Valerie Lush

Valerie Lush
Born	(1918-12-24)24 December 1918 Hampstead, UK
Died	14 May 2016(2016-05-14) (aged 97) Paddington, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1957–1997 (TV)
Spouse	Wilfred Bentley (1906–1989)

Valerie Lush (24 December 1918 – 14 May 2016) was a British actress who appeared in many British television programmes. She is best known for playing Auntie in ...And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973) and ...And Mother Makes Five (1974–1975).^[1]

Biography

Lush was born in Hampstead, London, on 24 December 1918, the daughter of Charles Sidney Lush (1886–1967) and Evelyn Louise Masson (1892–1975). She married actor, and founder member of the Perth Theatre Company, Wilfred Bentley (1906–1989) in 1945.

She died on 14 May 2016 at the age of 97.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• Z-Cars (1970)
• Budgie (TV Series) (1972)
• Softly, Softly (1971 TV Series) (1972)
• That'll Be the Day (1972)
• ...And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series) (1974)
• The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
• ...And Mother Makes Five (1974–1975)
• The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1977)
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1979)
• Maybury (1981)
• Crown Court (1984)
• Bulman (1985)
• Taggart (1985)
• Brush Strokes (1986)
• Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
• Moondial (1988)
• French Fields (1989–1991)
• Lovejoy (1992)
• Touching Evil (1997)

References

1. Anthony Hayward (19 July 2016). "Valerie Lush. Veteran stage and screen actor who played Auntie Flo in the popular 1970s sitcom And Mother Makes Three". The Guardian.
2. "Valerie Lush Bentley". Perthshire Advertiser. 31 May 2016.

External links

• Valerie Lush at IMDb