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| birth_name = Elizabeth Joan Winch |
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== Early life== |
== Early life== |
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Fraser was born in [[Southwark]], London.<ref name="autobiog" /> Her year of birth was usually cited as 1933, which she gave when auditioning for her role in ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'', because the [[Boulting Brothers]] wanted someone younger for the part. In fact she was three years older, as she confirmed in her 2012 autobiography ''Liz Fraser ... and Other Characters'',.<ref name="autobiog">{{Cite book |last=Fraser |first=Liz |title=Liz Fraser... and other characters |publisher=Signum Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-0956653413}}</ref> Her father was a travelling salesman for a brewery and her mother owned a [[corner shop]] just off the [[New Kent Road]]. Their family life was disrupted by the [[Second World War]], when she was evacuated, initially to [[Westerham]] in [[Kent]] and then, when that was deemed still too vulnerable to bombing, to [[Chudleigh]], a |
Fraser was born in [[Southwark]], London.<ref name="autobiog" /> Her year of birth was usually cited as 1933, which she gave when auditioning for her role in ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'', because the [[Boulting Brothers]] wanted someone younger for the part. In fact she was three years older, as she confirmed in her 2012 autobiography ''Liz Fraser ... and Other Characters'',.<ref name="autobiog">{{Cite book |last=Fraser |first=Liz |title=Liz Fraser... and other characters |publisher=Signum Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-0956653413}}</ref> Her father was a travelling salesman for a brewery and her mother owned a [[corner shop]] just off the [[New Kent Road]]. Their family life was disrupted by the [[Second World War]], when she was evacuated, initially to [[Westerham]] in [[Kent]] and then, when that was deemed still too vulnerable to bombing, to [[Chudleigh]], a town in [[Devon]]. Her father died in May 1942, aged 40, when she was 11.<ref name="autobiog" /> |
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She went to [[St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School|St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar School for Girls]] between the ages of 13 and 17. She then attended evening courses at [[Goldsmiths College]], where she joined a drama group, and the City of London College for Commerce, Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typing, and won an evening scholarship to the [[London School of Dramatic Art]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Evening with Liz Fraser NEW EVENT " The Cinema Museum, London |url=http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/an-evening-with-liz-fraser |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=CinemaMuseum.org.uk}}</ref> |
She went to [[St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School|St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar School for Girls]] between the ages of 13 and 17. She then attended evening courses at [[Goldsmiths College]], where she joined a drama group, and the City of London College for Commerce, Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typing, and won an evening scholarship to the [[London School of Dramatic Art]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Evening with Liz Fraser NEW EVENT " The Cinema Museum, London |url=http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/an-evening-with-liz-fraser |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=CinemaMuseum.org.uk}}</ref> |
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Her first film appearance was in ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]'' (1955), using her birth name,<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{Cite news |date=6 September 2018 |title=Liz Fraser, big-hearted blonde actress in Carry On films – obituary |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/09/06/liz-fraser-big-hearted-blonde-actress-carry-films-obituary/ |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> and ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]'' (1957) in which she worked with [[Peter Sellers]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Smallest Show On Earth – British Comedy Films |url=http://www.comicbrits.co.uk/Films/Smallest_Show_On_Earth/Smallest_Show_On_Earth.html |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=comicbrits.co.uk}}</ref> Fraser also appeared in commercial television's first live play ''The Geranium'' for [[Associated-Rediffusion]]. She made an uncredited appearance as June in [[Alive and Kicking (1959 film)|''Alive and Kicking'']] (1959), Her breakthrough role was as the daughter of Sellers' character in ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959), for which she received a BAFTA nomination as [[BAFTA Film Award for Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mayer |first=Geoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FOX_OWDyHEC |title=Guide to British Cinema |date=1 January 2003 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313303074}}</ref> She was in several of the early [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]: ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961), ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962), and ''[[Carry On Cabby]]'' (1963), but was sacked by producer [[Peter Rogers]] after casually saying the series could be better marketed. She re-appeared in the series in ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975), her salary apparently half of what it had been before.<ref name="Telegraphobit" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEXpFWr_zgEC |title=Fifty Years Of Carry On |date=31 March 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781446409961}}</ref> |
