Aline Waites is an English actress, director, producer, reviewer and
writer.Aline Waites was born in Kingston upon Hull, educated at
Froebel House School, and studied for the theatre at Webber Douglas
Academy. Before her grown-up training, she was already skilled in
dancing, singing and modelling and had written a prize-winning
comedy.On graduation she won the Silver Medal and a BBC contract, and
at the BBC was lucky to work with famous actors of the day, including
Sir John Gielgud to whose Ernest Worthing she played Cecily in The
Importance of Being Earnest. She played Gwen, the daughter of Mrs Dale
for many years in the BBC's famous fictional diarist in Mrs Dale's
Diary, later known as The Dales. Her mother was first Ellis Powell and
later Jessie Matthews. Latterly, single-again Gwen took increased
prominence as the parental characters aged, with her choice of new
husband a major cliff-hanger just before the serial ended.As a stage
actress, Aline Waites did many tours and seasons, including Rep at
Torquay, Bournemouth, Southampton and Bangor in Northern Ireland.
Favourite roles were Marilyn Monroe in The White Whore, Jane Eyre and
Melanie in Gone with the Wind 2.
writer.Aline Waites was born in Kingston upon Hull, educated at
Froebel House School, and studied for the theatre at Webber Douglas
Academy. Before her grown-up training, she was already skilled in
dancing, singing and modelling and had written a prize-winning
comedy.On graduation she won the Silver Medal and a BBC contract, and
at the BBC was lucky to work with famous actors of the day, including
Sir John Gielgud to whose Ernest Worthing she played Cecily in The
Importance of Being Earnest. She played Gwen, the daughter of Mrs Dale
for many years in the BBC's famous fictional diarist in Mrs Dale's
Diary, later known as The Dales. Her mother was first Ellis Powell and
later Jessie Matthews. Latterly, single-again Gwen took increased
prominence as the parental characters aged, with her choice of new
husband a major cliff-hanger just before the serial ended.As a stage
actress, Aline Waites did many tours and seasons, including Rep at
Torquay, Bournemouth, Southampton and Bangor in Northern Ireland.
Favourite roles were Marilyn Monroe in The White Whore, Jane Eyre and
Melanie in Gone with the Wind 2.
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