Gilly Flower

Gilly Flower
Gilly Flower
	Flower as Miss Tibbs in Fawlty Towers
Born	Gertrude Adele Jacobs; 26 August 1908; London, England
Died	17 February 2001 (aged 92); Surrey, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932–1991

Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 – 17 February 2001) was an English actress and model, best remembered as the elderly Miss Abitha Tibbs in the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers.^[1]^[2]

Flower played Miss Tibbs in all twelve episodes of the show, which was produced in two six-episode series separated by a three-and-a-half-year interval.^[3]

A Londoner, Flower had her first film role in 1932 and, with the advent of television in Britain, she found a new outlet for her talents, continuing to appear in such programmes as Z-Cars, Steptoe and Son and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.^[2]^[4] Early in her career, Flower was also a model and seven portrait photographs taken by Bassano, in which she is modelling hats from Kembray, may today be found in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.^[1]

Flower retired from acting in 1991.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1932	The New Hotel
1968	Work Is a Four-Letter Word	Auntie Winnie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Six More Faces of Jim		2 episodes
1965	The Wednesday Play	The Unconfident	Episode: "The Confidence Course"
1965–1966	Crossroads King's Oak	Mrs. Templeton	4 episodes
1966	Seven Deadly Sins	Group B Member (uncredited)	Episode: "The Erpingham Camp"
1968	Beggar My Neighbour	Civil Defence volunteer	Episode: "Whiter Shade of Yellow"
1968	The Root of All Evil?	Party guest	Episode: "Money for Change"
1969	Wink to Me Only	1st Woman	Episode: "The Vacuum Affair"
1969	Not in Front of the Children	Housekeeper	Episode: "Stand on Ceremony"
1970	Morning Story	Mrs. Johnson	Television film
1970	The Culture Vultures	Secretary	Episode: #1.1
1971	Doomwatch	Woman (uncredited)	2 episodes
1971	Comedy Playhouse	Miss Travers	Episode: "The Importance of Being Hairy"
1971	Bachelor Father	Housewife	Episode: "Economy Class"
1972	Emma		Mini Series
1972	My Wife Next Door	The Maid	Episode: "Joint Assignment"
1972	Upstairs, Downstairs	Woman at Courtroom (uncredited)	Episode: "A Special Mischief"
1973	Softly, Softly: Task Force	Landlady (uncredited)	Episode: "Time-Table"
1973	Z Cars	Customer (uncredited)	Episode: "Skin Game"
1973	Pardon My Genie	Cousin Edna (uncredited)	Episode: "Commercial Success"
1973	Oh, Father!	Draper's Assistant	Episode: "A Little Law"
1970–1974	Play for Today	Mary (The Maid) Non-speaking extra	2 episodes
1973–1974	Thriller	Miss Cardiff Pub guest	2 episodes
1974	Happy Ever After	Hotel guest	Episode: "The Hotel"
1972–1974	Steptoe and Son	Alice Mrs. Sheldon	2 episodes
1975	Second Time Around	Marjorie	Episode: "Father to Be (or Not to Be)
1975	My Honourable Mrs	Miss Birdwood	Episode: "While the Cat's Away"
1975	The Growing Pains of P.C. Penrose	Lady Magistrate	Episode: "Among Those Appearing"
1975	The Dick Emery Show		Episode: #14.11
1974–1975	Within These Walls	Woman (uncredited)	2 episodes
1977	Beryl's Lot	Mrs. Norris	4 episodes
1977	General Hospital	Woman patient	Episode: "Sons and Daughters"
1977	Ripping Yarns	Jehovah's Witnesses	Episode: "Murder at Moorstones Manor"
1977	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	The woman with fur	Episode: "The Unusual Shop"
1978	Angels	Mrs. Black	Episode: "The Visitor"
1975–1979	Fawlty Towers	Miss Agatha Tibbs	12 episodes
1980	Heartland	Mrs. Barnes	Episode: "Last Knockings"
1980	How's Your Father?	Old Lady	Episode: "Fantasy Time"
1971–1980	The Two Ronnies	Mrs. B Woman	2 episodes
1981	Blood Money	Molly Irons	2 episodes
1982	Terry and June	Mrs. Good	Episode: "The Auction"
1980–1983	Potter	Lady Motorist Lily	2 episodes
1983	Juliet Bravo	Old Lady	Episode: "Doors"
1983	Only Fools and Horses	First old lady	Episode: "Homesick"
1984	The Fainthearted Feminist	Woman in supermarket	Episode: #1.2
1984	That's My Boy	Lady White	Episode: "Unfair Dismissal"
1984	Ever Decreasing Circles	Old Lady	Episode: "The Tea Party"
1985	Relative Strangers	Customer	Episode: #1.9
1986	Lenny Henry Tonite		Episode: "Pratt Outta Hell"
1985–1987	The Mistress	Customer Elderly woman Lady in shop	3 episodes
1987	Hello Mum		Episode: #1.2