Her first film appearance was in ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]'' (1955), using her birth name,<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{Cite news |date=6 September 2018 |title=Liz Fraser, big-hearted blonde actress in Carry On films – obituary |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/09/06/liz-fraser-big-hearted-blonde-actress-carry-films-obituary/ |access-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> and ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]'' (1957) in which she worked with [[Peter Sellers]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Smallest Show On Earth – British Comedy Films |url=http://www.comicbrits.co.uk/Films/Smallest_Show_On_Earth/Smallest_Show_On_Earth.html |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=comicbrits.co.uk}}</ref> Fraser also appeared in commercial television's first live play ''The Geranium'' for [[Associated-Rediffusion]]. She made an uncredited appearance as June in [[Alive and Kicking (1959 film)|''Alive and Kicking'']] (1959), Her breakthrough role was as the daughter of Sellers' character in ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959), for which she received a BAFTA nomination as [[BAFTA Film Award for Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mayer |first=Geoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FOX_OWDyHEC |title=Guide to British Cinema |date=1 January 2003 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313303074}}</ref> She was in several of the early [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]: ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961), ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962), and ''[[Carry On Cabby]]'' (1963), but was sacked by producer [[Peter Rogers]] after casually saying the series could be better marketed. She re-appeared in the series in ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975), her salary apparently half of what it had been before.<ref name="Telegraphobit" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEXpFWr_zgEC |title=Fifty Years Of Carry On |date=31 March 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781446409961}}</ref> |
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Her other film appearances include ''[[Desert Mice]]'' (1959), ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960), again with Sellers,<ref name="BBC070918">{{Cite news |date=7 September 2018 |title=Liz Fraser: Carry On actress dies at 88 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45449088 |access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Bulldog Breed]]'' (1960),<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2pZAAAAMAAJ |title=Variety's Film Reviews: 1959–1963 |date=1 May 1989 |publisher=Bowker |isbn=9780835227896}}</ref> ''[[Double Bunk]]'' (1961)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reid |first=John Howard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCm5aNkafSYC |title=America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies |date=1 March 2006 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781411678774}}</ref> |
Her other film appearances include ''[[Desert Mice]]'' (1959), ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960), again with Sellers,<ref name="BBC070918">{{Cite news |date=7 September 2018 |title=Liz Fraser: Carry On actress dies at 88 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45449088 |access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Bulldog Breed]]'' (1960),<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2pZAAAAMAAJ |title=Variety's Film Reviews: 1959–1963 |date=1 May 1989 |publisher=Bowker |isbn=9780835227896}}</ref> ''[[Double Bunk]]'' (1961),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reid |first=John Howard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCm5aNkafSYC |title=America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies |date=1 March 2006 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781411678774}}</ref> [[Fury at Smugglers' Bay|''Fury at Smugglers Bay'']] (1961) starring Peter Cushing, ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961), ''[[On the Fiddle]]'' (1961), ''[[The Painted Smile]]'' (1962),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keaney |first=Michael F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3CeCQAAQBAJ |title=British Film Noir Guide |date=5 March 2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786464272}}</ref> ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'' (1964),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blum |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQrtw8lzEg8C |title=Daniel Blum's Screen World 1965 |date=1 June 1966 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |isbn=9780819603067}}</ref> ''[[The Family Way]]'' (1966),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7KDU038mUC |title=Screen World 1968 |date=1 June 1983 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |isbn=9780819603098}}</ref> ''[[Up the Junction (film)|Up the Junction]]'' (1968),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7KDU038mUC |title=Screen World 1968 |date=1 June 1983 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers |isbn=9780819603098}}</ref> ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' (1971),<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCaighey |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvLyBgAAQBAJ |title=The Dad's Army Movie Dossier: The Making of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Classic Film |date=3 March 2015 |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |isbn=9781785381423}}</ref> and a string of sex comedies: ''[[Adventures of a Taxi Driver]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weiner |first=David J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4azirDJX73cC |title=Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1992 |date=1991-04-01 |publisher=Thomson Gale |isbn=9780810394049}}</ref> (1976), ''[[Confessions of a Driving Instructor]]'' (1976), ''[[Adventures of a Private Eye]]'' (1977), ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]'' (1977) and ''[[Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liz Fraser filmography |url=http://www.locatetv.com/person/liz-fraser/23295/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127094658/http://www.locatetv.com/person/liz-fraser/23295/filmography |archive-date=27 January 2016 |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=locatetv.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref> (1978). |
