HAYMAN, Damaris Ann Kennedy 1929-2021

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She was d of Capt Perceval Mills Cobham HAYMAN 1883-1974 sometime head of that gentry family of Springfield House and his 2nd w Agnes Vera 1893-1983 d of Gerald Hall KENNEDY 1870-1940 by his 1891 m reg Q4 London to Lillie Clare THWAITES c1865-1934

Obit in the Times of 5 July 2021
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Damaris Hayman obituary
Doctor Who actress who bonded with Tony Hancock over Winnie-the-Pooh and had an encounter with a frisky elephant
...she was also understudy to Margaret Rutherford’s Lady Bracknell. So began a close relationship, with Rutherford coming to regard her as a daughter... She also formed a close friendship with [the comedian] Tony Hancock...
...Damaris Ann Kennedy Hayman was born in London in 1929. Her father, Perceval, was a barrister and later a county court judge. He was a widower when he married her mother, Vera (née Kennedy), and already had two sons: Perceval, who became a canon of Chichester Cathedral, and Christopher, who died during the Second World War.
Damaris Hayman, actress, was born on June 16, 1929. She died on June 3, 2021, aged 91
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damaris-hayman-obituary-z3jg2vdjc
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