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Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to Britain. Born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, she often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including ''Cathy Come Home'' (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and (''My Son Reuben'' ) (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including ''Blind Terror'' (1971), ''The Black Panther'' (1977) and ''Quincy's Quest'' (1979), and found movie success in later years for her performances in ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, ''Bert Rigby, You're a Fool'' (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, ''Nuns on the Run'' (1990) as a formidable nun, and ''Dragonworld'' (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove. She appeared as a nurse in a notable Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Vanbrugh's play, ''The Relapse'', at the Aldwych Theatre in London in 1967, alongside, among others, Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart and Ben Kingsley. She debuted the role of Serafima Ilinitchna in Nikolai Erdman's ''The Suicide'' (1979). She was part of the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's epic stage production of ''Nicholas Nickleby'' on Broadway in 1981. Kaye starred in the title role of the short-lived U.S. television series ''Mama Malone'' a year later, which showcased the uncanny American accent, that she could adopt at will, which caused most viewers to believe she was American. She made guest appearances on several U.S. television series, such as ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Cheers'', and ''Dear John'' (reuniting her with ''An American Werewolf In London'' co-star Jenny Agutter). She resided in Florida before returning to Britain. Her last role was in the British television serial ''Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde'' in 1998, in which she appeared as "Granny Jekyll". After this role she announced her retirement. ==Death== She died in Worthing, Sussex, on 10 January 2012, aged 82, following a long illness, survived by her son and grandchildren.〔 (Notice of Kaye's death )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lila Kaye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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