Marianne Stone is
probably my favourite of all the supporting stars to appear in the Carry Ons.
Although never a leading star in the films, Marianne certainly had her fair
share of memorable lines, from "Yer know what a diddler is don't yer?"
in Carry On Dick to "I've just called temps!" in Carry On Don't lose
Your Head.
Marianne's film career spans 38 years and more
than 170 films. As well as the Carry Ons, Marianne appeared in two of the
infamous 'Confessions' films starring fellow Carry On'er Robin Askwith, classic
comedies like I'm Alright Jack, The Intelligence Men, Heavens Above!, The Wrong
Arm of the Law, Carlton-Browne of the FO and the Runaway Bus. She also found
time to appear in a couple of the much loved 'Doctor' films (produced by Betty E
Box, Peter Rogers' wife) and a few of Norman Wisdom films.
Marianne is also firmly linked with that other
much loved series of British films, the Hammer Horrors. She made several films
for the Hammer studios including Spaceways, Watch It Sailor!, 36 Hours,
Paranoiac, Hysteria, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and classic Hammer Horrors like
Countess Dracula, The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2. Marianne's other
horror credits include The Creeping Flesh, The Vault of Horror and The Night
Caller. On a lighter note Marianne was one of a number of Carry On performers to
appear in the Beatles film A Hard Days Night.
Away from the Carry Ons, my two favourite
Marianne films are Please Turn Over and especially the big screen version of
Bless This House. Both of which were made by Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas.
Sadly for her many fans, Marianne has now quietly
retired from all things showbiz!
If you have any info on any of Marianne's stage,
radio or television work please email
me! Thanks in anticipation.
 TELEVISION
Bootsie and Snudge (1960)
Maigret (1961) - episode called The Winning Ticket
Public Eye (1965) - Who Wants to Be Told Bad News
Man In a Suitcase (1967) - episode called Essay in Evil
Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Return to Sender (1962)
Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Strangler's Web (1965)
Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Act of Murder (1965)
Bless This House (1971) - episode called Wives and Lovers. Marianne was a
'mysterious woman'!!!
The Persuaders (1971) - episode called The Morning After
A Man Called Intrepid (1979)
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: In Possession (1984)
 FILM
Marianne made her film debut as a shop
assistant in the film When the Bough Breaks (1947) - she was credited as 'Mary
Stone', as she would be in two other films.
Escape Dangerous (1947)
Brighton Rock (1947) - playing a lazy waitress
Idol of Paris (1948)
A Run For Your Money (1949) - Marianne was uncredited!
Marry Me (1949) - playing Elsie
Seven Days to Noon (1950) - Marianne was again uncredited, but it was just a bit
part!
Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1950)
Blackmailed (1950)
The Clouded Yellow (1951)
The Magic Box (1951)
Appointment With Venus (1951) - again uncredited, Marianne played a cook.
Venetian Bird (1952)
Time Gentlemen Please! (1952)
The Pickwick Papers (1953)
Angels One Five (1953)
The Net (1953)
Spaceways (1953) for Hammer Studios
The Dog and the Diamonds (1953)
A Day to Remember (1953)
The Runaway Bus (1954)
36 Hours (1954) - playing Pam Palmer for Hammer Studios
The Good Die Young (1954) - again uncredited
You Know What Sailors Are (1954) as Elsie
Mad About Men (1954)
Man of the Moment (1955) - Norman Wisdom film in which Marianne played 'Florie'
the cleaner:
Dance Little Lady (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - sadly Marianne was again uncredited. This time
playing a nurse in the horror classic for Hammer Studios!
Simon and Laura (1955) - uncredited once again, Marianne played Elsie!
Passport to Treason (1955) as 'Jonesy' Jones
Lost (1955)
Private's Progress (1956)
Yield to the Night (1956)
High Terrace (1956)
A Touch of the Sun (1956)
The Long Arm (1956)
The Intimate Stranger (1956)
Fun at St Fanny's (1956) - uncredited!
Eyewitness (1956)
Barbados Quest (1956)
The Good Companions (1957)
Quatermass 2 (1957) - this time Marianne was credited in this Hammer Horror
classic!
Hell Drivers (1957)
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
Time Lock (1957) - thriller made by Peter Rogers/Gerald Thomas
Operation Conspiracy (1957)
Man From Tangier (1957)
Just My Luck (1957) with Norman Wisdom
High Terrace (1957)
Brothers in Law (1957) classic comedy with Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael
At the Stroke of Nine (1957)
The Golden Disc (1958)
No Trees in the Street (1958)
Innocent Sinners (1958)
A Cry From the Streets (1958)
Tiger Bay (1959)
Operation Bullshine (1959)
The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959)
Jack the Ripper (1959) - Marianne played a Drunken Woman
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1959)
I'm Alright Jack (1959) - classic Peter Sellers film in which Marianne played a
TV Receptionist
The Heart of Man (1959)
Follow a Star (1959) - again with Norman Wisdom, sadly Marianne is once again
uncredited
Carlton-Browne of the FO (1959) - another classic Peter Sellers film. Marianne
played 'Woman in Cinema'
The Angry Silence (1960)
Doctor in Love (1960)
Never Let Go (1960)
The Big Day (1960)
Angry Silence (1960)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - classic 60s Sci-Fi, but Marianne was
again uncredited
Watch It Sailor! (1961) - for Hammer Studios (yes they made comedies as well!)
