Judith Furse, (4 March 1912 — 29 August 1974), was a British character actress best known for playing Dr. Crow in Carry On Spying.
She studied theatre at the Old Vic at the start of The '30s and was acting on stage by the end of the decade. Her first film role was as Flora in Goodbye, Mr. Chips; rather a sympathetic role, it was far from the more overbearing roles she would later play in films such as Black Narcissus, Doctor at Large, and three Carry On films, most notably as Dr. Crow in Carry On Spying.
Furse was a victim of Typecasting, forever stuck playing harridans and battleaxes in roles that never allowed her much depth. By the mid-'60s, her heart wasn't in acting as much as it was in the past, and the final film she appeared in was 1972's The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.
She died at the age of 62.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Films- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) — Flora
- A Canterbury Tale (1944) — Dorothy Bird
- Black Narcissus (1947) — Sister Briony
- The Browning Version (1951) — Mrs. Williamson
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) — Nurse Gamage
- Doctor at Large (1957) — Mrs. Digby
- Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) — Dame Maud Hackshaw
- Carry On Regardless (1961) — Headmistress
- Carry On Cabby (1963) — Battleaxe Rider
- A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964) — Lady Davidson
- Carry On Spying (1964) — Dr. Crow
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) — Drunken General's Wife (Uncredited Role)
- Man in the Wilderness (1971) — Nurse
- The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) — Claude
- Dixon of Dock Green, episode "The Inside Man" (1965) — Mrs. Smith
- Doomwatch, episode "The Inquest" (1971) — Mary Lincoln
