Molly Urquhart

Urquhart was born in Glasgow as Mary Sinclair Urquhart. She was the daughter of post office clerk Ann McCallum and sea-going engineer William Urquhart. She grew up in the West End of Glasgow where she attended Dowanhill Primary School and Church Street School. After school, she worked in a shop and took the exam to work for the GPO. She had no formal training in theatre, coming to the profession through the "amateur movement". While a teenager in the late 1920s, she joined the St. George Players, an amateur club. In 1931, she became a member of the Tron Theatre Club in Glasgow, followed by Glasgow's Curtain Theatre in 1932. She adopted the name Molly Urquhart for her stage name. == Career ==

Theatre In 1932, Urquhart joined the Howard and Wyndham company, becoming a professional actress. She also had roles in the films Floodtide (1949), Portrait of Clare (1950), and Blonde Sinner (1956).'' She had a role in the BBC television series ''Doctor Finlay's Casebook and the made-for-television film The Little Minister in 1950.'' == Honours and legacy ==

• A dramatised version of her life was performed by Dumbarton People's Theatre. • Helen Murdoch wrote a biography of Urquhart entitled Travelling Hopefully: The Story of Molly Urquhart. • Her papers are stored at the University of Glasgow Special Collections. == Personal life ==

In August 1934, she married William MacIntosh (1900-1959), a police officer. In 1949, he became the first manager of the Citizens Theatre when it was located at Gorbals. The couple had one son, James Urquhart McIntosh, in 1943. They lived in Ibrox, Glasgow. She died in 1977 at the age of 71 in Glasgow. ==Partial filmography==