As glamourous as Yvonne Mitchell was, she was also an actress unafraid to shed the make-up for dramatic roles, such as in a “Woman in a Dressing Gown” with Sylvia Syms & Carole Lesley.

“Woman in a Dressing Gown” premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival where the film won four awards including Best Actress for Yvonne Mitchell. The film went on to open in London at the Warner Cinema on the 3rd of October 1957.

“Woman in a Dressing Gown” was directed by J. Lee Thompson who also directed the Brit noir classic “Yield to the Night” with Diana Dors, plus “The Weak & the Wicked” with Glynis Johns & Rachel Roberts, war film “Ice Cold in Alex” with Sylvia Syms & Harry Andrews, & “Tiger Bay” with Meredith Edwards & Rachel Thomas.

Other film credits of Yvonne Mitchell’s include “Love on the Dole” with Clifford Evans; “Turn the Key Softly” with Terence Morgan & Joan Collins; “The Divided Heart” & “Johnny Nobody” with Eddie Byrne; “Escapade” with Alastair Sim; “Passionate Summer” with Virginia McKenna & Bill Travers; “Sapphire” with Earl Cameron & Fenella Fielding; “The Trials of Oscar Wilde” with John Fraser; “The Main Attraction” with Nancy Kwan & Kieron Moore; “Genghis Khan” with Stephen Boyd; and “Demons of the Mind” with Patrick Magee.

TV Credits include “The Infinite Shoeblack” with Jean Marsh; “The Dybbuk” with Peter Wyngarde; “Television Playhouse” with Jean Cadell & Dennis Price; “Sunday-Night Theatre” with Graham Crowden, Peter Cushing, Wilfrid Brambell, & Richard Todd; “Armchair Theatre” with Donald Houston; “Suspicion” with Ian Hendry; and “1990” with Edward Woodward.