Matyelok Gibbs

{{Short description|British actress (1932–2023)}} {{Infobox person | name = Matyelok Gibbs | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_name = Ann Matyelok Gibbs | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1932|08|01}} | birth_place = [[Leatherhead]], Surrey, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|08|14|1932|08|01}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | partner = [[Ursula Jones]] (1961–2023) }}

'''Ann Matyelok Gibbs''' (1 August 1932 – 14 August 2023) was a British actress. From 1973 to 1977, she was an [[artistic director]] for London's [[Unicorn Theatre]].<ref name="GibbsObit">{{cite news |last=Coveney|first=Michael|date=27 August 2023|title=Matyelok Gibbs obituary|trans-title= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug/27/matyelok-gibbs-obituary|language= |work=[[The Guardian]]|location= |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>

==Career==

Gibbs was involved with the Unicorn Theatre from the 1950s, and became artistic director in 1973.<ref name="Smurthwaite">{{cite news |last1=Smurthwaite |first1=Nick |title=Matyelok Gibbs |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/matyelok-gibbs |access-date=20 December 2023 |work=The Stage |date=9 October 2023}}</ref> She was a [[character actor]], and appeared in the [[West End theatre|West End]] in a play by [[Alan Ayckbourn]], ''Ten Times Table'', in 1978.<ref name="Smurthwaite">{{cite news |last1=Smurthwaite |first1=Nick |title=Matyelok Gibbs |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/matyelok-gibbs |access-date=20 December 2023 |work=The Stage |date=9 October 2023}}</ref> She toured with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref name="Smurthwaite"/>

==Personal life== In 1961, Gibbs began living with the actor [[Ursula Jones]] in [[Notting Hill]]. The couple lived in France for 23 years where they entered a [[Civil union|civil partnership]], and they later entered a civil partnership in Britain as well. Gibbs and Jones were known by their friends as "Puck and Ursie".<ref name="Smurthwaite"/> Gibbs died on 14 August 2023.<ref name="GibbsObit" />

==Filmography== *''[[Victor/Victoria]]'' (1982) *''[[Secrets (1983 film)|Secrets]]'' (1983) *''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (1985) *''[[To Kill a Priest]]'' (1988) *''[[Erik the Viking]]'' (1989) *''[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]'' (1991) *''[[Waterland (film)|Waterland]]'' (1992) *''[[When Pigs Fly (film)|When Pigs Fly]]'' (1993) *''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' (1994) *''[[Jack and Sarah]]'' (1995) *''[[Crimetime]]'' (1996) *''[[Oscar and Lucinda (film)|Oscar and Lucinda]]'' (1997) *''[[Ever After]]'' (1998) *''[[Just Visiting (film)|Just Visiting]]'' (2001) *''[[And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen]]'' (2002) *''[[Fragile (film)|Fragile]]'' (2005) *''[[A Little Trip to Heaven]]'' (2005) *''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]'' (2006) *''[[Copying Beethoven]]'' (2006) *''[[Pu-239 (film)|Pu-239]]'' (2006) *''[[Miss Potter]]'' (2006) *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010) *''[[Your Highness]]'' (2011) *''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' (2011) *''[[The Hundred-Foot Journey (film)|The Hundred-Foot Journey]]'' (2014)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbs, Matyelok}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:British film actresses]] [[Category:British LGBTQ actors]] [[Category:British television actresses]] [[Category:British theatre managers and producers]]