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Fraser was also known for her many appearances in British television series, including ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3-gxwTNLaIC&q=%2522liz%2520fraser%2522&pg=PA232 |title=Fifty Years Of Hancock's Half Hour |date=31 January 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781446409985}}</ref> and the ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|Avengers]]'' episode "The Girl from Auntie"<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Avengers Forever: The Girl From Auntie |url=http://theavengers.tv/forever/peel1-17.htm |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=theavengers.tv}}</ref> where she guest starred opposite ''Carry On'' regular [[Bernard Cribbins]]. As Elizabeth Fraser, over a period of nearly six months, she appeared in numerous editions of the [[Associated-Rediffusion]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Sixpenny Corner]]'' (1955–56). She appeared on [[Benny Hill]]'s late-1950s TV shows, and in a single sketch in the 23 December 1970 episode of his [[Thames TV]] series. This episode was in black and white (owing to the "[[Colour Strike]]" by [[ITV (network)|ITV]] technicians, who wanted to be paid extra for working with the then-new colour TV technology), and hence the sketch was not included in any of the half-hour syndicated episodes of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. However, it is included in the Volume 1 box set of the complete ''Benny Hill Show'', issued by A&E and Fremantle.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} |
Fraser was also known for her many appearances in British television series, including ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3-gxwTNLaIC&q=%2522liz%2520fraser%2522&pg=PA232 |title=Fifty Years Of Hancock's Half Hour |date=31 January 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781446409985}}</ref> and the ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|Avengers]]'' episode "The Girl from Auntie"<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Avengers Forever: The Girl From Auntie |url=http://theavengers.tv/forever/peel1-17.htm |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=theavengers.tv}}</ref> where she guest starred opposite ''Carry On'' regular [[Bernard Cribbins]]. As Elizabeth Fraser, over a period of nearly six months, she appeared in numerous editions of the [[Associated-Rediffusion]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Sixpenny Corner]]'' (1955–56). She appeared on [[Benny Hill]]'s late-1950s TV shows, and in a single sketch in the 23 December 1970 episode of his [[Thames TV]] series. This episode was in black and white (owing to the "[[Colour Strike]]" by [[ITV (network)|ITV]] technicians, who wanted to be paid extra for working with the then-new colour TV technology), and hence the sketch was not included in any of the half-hour syndicated episodes of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. However, it is included in the Volume 1 box set of the complete ''Benny Hill Show'', issued by A&E and Fremantle.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} |
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==Personal life and death== |
==Personal life and death== |
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[[File:Julian Dutton with actress Liz Fraser August 2015 (cropped).JPG|thumb|right|150px|Fraser in 2015]] |
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Fraser married Peter Yonwin, a travelling salesman, in November 1958, but the marriage soon broke down and they were divorced. She married her second husband, Bill Hitchcock, a TV director, in January 1965 at Harrow Register Office. They agreed not to work together, but this changed in 1972 when she appeared in the [[Rodney Bewes]] sitcom ''[[Dear Mother...Love Albert|Albert]]!'', which Hitchcock co-directed,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dear Mother.... ....Love Albert – Albert! – If He'd Meant Us To Fly – British Comedy Guide |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/dear_mother_love_albert/episodes/4/6 |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=comedy.co.uk}}</ref> and again later in the same year, when she acted in ''Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour'', a comedy series starring [[Michael Bates (actor)|Michael Bates]] and produced by Hitchcock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turnbull's Finest Half Hour-Part 3 (1972) |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b85d1acce |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130061405/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b85d1acce |archive-date=30 January 2016 |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=BFI}}</ref> Hitchcock died from a [[pulmonary embolism]] in February 1974, at the age of 45. Fraser was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978 and 1979, undergoing a lumpectomy the first time and having reconstructive surgery at the Marsden in 1979.<ref>BBC Radio 4 ''That Reminds Me'' 16 September 2003</ref> |
Fraser married Peter Yonwin, a travelling salesman, in November 1958, but the marriage soon broke down and they were divorced. She married her second husband, Bill Hitchcock, a TV director, in January 1965 at Harrow Register Office. They agreed not to work together, but this changed in 1972 when she appeared in the [[Rodney Bewes]] sitcom ''[[Dear Mother...Love Albert|Albert]]!'', which Hitchcock co-directed,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dear Mother.... ....Love Albert – Albert! – If He'd Meant Us To Fly – British Comedy Guide |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/dear_mother_love_albert/episodes/4/6 |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=comedy.co.uk}}</ref> and again later in the same year, when she acted in ''Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour'', a comedy series starring [[Michael Bates (actor)|Michael Bates]] and produced by Hitchcock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turnbull's Finest Half Hour-Part 3 (1972) |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b85d1acce |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130061405/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b85d1acce |archive-date=30 January 2016 |access-date=21 January 2016 |website=BFI}}</ref> Hitchcock died from a [[pulmonary embolism]] in February 1974, at the age of 45. Fraser was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978 and 1979, undergoing a lumpectomy the first time and having reconstructive surgery at the Marsden in 1979.<ref>BBC Radio 4 ''That Reminds Me'' 16 September 2003</ref> |
