![]() ![]() During World War II, she acted in films produced by the British Ministry of Information, and after the war she appeared in a number of feature films, such as Floodtide (1949) and Flesh and Blood (1951). While doing some of these impersonations, she was noticed by a talent scout and soon hired to play the part of Ivy McTweed in the radio series The McFlannels in 1939. ![]() An interest in theater led her to start acting in amateur productions, where she also developed a talent for impersonations. She originally trained to be a secretary and was notable for her amazing speed as a typist and in shorthand. Weir was an actress best known for her roles as Aggie MacDonald in the radio-and later television-series Life with the Lyons and as Hazel the McWitch in the children's TV program Rentaghost she also wrote popular memoirs. OBITUARY NOTICE- See index for CA sketch: Born March 17, 1920, in Glasgow, Scotland died November 28, 2004, in Middlesex, England. ![]()
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