Vanda Godsell

Vanda Godsell
Godsell in This Sporting Life in 1963
Born
Nancy Evelyn Godsell

(1922-11-17)17 November 1922
Bognor Regis, Sussex, England
Diedc.2 April 1990(1990-04-02) (aged 67)
North Kensington, Greater London, England
Other names
  • Nancy Evelyn Selway
  • Nancy Evelyn Orchard
OccupationActress
Years active1937–1983
TelevisionThe Newcomers
Spouses
(m. 1954; div. 1957)
    Alan Orchard
    (m. 1964; died 1979)
    RelativesNaomi Jacob (maternal aunt)

    Nancy Evelyn Orchard (née Godsell, formally Selway; 17 November 1922 – c.2 April 1990), known professionally as Vanda Godsell, was an English actress. With a career that spanned 46 years, she was best known for her role as Katie Heenan in the BBC One soap opera The Newcomers (1966–1969).

    Hal Erickson writes in AllMovie, "Vanda Godsell specialised in playing disheveled housewives, busybody landladies and blowsy domestics."