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==Television appearances== |
==Television appearances== |
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* ''[[Sixpenny Corner]]'' (1955) – Julie Perkins |
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* ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1956–1960) – Various characters |
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* ''[[The Grove Family]]'' (1956) |
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|1955 || ''The Geranium'' || Maid || TV film |
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* ''ITV Television Playhouse'': "Two Ducks on a Pond" (1957) – Beryl |
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* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1957) – Jeannie Richards |
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|1955 || ''[[Sixpenny Corner]]'' || Julie Perkins || Unknown episodes |
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* ''[[Shadow Squad]]'' (1957) – Gilda |
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* ''[[The Army Game]]'' (1957) |
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|1956–1960 || ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' || Various characters || 8 episodes |
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* ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1957) – Matron |
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* ''[[Educated Evans (TV series)|Educated Evans]]'' (1957) – W.R.A.C. Clerk |
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|1956 || ''[[The Grove Family]]'' || Julie Perkins || Episode: "Sour Grapes" |
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* ''Hotel Imperial'' (1958) |
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|1957 || ''[[ITV Television Playhouse]]'' || Beryl || Episode: "Two Ducks on a Pond"" |
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* ''The Sky Larks'' (1958) – Rose |
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* ''[[Educating Archie]]'' (1958) |
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|1957 || ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Jeannie Richards || Episode: "False Alarm" |
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* ''Murder Bag'' (1958) |
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* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1958) – Lena |
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|1957 || ''[[Shadow Squad]]'' || Gilda || 2 episodes |
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* ''[[Boyd Q.C.]]'' (1959) |
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|1957 || ''[[The Army Game]]'' || Unknown || Episode: "The Misguided Missiles" |
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* ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' (1959) – Dora |
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* ''[[The Vise (1955 TV series)|The Vise]]'' (1959) – Betsy Linton |
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|1957 || ''[[Whack-O!]]'' || Matron || 10 episodes |
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* ''ITV Television Playhouse'': "Incident" (1960) – Mavis |
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* ''Knight Errant Limited'' (1960) – Gloria MacLean |
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|1958 || ''Hotel Imperial'' || Unknown || Episode: "The Star in the Penthouse Suite" |
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* ''[[BBC Sunday-Night Play]]'' (1960) – Riggie |
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* ''[[Citizen James]]'' (1960–1962) – Liz |
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|1958 || ''[[Educated Evans (TV series)|Educated Evans]]'' || W.R.A.C. Clerk || Episode: "All Change" |
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* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1963) – Sheba |
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|1958 || ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Maisie Perkins || Episode: "They Don't Like Policemen" |
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* ''[[Harry's Girls]]'' (1963) – Sally Witherspoon |
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* ''[[Fire Crackers]]'' (1964) – Mary Medway |
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|1958 || ''The Sky Larks'' || Rose || Episode: "Free Beer" |
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* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1965) – Phyllis Nolan |
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* ''It's Not Me: It's Them!'' (1965) – Mrs. Ember |
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|1958 || ''[[Educating Archie]]'' || Unknown || Episode: #1.1 |
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* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'': "The Girl from AUNTIE" (1966) – Georgie Price-Jones |
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* ''Seven Deadly Virtues'' (1967) – Agnes |
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|1958 || ''Murder Bag'' || Unknown || Episode: "Lockhart Probes the Past" |
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* ''[[Mickey Dunne]]'' (1967) – Maisie |
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* ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' (1969): "[[It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water]]" – Fay Crackan |
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|1958 || ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Lena || Episode: "Strangers at the Same Table" |
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* ''[[Here Come the Double Deckers!]]'' (1970) – Zizi Bagor |
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* ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'': "Caught in the Act" (1970) – Miss Heffer |
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|1959 || ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Rose Glorie || Episode: "Murder with Witnesses" |
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* ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' (1970) – Various Roles |
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* ''BBC The World About Us - Under London Expedition'' (1971) – Herself |
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|1959 || ''[[Boyd Q.C.]]'' (1959) || Unknown || Episode: "In a Manner Dangerous" |
