Rosamund Mary Von Pokorny (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) better known as Rosamund Greenwood, was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990.

Biography

After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included starring in the original West End and Broadway productions of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker from 1954 until 1957. In a career spanning 60 years, Greenwood's screen work included The Prince and the Showgirl, Night of the Demon, Upstairs, Downstairs, All Creatures Great and Small, Angels, Crown Court and A Perfect Spy, and Hallelujah! in 1983. Her final role came in 1990, when aged 83, she played a witch in the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches.

Personal life and death

Greenwood married the actor Leo Von Pokorny in 1934. The marriage produced one child, a son, who was born in 1935. Her husband Von Pokorny died in 1951, aged 58. Greenwood died on 15 July 1997, aged 90, in Malvern, Worcestershire.

Filmography