Katherine Parr (actress)

Lily Elizabeth Caldwell (née Tindal, 1921 – 20 September 2009), known professionally as Katherine Parr, was a British actress, who played the recurring role of Irene Holloway, commonly known as Auntie Irene, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, between 1986 and 1987, when her character died from lung cancer.

Katherine Parr
Born
Lily Elizabeth Tindal

1921
London, England
Died20 September 2009 (aged 88)
Kent, England
OccupationActress
Years active1959–1990
SpouseDennis Caldwell (m. 1941)

Career

Parr's television appearances date back to the late-1950s, when she made her screen debut as Joan Stringer on the series Emergency – Ward 10. She went on to appear in several popular television shows including Coronation Street (1963), appearing for seven episodes as Amy Preston. She also appeared in the 1963 film This Sporting Life.[1]

She has also appeared in various other television shows including The Wednesday Play, Softly, Softly, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green and The Sweeney.

In 1986, she was cast in the role of Irene Holloway, commonly known as Auntie Irene, in the soap opera EastEnders, which had been commissioned one year before Parr's arrival on the show. Parr's role in the show was as the elderly cancer-stricken aunt of established character Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt). She made her final appearance on the show on the 16 June 1987, and her character died off-screen two days later.

Parr played Mrs Penny in the BBC radio drama David Wade – Power of Attorney which was broadcast in 1990.[2]

Personal life

Parr was born in 1921 in London, England.[3] She married writer Dennis Caldwell in 1941.[4][5]

Parr died in Kent on 20 September 2009, at the age of 88.[1][6][7][8]

Selected filmography

Film

Television
  • Starr and Company (1958, 16 episodes, as Rene Cremer)
  • Three Golden Nobles (1959, 4 episodes, as Mother Bellinger)[1]
  • The Days of Vengeance (1960, 6 episodes, as Agnes Cranwell)
  • Emergency – Ward 10 (1959, 1 episode, as Joan Stringer, 1965, 3 episodes, as Mrs. Hicks)
  • Coronation Street (1967, 7 episodes, as Amy Preston)
  • The Doctors[1] (1969–1970, 10 episodes, as Gran Beckett)
  • EastEnders (1986, 1987, 3 episodes, as Auntie Irene)[10]

References
  1. "Katherine Parr". BFI. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. "David Wade - Power of Attorney - BBC Radio 4 Extra". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. Lily E. Tindal in the England & Wales Births 1837–2006 FindMyPast (subscription required)
  4. Dennis Caldwell in the England & Wales Marriages 1837–2005 FindMyPast (subscription required)
  5. The Author's & Writer's Who's Who, Vol. 6 (1971), pg. 125
  6. Katherine Parr profile Aveleyman
  7. Lily Elizabeth Caldwell ProbateSearch
  8. Caldwell, Lily Elizabeth GRO Index
  9. Katherine Parr British Comedy Guide
  10. Dead enders: A complete list of EastEnder's whopping 111 on-screen deaths
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