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* ''[[ITV Sunday Night Theatre]]'' (1972) – Countess Antonescu |
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* ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]'' (1972) – Claire |
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|1959 || ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' || Dora || Episode: "Deep and Crisp and Even" |
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* ''Crime of Passion'' (1972) – Denise |
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* ''[[Dear Mother...Love Albert]]'' (1972) – Ann |
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|1959 || ''[[The Vise (1955 TV series)|The Vise]]'' || Betsy Linton || Episode: "Murder for Revenge" |
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* ''Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour'' (1972) – Faye Bush |
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* ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' (1973) – Lady Esham ('Murder Most Foul', episode) |
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|1960 || ''[[ITV Television Playhouse]]'' || Mavis || Episode: "Incident" |
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* ''Seven Faces of Woman'' (1977) – Delilah Brown |
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* ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1978): "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" – Bobby Dogherty |
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|1960 || ''Knight Errant Limited'' || Gloria MacLean || Episode: "Beauty and the Feast" |
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* ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]'' (1978): "The Happy Hen" – Vera |
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* ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'': "Backtrack" (1979) – Margery Harper |
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|1960 || ''[[BBC Sunday-Night Play]]'' || Riggie || Episode: "Doctor in the House" |
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* ''[[Shroud for a Nightingale]]'' (1984) – Sister Mavis Gearing |
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* ''[[Fairly Secret Army]]'' (1984–1986) – Doris Entwhistle |
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|1960–1962 || ''[[Citizen James]]'' || Liz || 7 episodes |
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* ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]'': "Nemesis" (1987) – Mrs. Brent |
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* ''[[Hardwicke House]]'' (1987) – Agnes |
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|1962 || ''[[Probation Officer (TV series)|Probation Officer]]'' || Lorna || Episode: #4.14 |
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* ''Rude Health'' (1988) – Mrs. Joy |
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* ''[[ScreenPlay]]'' (1988) – Mrs. Dewey |
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|1963 || ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Sheba || Episode: "Solomon Dancey's Luck" |
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* ''[[The Lady and the Highwayman]]'' (1988) – Flossie |
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* ''[[Capstick's Law]]'' (1989) – Florence Smith |
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|1963 || ''[[Harry's Girls]]'' || Sally Witherspoon || Episode: "Made in Heaven" |
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* ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'': "Just Family" (1991) – Olive Stubbs |
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* ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'': "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Retiring" (1993) – Delilah |
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|1964 || ''[[Fire Crackers]]'' || Mary Medway || Episode: "Fire Belle for Five" |
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* ''[[Demob (TV series)|Demob]]'' (1993) – Edith |
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* ''[[The Bill]]'' (1994) – Grace Walsh |
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|1965 || ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Phyllis Nolan || Episode: "The Grass" |
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* ''[[Wales Playhouse]]'' (1996) – Nel |
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* ''Drover's Gold'' (1997) –- Ma Whistler |
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* ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2000) – Reggie Unsworth |
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|1966 || ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' || Georgie Price-Jones || Episode: "The Girl from AUNTIE" |
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* ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' (2006) – Beryl Gifford |
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* ''[[Foyle's War]]'' (2007) – Mollie Summersgill |
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* ''[[Holby City]]'' (2007) – Tabitha Blackstock |
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|1967 || ''[[Mickey Dunne]]'' || Maisie || Episode: "Big Fleas, Little Fleas" |
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|1970 || ''[[Here Come the Double Deckers!]]'' || Zizi Bagor || Episode: "Starstruck" |
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|1970 || ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' || Miss Heffer || Episode: "Caught in the Act" |
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|1970 || ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' || Various Roles || 2 episodes |
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|1971 || ''[[ITV Sunday Night Theatre]]'' || Countess Antonescu || Episode: "Man and Boy" |
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|1972 || ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]'' || Claire Brown || Episode: "An Author in Search of Two Characters" |
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|1972 || ''Crime of Passion'' || Denise || Episode: "Lina" |
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|1972 || ''[[Dear Mother...Love Albert]]'' || Ann || Episode: "If He'd Meant Us to Fly" |
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|1972 || ''Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour'' || Faye Bush || 5 episodes |
