Records of Gwen Watford on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gwen Watford and the Watford Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Watford Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Watford family tree.

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Some Famous People called Gwen Watford

Gwen Watford

Gwen Watford (10 September 1927 – 6 February 1994) was an English actress. She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress (1959, 1966) and the 1981 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Noël Coward's play Present Laughter. Her film appearances included Cleopatra (1963), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) and Cry Freedom (1987). She was married to actor Richard Bebb from 1952 until her death in 1994.

Born in London, Watford attended an independent school in Hastings where her father, a retired army officer, ran a public house. She trained at the Embassy Theatre and the Old Vic.

Watford made her film debut playing Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (1950). Other films include Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), The Very Edge (1962), Cleopatra (1963), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Cry Freedom (1987).

She died from cancer in London in 1994, aged 66.

Source: Gwen Watford, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Watford

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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