Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries by Donnelley Paul

Author:Donnelley, Paul [Donnelley, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Music Sales
Published: 2009-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

CAUSE: He died in Sussex aged 79 from pneumonia.

Morag Hood

Born December 12, 1942

Died October 5, 2002

TV heroine. Born in Glasgow, the daughter of a carpenter who worked in local theatres and cinemas, Morag Hood was educated at Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow. At Glasgow University she read English, French and Economics, and set up Roundup, a current affairs programme for teenagers shown on Scottish Television. It was her portrayal of Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic novel War And Peace in 1972 that imprinted her face on the public consciousness. War And Peace, which co-starred Alan Dobie and Anthony Hopkins, took three years to produce, with location filming in Yugoslavia and extensive special effects work. In total the series lasted 15 hours, eight hours longer than the longest film version ever made – too long in the opinion of most viewers. Morag Hood was in her late twenties and largely unknown when she was cast from 1,000 actresses who applied. Her success was reflected in a boom in the number of babies christened Natasha. As well as Natasha, Morag Hood took minor roles in a number of television serials, including Dr Finlay’s Casebook, Z-Cars and Coronation Street. In 1979, she played the forthright Maggie Drum in The Camerons, a television serial about 20 years in the life of a Scottish family in late Victorian times. She also appeared on television in Square Mile Of Murder, Breeze Anstey, Keep Smiling, The Personal Touch and Persuasion. Her films were few and far between. She appeared in Wuthering Heights (1970) as Frances, Diversions (1980) and Ill Fares The Land (1981) as Barclay. She was unmarried.

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