Spotlight: Marie Sutherland (Commercial Voice in During Barty's Party)

 

Sutherland studied at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art and graduated in 1951. She had an extensive stage career before making television appearances and during 1952 she was a member of the Aldershot Repertory Company based at the Royal theatre.

Marie Sutherland’s earliest TV role was playing Mrs Selvedge in the Public Eye episode “A Fixed Address” (19^th June 1969) followed by a small role as a secretary in “They Shall Not Pass” (10^th August 1970), an episode of the hit BBC business drama Mogul.

Another small role, as Janice Brown, was in Say Nothing (6^th July 1976) an episode of the ATV police drama Hunter’s Walk directed by Richard Bramall who would also direct the Beasts episode “Special Offer”. Her next televised role was as one of the voices heard on radio commercials in the Beasts episode “During Barty’s Party”.

Post-Beasts she could be seen in an unnamed role in The Goodies episode “A Kick in the Arts” (28^th November 1980) and as Mrs Ogilvie in the first episode of the mini-series Pictures (11^th February 1983)