Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1914 – 18 July 1984) was an English actress.
Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School. She worked as a secretary before walking on and understudying at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a professional actress, Bowers appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guildford, Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic.
Her London debut came in 1944 and her many West End successes included Dinner With the Family for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957, Difference of Opinion, The Killing of Sister George (also on Broadway), Dear Octopus and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B. She appeared in the sitcoms You're Only Young Twice, Going Straight, Hi-de-Hi!, My Name Is Harry Worth and A Fine Romance. Her film career included roles in We Joined the Navy (1962), Tamahine (1963), The Chalk Garden (1964), I Start Counting (1970), All the Way Up (1970), Up Pompeii (1971), Our Miss Fred (1972), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Slipper and the Rose (1976) and Screamtime (1983). She also appeared in the 1982 adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Case of The Discontented Soldier in the role of Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, in the television series The Agatha Christie Hour. She Was the vicar sister in episode 4 of Rumpole of the Bailey on the radio.
Bowers died on 18 July 1984 in London, aged 70.
1983
as Mrs. Kingsley, Tony's Mother
1981
1981
as Mrs Kingsley
1979
as Alicia Hawksworth
1979
as Miss Elphinstone
1978
1977
1976
as Queen
1974
as Miss Ellis
1974
1973
1972
as Miss Flodden
1972
as Matron
1971
as Lady Faber
1970
as Aunt Rene
1970
as Mrs Hadfield
1968
as Lady Ilbury
1968
1966
1965
as Mrs. Lavinia Penniman
1965
as The Dowager Empress
1965
1964
as Anna
1963
as Mrs. Dewberry
1963
as The Queen
1961
1955
as Mrs. Gudgeon