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Gwyneth Powell (born 5 July 1946) is an English actress who is best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McCluskey in the BBC television series ''Grange Hill'' for eleven series between 1981 and 1991. ==Career== Powell was born in Levenshulme, Manchester, and attended Cheadle County Grammar School for Girls, during which time she appeared to some acclaim as Fat Urs in the National Youth Theatre's production of Ben Jonson's ''Bartholemew Fair''. She originally trained as a teacher at Goldsmiths, University of London, but instead chose to act in repertory theatre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC – Beds Herts and Bucks – Entertainment – School's out for Gwyneth! )〕 Her first major television role was in the 1971 LWT dystopian drama series, "The Guardians". She was a regular, if minor, player in many television dramas until being cast in ''Grange Hill'', in which she played the "firm but fair"〔 headmistress Bridget ("The Midget") McClusky for eleven years. Of her role, she said in 2008, Eventually, however, Powell wanted to pursue other interests and gave the ''Grange Hill'' producers and writers a year to write McClusky out of the series.〔 She bought the rights to E. M. Delafield's Diary of a Provincial Lady and adapted it as a self-financed one-woman show in Edinburgh, also touring the production.〔 Since then, Powell has appeared in other television programmes such as ''Heartbeat'', ''A Touch of Frost'' and ''Father Brown'', and in 2008, ''Echo Beach''. In 2009, using archive footage, coupled with some newly recorded lines, Powell reprised her ''Grange Hill'' role as Mrs McCluskey for a cameo appearance in an episode of ''Ashes to Ashes'', set in 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ashes Resurrects Grange Hill – Sky TV )〕 She also appeared in ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' at the Salisbury Playhouse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why comedy is simply the best form of theatre (From Salisbury Journal) )〕 In 2010, Powell starred as Nana in the Gemma Factor. Most recently, Powell became a support character in the teen programme, House of Anubis, playing the role of Nina Martin's gran who ends up in hospital but is later released. Powell starred in seven episodes. 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「Gwyneth Powell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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