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|1972 || ''These Two Fellas'' || Various || TV film |
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|1973 || ''The Tarbuck Follies'' || Various || TV film |
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|1973 || ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' || Lady Esham || Episode: "Murder Most Foul" |
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|1977 || ''Seven Faces of Woman'' || Delilah Brown || Episode: "She: Sight Unseen" |
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|1978 || ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' || Bobby Dogherty || Episode: "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" |
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|1978 || ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]'' || Vera || Episode: "The Happy Hen" |
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|1979 || ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' || Margery Harper || Episode: "Backtrack" |
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|1984 || ''[[Shroud for a Nightingale]]'' || Sister Mavis Gearing || All 5 episodes |
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|1984–1986 || ''[[Fairly Secret Army]]'' || Doris Entwhistle || 11 episodes |
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|1987 || ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]'' || Mrs. Brent || Episode: "[[Nemesis (Christie novel)#BBC Adaptation|Nemesis]]" |
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|1987 || ''[[Hardwicke House]]'' || Agnes || 4 episodes |
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|1988 || ''Rude Health'' || Mrs. Joy || 4 episodes |
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|1988 || ''[[ScreenPlay]]'' || Mrs. Dewey || Episode: "Eskimos Do It" |
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|1988 || ''[[The Lady and the Highwayman]]'' || Flossie || TV film |
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|1989 || ''[[Capstick's Law]]'' || Florence Smith || |
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|1991 || ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'' || Olive Stubbs || |
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|1993 || ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' || Delilah || |
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|1993 || ''[[Demob (TV series)|Demob]]'' || Edith || |
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|1994 || ''[[The Bill]]'' || Grace Walsh || |
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|1996 || ''[[Wales Playhouse]]'' || Nel || |
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|1997 || ''Drover's Gold'' || Ma Whistler || |
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|2000 || ''Hold to Zero'' || Grace || |
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|2000 || ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' || Reggie Unsworth || |
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|2006 || ''Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup'' || Ada || |
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|2006 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Beryl Gifford || |
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Liz Fraser
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Born | Elizabeth Joan Winch (1930-08-14)14 August 1930 |
Died | 6 September 2018(2018-09-06) (aged 88)
Chelsea, London, England
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Alma mater | Goldsmiths College London School of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1952–2018 |
Spouses | Peter Yonwin
(m. 1958; div. 1960)Bill Hitchcock
(m. 1965; died 1974) |
Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018),[1][2] known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.
Fraser was born in Southwark, London.[3] Her year of birth was usually cited as 1933, which she gave when auditioning for her role in I'm All Right Jack, because the Boulting Brothers wanted someone younger for the part. In fact she was three years older, as she confirmed in her 2012 autobiography Liz Fraser ... and Other Characters,.[3] Her father was a travelling salesman for a brewery and her mother owned a corner shop just off the New Kent Road. Their family life was disrupted by the Second World War, when she was evacuated, initially to WesterhaminKent and then, when that was deemed still too vulnerable to bombing, to Chudleigh, a town in Devon. Her father died in May 1942, aged 40, when she was 11.[3]
She went to St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar School for Girls between the ages of 13 and 17. She then attended evening courses at Goldsmiths College, where she joined a drama group, and the City of London College for Commerce, Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typing, and won an evening scholarship to the London School of Dramatic Art.[4]
Her first film appearance was in Touch and Go (1955), using her birth name,[5] and The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) in which she worked with Peter Sellers for the first time.[6] Fraser also appeared in commercial television's first live play The Geranium for Associated-Rediffusion. She made an uncredited appearance as June in Alive and Kicking (1959), Her breakthrough role was as the daughter of Sellers' character in I'm All Right Jack (1959), for which she received a BAFTA nomination as Most Promising Newcomer.[7] She was in several of the early Carry On films: Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), and Carry On Cabby (1963), but was sacked by producer Peter Rogers after casually saying the series could be better marketed. She re-appeared in the series in Carry On Behind (1975), her salary apparently half of what it had been before.[5][8]
Her other film appearances include Desert Mice (1959), Two-Way Stretch (1960), again with Sellers,[9] The Bulldog Breed (1960),[10] Double Bunk (1961),[11] Fury at Smugglers Bay (1961) starring Peter Cushing, Raising the Wind (1961), On the Fiddle (1961), The Painted Smile (1962),[12] The Americanization of Emily (1964),[13] The Family Way (1966),[14] Up the Junction (1968),[15] Dad's Army (1971),[16] and a string of sex comedies: Adventures of a Taxi Driver[17] (1976), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) and Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse[18] (1978).
