaw

Life of Brian

84

as Mrs. Big Nose

Only When I Laugh

67

TV show · as Victoria Plumtree

The Light Princess

as Queen

Hazell

62

TV show · as Mrs Ford

The New Avengers

72

TV show · as Doctor Marlow

Rutland Weekend Television

TV show

Space: 1999

73

TV show · as Nurse

The Sweeney

80

TV show · as Anne Knightly

John Halifax, Gentleman

TV show · as Ursula Halifax

Land of Green Ginger

as Sally Brown

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Sally Brown

1960s

2 titles · average score 61

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Rita

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Marcia Lamb