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| birth_place = [[County Down]], Northern Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|05|10|1922|7|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England, UK
| restingplace =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1946–1955
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Michael Robert MacClancy|1939|1942|end=died}}<br>
*{{marriage|[[Nigel Patrick]]|1951|1979|end=her death}}
}}
| children = 2
}}
 
'''Beatrice Campbell''' (31 July 1922 – 10 May 1979) was a [[British people|BritishNorthern Irish]] [[Theatre|stage]] and [[film]] [[actress]], born in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba48f1442 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103195643/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba48f1442 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2018 |title=Beatrice Campbell |work=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=7 April 2020-04-07}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
 
===Career===
 
After a distinguished [[London]] stage career, Campbell entered film in the mid-1940s. She received positive notices internationally for her performances in ''[[Silent Dust]]'' (1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/12/30/archives/british-import-based-on-play.html |url-access=registration |title=British Import Based on Play |author=T. M. P. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1949-12-30 |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> and ''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]'' (1950), with [[Alec Guinness]], which remains her best-known role.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/11/14/archives/the-screen-in-review-last-holiday-written-by-jb-priestley-stars.html |url-access=registration |title='Last Holiday,' Written by J.B. Priestley, Stars Alec Guinness as Man Doomed to Die |first=Bosley |last=Crowther |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1950-11-14 |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
 
===Personal life===
Her father, John Campbell, was the resident Magistrate of The Custody Court, [[Belfast]].
Campbell was married twice. Her first marriage was to [[Squadron Leader]] Michael Robert MacClancy of [[No. 226 Squadron RAF]], who died aged 22, on 12 April 1942 at [[RAF Hemswell]] when his aircraft crash landed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2701581 |title=Squadron Leader (Pilot) MacCLANCY, MICHAEL ROBERT |work=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a3954198.shtml |title=Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945: Michael Robert MacClancy |first=Oliver |last=Murphy |work=[[BBC WW2 People's War|WW2 People's War]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2005-04-26 |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> Her second marriage was to the actor [[Nigel Patrick]] in 1951. They remained married until her death in 1979.▼
 
Campbell was married twice. Her first marriage was to [[Squadron Leader]] Michael Robert MacClancy of [[No. 226 Squadron RAF]], who died aged 22, on 12 April 1942 at [[RAF Hemswell]] when his aircraft crash landed. A Roman Catholic from [[Dublin]] and an alumnus of [[Belvedere College]], he was the son of Michael MacClancy, M.R.C.V.S., and Nancy MacClancy, of [[Raheny]].
▲Campbell was married twice. Her first marriage was to [[Squadron Leader]] Michael Robert MacClancy of [[No. 226 Squadron RAF]], who died aged 22, on 12 April 1942 at [[RAF Hemswell]] when his aircraft crash landed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2701581 |title=Squadron Leader (Pilot) MacCLANCY, MICHAEL ROBERT |work=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a3954198.shtml |title=Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945: Michael Robert MacClancy |first=Oliver |last=Murphy |work=[[BBC WW2 People's War|WW2 People's War]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2005-04-26 |access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> Her second marriage was to the actor [[Nigel Patrick]] in 1951. They remained married until her death in 1979.
 
==Filmography==
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! Notes
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| rowspan=2 | 1946|| ''[[Wanted for Murder (film)|Wanted for Murder]]'' || Muriel || Uncredited
|-
|1946|| ''[[The Laughing Lady]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1947|| ''[[Meet Me at Dawn]]'' || Margot ||
|-
|1947|| ''[[The Hangman Waits]]'' || Usherette ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1948|| ''[[My Brother Jonathan]]'' || Edie Martyn ||
|-
|1948|| ''[[Things Happen at Night]]'' || Joyce Prescott ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1949|| ''[[Silent Dust]]'' || Joan Rawley ||
|-
|1949|| ''[[Now Barabbas]]'' || Kitty ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1950|| ''[[No Place for Jennifer]]'' || Paula ||
|-
|1950|| ''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]'' || Sheila Rockingham ||
|-
|1950|| ''[[The Mudlark]]'' || Lady Emily Prior ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1951|| ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' || Lady EmilyLucille PriorGrayson ||
|-
|1951|| ''[[The House in the Square/I'll Never Forget You]]'' || Kate Pettigrew ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1953|| ''[[Grand National Night]]'' || Joyce Penrose ||
|-
|1953|| ''[[The Master of Ballantrae (1953 film)|The Master of Ballantrae]]'' || Lady Alison ||
|-
|1955|| ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes|Cockleshell Heroes]]'' || Mrs. Ruddock ||
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{TCMDb name|27707}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181103195643/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba48f1442 Beatrice Campbell] at the [[British Film Institute]]
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