Fraser was also known for her many appearances in British television series, including Hancock's Half Hour,[19] and the Avengers episode "The Girl from Auntie"[20] where she guest starred opposite Carry On regular Bernard Cribbins. As Elizabeth Fraser, over a period of nearly six months, she appeared in numerous editions of the Associated-Rediffusion soap opera Sixpenny Corner (1955–56). She appeared on Benny Hill's late-1950s TV shows, and in a single sketch in the 23 December 1970 episode of his Thames TV series. This episode was in black and white (owing to the "Colour Strike" by ITV technicians, who wanted to be paid extra for working with the then-new colour TV technology), and hence the sketch was not included in any of the half-hour syndicated episodes of The Benny Hill Show. However, it is included in the Volume 1 box set of the complete Benny Hill Show, issued by A&E and Fremantle.[citation needed]
Fraser also starred as Gloria Simpkins in the radio sitcom Parsley Sidings alongside Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor from 1971 to 1973.[21]
She played Mrs Brent, the mother of a missing girl, in the television production of Agatha Christie's Nemesis, starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, in 1987.[22] Another role was in the "Backtrack" episode of the British police series The Professionals, as Margery Harper, a glamorous woman who fenced stolen property in her shop.[23]
Her other television work included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Crown Court, Citizen James, Robin's Nest, Rumpole of the Bailey, Last of the Summer Wine,[24] The Bill, Foyle's War, Birds of a Feather, Minder[25] and Holby City.[26]
Fraser married Peter Yonwin, a travelling salesman, in November 1958, but the marriage soon broke down and they were divorced. She married her second husband, Bill Hitchcock, a TV director, in January 1965 at Harrow Register Office. They agreed not to work together, but this changed in 1972 when she appeared in the Rodney Bewes sitcom Albert!, which Hitchcock co-directed,[27] and again later in the same year, when she acted in Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour, a comedy series starring Michael Bates and produced by Hitchcock.[28] Hitchcock died from a pulmonary embolism in February 1974, at the age of 45. Fraser was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978 and 1979, undergoing a lumpectomy the first time and having reconstructive surgery at the Marsden in 1979.[29]
Fraser had a half-brother, Philip, 11 years older, the son of her mother from a previous marriage. She supported various charities and was a patron of the London Repertory Company.[30] She was also an enthusiastic and talented poker and bridge player.[31]
She died on 6 September 2018 at Royal Brompton Hospital as a result of complications following an operation.[9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | The Geranium | Maid | TV film |
1955 | Sixpenny Corner | Julie Perkins | Unknown episodes |
1956–1960 | Hancock's Half Hour | Various characters | 8 episodes |
1956 | The Grove Family | Julie Perkins | Episode: "Sour Grapes" |
1957 | ITV Television Playhouse | Beryl | Episode: "Two Ducks on a Pond"" |
1957 | Dixon of Dock Green | Jeannie Richards | Episode: "False Alarm" |
1957 | Shadow Squad | Gilda | 2 episodes |
1957 | The Army Game | Unknown | Episode: "The Misguided Missiles" |
1957 | Whack-O! | Matron | 10 episodes |
1958 | Hotel Imperial | Unknown | Episode: "The Star in the Penthouse Suite" |
1958 | Educated Evans | W.R.A.C. Clerk | Episode: "All Change" |
1958 | Dixon of Dock Green | Maisie Perkins | Episode: "They Don't Like Policemen" |