Two and Two Make Six (1961) as Hotel Receptionist
On the Fiddle (1961)
The Frightened City (1961)
Five Golden Hours (1961) as Tina
Double Bunk (1961)
Lolita (1962) - a classic directed by Stanley Kubrick. Marianne played the
wonderfully named 'Vivain Darkbloom'
Crooks Anonymous (1962)
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962) - Yet another classic Peter sellers comedy.
Marianne had an uncredited bit part in this one!
The Wild and the Willing (1962)
Play It Cool (1962)
The Night of the Prowler (1962)
Jigsaw (1962) - an uncredited bit part
The Fast Lady (1962)
The Cool Mikado (1962) - Frankie Howerd film in which Marianne played yet
another uncredited character, this time an Espresso Waitress
Paranoiac (1963) - uncredited role for Hammer Studios
Heavens Above! (1963) - another classic Peter Sellers comedy in which Marianne
played Miss Palmer
The Victors (1963) - yes, you've guessed it... uncredited!
The World Ten Times Over (1963)
West 11 (1963)
Stolen Hours (1963)
The Marked One (1963)
Ladies Who Do (1963)
The Hijackers (1963)
Echo of Diana (1963)
Doctor in Distress (1963) - uncredited as a café waitress!
Blind Corner (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Marianne played an uncredited Society Reporter in
this Beatles favourite
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) - Marianne played a Landlady in this Hammer
Horror
Traitor's Gate (1964)
Witchcraft (1964)
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
The Beauty Jungle (1964)
You Must Be Joking! (1965)
The Night Caller (1965) - Marianne played Madge Lilburn
The Intelligence Man (1965) - playing a 'woman in lift' in this much loved
Morecambe and Wise feature
Hysteria (1965)
Having a Wild Weekend (1965) playing Mrs Stone no less!
Devils of Darkness (1965) playing 'The Duchess'. Well it makes a change from
secretaries and receptionists! Or waitresses and cleaners come to that!
The Wrong Box (1966)
The Spy With the Cold Nose (1966)
The Sandwich Man (1966) again with Norman Wisdom.
The Jokers (1966)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967)
To Sir, With Love (1967) - the Sidney Poitier classic in which Marianne played
Gert
A Countess From Hong Kong (1967) - for director Charlie Chaplin!
The Long Duel (1967) - playing the Major's Wife!
Berserk! (1968) - starring Joan Crawford
Twisted Nerve (1968)
The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968) - playing the Factory Tea Lady. Oh well, back to
the menial jobs!
Otley (1969)
The Best House in London (1969) - back to being uncredited again!
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) for Sir Dickie Attenborough!
Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) - bawdy comedy starring Jim Dale and Fenella
Fielding. Have you noticed Marianne seems to have appeared in an awful lot of
films with exclamation marks in the title!!!
All the Right Noises (1969)
Every Home Should Have One (1970) - again uncredited, but playing a TV
Production Assistant
Scrooge (1970) - the Albert Finney musical
There's A Girl in My Soup (1970) - another classic Peter Sellers comedy in which
Marianne played a Woman Reporter!
The Games (1970)
The Firechasers (1970)
Doctor in Trouble (1970)
Countess Dracula (1971) - Marianne was a kitchen maid in this Hammer Horror
Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
The Raging Moon (1971)
Mr Forbush and the Penguins (1971) - curiously titled film in which Marianne
played a Policewoman. The film is available to buy on DVD
Danny Jones (1971)
Assault (1971) in which Marianne played 'Matron'. Hattie would be proud!
Horror of Snape Island (1972) in which Marianne was relegated to 'Nurse'
The Cherry Picker (1972) - Marianne played Mrs Lal (wife of Spike Milligan)
Au Pair Girls (1972) as Mrs Fairfax for director Val Guest
All Coppers Are (1972)
The Vault of Horror (1973) playing Jane, friend to Glynis Johns character. Film featured an all-star cast!
Marianne's character had a touch of the 'Muriels' from Bless This House about
her. It's the hat that does it!
Penny Gold (1973)
The Love Ban (1973) as a customer in the chemists. Wonder what she was buying?
Directed by Ralph Thomas
The Creeping Flesh (1973) as 'Female Assistant', but assisting in what? Classic
horror starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing!
Craze (1973) - as a barmaid in this comedy horror
Baxter! (1973) - there's that exclamation mark again!!!
Percy's Progress (1974) - the era of the 'sex-comedy' has arrived! Loads of
Carry On stars featured in it and it was written by Harry H Corbett and Sid Colin.
Directed by Gerald Thomas's brother Ralph!
Mistress Pamela (1974)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) as Woman in Cinema
That Lucky Touch (1975)
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976) - Consultant
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
Confessions From a Holiday Camp (1977) as a Waitress
What's Up Superdoc! (1978) - another dreadful sex-comedy! Marianne played Dr
Maconachie
Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978) with Julian Holloway and Patsy Rowlands
The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978)
The Human Factor (1980) as a Matron again!
Dangerous Davies - The Last Detective (1980) - Starred Bernard Cribbins in the
title role and was directed by Val Guest
Funny Money (1982)
The Wicked Lady (1983) - remake of the classic, this time starring Faye Dunaway!
Déjà Vu (1985) as Mabel. Marianne's last film!
Marianne also appeared in a Hammer short film entitled Man With a Dog!
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