Lally Bowers(1917-1984)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lally was educated at Hulme Grammar School in Oldham and worked as a
secretary before walking-on and understudying at the Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a professional actress, she
appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television
programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guilford,
Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic. Her London debut came in
1944 and her many West End successes included 'Dinner With the Family'
(for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957), 'Difference of
Opinion', 'The Killing of Sister George', 'Dear Octopus' and 'The
Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B'. Lally worked constantly until her
death.