1958 | The Sky Larks | Rose | Episode: "Free Beer" |
1958 | Educating Archie | Unknown | Episode: #1.1 |
1958 | Murder Bag | Unknown | Episode: "Lockhart Probes the Past" |
1958 | Dixon of Dock Green | Lena | Episode: "Strangers at the Same Table" |
1959 | No Hiding Place | Rose Glorie | Episode: "Murder with Witnesses" |
1959 | Boyd Q.C. (1959) | Unknown | Episode: "In a Manner Dangerous" |
1959 | ITV Play of the Week | Dora | Episode: "Deep and Crisp and Even" |
1959 | The Vise | Betsy Linton | Episode: "Murder for Revenge" |
1960 | ITV Television Playhouse | Mavis | Episode: "Incident" |
1960 | Knight Errant Limited | Gloria MacLean | Episode: "Beauty and the Feast" |
1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Riggie | Episode: "Doctor in the House" |
1960–1962 | Citizen James | Liz | 7 episodes |
1962 | Probation Officer | Lorna | Episode: #4.14 |
1963 | No Hiding Place | Sheba | Episode: "Solomon Dancey's Luck" |
1963 | Harry's Girls | Sally Witherspoon | Episode: "Made in Heaven" |
1964 | Fire Crackers | Mary Medway | Episode: "Fire Belle for Five" |
1965 | No Hiding Place | Phyllis Nolan | Episode: "The Grass" |
1965 | It's Not Me: It's Them! | Mrs. Ember | Episode: #1.2 |
1966 | The Avengers | Georgie Price-Jones | Episode: "The Girl from AUNTIE" |
1967 | Seven Deadly Virtues | Agnes | Episode: "A Pain in the Neck" |
1967 | Mickey Dunne | Maisie | Episode: "Big Fleas, Little Fleas" |
1970 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) | Fay Crackan | Episode: "It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water" |
1970 | Here Come the Double Deckers! | Zizi Bagor | Episode: "Starstruck" |
1970 | The Goodies | Miss Heffer | Episode: "Caught in the Act" |
1970 | The Benny Hill Show | Various Roles | 2 episodes |
1971 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Countess Antonescu | Episode: "Man and Boy" |
1972 | Jason King | Claire Brown | Episode: "An Author in Search of Two Characters" |
1972 | Crime of Passion | Denise | Episode: "Lina" |
1972 | Dear Mother...Love Albert | Ann | Episode: "If He'd Meant Us to Fly" |
1972 | Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour | Faye Bush | 5 episodes |
1972 | These Two Fellas | Various | TV film |
1973 | The Tarbuck Follies | Various | TV film |
1973 | Crown Court | Lady Esham | Episode: "Murder Most Foul" |
1977 | Seven Faces of Woman | Delilah Brown | Episode: "She: Sight Unseen" |
1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Bobby Dogherty | Episode: "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" |
1978 | Robin's Nest | Vera | Episode: "The Happy Hen" |
1979 | The Professionals | Margery Harper | Episode: "Backtrack" |
1984 | Shroud for a Nightingale | Sister Mavis Gearing | All 5 episodes |
1984–1986 | Fairly Secret Army | Doris Entwhistle | 11 episodes |
1987 | Miss Marple | Mrs. Brent | Episode: "Nemesis" |
1987 | Hardwicke House | Agnes | 4 episodes |
1988 | Rude Health | Mrs. Joy | 4 episodes |
1988 | ScreenPlay | Mrs. Dewey | Episode: "Eskimos Do It" |
1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Flossie | TV film |
1989 | Capstick's Law | Florence Smith | |
1991 | Birds of a Feather | Olive Stubbs | |
1993 | Minder | Delilah | |
1993 | Demob | Edith | |
1994 | The Bill | Grace Walsh | |
1996 | Wales Playhouse | Nel | |
1997 | Drover's Gold | Ma Whistler | |
2000 | Hold to Zero | Grace | |
2000 | Last of the Summer Wine | Reggie Unsworth | |
2006 | Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup | Ada | |
2006 | Doctors | Beryl Gifford | |
2007 | Foyle's War | Mollie Summersgill | |
2007 | Holby City | Tabitha Blackstock | |
2018 | Midsomer Murders | Marcia Jackson |
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